But comparing Jonathan Wells, who once was imbued by the Druid-master of evolution, to a liar is pretty bold to do.
"Once imbued by the Druid-master of evolution"?
What a strange, strange phrase.
Anyway, from wikipedia:
quote:
After graduating from Sun Myung Moon's Unification Theological Seminary in 1978, Wells earned two doctorates - one in theology at Yale University and the other in molecular and cell biology at the University of California at Berkeley. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church funded Wells to gain his science PhD at UC-Berkeley to learn how to defeat Darwinian evolution. In an essay posted to the tparents.org website, Wells has written:
"Father's words, my studies, and my prayers convinced me that I should devote my life to destroying Darwinism, just as many of my fellow Unificationists had already devoted their lives to destroying Marxism. When Father [ Sun Myung Moon ] chose me (along with about a dozen other seminary graduates) to enter a Ph.D. program in 1978, I welcomed the opportunity to prepare myself for battle."
It sound to me that he was, ah, imbued with being a Moonie.
Yet I notice that he claims on the cover of his book that ID is not based on religious beliefs.
quote:
"Intelligent design is just the logos theology of John's Gospel restated in the idiom of information theory." --- William Dembski
"Our strategy has been to change the subject a bit so that we can get the issue of intelligent design, which really means the reality of God, before the academic world and into the schools." --- Philip Johnson
Please explain how this makes Wells a liar. If Wells believes that Darwinism at heart is a major factor in the Spirit of the Age, then that's what he believes.
That is not the allegation which has been made against him. What was claimed is that he repeats the standard "evolution is an atheist theory" trash. Now the creationist in the street can be half-forgiven for reciting this rubbish, but
Wells must surely know who his opponents are.
That doesn't make him a liar.
Well, may we at least say that what he teaches is "based on known falsehoods"? to quote the disgustingly mendacious phrase from the cover of his book.
I could just as easily say that you're lying about being a conservative christian republican because nothing you say is even remotely akin to those time-honored beliefs.
Really?
quote:
"It is mystifying that many conservative Christian Bible colleges and seminaries also seem to loathe creationists." --- Jonathan Sarfati
Creation/ID folks are good at finding things "mystifying". I don't find it mystifying in the slightest. I am not a person of faith myself, but if I was, I too should object to people trying to paint a red clown nose on the face of my crucified savior.
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