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Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

This is gonna be interesting...
http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/002867.html

Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :

You kinda gotta love those moments of

"Mainstream" group: X equals y, and by golly, we're going to make sure everyone knows it!

"Fringe" group: Agreed! X equals y!

"Mainstream" group: [wincing] Please, please shut up.

Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :

Except that according to the article, most Christian intelligent design proponents (who are 99.9% of the advocates in my estimation) love that the Krishnas support the cause, since then they point to them and claim that its not a purely Christian agenda.

Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :

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As the stickers only attack Darwin without endorsing a specifically Christian God, Hare Krishnas see them as an opportunity to introduce Vedic creationism into American schools. They know that once one religion gets its foot inside the door, all others will automatically get equal time to bring in their own creation stories and cosmologies into science classrooms in America.

At least they admit their agenda in supporting ID. (Although that could just be the author's take on the situation.)

--Enigmatic

Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-01-19T155619Z_01_L19111788_RTRUKOC_0_US-RELIGION-CATHOLIC-EVOLUTION.xml&archived=False

And the vatican says it is not a science

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

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And the vatican says it is not a science

In related news, the AMA says Catholicism is not a religion.

Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :

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Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head:

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And the vatican says it is not a science
In related news, the AMA says Catholicism is not a religion.

I apologize for being somewhat dense today, but I don't get what you're trying to say here.

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

He's saying that the Vatican isn't an authority on what is or isn't science.

Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :

But I agree with the Vatican (amazing, I know) on this point. Intelligent design is NOT a science and shouldn't be taught in schools. I'm glad that the Vatican recognizes this.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Strange bedfellows, indeed.

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

Noemon is correct.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

What about an evolutionary scientist?

I'm assuming you were misled by the incomplete article originally linked on the subject. The Vatican article in question was written by a biologist.

"The Vatican" didn't say anything.

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

I was really just responding to the statement "the vatican says it is not a science"n

[ January 20, 2006, 05:00 PM: Message edited by: mr_porteiro_head ]