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Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this
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Mon, 21 Dec 1998 21:22:36 GMT
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Beaker wrote:
> In any case, I don't know why you take the Darwin Fish so seriously.
> You admit you see the humor in the Christian response, a fish labeled
> 'Truth' eating the Darwin Fish ... so if you see the humor in that, why
> do you not see the humor in the Darwin Fish?
Well I don't find either of them funny. I see both of them as serious
attempts by people to let others know where they stand. I won't ridicule
people for using either, as I think it's good to know who I'm dealing
with.
Someone who is an out and out christian(1), in my book, has to be dealt
with a bit more carefully, as he or she is prone to lapses of illogic
and irrationality(2). I'm pleased that some christians are willing to
help me out by badging themselves.
Now the Truth fish swallowing Darwin... why that one, I DO ridicule! The
symbol, mind you, not the person. But I find it laughable to think that
anyone could refute the broad outline(3) of evolution on any basis other
than "Someone claimed god said it's not true and I've decided to reject
reason and take it on faith".
1 - as opposed to someone who just goes to church for the social reasons
who don't believe... they are just venal hypocrites.
2 - particularly on Sunday while listening to service ;-)
3 - don't bother me with "Darwin made detailed mistake X about species
Y" as errors of that sort do nothing to undermine the basic notion that
species do change randomly, and given enough time, will diverge to fill
all available ecological niches.
--
Larry Pieniazek http://my.voyager.net/lar
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| (...) Gee, thanks. that makes me feel this big --> . For some reason I'm coming fast to the end of being able to calmly discuss this without preaching to people. The only thing is for some reason you guys all read books so you can argue against (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Also sprach Tim Courtney: : And I'm a Christian and don't know who Ralph Reed is. See my other recent : post on my opinion of the Darwin fish...I don't find it funny at all. Ralph Reed is the founder of the Christian Coalition, and he was still in (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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