tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post3411101745582241651..comments2024-03-27T00:26:19.644+00:00Comments on Rosa Rubicondior: Even Our Bacteria Show How We EvolvedRosa Rubicondiorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-85889905114351435892013-09-12T07:58:30.329+01:002013-09-12T07:58:30.329+01:00And for most creationists it seems, nothing at all...And for most creationists it seems, nothing at all will be allowed to dissuade them of that precious misunderstanding which they cling to like a drowning man clings to a straw.Rosa Rubicondiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-16074420281873076322013-09-11T22:18:24.413+01:002013-09-11T22:18:24.413+01:00The evidence for evolution is overwhelming. The pr...The evidence for evolution is overwhelming. The problem is that many people don't understand that the word 'theory' in science is used differently than it is in day-to-day speech. After all, gravity is a theory and yet no religious person I've ever met disputes its existence. Canadian Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00641777092783262463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-40287949938063535602013-09-11T08:51:37.572+01:002013-09-11T08:51:37.572+01:00The aim of the Discovery Institute is not to tell ...The aim of the Discovery Institute is not to tell the truth about science as they see it - which one could respect - but to discredit science in the eyes of the electorate because they know that science, properly understood, discredits religion, especially Bible literalism. They have chosen evolution as the battle-ground because this is what they think the American public finds most difficult to believe. They perceive a fault-line between US public opinion and what science says there. <br /><br />The Wedge Strategy is to drive a wedge of doubt into this fault-line until they have split science away from public opinion completely and destroyed its influence on politics, thus removing a barrier to a fundamentalist, Levitican Christian theocratic dictatorship. Note that the word 'democracy' or the idea of government of the people, by the people and for the people, appears nowhere in the Bible. <br /><br />Modern democratic government is not a Biblical or Christian concept but comes from the very Age of Enlightenment liberalism which these extreme right-wing Christian fundamentalists despise. This is their real enemy, not science, and truth is the first casualty in their war on it.Rosa Rubicondiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-10248502278459049502013-09-11T01:16:37.238+01:002013-09-11T01:16:37.238+01:00I find the problem with the discovery institute an...I find the problem with the discovery institute and answers in genesis etc is that they have people "debunking" the science. Basically these guys sit there and come up with far fetched ideas as to why the science is incorrect. Also Answers in Genesis for one states, that if it contradicts the bible then the science is by default incorrect.Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243905647317437724noreply@blogger.com