Re: [asa] Re: [asa] Theistic Evolutionists Close Ranks — Let the Bloodletting Begin!

Go George! I just posted a comment about Phillip Johnson at the
scienceandreligiontoday.blogspot.com site. I agree entirely about how
disingenuous the ID people are.

2008/6/16 George Murphy <GMURPHY10@neo.rr.com>:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Wallace" <wmdavid.wallace@gmail.com>
> To: "ASA" <asa@calvin.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 6:45 PM
> Subject: [asa] Theistic Evolutionists Close Ranks — Let the Bloodletting
> Begin!
>>
>> http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/theistic-evolutionists-close-ranks-let-the-bloodletting-begin/
>>
>> Quote from Dembski:
>>
>> You know, I would be happy to sit down with theistic evolutionists and
>> discuss our differences.
> ..........................................
>
> This is simply false & it's pointless to go on to discuss the rest of what
> he says. Dembski of course wants to appear reasonable, open to dialogue &c
> but in fact avoid discussions with proponents of TE of the theology behind
> ID & its theological implications, often with assertions that ID has nothing
> to do with religion. At the same time they are quite happy to talk about ID
> as support for their own religious views when talking with those who are
> like minded - i.e., anti-evolutionists. & Dembski has been as guilty as
> anyone in doing this. He made this same sort of noise at the symposium on
> ID at the ASA meeting a few years ago & then did things like give the
> O'Leary woman protected status on UcD to attack ASA.
>
> There is no point in continuing to pretend that Dembski & other ID partisans
> wants fair & honest discussion of ID. Let the dead bury their dead. ID has
> been going downhill ever since the Dover trial & anyone who cares about
> either good science or good theology should limit involvement with it to
> giving it a further push when the occasion allows it.
>
> Shalom
> George
> http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
>
>

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