RE: [ncse] UFO Group Supports Intelligent Design

From: Dick Fischer (dickfischer@genesisproclaimed.org)
Date: Fri Nov 29 2002 - 12:17:59 EST

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    Hi Glenn, you wrote:

    >Dick forwarded:
    >
    >UFO Group Supports Intelligent Design
    > >
    > >A press release dated November 15 issued by the Raelian Movement, a
    > >movement that advocates the belief that life on earth was created by
    > >extraterrestrials, affirms the movement's support for the intelligent
    > >design movement. The press release states "[t]he Raelian Movement supports
    > >the Intelligent Design Movement and their attempt to promote the teaching
    > >of ID theory within science classes." Raelians are followers of French
    > >journalist Claude Vorilhon, now going by "Rael", who claims that on
    > >December 13, 1973, he was contacted by a visitor from another planet and
    > >asked to establish an Embassy to welcome these people back to Earth.(For
    > >the full text of the press release,
    >
    >If the aliens designed us one can clearly discount their intellegence
    >because we sit at our computers arguing intelligent design. :-)

    I read the article as tongue-in-cheek, like if you look at the kooks who
    believe in ID, it only adds credibility to those of us who don't put stock
    in it. In that same spirit, I wonder if we have an ASA member who would
    like to serve as a Raelian ambassador. Shouldn't be hard, just sit by a
    red phone and wait for it to ring next to a landing site with "Welcome to
    Earth" on it written in Raelian. Should beat sitting on an oil rig in the
    North Sea ...

    Dick Fischer - Genesis Proclaimed Association
    "Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History"
    www.genesisproclaimed.org



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