I mean that it shuts down discussion, on whether evolution and your
conception of religion are opposed.  It grates on me mentally like the
argument that God laid down the fossils. Maybe it's its effective
denial of Occam's razor- you: 'I don't think evolution and religion
conflict- after all, God created evolution, so how could they
conflict?' me: 'But evolution had  to happen, in the same way that 1+1
has to add to 2, so it is simpler to only accept evolution and not
God.' you: 'So?  That's just my belief, unfalsifiable as it is.'

~Maru
Oh, and my use of 'ingenous' was correct- I was referring to you,
ascribing the adjective to you.  It doesn't, and didn't, have any
thing to do with nouns such as 'ideas' or 'facts'.
Microsoft delenda est.

On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 16:08:37 -0800, Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How can a statement of my belief ever be disingenuous?  Doesn't that
> adjective only apply to ideas presented as facts?
> 
> Nick
>
> Maru Dubshinki wrote:
> > I think that's a bit disingenous- saying 'God created evolution' is on
> > par with 'God created 2+2' or 'God created the Law of the exclutded
> > middle'.  Evolution naturally falls out of things, like 1=1.
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