promethius said:
macro evolution has been refuted
surely you are joking? those protestant “scientists” who so valiently defend against evolution arent worth the ink used to print their texts when it comes to real science. QUOTE]
Promethius,
With all due respect. There are many reputable
scientists refuting Darwinism. For example, check out the following link.
discovery.org/articleFiles/PDFs/100ScientistsAd.pdf
Read this PDF file in detail. Read the fine print. Contemplate who it is on this list that you just called “protestant scientists not worth the ink used to print their texts”. You are referring to some of the finest scientists across the country. Biologists, chemists, physicists. Some of them are Catholic. Some of them Nobel prize nominees.
It’s bad enough that the Discovery Institute lies, but when you repeat their lies and perpetuate them, you do a disservice to the virtue of honesty around the world. I’m sure your repetition of these lies was accidental, Edwin - I doubt you realize that you are referencing a source which has been outed for absusing the facts of a situation on several occasions. That’s okay - it happens to the best of us. Hopefully this will help clarify matters for you a little.
First of all, anyone claiming to have been nominated for a Nobel prize at any point in the last fifty years is a liar. See
here.
Secondly, the statement which these scientists supposedly are agreeing to is vaguely worded enough in areas that one could probably get anybody to agree to it. Heck,
I agree that “careful examination of the evidence for Darwinian[sic] theory should be encouraged”. Unfortunately for both the Discovery Institute and you, however, a serious, unbiased examination of this evidence does little but increase one’s appreciation for the beautiful robust simplicity of the modern synthesis.
Thirdly, I am pretty certain that a large number of the scientists on that list probably don’t even know they are there, and would be pissed as all get out to learn that they are there. Did you take the time to email any of the listed names to see if they support being named on a list of evolution doubters, Edwin? It shouldn’t be too hard to find email addresses for Ph.Ds holding down jobs at public universities in the United States. The reason I ask is because this would not be the first time that the Discovery Institute has misappropriated legitimate scientific research, and it takes an organization like the NCSE actually taking the time to
ask the scientists being so represented if they agree with such representation. Read more about it
here, if you like.