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[quote=guthrie,Aug. 25 2006,11:20][/quote]
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Anyway, it seems to me that many people were expecting too much from this course. The description says: ... This is not the same as a course intended to showing the scientific vacuity of ID, rather the course looks like it is supposed to explore the issues and debates surrounding ID. Therefore, much of the oprobium heaped upon McNeill by the more, umm, enthusiastic people at the Thumb is over the top. |
Why do you assume that the description accurately describes the actual seminar? It doesn't seem to fit MacNeill's description of what transpired.
| Quote | | At the same time, it has given us something of a tactical victory. |
I can't imagine why you think so; a grand total of two people in the seminar didn't accept evolution before it started, and afterwards one was still a YEC and the other was still an IDer.
| Quote | | This leaves ID'ers with only their faith to fall back upon |
As has always been the case.
| Quote | | thus demonstrating ID's total lack of scientific traction. |
That has already been demonstrated many many times over. The only thing this seminar did was induce one IDer and one YEC to tell MacNeill that their views had slightly shifted, and to give a number of intelligent Cornell students the impression that ID is intellectually respectable and worthy of scientific analysis.
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