Dear Hammond,
Just for the record:
(1) I did not write the message, I just forwarded it from another mailing
list.
(2) I'm afraid I am one of these poor souls who don't have the
qualifications to grasp the grandeur of your SPOG.
(3) I'd rather be called Mr. Pie. Or Marcio.
Marcio
At 04:56 PM 7/28/01 -0400, you wrote:
>[Hammond]
>
> Ms. Pie's disturbing initiative is just another sign that the
>Fundamentalists have scented blood in the water and that they
>sense the impending discovery of a "scientific proof of God".
> They are absolutely correct about this, and the discovery has already
>been dubbed the SPOG (scientific proof of God).
> This discovery proves that, as Ms. Pie put it, "both" Creationism and
>Evolution are scientifically correct.
> I have repeatedly warned the scientific community that their continued
>ignorance of the SPOG is going to result in a public CRUCIFIXION OF SCIENCE
>when it is learned that the discovery has been known since 1997 and
>systematically ignored and suppressed by the scientific community:
>
>Website: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/ghammond/index.html
>
>Sincerely, George Hammond
>
>
>-----------
>
>
>Marcio Pie wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just got this from another mailing list.
> >
> > Marcio
> >
> > >Colleagues,
> > >
> > >I would like to share with you the leading headline on the front page of
> > >this morning's Honolulu Star Bulletin:
> > >
> > >"BOE [Board of Education] Panel Opens Door to Teaching Creationism"
> > >
> > >A version of the article is at:
> > >
> > >http://starbulletin.com/2001/07/26/news/indext.html
> > >
> > >Click on the "Late Breaking" icon near the top list.
> > >
> > >Some of the more disturbing excerpts:
> > >
> > >"The move came after board member Denise Matsumoto complained that
> proposed
> > >state performance standards for science...presented Charles Darwin's
> theory
> > >of evolution as fact rather than opinion."
> > >
> > >When board memebr Karen Knudsen asked Matsumoto what she meant when she
> > >referred to "both" theories of origin:
> > >
> > >"Matsumoto replied, 'The other theory is creationism. They're both
> theories.
> > >They both have scientific data that go with them."
> > >
> > >"'Evolution' is often times confused with 'adaptation,' Matsumoto argued.
> > >'So many times in our textbooks and our science classes, adaptation gets
> > >replaced with the word evolution,' she said. 'Adaptation is a change
> within
> > >a species to adapt to their survival rather than evolution, which is
> > >changing from one species to another species such as ape to man. Matsumoto
> > >suggested that such changes between species are not possible."
> > >
> > >When I told my wife (also an evolutionary biologist) about this, she
> > >responded "Not in my backyard!" We'll be drafting a letter this
> evening. I
> > >encourage others on this list to consider doing the same.
> > >
> > >Aloha,
> > >Rich
> > >
> > >Richard L. Pyle
> > >Ichthyology, Bishop Museum
> > >1525 Bernice St., Honolulu, HI 96817
> > >Ph: (808)848-4115, Fax: (808)847-8252
> > >email: deepreef@bishopmuseum.org
> > >http://www.bishopmuseum.org/bishop/HBS/pylerichard.html
> > >"The views expressed are the author's, and not necessarily those of Bishop
> > >Museum."
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Marcio R. Pie
> > Department of Biology
> > Boston University
> > 5 Cummington St.
> > Boston, MA 02215
> > Phone: (617) 353-6974
> > FAX: (617) 353-6340
>
>--
>Be sure to visit my website below, and please ask your
>news service provider to add alt.sci.proof-of-god
>-----------------------------------------------------------
>George Hammond, M.S. Physics
>Email: ghammond@mediaone.net
>Website: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/ghammond/index.html
>-----------------------------------------------------------
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Marcio R. Pie
Department of Biology
Boston University
5 Cummington St.
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: (617) 353-6974
FAX: (617) 353-6340
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