<<I seem to remember there being more common sense within the masses. In other words, these sort of idiotic things wouldn't have been socially accepted at all... >>
I don't remember any such thing. :-) About 12 years ago, I first encountered the idea that the "universe" was fine tuned for life. Wherever I read it, it was represented to be science and I thought that was really cool. It wasn't until years later that I understood why the idea wasn't very scientific. I was gullible probably due to the decades of religious indoctrination which made me receptive any scientific endorsement that we were somehow special. This gullibility remained even though I already considered myself to be an agnostic. So it doesn't surprise me at all that the public, even the scientifically literate public, is prepared to accept Behe's work as science. Most people *want* to reconcile science and religion. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
