Re: AIG notes

I had said:

>> 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?

George replied:

> It's true that the majority of scientists use the word "evolution" honestly.
> But for some, evolution as a description and theory of biological change over
> time is
> tacitly assumed to be justification for what has been called "evolutionism" as
> a more
> general philosophy of life &/or cosmic reality.

Agreed. That's precisely why I qualified my statement with the words "the
majority of scientists."

> I do _not_ think that the word
> "evolution" should be avoided because of that, but appropriate distinctions
> are in
> order. (I often amplify a bit and say "biological evolution" to make the
> limitation
> clear.) & the claims of those who think that "evolution" in the narrow sense
> implies
> "evolutionism" in the broader sense (as folks at both extremes of the spectrum
> do)
> should not be allowed to go without challenge.

Agreed again.

Howard
Received on Tue Mar 16 16:24:06 2004