Posted on 01/28/2009 11:36:17 AM PST by Coyoteman
We will see and hear the term “Darwinism” a lot during 2009, a year during which scientists, teachers, and others who delight in the accomplishments of modern biology will commemorate the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species. But what does “Darwinism” mean? And how is it used? At best, the phrase is ambiguous and misleading about science. At worst, its use echoes a creationist strategy to demonize evolution.
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In summary, then, “Darwinism” is an ambiguous term that impairs communication even about Darwin’s own ideas. It fails to convey the full panoply of modern evolutionary biology accurately, and it fosters the inaccurate perception that the field stagnated for 150 years after Darwin’s day. Moreover, creationists use “Darwinism” to frame evolutionary biology as an ism or ideology, and the public understanding of evolution and science suffers as a result. True, in science, we do not shape our research because of what creationists claim about our subject matter. But when we are in the classroom or otherwise dealing with the public understanding of science, it is entirely appropriate to consider whether what we say may be misunderstood. We cannot expect to change preconceptions if we are not willing to avoid exacerbating them. A first step is eschewing the careless use of “Darwinism.”
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Did you diagnose the case yourself or have you relied on Dr. Juan Valdez?
His departure from God’s word must now be an embarrasment to him in the presence of the Lord, and hopefully he is unaware of what you are doing here.
If you really cared about your fellow man, you'd get the word out that you and you alone know God's will, God's intentions, and what knowledge is and isn't pleasing to the Lord. Get those several hundred errant Christian sects out there (estimates vary), right with You!
The answer is in the piece I posted. Read it.
France is France's problem, not mine.
Please, read the open letter I left for you at DC. It's in the appropriate forum -- I'm sure you know the one. ;)
Hold a seance and aske Margaret Sanger.
Seriously, though, when someone starts thinking we're no better than animals, they start thinking that the way to run our society is to do things that make animals stronger.
That's funny -- so by declining to answer the question, even when repeated, you confirm that separation of church and state is not even one of your principles. It is merely a convenient stick to beat Christianity with.
Here's your burqua.
Do you like kitties? (See the top of my FReeper homepage.)
Cheers!
Evolution is a theory which explains the facts of human existance.
Please try to understand.
[[Personally, I like contention out here. I do not mean disruption for the sake of it, but I appreciate that often times reasonable people will disagree.]]
That’s my sentiments exactly- I liked Coyoteman despite his occassional disruptions, but they were gettign worse and worse
Yeah- I saw your followup post right after I posted- saw that you read why he’d been banned- so my post was unnecessary
I once saw graffiti on the University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities campus which read "Vegetable Rights and Peace".
A chimp is more like a human than a rhesus monkey is. If there were no chimps or rhesus monkeys around, and someone found a fossil of a rhesus and a fossil of a chimp, couldn't they conclude that the chimp was a transitional form between the rhesus and man?
There is no heaven or hell.
Once you die, it is all over.
Believe what you want, I’m a
Buddhist.
Near as I can tell, "coyoteman" just got banned for being an idiot but, then, we all knew that; I mean, the guy actually believed in darwinism... Am I missing anything here?
As I've said twice before: France is France's problem, not mine.
Maybe it's too hard for you to understand, but I oppose the promotion of religion - all religion, including Islam and Buddhism - by the government.
Any government.
Do you like kitties?
Do you like our party being out of power?
I beg to offer divergent views. Either group has been guilty (if I may utilize that word) of stating or implying that it is not just about the science.
And both sides claim to be fighting for "the truth" which makes the need for popcorn all the more urgent.
Some in both groups certainly are.
I wonder who would be more surprised, or offended, in learning that they are both correct?
the chimp stopped here ...........@the WH :)
Hold a seance and aske Margaret Sanger.
Methinks perhaps I should not as 'tis well known that a Seance is both UnGodly and a foul and notorious Refuge of the Pickpocket, the Thief, and the Scoundrel.
Seriously, though, when someone starts thinking we're no better than animals, they start thinking that the way to run our society is to do things that make animals stronger.
This looks like the same broad-brush you didn't like when I included you in my post about the Pope's piece.
Once a friend had trouble finding my house after I had given him a sheet of directions. "that's weird," I said, "I wrote down everything you needed to know."
Now, do you think that when I said that I meant thatt I had written down everything he needed to know, from the alphabet and algebra to the company that insured his car?
Once you die, you will probably prefer heaven.
Don't believe what you want, since your belief will affect where you go.
Fortunately, God did the heavy lifting; and promised to indwell us and to change our very nature to restore our right relationship to Him and bring us to heaven.
I'm a Christian.
Full Disclosure:
Since you're posting this on a "science" thread, I expect the atheistic evos (if they are sincere) to swarm over you, demanding physical evidence for the historical anecdotes and theological teachings of Buddhism; and demanding that only evolution be taught in schools in those countries where Buddhism is a major faith.
And then to repeat the process in Israel.
And then in the Caliphate.
...
*crickets*
Cheers!
Once a friend had trouble finding my house after I had given him a sheet of directions. "that's weird," I said, "I wrote down everything you needed to know."
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