In a message dated 04/15/02 4:19:29 PM, dickfischer@earthlink.net writes:
<< You are describing a lawyer's tactic, and a YEC tactic. I would hope that
those of us who bear the "Christian label" are not picking and choosing
what fits and what does not. If I knew where Jesus' bones were buried, I'd
shout it from the roof tops. Any of us should. That's what separates us
and safeguards our Christian message.
>>
Dick,
I think you are being naive if you think Christians in science don't pick and
choose what fits and what doesn't fit. But it's more subtle than that. I
believe we all tend to hold higher scientific standards for our competition
than we do for our colleagues with whom we agree. We criticize the
opposition's research more avidly than we do that of our colleagues. I don't
know about you, but when I read SCIENCE and NATURE, I look through the table
of contents to see if there are articles that will convey something positive
about areas that I am interested in, and ignore others that might contain
information that is dissonant.
Bob
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