Re: Evolution Controversy (posted for R. Plotnick)

[rowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Mickey Rowe)]

Roy Plotnick (plotnick@plotnick.geol.uic.edu) urges us:

> PLEASE! LET'S NOT START AN EVOLUTION/CREATION DEBATE HERE!!!!

There's an old proverb (Yiddish, I believe) that states that evil
exists because good people do nothing.  While I understand Roy's
desire not to want to involve this list in the sort of protracted and
pointless arguments that usually come about when the subject of
creationism is brought up, I think his concern is misplaced.  There
hasn't been any "debate" here because, so far as I can tell, there are
no creationists here.  That suggests to me that this *could* be a good
forum for waking up those good people who might otherwise think we can
just ignore the problem.

Since I've been involved in a number of debates with creationists
(mostly via the USENET group talk.origins), I was delighted to see
that most responses to Robert Gastaldo's initial message have been
along the lines of "what can we do to help?"  Roy, please don't
squelch the call to arms or its answers!

-- 
Mickey Rowe     (rowe@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu)