Hello, all,
This is in response to Debra Allen's link to the list of 500 scientists who are
skeptical about evolution. I refer you to a NYTimes article from Feb. 21, "Few
Biologists but Many Evangelicals Sign Anti-Evolution Petition," by Kenneth Chang.
Chang discovered in random interviews and review of public statements that upwards
of 32 people who signed the petition admitted that their doubts about evolution
sprang from their religious beliefs. Further, only 128 signers are biologists, few
of whom deal with the history of life. I am not a scientist, but I have always
understood that science is not a matter of belief, but a matter of objective
observation and experimentation, using data to draw logical conclusions.
NYTimes article: http://tinyurl.com/lv4oo
Lynn Foltz, Upper School Librarian
Sanford School
Hockessin DE
foltzl@sanfordschool.org
On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:43:14 -0800, Debra Allen wrote:
>
> I would like to contribute the following link to this
> discussion. It is a list of 500 scientists who are
> skeptical that Darwinism is a viable explanation of
> the complexity of the universe:
>
>
>http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/filesDB-download.php?command=download&id=660
>
> Debra Allen
> Librarian
> Sudduth Elementary
> Starkville MS
>
> --- Shannon Wham <sdeanwham@CHARTER.NET> wrote:
>
> > Robert Eiffert wrote <If my budget would allow me to
> > purchase material on Kennedy assassination
> > conspiracy theories and Nasca Plains lines being UFO
> >
> > landing sites, I might look into some ID books. >
> >
> > Sir, I'm sorry, but that statement is uncalled for.
> > It will only serve to raise the level of rhetoric to
> > uncomfortable levels. I'm fairly certain I'm not the
> > only supporter of ID who is on this listserv, even
> > if I may be the only one who will defend it. I try
> > not to insult the beliefs of atheists and other
> > ideologies I don't agree with and on behalf of those
> > out there who may be silent, I'd appreciate the same
> > courtesy.
> >
> > Shannon D. Wham, Librarian
> > Bell Street MS
> > 600 Peachtree St.
> > Clinton, SC 29325
> > sdwham@laurens56.k12.sc.us
> > sdeanwham@charter.net
> >
> > "Id temporis consilium bonum videbatur"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---- Robert Eiffert <beiffert@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> > > I just bought _How Do We Know the Nature of Human
> > Origins_ (Rosen);
> > > Intelligent Design isn't in the index, though
> > there are four pages
> > > discussing how creationism gradually lost
> > scientific credibility from
> > > the 1600's to late 1800's (Hook to Lyall).
> > >
> > > ID has been discredited as a scientific theory
> > ("Most scientists say
> > > "alternative" to evolution isn't a theory at all
> > >
> >
>
><http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002522889_evolution27.html?syndication=rss&source=education.xml&items=34>).
> >
> > > The Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District case
> > ruled ID is religious
> > > in nature, not a scientific theory ("'Breathtaking
> > Inanity': How
> > > Intelligent Design Flunked Its Test Case" Time
> > Magazine
> > >
> >
> <http://www.time.com/time/health/printout/0,8816,1142625,00.html>).
> >
> > > There is little to no peer-reviewed work on any
> > findings supporting ID.
> > > If my budget would allow me to purchase material
> > on Kennedy
> > > assassination conspiracy theories and Nasca Plains
> > lines being UFO
> > > landing sites, I might look into some ID books.
> > >
> > > Sunday's (March 5) Doonesbury - "Situational
> > Science is about respecting
> > > BOTH sides of a scientific argument, not just the
> > one supported by
> > > facts!" <http://www.uclick.com/client/sea/db/>
> > hits the nail on the head.
> > >
> > > Myer's "The proper reverence due those who have
> > gone before."
> > >
> >
>
><http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/the_proper_reverence_due_those_who_have_gone_before>
> >
> > > does one of the best explanations on why we follow
> > the evidence.
> > >
> > > Robert Eiffert
> > > Librarian, Pacific MS Vancouver WA
> > > pac.egreen.wednet.edu/library
> > beiffert@egreen.wednet.edu
> > > Librarian in the Middle Blog: www.beiffert.net
> > robert@beiffert.net
> > >
> > > Disagreement with dominant ideologies and moral
> > codes is exactly what the principle of free
> > expression is designed to protect. We don’t need
> > the First Amendment to protect speech that offends
> > nobody and agrees with conventional norms.
> > > Marjorie Heins
> > <http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0316-30.htm>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > K FALLON wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Do any of you have Intelligent Design books in
> > your collection and could you recommend titles?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Kristina Fallon
> > > > Robert Morris School Librarian
> > > > yasumani@verizon.net
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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