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To: SteveMcKing
Both Creationists and Evolutionists despise Intelligent Design.

I thought Creationists were allied with ID'ers in their war against evolution?

22 posted on 08/21/2005 8:16:19 AM PDT by WildTurkey (When will CBS Retract and Apologize?)
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To: WildTurkey
I thought Creationists were allied with ID'ers in their war against evolution?

They are, but ID is a strategy to combine the more undeniable elements of evolution with mainstream religion (that which we practice, as opposed to actual doctrine - you wouldn't believe how many Catholics don't even know the Eucharist is Christ's body, and not just a symbol of it...)

The ID camp seems to be made of those uncomfortable with 1) duality 2) ambiguity 3) the potential to be wrong.

I have no problem with any of those - and though I've carefully avoided the word "relativism" in my argument - most purists (my own code for "fundamentalists") of both evolution and creation can't seem to cope, for some reason. I don't know what their problem is, honestly, except they are worried what kids are taught. But I guess that's a valid motive.

54 posted on 08/21/2005 9:02:01 AM PDT by SteveMcKing
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