Isn't it amazing how vehemently some folks resist any thinking that runs
counter to their own? If science truly has a question for everything, then
perhaps the Smithsonian is correct, why not show the ID movie and promote
open discussion. After all, it is valid science to consider a theory until
it can be disproved. To my knowledge evolution is just such a
theory...widely held, but never proven. Hmmm...
By the way, it is unfortunate that your elevated response sank into
vulgarity.
Becky Fitzgerald
Executive Director
Susquehanna Museum
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Subject: Re: ID Movie at Smithsonian
Rebecca Fitzgerald said:
> Bottom line - if we only believed those things that could be proven, our
> lives would certainly be dreary little affairs, wouldn't they?
If we were to discard all those human beliefs for which there is no real
evidence, we would have truly rid ourselves of "life's dreary little
affairs."
Not to paint you with this broad brush, Rebecca -- my apologies. But your
comment above reminds me of how I've often heard supernaturalists deride
science for the arrogance of "having an answer for everything." But in
fact, science has the opposite -- a question for everything, and relatively
few answers. That makes for an incredibly tantalizing and mysterious world
to behold. ID, on the other hand, is really thinly disguised Creationism
which purports to know everything about human origins, not to mention the
how-and-why of the cosmos. In fact, in an odd way, because of science we
know "less" than any earlier time in human history when the answers (for
everything) came from religion. The attempt to insert ID into the elevated
discourse of naturalism is meant to cloak it with the appearance of being an
equal partner with science in explaining the world. It isn't, and the
Smithsonian's implied endorsement will only suggest that the science world
acquiesces to such an illusion of equality. The Creation Institute knows
this, and their PR people are no doubt having orgasms over it.
Stephen Nowlin
Director, Williamson Gallery
Art Center College of Design
http://www.xrl.us/stephennowlin
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