Reply #74: The complexity of evolutionary theory should not be underestimated....

[LeftHander]

The guy is a character but I liked this post and it does make one think.

I even despite reading his colorful bio I still found the OP a decent read.

However...having said that. Some of what he says sound a little like "religion". Incorporating a scientific theory in everyday life with a purpose of stating that a persons moral values and social behavior is guided by evolution, sound a little like religion. (really a lot) And has no real basis in hard science. It does not fit the scientific process. How do you PROVE that all human behavior is guided by evolution? that is simply not science.

And THAT is what fundies want. They WANT science to be considered a form of religion so it can be treated the same. Or NOT the same. Once science is recognized as religion then it is simply easier to do two things:

Ban the teaching of science in public schools.
Force equal time for other "religions".

I have seen Christian Fundamentalist speakers who are promoting Evolution beyond the constructs of academia by incorporating philosophy and theoretical "creation stories"...with an expressed goal of showing that science is a form of religion.

TO me that is not good. Science is a process of observation, hypothesis, experimentation, corroboration and validation no where is there "faith" or a prediction without validation and proof.

But I think that I can't ignore that people are always looking for meaning and answers and if this does provide some comfort and insight is that so bad...? I don't know. But I do know that people will use any religion to justify any position or action and they will use opposing viewpoints as a means to breakdown that opposition by painting with the same brush that colors their own belief.


But again...here is a good post that touches on deeper issues than Ann Coulter's neck bones or some post at free republic.