>Bertvan: My hope is to see belief or skepticism of "chance
>and selection" regarded as a legitimate difference of opinion - just as
>materialism and its alternatives are legitimate differences of opinion. I
>have also stated repeatedly that if everyone stopped calling ID
>"creationism", I'd probably lose interest in the controversy.
That hope will probably never be realized. It's like having a difference of
opinion as to whether Mt. Everest exists. You can believe that it doesn't
exist all you want, but those who believe that it *does* exist are never
going to consider your opinion to be the equal of theirs. An opinion that
can be substantiated with facts based in reality is always going to be
considered of higher quality than an opinion based in religion or wishful
thinking.
Susan
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you can. Read everything you can get your hands on. Take frequent naps.
Watch as little television as you can stand. Tell people what you want. Do
what you love as much as you can. Dance every day.
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