The Evolution of evcforum.net

As I write this (check the time of posting) there is an example before our very eyes. A PNT that is, in my non-Admin opinion, clear and well-written against abiogenesis, but not being promoted.This message has been edited by Chiroptera, 24-Oct-2005 11:36 AM

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"Intellectually, scientifically, even artistically, fundamentalism -- biblical literalism -- is a road to nowhere, because it insists on fidelity to revealed truths that are not true." -- Katha Pollitt

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But TOE hints at a Godless creation.

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Not just TOE, in my opinion, but any systematic set of natural laws that seem to show that the universe (or the subject of the particular field) works automatically, without a skipper to keep everything moving along in the right directions.

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"Intellectually, scientifically, even artistically, fundamentalism -- biblical literalism -- is a road to nowhere, because it insists on fidelity to revealed truths that are not true." -- Katha Pollitt

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Yes, but some think of "laws of nature" in the legislative sense of the word "law." Argument from design.

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Indeed. But this seems to indicate the Deist conception of a creator who created and then bowed out. In fact, it was about the time of the Galileo/Newton that Deism got its start as an intellectually acceptable theology.And then, once one can accept a universe that doesn't have a god constantly tinkering with things, it's a short step to then wonder why we even need a god at all....

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"Intellectually, scientifically, even artistically, fundamentalism -- biblical literalism -- is a road to nowhere, because it insists on fidelity to revealed truths that are not true." -- Katha Pollitt

Because I don't know anything about Green Lantern.

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"Intellectually, scientifically, even artistically, fundamentalism -- biblical literalism -- is a road to nowhere, because it insists on fidelity to revealed truths that are not true." -- Katha Pollitt

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One of the things that attracted me here was the ”whacko’ topics started by non-experts.

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*Sigh*Another person was banned this morning. He was trying to start too many new topics and was disrupting the threads in which he was participating. Now don't get me wrong -- I understand why this sort of thing must be stopped and support the measures taken, but I was hoping to get a little more fun out of him before he was (predictably) suspended. (No blame to the Admin -- this guy just burned out too fast.)These sorts of people are exactly the reason I join these boards.Edited for clarity.This message has been edited by Chiroptera, 27-Oct-2005 12:52 PM

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"Intellectually, scientifically, even artistically, fundamentalism -- biblical literalism -- is a road to nowhere, because it insists on fidelity to revealed truths that are not true." -- Katha Pollitt

Thanks for your clarification, Amminnemooseus. I see I was mistaken; Mirabile has not been suspended. Yet.

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"Intellectually, scientifically, even artistically, fundamentalism -- biblical literalism -- is a road to nowhere, because it insists on fidelity to revealed truths that are not true." -- Katha Pollitt