[Marxism-Thaxis] Islamic creationism- Boston Globe; definition of science; law and atheism

2009-10-26 Thread c b
This article prompted me to look at the wikipedia article on intelligent design. The struggle with the intelligent design advocates pushes the scientific community to arrive at a succinct definition of science, copied below. Also, the fight forces the federal courts to take a side in the

[Marxism-Thaxis] Islamic creationism- Boston Globe

2009-10-26 Thread c b
This is another interesting section of the wiki intelligent design article, which, by the way , is obviously written by an opponent(s) of intelligent design. CB http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_design#Defining_science Intelligence as an observable quality The phrase intelligent design

[Marxism-Thaxis] Islamic creationism- Boston Globe

2009-10-25 Thread Jim Farmelant
Islam’s Darwin problem In the Muslim world, creationism is on the rise By Drake Bennett October 25, 2009 Three weeks ago, with much fanfare, a team of scientists unveiled the fossil skeleton of Ardi, a 4-foot-tall female primate who lived and died 4.4 million years ago in what is now