Re: [asa] YEC and ID arguments

From: Steven M Smith <smsmith@usgs.gov>
Date: Sun Oct 22 2006 - 10:02:50 EDT
-----Gregory Arago <gregoryarago@yahoo.ca> wrote: -----
>Please excuse the delayed reply, as my name is still found on the
>Cc's and I'd have liked to respond earlier, especially when it became
>'geologists against social scientists' a bit earlier on. Big
>breath... 
>  

Gregory,
 
My initial post in this thread was a tangential observation on which I had been ruminating for some time and as I read the different posts in this thread, I was motivated out of my lurking mode to share this random thought.  Although it was your post that I used to tie my ideas into this thread, I really wasn't directing these observations against you.  My appologies if it appeared that I was jumping into the fray as one of the 'geologists against social scientists'.
 
I freely admit that my perspectives are narrow and parochial.  As such I rarely post to this list since I don't feel qualified to speak on many of the issues discussed until someone brings up a "geology" question.  One of the reasons that I have remained on the ASA discussion list for many years is the breadth of expertise and perspectives that can occasionally be brought into a discussion.  I need to hear these issues from the perspective of social scientists, philosophers, biologists, astronomers, lawyers, theologians, educators, ID theorists, young earth creationists, ... etc -- even when the discussions become heated.  It is those thoughtful posts, often though not always written after a slight delay, that I most appreciate.  Thank you for your lastest contribution to my education.
 
Steve
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