May, 2005, Posts of the Month

Thanks very much, Mammuthus. I hadn't seen this nomination, otherwise I would have reacted sooner.

Ooh! I was just browsing through the POTM noninations and never expected to get one. Sorry it took so long to give you the customary "Thank you".

Name: Percy
Forum: Intelligent Design
Thread: ID and the bias inherent in human nature
Post #: 76In Percys post #76 he gives a concise example of the difference between a creationist literalist and a garden variety believer. While I honestly am a literalist far more than you guys are, I have to give props to you for explaining this issue to new wannabe creationists. Maybe they will learn to think before they believe. {Added topic name to subtitle. Removed superfluous quote box (minor detail). Moved link location (minor detail) and added the "#76" to it to make it message specific. - Adminnemooseus}This message has been edited by Adminnemooseus, 05-17-2005 02:43 PM

Name: hitchy
Forum: Education and Creation/Evolution
Thread: An educational angle we all could live with? (Philosophy of Science)
Post #: 20Hitchy makes an excellent post about why we shouldn't be confusing our students and increasing the workload of teachers with a compulsory 'Philosophy of Science' class. There is much more in the post, but the excellent way it is written means it truly deserves some recognition.This message has been edited by Modulous, Tue, 17-May-2005 07:09 PM {Added subtitle. Also modified link (m=16#20 might not work for all, but m=20#20 will.) - Adminnemooseus}This message has been edited by Adminnemooseus, 05-17-2005 02:27 PM

Name: Ben
Forum: Coffee House
Thread: The Fact of Death
Post: 50This is a disarming and seemingly sincere response to Faith.Well, I hope Faith will be disarmed by it. . . {Corrected message number from "49" to "50", and made it a link. Added subtitle. - Adminnemooseus}This message has been edited by Adminnemooseus, 05-17-2005 07:02 PM {Yep, that's what I meant--thanks!}This message has been edited by Michael, 05-17-2005 09:14 PM

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Michael
-gravitationist
-evolutionist

I second this nomination. I especially like the last few lines.

Thanks for the nomination!Feels a bit weird to be put up on the "big board." Now I'm nervous or something. And just to clarify, I was being sincere.

Name: Percy
Forum: Geology and the Great Flood
Thread: Flood not the Cause of the Grand Canyon -- Not a Biased Opinion
Post #: 133Name: roxrkool
Forum: Geology and the Great Flood
Thread: Flood not the Cause of the Grand Canyon -- Not a Biased Opinion
Post #: 134Both are replies to the same message (posted 3 minutes apart) and are thus somewhat redundant, but both have much good content. Percy's is perhaps more readable, especially to the non-geologist; roxrkool gets more technical.Moose

Name: NosyNed
Forum: Social Issues in Creation/Evolution
Thread: Philosophical Implications of Darwinism, post #20I generally don't do POTMs since there are many good posts, but this one by Ned caught my attention and might be useful for others, when the question of science's rough handling of ID comes up. He uses two reallife examples of recent scientific investigations to show the hard work and in one case PAIN AND EMBARASSMENT, that scientists go through in trying to do their job in a field that is unforgiving and uncompromising.It sort of raises the unique question of if ID theorists aren't doing science because they don't have the fortitude, endurance, and guts it takes to do real modern science. After all, why do they think they have it so bad? That's an approach I haven't thought of taking.Given that he didn't finish his last sentence in the post, it has a great nailbiter suspense, or Madlib funny, ending.

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holmes
"...what a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.."(D. Bros)

Thank you very much. I know it was a little rambling. I will take better care next time. Two firsts for me--first nomination for POTM and first time I have ever been suspended! Sorry if the last few lines sounded juvenile.

Thank you! The last few lines were just a response in tone to the message I was replying to. I could have been more courteous, though.

Name: peaceharris
Forum: Geology and the Great Flood
Thread: Flood not the Cause of the Grand Canyon -- Not a Biased Opinion
Post #: Topic wide contributionspeaceharris has made a considerable effort to argue some sort of creationist perspective of the Earth's geology. He has tried his best to "sweat the details", probably significantly beyond any other creationist effort I have ever witnessed.He took on an impossible task, and failed miserably at putting up a coherent alternative to the mainstream geologic thought. But was a much better effort really possible? I don't think so. He was doomed from the start.This situation might call for a topic of its own. The "Posts of the Month" forum is not the place to discuss such further.Moose {Edited to add link to topic.}Added by 2nd edit: There has been some discussion of peaceharris's efforts at the "General discussion of moderation procedures: The Sequel" topic, starting at message 25. Admin's response is at message 27.This message has been edited by minnemooseus, 05-26-2005 05:38 PMThis message has been edited by minnemooseus, 05-28-2005 01:10 PM

Name: Iasion
Forum: The Bible: Accuracy and Inerrancy
Thread: The Existance of Jesus Christ
Post #: #7 & 8Iasion does a nice job of consolidating some of the debate surrounding the writings that mention Jesus but are not in the bible.Post #8 is a nice follow up with some writers who are less well known.I really enjoyed these two posts.