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choc philosophers Rubin, Ephraim Aug 25, 2004

Dear Mr. Reich--

Regrettably, I hadn't time to write a reply to Gottlieb. Gottlieb has some valid points in his reaction, but basically I am not impressed by it. If you have some specific questions on the issue, you may ask me.

Regards,

E.R.

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A simple god Fuzaro, Mariana Aug 22, 2004

Try to imagine god as being a simple, uncomplete CONSCIENCE and INTELLIGENCE that exists by chance. But this simple being is omnipotent and can increase its attributes, getting complex and creating complex things. It gets easier that way?

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Design Argument. Vyas, Dhaval Aug 22, 2004

Dear Professor Mark Perakh,
I recently read your book Unintelligent Design twice and it was pleasure to read both times. You did a fantastic job in thoroughly refuting the Creationists and their "Intelligent Design” argument, covering many ideas and different variables. Sadly, these stubborn people just won't go away. I live in a very conservative area (York, Pennsylvania), and I've never seen such anti-evolution and anti-science sentiment in my life. Many people who live in this area never read any real evolution book or fully understand the theory, and yet they argue against it like it’s the most offensive thing they have ever heard. They blindly follow what is written in the Bible and brush off monumental scientific evidence and discoveries. A school here, Dover High School, actually was considering putting the idea of creationism in a Biology textbook!!
I even had a teacher in high school who introduced us to the Intelligent Design argument in a Philosophy class. I think he was trying to prove to us that God existed. He was a strong Christian and made us read garbage articles from Christian Science magazine supporting creationism and trying to refute evolution.
He presented the Philosophy class from a strictly Christian standpoint and made us write 6 of the Ten Commandments on a test when we were studying ethics.
I'm surprised he actually kept his job. But since this is a very conservative Christian area, he was able to get away with it.
It is scary, but the same things could be happening in other school districts across the country. Students are being introduced to fraudulent claims of creationism and thinking evolution is a propaganda mechanism used by the scientific community. They don’t understand how manipulative the religious community can be. Although one should question scientific claims and theories, it is a useless endeavor when hundreds of years of research support the claims. Nonetheless, I think it is only a matter of time before evolution is accepted as a Law rather than a theory.
I think we have seen the very last of the Creationists. Although a few will continue to exist in the future, anyone with a decent education will not take them seriously. The Creationists will be in the same field as the Holocaust deniers; their arguments will lose so much respect that most people will see them as crazy. It is good that scientists like you and others respond to these people every time they come up with a new “argument”. It raises the dignity of the scientific community and demolishes these charlatans. It shows that science is the ultimate search for truth and understanding and human beings will no longer be bogged down by superstition, false beliefs, and a manipulative religious community.

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Esther 9 (10 sons of Haman/names) Chamberlain , Steven Aug 22, 2004

Since I do not speak/read Hebrew can you clarify what the 3 letters are after each of Haman's 10 sons and what this word could be translated to in English. I have been told that one translation was 'self' and then the teaching that coupled w/ the definitions of the names denoted things that must be dealt w/ spiritually in the life of the blvr.

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religion and skepticism... Mattern , John Aug 19, 2004

good day i am a self taught philisophical theorist of naturalism. i know that sounds contradictory but, it works for me. i have spent some years observing and inferring from the "oracle" known as television and have discovered many truths of both human nature and what humans do with that nature. recently i stumbled upon the talk... websites and have been absorbing as much knowledge from them as is objectively possible. i must thank you all for these websites, i have learned quite a bit. i am currently working my way through the talkreason site and have come accross a paper "religion and skepticism: can (and should!) skeptics challenge religion?". i have discovered many interesting concepts in my travels through human consciousness but, have never been so inclined to write and comment. albeit, i'm only thirty and have still much to learn, i believe i've learned enough to say that this paper is one of the most enlightened and enlightening i've ever read. i would like to express my appreciation to the website for carrying it and the authors, Norman and Lucia hall, for having the strength to stand up and put into words that which most of us realize yet still deny. though i do disagree with a few statements in the paper, i feel that the overall intent and message are what count. from one seeker of knowledge to another, thank you and have a good day. john

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