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G33K-Chik on 8/28/08
This is pure crap. And so is "unitarian". God's Holy Word is NOT to be trifled with. Go back to Genesis and see for yourself how the earth was created. And the rest of the book tells you how to obtain salvation....through repentance and accepting Jesus' gift of eternal life through His mercy and forgiveness. Not all roads lead to God! Just because it's a church, does not mean it's Holy. Be discerning dear people (Acts 17). Shalom....
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organguy23 on 8/29/08
I love America, and I love that we can have a diversity of opinions. I respect the rights of those who have religious, philosophical and scientific beliefs, including Mr. Dowd and Ms. Barlow. Evolutionism, like all other religious beliefs, cannot be and never has been demonstrated in any scientific study. How do you reproduce origins? It's impossible, by definition, to reproduce origins. Where is a living example TODAY of anything in the process of evolution? Did evolution cease to exist just when I wanted to go and see some? So, even though I think evolution is just another religious fantasy, completely without any scientific basis geologically, genetically, astronomically, biologically, or mathematically, I've got nothing against fantasy. I love fairy tales and I read fiction - I just don't think any of it should be forced down anyone's throat as a required belief system - in a school or anywhere else. And, by the way, mainstream science has always been at the forefront of incorrect teaching and bad science - flat earth, the earth as the center of the solar system, "bleeding" patients as good medical practice, and too many other errors to list in a brief e-mail or even an extremely lengthy book. But I still have to say, "Long live freedom of thought and speech." The other thing I would say is, "Neither your opinions nor my opinions are the laws of nature." Have a good day!
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euthman on 8/31/08
G33K-Chik: Sorry, but if you actually read Genesis critically, you'll find that it is so self-contradictory that it's impossible to accept it as literal, even if you are unhinged enough to buy into the claims (e.g., 6000-year-old earth) that are clearly contradicted by scientific investigation.
The basis of religion is faith in received authority, while the basis of science is observation and experimentation. The two processes are utterly dissimilar and irreconcilable. Dowd and Barlow are to be commended for trying to bring real science to religious fundamentalists, but ultimately their attempts to alloy the two fields will hit a philosophical brick wall. Even as early as the 5th century, the great church father St. Augustine admonished believers to stay out of scientific debates. He knew even then, as we know now, that when science and religion get together, stupidity invariably follows.