Look more carefully at what Percy wrote:
Those that do not advocate influencing public schools to include more favorable treatment of creationist views makes them somewhat
orthogonal to the mainstream creation movement, by which I mean they differ from them in that they don't see the need to remove the
Bible from creation science.
The primary focus of the "science side" is to investigate the claim that Creation Science can be considered legitimate science. That is why there is the rule that you cannot bring in the Bible because then the position gets thrown out by default.
It becomes an issue when a number of posters wanted to claim that YECism is TRUE but not necessarily science. That had no place in the science forum because science does not care about The Absolute Truth (R). Since The Absolute Truth (R) is not necessarily scientific, it is okay to admit that the basis for your version of TAT(R) is the Bible and therefore bring it into the discussion is okay. You are still by default though admitting that it is not science. This also does not guarantee that any regard will be held for such a view other than it is allowed as part of the argument.
Therefore your comment of...
The idea was that it would be a mirror image of the science side, where the Bible inerrantist premise dictates the form of the
discussion instead of the science premise. the Bible to be the rock bottom authority on this side of the divide.
...is just plain wrong. The Bible only has more credence in TC&ID forum in that it is not eliminated by the rules of the debate. It does not dictate anything nor is it any kind of authority other than to those who choose to misinterpret it to fit with their particular often non-Biblical creation myths.
The only differnce between TC&ID and any of the science forums is simply:
"...because the Bible says..." is fundamentally incompatable with the science forums
"...because the Bible says..." is not necessarily incompatable in TC&ID
That DOES NOT MEAN that it is given ANY more weight or considered in ANY higher regard.
Edited by Jazzns, : Horrid grammar
Of course, biblical creationists are committed to belief in God's written Word, the Bible, which forbids bearing false witness; --AIG (lest they forget)
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