RE: Impact no. 293

Glenn Morton (grmorton@waymark.net)
Fri, 07 Nov 1997 19:54:12 -0600

At 04:43 PM 11/7/97 -0500, Brian D Harper wrote:
>At 09:50 AM 11/7/97 -0800, Jim Hofmann wrote:
>> Greetings:
>>
>>Impact #293 included the following comment:
>>
>> "For example, over 20 scientific societies in the United States
>>have policies in their bylaws denying acceptance of journal articles
>>from
>>creationists." (p. ii)
>>
>>Does anyone know what societies make up this list of 20?
>>
>
>I was rather amazed by this claim. My bet is that the list
>is really short, 0. How would the editor of a journal know
>that a submittee is a creationist? Do they keep a list or
>something?

I am a former member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, and a
member of the American Assoc. of Petroleum Geologists. I know it doesn't
apply the them. I think this is a made up number for the faithful.

glenn

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