Marcio Pie wrote:
>
> Dear Hammond,
>
> Just for the record:
> (1) I did not write the message, I just forwarded it from another mailing
> list.
[Hammond]
Sorry, my mistake.
> (2) I'm afraid I am one of these poor souls who don't have the
> qualifications to grasp the grandeur of your SPOG.
[Hammond]
Naturally, Biology has little conection to Divinity,
or even Ichthyology for that matter.
> (3) I'd rather be called Mr. Pie. Or Marcio.
GH: Appologies for the oversight.
>
> 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
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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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