Playing devil's advocate here... I suppose these creationist folks would argue that their "legitimate" scientific studies wouldn't stand a chance of being published in a mainstream biology journal because of the pro-evolution bias of the biology establishment. So I ask you - might'nt they be correct? How likely is it that a scientific study that seems to refute evolutionary theory would truly get a fair appraisal by reviewers and editors?
Nonetheless, I agree with Dave Lawrence that this won't really affect much. It will be seen for what it is and is unlikely to change many people's opinions. Joe > Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 22:47:53 -0400 > From: Jim Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Inaugural Call for Papers for the > International Journal of Creation Research (IJCR). > > Have you seen this? A peer reviewed journal for > young earth creationism! > Please tell me that someone out there is preparing > some stiff opposition to > this. > > When this thing gets off the ground it will do a > pretty good job of > undermining scientific method and credibility. This > may be even worse than > recent scandals involving pharmaceutical industry > funding of > product research or petroleum industry scientists > contradicting > climatologists on global warming. Journals on the > whole are losing their > credibility because of various financial > entanglements in a few key > fields. This current attack is not going to help > ecology and evolutionary > biology one bit. > > As goes the reputation of journals, so goes the > voices of reason. Can > anyone think of a way to defend Aristotelian logic > or all we all going to > just watch placidly as the age of reason slips into > the shadowy > recesses of a new, albeit perhaps more subtle Dark > Ages. > > Sincerely, > Jim Sparks > http://www.icr.edu/ijcr/index.html > > *International Journal for Creation Research * > > The Institute for Creation Research is pleased to > announce the inaugural > Call for Papers for the International Journal of > Creation Research (IJCR). > > IJCR is a professional peer-reviewed journal of > interdisciplinary scientific > research that presents evidence for recent creation > within a biblical > framework. > > Addressing the need to disseminate the vast field of > research conducted by > experts in geology, genetics, astronomy, and other > disciplines of science, > IJCR provides scientists and students hard data > based on cutting-edge > research that demonstrates the young earth model, > the global Flood, the > non-evolutionary origin of the species, and other > evidences that correlate > to the biblical accounts. > > It is our hope that you will be encouraged in your > study of creation science > issues that remain at the forefront of education and > research. > > Andrew A. Snelling > Editor-in-Chief > > -- > James L. Sparks Jr. M.Sc. > Freelance Ecology > 4530 E. Seminary Ave. > Richmond, VA 23227 > 804.426.2479 (cell) > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 23:19:10 -0400 > From: "David M. Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Inaugural Call for Papers for the > International Journal of Creation Research (IJCR). > > I doubt it will have much effect at all. ICR > published a similar journal in > the past. Now they'll have a new name and new > volume numbers, but nothing > new to say. > > Dave __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
