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----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Kishel" <mike@houseofshred.net> > We should be encouraging them to honestly > take a look at the facts and help them see that there really is no threat to > their beliefs. Good public education that is not inflammatory or insulting > will be the answer in the end. Otherwise we will just further polarize the > debate and then everybody loses. This won't work. They aren't interested in rational discussions. There should be no debate on this issue. Creationism and ID should be treated the same way as the Flat Earth society - a farcical joke, people hanging on to ridiculous assumptions made in a less educated era when people didn't understand how the world worked and ascribed everything they couldn't explain to "God" or gods. I'm not attacking anyone's religious beliefs here - i'm not religious myself but I have respect for everyone's beliefs. Except of course when they try to impose those beliefs on others the way the Creationists/IDers are doing. As I've said before if we continue to debate their "science" with them rationally as if there was any question over it, it gives them credibility they do not deserve. We have to treat them as if they were denying gravity or heliocentric solar system - we should be rolling on the floor laughing that people still believe this rubbish, not trying to rationally debate with them for goodness sake!! Try to educate anyone who is open and willing to listen and understand the evidence but when they're clearly not, as is the case for most of the leaders, there's no point. > Oh and by the way. I've > noticed that there are several people on here who find it convenient to hold > us all as a captive audience while they sling personal attacks at each > other. Grow up guys or find somewhere else to go. All in favor of never > seeing that nonsense on here again can respond "I" I. Breandán -- _______________________________________________ For the largest FREE email in Ireland (25MB) and 20MB of online file storage space - Visit http://www.campus.ie
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