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| Quote (stevestory @ Sep. 14 2007,04:52) | | Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Sep. 13 2007,12:55) | | Plus, the political dimension of it is very important to Dave, and it's probably how he chose ID in the first place: being a foot soldier for ID gives him a way to think he's sticking it to those pointy headed liberal science types who didn't get everything they know from Scientific American. It's his way of doing his bit for the 'culture wars' in his retirement. |
The Discovery Institute is funded by Dominionists. It is first and foremost a culture war activity. You are right about his motivations. Dembski, Phil Johnson, Salvador, FtK...how many of these ID nuts would we hear from if not for the culture war aspect? The evolution defenders are primarily scientists because evolution is science. The IDers are primarily culture warriors because ID is about the culture war. |
That's the only thing that keeps D.T. in the tent.
If this argument was going on at the time Darwin was baskin in the glow of Origin D.T. would be nailing slavery apologetics pamphlets to church walls …….after the fall……..of the Confederacy.
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The conservative has but little to fear from the man whose reason is the servant of his passions, but let him beware of him in whom reason has become the greatest and most terrible of the passions.These are the wreckers of outworn empires and civilisations, doubters, disintegrators, deicides.Haldane
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