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Re: mousehop
True, this.  And besides, from a philosopher's point of view, saying life was Created just begs the question of where the Creator came from.  And that would be even harder to find, if you were intent on looking.

posted by mousehop on January 29, 2009 at 6:05 PM | link to this | reply

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Yes, that is the problem; we fight over what we should teach our children without much thought about what problems our fighting causes.  And the children lose.

And I like your posts.


posted by mousehop on January 29, 2009 at 6:04 PM | link to this | reply

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The thing that bothers me about Intelligent Design is it's obvious intellectual dishonesty. If one is willing to accept the position, the next question is intelligently designed by whom/what? Allah? Budda? Zeus? Odin? A gibbering mass of protoplasm from a galaxy far, far away? Nope on all accounts. With a wink and a nudge, proponents never say, but we all know it's the Christian concept of God and only the Christian concept of God.

posted by Talion_ on January 28, 2009 at 8:48 PM | link to this | reply

For goodness sakes!  How far have we come from the Scopes Trial?  Not far enough.  Even in my tiny Hebrew Day School we studied Evolution.  Lots of religious Jews are scientists (just look at Nobel Prize winners!).  Relgion and evolution don't have to be diametrically opposed concepts.  But Creationism proponents are taking our schools back to the dark ages - and you're right; no wonder the US is falling behind in education!  Thanks for commenting on my post, by the way.  I really appreciate it.  Mal

posted by gapcohen on January 28, 2009 at 9:43 AM | link to this | reply