Re: More fusillades in the ID wars

Ted Davis wrote:

> If this report is
> factual--and I'd like to know whether it is--then I would suggest that
those
> of us who genuinely believe in religious freedom would raise hell, such as
> asking our congressional representative to look into it and reprimand the
> Smithsonian if it is true.
>
> If it is true (as I keep saying), it is surely a violation of the first
> amendment--a real violation, not an imagined one.

I think the point is being missed completely. Freedom of speech does not
extend to publication in science journals. Meyers' article snuck in under
the radar. The editor should have had the good sense to recognize an
article that lacks any positive evidence for what it asserts, and should
never have run the article in the first place. He is expected to exercise
editorial judgment after all. He embarrassed the institution and damaged
its credibility. If the Smithsonian reacted badly that is another issue.

Dick Fischer - Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
www.genesisproclaimed.org
Received on Tue Feb 1 13:46:50 2005