Here's a reason to pray for America...

NachtcGleiskette · Post by **NachtcGleiskette** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:44 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6216788.stm

Respected scientists are in this group eh?? How in the WORLD could a scientist who IGNORES SCIENCE be respected in the scientific community??

Ughh...this country...what is wrong with this country...

Post by **JSherlock** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:48 am

Wow! James Gurney's Dinotopia come to life!

The Drastic Spastic · Post by **The Drastic Spastic** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:23 am

That's awful.

Technically, they don't say "respected". They say "qualified".

Bamfette · Post by **Bamfette** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:26 am

Oh, I've heard of this. if it's any consolation the 'respected scientists' qualifications are iffy at best . There are some genuine ones, but they pad the list to include people whose doctorates are in other fields, or got them by mail from shady institutions, and such.

But yeah, it's hard to ignore that evolution is happening... even within humans, there was a recent discovery related to lactose tolerance that shows that it arose 3 times independently with different mutations within the past 3000 years. Once in northern Europe and twice in different parts of Africa. There are people out there with a mutation to their immune system (mostly European descendants of plague survivors) that makes them resistent to the Bubonic Plague and AIDS, etc. there are so many different kinds of proof, from ring species to DNA to geological finds.... I don't understand how someone can still believe in young earth creationism. I can accept and understand a 'guided by god' idea, even if I don't believe it myself, but 'over the course of a week about 6000 years ago *poof* there it was'? nah.