tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11062023.post1550155887907408564..comments2023-10-26T03:12:48.945-07:00Comments on Dorkman's Blog: Secular Sunday: The Case for a Creator: Chapter Three, Part 3Dorkmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13927199693571387920noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11062023.post-26351956107922446782009-01-29T14:17:00.000-08:002009-01-29T14:17:00.000-08:00This might be a Pinocchio situation where he's (po...<I>This might be a Pinocchio situation where he's (possibly unconsciously) trying to cover up the holes in his logic, which just creates more holes elsewhere. Do you get the feeling his writing is spiraling out of control?</I><BR/><BR/>No, all of these paths are well-trod by Creationists. They don't realize that there are holes in their logic because they don't know how to actually evaluate something logically. These are, remember, the same people who believe that a God who is willing to torture and punish everyone for eternity merely for not believing in him, is the purest form of Love and Morality in the universe. <BR/><BR/><I> almost as if he wasn't speaking American English at all but still speaking perfect English.</I><BR/><BR/>It is perfectly possible to have a grammatically correct but meaningless sentence. For example, Chomsky's "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously." Creationist "science" is a lot like that. <BR/><BR/><I>Yet even if he gets that book published, his effectiveness for spreading the Word is limited.</I><BR/><BR/>You think so? I think you're wrong. I think that a tenured professor of a serious, accredited university writing a book about how science proves God will get MASSIVE publicity in the evangelical community, as more validation of their fairy tale beliefs. The fact that it's not scientifically accurate or even valid will never cross their minds, as they won't bother to check if it's true -- all that matters is that it agrees with them. <BR/><BR/>No, I think your professor could find himself a very rich and famous man among the population of True Believers, and sensible scientists will have to spend the rest of their careers refuting the absurdities that he creates in an effort to actually get shit done.Dorkmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13927199693571387920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11062023.post-44064356717375030122009-01-27T10:19:00.000-08:002009-01-27T10:19:00.000-08:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7U87VRiwowIt's fai...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7U87VRiwow<BR/><BR/>It's faith number 1. About 2m50s in.<BR/><BR/>C.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985727964118115952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11062023.post-70457649616052391812009-01-27T06:27:00.000-08:002009-01-27T06:27:00.000-08:00I know I shouldn't laugh, C, but that's really hil...I know I shouldn't laugh, C, but that's really hilarious. :) "The Cult of Frank-N-Furter" is what comes to mind.TheGamuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05838582756635371404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11062023.post-55959360654736182952009-01-27T02:53:00.000-08:002009-01-27T02:53:00.000-08:00It is curious that Creationists demand that nature...It is curious that Creationists demand that nature provide a comprehensive gapless paleontological record. As if they were somehow entitled to it. <BR/><BR/>It's therefore gratifying that when humans evolved the notion of god. They left behind an excellent paper-trail of their progressive modification of the idea. Complete with transitional forms, and blow-by-blow accounts of the clumsy mating of one tradition with another.<BR/><BR/>By the way....<BR/>The BBC Documentary, Around The World in 80 Faiths is recommended. My favourite religion so far is a mash-up between Islam and Animism. They have trans-sexual mullahs who have to stab themselves with giant knives. You couldn't make this stuff up.<BR/><BR/>C.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985727964118115952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11062023.post-52757262604689006842009-01-25T04:05:00.000-08:002009-01-25T04:05:00.000-08:00Wow. I'm getting lysdexic. :) I probably should ha...Wow. I'm getting lysdexic. :) I probably should have waited until I got some sleep.TheGamuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05838582756635371404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11062023.post-58383897271010970652009-01-25T04:04:00.000-08:002009-01-25T04:04:00.000-08:00This might be a Pinocchio situation where he's (po...This might be a Pinocchio situation where he's (possibly unconsciously) trying to cover up the holes in his logic, which just creates more holes elsewhere. Do you get the feeling his writing is spiraling out of control?<BR/><BR/>Or... this could be a "While you were sleeping" scenario, where something makes perfect sense in a dream but takes a lot more explaining to make any sense when one is awake. Does it seem like he has an idea where he wants to go with this but has no idea how to get there despite the insistence he's made the previously connection?<BR/><BR/>We have a professor in our department that's writing a book about how Geology proves God's existence. :P (Yes. There is quite a bit of eye-rolling when the subject arises here.) I was thinking about how to get him to come here to put an early end to his book (as I believe it's intruding on his classes, to the detriment of some of the students, including a friend of ours), but he is one of those <I>defines-the-universe-his-way</I> people and has his own rules regarding theory and fact. If you thought I was annoying, he would make your head spin at the absurdity... almost as if he wasn't speaking American English at all but still speaking perfect English. This is a situation where he doesn't want co-existence. He wants it his (His) way only. (No way at all is not an option to him, either.)<BR/><BR/>Yet even if he gets that book published, his effectiveness for <I>spreading the Word</I> is limited. The students' learning what they need to know for the curriculum is the only part that worries me. (It's just as bad as an ex-professor who spent so much of his class time touting a commercial product instead of teaching the subject that students left the class knowing nothing about the subject.)<BR/><BR/>Still, you know how Tenure works. :(TheGamuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05838582756635371404noreply@blogger.com