Re: 1980 Eldredge: "time to reexamine" theory of NS

david ford wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Lenny Flank wrote:
> david ford:

>>>Eldredge, Niles.  July 1980.  "An Extravagance of Species"
>>>_Natural History_, 47-51.  Paragraphs from 48, 50, and 51:

>>Is this before, or after, Eldredge says that creationists are liars
>>and poor scholars, and that creation "science" is bankrupt and
>>dishonest.

> I am an old-earth creationist that rejects "creation science," which says
> that the earth and universe is about 10,000 years old.
> Do you consider me to be a liar?  If so, on what basis do you arrive at
> that conclusion?
> Do you consider me to be a poor scholar?  If so, on what basis do you
> arrive at that conclusion?

        The problem with young earth, old earth or last tuesdayism is there is no 
point in time 
that anyone can define in useful terms that requires divine intervention. Changing the 
time at which it occured does not change the nature of the assertion of intervention.

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