The conflict occurs because the ID folks are attempting to get it added to curriculum. I have no problem with people believe in magical unicorns...I only have a problem with it being taught as science.
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've never really understood the debate. I generally accept evolution > because it make sense. However, while I personally don't subscribe > to Intelligent design, I see no conflict with evolution in someone > believing that God created everything and planned for it to happen > just the way it did. Conflict with reason certainly, but not with > evolution. If God can do anything, why couldn't he set up things to > work by natural selection? It's so simple; I don't see what the > hubbub is about. > > dj > > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:01 AM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have problems with evolution - I don't like it much! It's the best >> explanation, but there is so much it doesn't explain. Work in >> progress is usually like this. We have no idea of what it is all for >> and I dislike the lack of public dreaming about this - brute >> godswanking versus brute how-science seems merely to exclude this. I >> have been a little persuaded by creationists who make the point that >> biology should be taught (including Darwin) and that this is no reason >> to exclude creationism as symbolic and questioning. The argument is >> broadly Hegelian - given we seem to have a history (beyond >> vainglorious hero sagas) we can confirm by best efforts, what should >> we do with it in terms of the being we can create? This seems to me a >> religious question that can be informed by science. It also questions >> the authority of churches and authority does not like to be >> questioned. >> >> On 26 Feb, 07:24, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Having long believed that Creationism was generally a strange US >>> American phenomenon, I found the following article >>> interesting:http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,609712,00.html >>> >>> In my personal history, during the long period of my life in which I >>> described myself as a Christian, I never had any problem with >>> accepting the idea of evolution. Many believers, however, seem to have >>> problems and, apparently, not all of these are fundamentalists. >>> >>> Francis >>> >>> On 12 Feb., 23:20, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > Charles Darwin is 200 years old today. He published "On the Origin of >>> > Species" 150 years ago. >>> >>> > Darwin was a genial thinker and, on of the things I find most >>> > impressive about him, an honest intellect. Apart from his insights >>> > into evolution and natural selection, one of the most fascinating >>> > things about him was his spiritual journey, leading him from intended >>> > study of theology in preparation for ordination as an Anglican >>> > clergyman to a painful, honest acknowledgement of personal agnosticism >>> > and a repudiation of Christian theological models. And this in >>> > Victorian England. >>> >>> > St. Charles the Evolved, my suggestion as a patron saint for Minds >>> > Eye :-) >>> >>> > Francis >> > >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
