>>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.
Susan:
>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.
Bertvan:
Yes. While a few people engaged in these discussions appear capable of
tolerating opinions other than their own, I've noticed that you don't seem to
be one of them.
Bertvan
http://members.aol.com/bertvan
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