Comments on: Bloggingheads and creationism http://blog.jmlynch.org/2009/08/31/bloggingheads-and-creationism/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:12:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Wes http://blog.jmlynch.org/2009/08/31/bloggingheads-and-creationism/comment-page-1/#comment-7729 Wes Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:24:10 +0000 http://jmlynch.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/bloggingheads-and-creationism/#comment-7729 UPDATE: Phil Plait and PZ Myers said they won't be participating in Bloggingheads any more. UPDATE: Phil Plait and PZ Myers said they won’t be participating in Bloggingheads any more.

]]> By: Doc Bill http://blog.jmlynch.org/2009/08/31/bloggingheads-and-creationism/comment-page-1/#comment-7710 Doc Bill Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:24:27 +0000 http://jmlynch.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/bloggingheads-and-creationism/#comment-7710 I've never heard an interview with Paul Nelson where his ass wasn't kissed until, I suspect, it got chapped. That's one sweet ass you got there, Paul! In one interview Nelson was asked what it would take for him to accept the theory of evolution. Good question. Paul said that he had a list of about seven things. Looking good, I thought, but my hopes were dashed. Paul then went on to say that he left the list in his hotel room and felt uncomfortable trying to wing it from memory. What the hell? The Dog Ate My Homework Excuse? And, in the end, Nelson was let off the hook to mumbo on about some other jumbo. It was disgusting. I’ve never heard an interview with Paul Nelson where his ass wasn’t kissed until, I suspect, it got chapped. That’s one sweet ass you got there, Paul!

In one interview Nelson was asked what it would take for him to accept the theory of evolution. Good question. Paul said that he had a list of about seven things.

Looking good, I thought, but my hopes were dashed. Paul then went on to say that he left the list in his hotel room and felt uncomfortable trying to wing it from memory.

What the hell?

The Dog Ate My Homework Excuse?

And, in the end, Nelson was let off the hook to mumbo on about some other jumbo. It was disgusting.

]]> By: Wes http://blog.jmlynch.org/2009/08/31/bloggingheads-and-creationism/comment-page-1/#comment-7709 Wes Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:43:38 +0000 http://jmlynch.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/bloggingheads-and-creationism/#comment-7709 What the hell was Ron Numbers thinking? I can't understand how he could have believed that kissing Paul Nelson's ass for an hour on the internet would result in anything productive, or garner him anything but criticism from his colleagues. It seems like all he and McWhorter accomplished was 1.) Harming their reputations amongst observers of the creationist movement, and 2.) Chasing off two excellent voices (Zimmer and Carrol) from what had been a really unique and interesting idea. What the hell was Ron Numbers thinking? I can’t understand how he could have believed that kissing Paul Nelson’s ass for an hour on the internet would result in anything productive, or garner him anything but criticism from his colleagues. It seems like all he and McWhorter accomplished was 1.) Harming their reputations amongst observers of the creationist movement, and 2.) Chasing off two excellent voices (Zimmer and Carrol) from what had been a really unique and interesting idea.

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