At 09:04 PM 2/25/97 -0600, you wrote:
>At 03:10 PM 2/25/97 -0700, William W. Cobern wrote:
>>In light of the hammering Johnson is taking on this list for his use of
>>evidence and argument, I am disturbed by such assertions as this:
>>
>>At 12:48 PM 2/25/97 -0500, you wrote:
>><snip>
>>
>> The reason Johnson is popular among many
>>>Christians is not because people are excited about epistemology but
>>>because they want to have an excuse to relegate evolution to a minor
>>>role (or deny it entirely) & not have to think about it or wrestle with
>>>the religious issues it raises.
>>
>>This reads as a statement of fact when, IMO, no such facts are avalable.
>
>This too may be anecdotal but as a geoscientist, when I tell people in the
>churches that I have attended (all of the conservative variety) that geology
>does not support a young earth, or that geology does not support a global
>flood, or that paleontology reveals that no living species of mammal was
>alive on this earth in rocks earlier than the oligocene, about 25% tell me
>that I have been brainwashed by my education/duped by professors/forced to
>believe this because of my employment or something like that. I think 25%
>believe it but don't say so. I gather this from the look of horror on their
>faces. These anecdotal numbers are in agreement with what I hear Gallup has
>found ( January 1993 issue of First Things, Phillip Johnsons article, p. 9:)
>
>Discussions with many of these people in this type of arena, leads me to
>believe that fear of evolution is quite widespread.
>
>glenn
>
>Foundation, Fall and Flood
>http://www.isource.net/~grmorton/dmd.htm
>
>
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