Re: [asa] David Sloan Wilson

At 08:13 PM 4/18/2007, Randy Isaac wrote:

>Is anyone on this list familiar with David Sloan Wilson, author of
>"Evolution for Everyone"? I have an opportunity to attend a couple
>of lectures by him this Friday and Saturday and wanted a little
>background. Based on a brief search it seems that he tends toward
>atheism but has concluded that religion is of significant value with
>an evolutionary basis. He seems to be one of the researchers on the
>evolutionary development of human behavior and characteristics. Is
>he on the level? Or out on a limb? ~ Randy

@ As Francis Collins (former atheist) rightly pointed out, "Atheism
is also "the least rational of all choices because that assumes that
you know enough to assume the possibility of God."

Are those among us who deny the law of non-contradiction and insist
on making the least rational choice - regarding the ultimate concern
- anywhere else BUT out on a limb?

  A Letter to an Atheist ~ C Michael Patton ~
http://reclaimingthemind.org/blog/index.php/2007/04/16/a-letter-to-an-atheist/

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Converse With Scholars: [audio
tape]
<http://www.ttpstudents.com/content/scholar//audio/AlvinPlantinga.mp3>Evolution
vs. Atheism or The Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism ~ Alvin
Plantinga [This tape lasts almost an hour. If you don't want to
listen to the whole thing, you may use your mouse to slide the tape
to the 51:50 minute mark near the end of the tape and listen to
Plantinga talk about theistic evolution, common ancestry, descent
with modification, Genesis 1 and 2, etc., and how Christians have
many options within the pale of orthodoxy from which to choose, while
materialism/naturalism is the only game in town for atheists/secular humanists.

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The Integral Embrace of Lies and Truth - For everything that exists
that is good, or true, or beautiful, there is a counterfeit version
of it. In fact, this is one of the surest ways to know that objective
truth, beauty and morality exist, because uncorrupted human beings
have a built in way to recognize sham versions of them. But the
operative word is "uncorrupted," because it seems that most people
actually prefer the counterfeit to the real -- which is odd, because
why would someone prefer a cheap and tawdry imitation? There must be
something about real truth, beauty, and goodness that cuts both ways,
and makes the corrupt soul draw away from them. .." [snip]
Continued: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1756237/posts

~ Janice .... "With me, the horrid doubt always arises whether the
convictions of man's mind, which has been developed from the mind of
the lower animals, are of any value or at all trustworthy. Would any
one trust in the convictions of a monkey's mind, if there are any
convictions in such a mind?"
<http://web.archive.org/web/19981202143057/http://id-www.ucsb.edu/fscf/library/plantinga/dennett.html>~
Charles
<http://web.archive.org/web/19981202143057/http://id-www.ucsb.edu/fscf/library/plantinga/dennett.html>Darwin

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Received on Thu Apr 19 11:40:32 2007