On 3/16/04 12:54 PM, "Gary Collins" <gwcollins@algol.co.uk> wrote:
> Yes. I don't think students are thick, they will realize that this is
> evolution. But I was
> not thinking so much of evasion tactics but rather to focus the attention on
> the biological
> process and draw it away from the philosophical overtones. If the question
> came up - and
> I'm sure it would - then the teacher could draw attention to this distinction.
> Perhaps it
> would be a good thing if not just the textbooks but the biological community
> itself were to
> change the word (though I can't see this happening).
>
> /Gary
>
When one community (the majority of scientists) is using a word honestly,
why should it resort to playing a word game because another community
(AIG-type Christianity) is using words dishonestly for EFFECT in place of
ACCURACY?
Howard Van Till
Received on Tue Mar 16 15:29:34 2004
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