Title Author Date

I'm skeptical of freethought Polito, Mike Aug 28, 2007

Your "about us" section of your website says this:

"TalkReason provides a forum for the publication of papers with well-thought out arguments against creationism, intelligent design, and religious apologetics.

Papers whose goal is to promote creationism, Intelligent Design, irreducible complexity, the compatibility of the Bible with science, and
religious apologetics, exegesis or papers arguing against established scientific theories such as the evolution theory will not be accepted."

I am a Christian, and while I do not embrace creationism or ID, I recognize that science is limited. I wonder how a website which is run by people who profess "freethought" could ban certain types of writings on its site. Dogma is dogma, I'm afraid.

Mike Polito

Title Author Date

I'm skeptical of freethought TalkReason , Aug 28, 2007

Dear Mr. Polito:

Thank you for your letter. We appreciate your concern regarding freedom of speech. Talk Reason, from its inception, was designed to
be not a discussion board but rather a source of information in favor of science and against pseudoscience. Talk Reason is not a blog, but rather an archive.
There is a multitude of websites where views contrary to ours can be posted. In Talk Reason's Letters sections any views critical of the posted articles can be articulated, provided the letters writers conform to certain rules of
conduct. Within the limits of our charter, there is a wide space here for expressing various views. We believe having indicated in advance what kinds of material are acceptable for our site was a much more honest approach than pretending to be impartial while in fact rejecting any submissions contrary to our goals, as is common for many creationist sites, especially those conducting propaganda of intelligent design. You must know that their blogs either do not allow commenting at all, or promptly delete any comments even mildly critical of their beliefs. Why won't you share your concern regarding free thoughts with blogs of ID advocates?

Best wishes,

Talk Reason