Re: a simple fine (Down, Deeno, down!)

Yeah, those Creation Scientists can say some pretty ridiculous things
all around. I've actually spent a little time arguing with them. It's
a weird kind of fundamentalism, I think. It seems to be diminishing in
influence as more responsible and intelligent critiques of evolutionary
theory come forward...but maybe this is just wishful thinking on my
part.

Intelligent Design theory, on the other hand, is pretty interesting and
would be even more so if they stuck exclusively to scientific paradigms
and avoided theological and philosophical ones.

Jim

Omlor@aol.com wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
> No, I certainly was never arguing any point at all concerning the real
> history of the trial or about the relationship between the movie and
> the history. I was just talking about the characters in the play and
> who reminded me of whom around here. And I would never set out to
> defend the movie as history, that's for sure. It was cheesy melodrama
> at best, with some mildly entertaining performances by Tracy and March
> and Gene Kelly and it gave us one of Samantha's future husbands
> (apparently the real punishment for teaching evolution in such a
> heathen fashion is having to marry a witch, albeit a beautiful blonde
> with a sexy brunette cousin. And your mother-in-law then tries weekly
> to destroy your life).
>
> Oh, and according to the website, by the way, not only is the Earth
> only thousands of years old, but dinosaurs and people were made the
> same week (and yes, the site insists that it was a real week, with 24
> hour days which were designed to "serve as a model" for our own
> calendar and work week). So, apparently, dinosaurs and people lived
> together for quite some time.
>
> Now, I don't know whether the people really had baby elephant vacuum
> cleaners and little cars that they moved with their feet. But I guess
> they could have. Man, getting knocked down by your brontosaurus every
> time you come home from work must have gotten to be a drag.
>
> All the best,
>
> --John (who really loves reading the pages on this website and will
> happily cite more gems if anyone wants)

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