My 2 cents worth:
I'm convinced that Michael Sylvester posts these messages
just to get everyone riled up. He probably even keeps score as
to how many replies he generates.
But I've got a right-wing conspiracy theory of my own:
Paul C. Smith wrote:
>I believe that the typical member of the religious right has consciously
decided that
>lying in service of his/her religious beliefs is a good thing. I can
believe
>that quite a few people are honestly as ignorant as one would have to be to
>believe those arguments. But I believe that the majority, and perhaps the
>vast majority are somewhere between dimly aware and well aware that most of
>what they say is untrue.
If someone believed the same thing about women, blacks, or homosexuals,
would
they (even in their wildest dreams) ever post it to a professional list
dealing
with teaching psychology? Therefore, I can't believe that Paul is serious.
And if
Paul isn't serious, he appears to have the same motivation as M.S. noted
above.
Has anyone ever seen Paul Smith and Michael Sylvester in the same place
at the same time?
TT
By the way, Paul's claim is an empirical one; so as long as we're asking
for references....
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Dr. Thomas A. Timmerman
Department of Psychology
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN 37044
931-221-1248
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