From: Susan Brassfield Cogan <susanb@telepath.com>
>At 02:55 PM 09/30/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>>http://home.flash.net/~mortongr/wacoconf.htm
>>
>>Very interesting reading
>
>yes indeed. Glenn Morton used to be in this group--a Christian theist
>arguing the evolutionist viewpoint--and I miss him.
Reading Glenn's report, I was very impressed by his patience and
persistence. I freely admit that I have quite a short fuse, and, after a few
exchanges with a correspondent who is talking nonsense, I tend to give up
trying to persuade and resort to ridicule. Glenn, on the other hand, seems
to persist, day after day, year after year, politely wearing down the
resistance of those who are trying to close their eyes to the facts, and
eventually, in some cases, getting them to open their eyes a little.
Glenn mentions a few instances where anti-evolutionists at the conference
were struck by the weakness of the arguments of ID proponents. So it seems
that there are open-minded anti-evolutionists out there. It's just a shame
that we don't seem to have any of them here in this forum. (Oops...there I
go again.)
Another thing that impressed me was how people of all shades of opinion
could be very friendly in their social interractions with each other at the
conference. I think the impersonal medium of the internet tends to bring out
the worst in people. I expect that, if I met Stephen Jones in the flesh, I
would find him to be a fine fellow, and I would have far more respect for
him than I've gained from his disembodied posts. So, Stephen, if you ever
visit Perfidious Albion, please do look me up!
Richard Wein (Tich)
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