tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post4621235915527791450..comments2023-09-16T09:31:23.577-04:00Comments on Please be patient, I am evolving as fast as I can!: When do Rationalizations become a lie?Ted Herrlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03194189686075222808noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-74316333013862412582010-06-16T10:36:49.137-04:002010-06-16T10:36:49.137-04:00I've also been following this sorry affair. If...I've also been following this sorry affair. If Freshwater weren't so self righteous I'd almost feel sorry for him. Of course, he had numerous opportunities to do the right thing. Looks to me like his lawyer is taking him for a ride.scriptohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17899049404620738944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-46428557819304270662010-06-14T21:43:41.599-04:002010-06-14T21:43:41.599-04:00IMO we can better proceed by having the activist C...IMO we can better proceed by having the activist Creationists, and their sympathizers, openly express their religious concerns. After all, from their perspective, teaching evolution is often equivalent to teaching atheism. While that equivalence is false, we should address the concern: alleged government sponsorship of atheism, within the larger context of government sponsorship of religion in general within the public school system.<br /><br />Too often, Creationists think that their concerns have some scientific basis. In practice, we rapidly learn that such Creationists really aren't that interested in science; they just think they are. Just try having a substantive discussion with a Creationist on any research paper within the scientific literature; you won't get such discussion, because IMO they're just not interested. The only "interest" in science within this context stems from the alleged scientific problems with evolution, which simply don't exist as Creationists claim they do.<br /><br />All of this takes time. Often, you'll find that the Creationist won't bother to self-examine here. And from there, the Creationists' lies are easily explained: no self-examination means no possibility that one might be wrong, either intellectually or morally, or (often) both.rubblenoreply@blogger.com