Comments on: Script of SMU Presentation http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2006/05/04/script-of-smu-presentation/ Wesley R. Elsberry's personal weblog, talking about falconry, science, antievolution, computation, and the broken body he lives in. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:25:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Richard Stoecker http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2006/05/04/script-of-smu-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-17162 Richard Stoecker Sun, 14 May 2006 12:29:17 +0000 http://austringer.net/wp/?p=284#comment-17162 Frank, insightful point. This should be used more in discussions on Evolution. Many people are "anti" evolution, because it does not line up with their ideology or what they have been taught in church. But DENIAL hits home the point that even though someone may not like the implications of evolution, they cannot deny it. There is far too much evidence for it. More importantly, in our christian faith communities, it evokes Paul "denying Christ" (it's bad to deny). It also forces the person to ask how they reconcile what they believe or have been taught and possibly move them rationally to a more reasoned location with Evolution. Frank, insightful point. This should be used more in discussions on Evolution. Many people are “anti” evolution, because it does not line up with their ideology or what they have been taught in church. But DENIAL hits home the point that even though someone may not like the implications of evolution, they cannot deny it. There is far too much evidence for it. More importantly, in our christian faith communities, it evokes Paul “denying Christ” (it’s bad to deny). It also forces the person to ask how they reconcile what they believe or have been taught and possibly move them rationally to a more reasoned location with Evolution.

]]> By: Frank Weaver http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2006/05/04/script-of-smu-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-17146 Frank Weaver Fri, 12 May 2006 19:02:01 +0000 http://austringer.net/wp/?p=284#comment-17146 Nice and succinct. may I suggest that, if you use this in the future, you do a global search-and-replace of "antievolution" with "Evolution Denial"? This is a PR war and language, as the IDistas know, counts more than anything else. The term "Evolution Denial" more completely encapsulates both the motives and tactics of their movement while loosely evoking it's methodological similarity to familiar movements in other fields of inquiry. Nice and succinct. may I suggest that, if you use this in the future, you do a global search-and-replace of “antievolution” with “Evolution Denial”?

This is a PR war and language, as the IDistas know, counts more than anything else. The term “Evolution Denial” more completely encapsulates both the motives and tactics of their movement while loosely evoking it’s methodological similarity to familiar movements in other fields of inquiry.

]]> By: Karen http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2006/05/04/script-of-smu-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-16995 Karen Fri, 05 May 2006 05:48:23 +0000 http://austringer.net/wp/?p=284#comment-16995 Thanks for posting that. Thanks for posting that.

]]> By: AntiEvolution.org http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2006/05/04/script-of-smu-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-16971 AntiEvolution.org Thu, 04 May 2006 18:23:44 +0000 http://austringer.net/wp/?p=284#comment-16971 <strong>Script of SMU Presentation</strong> The following is my script for the fifteen minute presentation I gave at the SMU debate on April 25th. I hope to do some more with this, but I need to check with the organizers to make sure I won't step on any toes, if they plan to sell audio or video... Script of SMU Presentation

The following is my script for the fifteen minute presentation I gave at the SMU debate on April 25th. I hope to do some more with this, but I need to check with the organizers to make sure I won’t step on any toes, if they plan to sell audio or video…

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