Bertvan
><< Following is the response of a member of congress to the protesting
> professors of Baylor. I predict most Americans will eventually react
> similarly to attempts to dismiss ID as "creationism". So keep up the good
> work Susan.
Chris
Since you are almost the *only* non-creationistic God-did-it ID supporter
on the list, it may not work out the way you suggest. Technically, ID
*does* cover a wider range than merely the creationist types. But, as a
social and political movement, it is almost *completely* creationist (i.e.,
Christian theists who believe God has done all the designing in life on
Earth).
Further, since you don't even try to persuade people that your version
might be true, the dogmatic, theistic-creationist ID folks, like Phillip
Johnson and Stephen Jones, will continue to dominate the "movement" for a
long time, because *they* are the ones who create or diligently recycle
both new propaganda and much of the old creationist propaganda. They
are "Old Earth Creationists," so any of the old arguments that do not
depend on glossing over the Grand Canyon's age and such are still usable on
the same unknowledgeable and intellectually too-casual people. They *do*
use these same arguments, precisely because they *are* creationists, of a
slightly modified sort.
Perhaps you didn't notice.
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