On Dec 12, 2007 7:14 PM, John Walley <john_walley@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I agree as well. But ID's problem was they couldn't figure out what their
> message really was so they couldn't stay on it.
>
> Here is the dishonesty in the evolution vs. religion dichotomy. Eugenie
> Scott readily calls into the debate the religious motivations of the ID
> proponents as that is relevant to the debate but when pressed about her own
> ideological presuppositions she says "that doesn't matter". Her defense is
> that she is not the one making a religious appeal and she is only defending
> science so she is above suspicion when it comes to motivation.
>
Since ID lacks in scientific fertility the religious motivations are
indeed important, especially when they are trying to sneak ID into
education. Indeed, her own ideologies do not matter in this.
Simple as that. Nothing dishonest about that.
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