tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20169168.post8913889928864274205..comments2023-07-08T06:13:19.344-07:00Comments on biblioblography: Slaughtering The Dissonance – Part FourKrystalline Apostatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09044558668644447375noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20169168.post-3926885131359203312010-02-11T07:56:47.189-08:002010-02-11T07:56:47.189-08:00Kevin - as usual, your snark falls flat.
Solid fa...Kevin - as usual, your snark falls flat. <br />Solid facts remain - his life/career WASN'T ruined (that's the lie I refer to), evolution is the reality regardless of the stand he took, & teachers don't get to do anything they damn well please in class (otherwise there'd be academic anarchy), & science ISN'T a democracy. <br />PS: you're going to have to provide some links for your claims, because I trust creationists as far as I can sling a piano.Krystalline Apostatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09044558668644447375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20169168.post-16023533069423469652010-02-11T05:50:30.582-08:002010-02-11T05:50:30.582-08:00By the way, speaking of Wendell Bird, readers migh...By the way, speaking of Wendell Bird, readers might want to check out a 2 Volume work he wrote titled "The Origin of Species Revisited" poublished by Philosophical Library, NY in 1987, '88, and '89.<br /><br />It's an exhaustive review of the scientific issues and evidemce surrounding Darwinism.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13207015426065549105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20169168.post-42338206271771258592010-02-10T22:46:23.743-08:002010-02-10T22:46:23.743-08:00You included a lot of good research here. Unfortu...You included a lot of good research here. Unfortunately, you also leave out a considerable amount of the rest of the story, you know, the heated encounters Kenyon had with his colleagues and others who were hell-bent on making sure he never again was allowed to challenge his students to think outside the box of evolution-only ideas and that darn old dogma about evolution as that pure-as-the-driven-snow solid scientific fact. Or that he was ORDERED to talk about 'ONLY the dominant scientific view' (ie, the consensus view), and that he was further forbidden to discuss the negative results of any SCIENTIFIC research which called many evolutionary presuppositions into question. <br /><br />Nor did you include any remarks about how his scientific views were labeled "religious" when they clearly were not. Or that he was reassigned to teach other courses because of his views. If memory serves me correctly, his office was also moved to a distant location in a far-off campus location - though don't hold me to that one. <br /><br />The man demonstrated that he is unequivocally a competent scientist, and religious views did not render him unable to conduct his classroom duties or conduct scientific research. After all, his earlier work established that he was among the best and brightest in his field. But of course guys like you prefer not to bring up that sort of thing, right? That would be just a little too...what, awkward? That would be too much to expect - yeah - to give the guy credit for the good stuff he did wouldn't make for a very interesting story, would it? Of course, his work was ALL good until he started asking questions, and then all hell broke loose, and suddenly, everything the man did became suspect.<br /><br />You also failed to point out that a respected 3rd party investigated Kenyon and found that his academic freedom had been abridged, and that his teaching approach was sound.<br /><br />Your review of the story is good as far as it goes, but it's not anywhere near complete. You seem to think that everything you managed to dig up tells the whole story. But >whack< upside my head... of course! I should have expected nothing less! After all, that's what you evolution folks do best! You just tell the part of the story that aligns with what is consistent with your views, and ignore or trash the more challenging stuff as irrelevant! Case closed! Nice and tidy, right?<br /><br />I am SO impressed with how well you do this...you are a true artist of your craft.<br /><br />So, the Kenyon case is NOT another instance of what you so smugly and confidently claim to be YALTCT. You're like someone who says Jesse James only robbed one train and didn't deserve his reputation as one of the biggest outlaws of the Wild West. <br /><br />Really good reporters take a look at EVERYTHING, not just what is convenient for their perspective.<br /><br />Again, READ THE BOOK to get a more comprehensive view on the rest of the story. And even then, we don't tell the whole story in SOD...we just got the ball rolling.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13207015426065549105noreply@blogger.com