Re: YEC and ID may be fellow brethren was -Re: [asa] Secularist

> This article is well researched and informative. However, it attacks
> Christianity, in particular its claims to exclusivity. It also tries to
> attribute certain extremist political positions to ID by such tactics as
> mentioning that one ID advocate gave a talk to a group with members
> holding such views or noting some sort of connection between one ID
> advocate and some member of the John Birch Society. This is hardly a
> reliable way to ascertain the position of a group.

Yes, Forrest's complaints about the political agenda of ID suffer
greatly in credibility because she wants to advance a rival
antireligious and liberal political agenda. Thus very similar
critiques can be leveled at her, and by similar unwarranted
extrapolations, to anyone with any connection to her or her views.

-- 
Dr. David Campbell
425 Scientific Collections
University of Alabama
"I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"
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