Thursday, July 28, 2005

Eugenie Scott's Retraction

Eugenie Scott's retraction related to the Larry Caldwell libel suit can now be found here. Oops, she refers to it as merely a "clarification." Sorry, Eugenie.

The Science magazine version can be found here. They did not call it a "clarification," but rather a "mea culpa." That must be Latin for "clarification." The Discovery Institute's blog discusses it here, with other interesting links.

I thought this part of her statement was interesting:
Of the two incumbents not re-elected, one, who supported Caldwell's position, did not seek re-election; the other never identified himself as a creationist, although members of the community perceived him to support the antievolutionist efforts.
Even in her "mea culpa/clarification" she seems to be justifying the label "Creationist" for anyone who is perceived to be questioning macroevolutionary theory. Maybe someday she will be able to think in shades other than black and white, and use substantive arguments instead of convenient, but misleading, labels.

For a discussion on the meaning of "Creationist" and "Creationism," and another example of a misleading use, have a look here.


2 Comments:

At October 06, 2012 9:28 AM, Blogger trutherator said...

Libel for being called a "creationist", being lumped together with those who believe Adam and Eve and Noah were real people and the Bible is historically accurate? My, my. Badge of honor rather.

Of course we're way different. Intelligent Design includes many self-described Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and one miniscule thread of atheism that even floated a proposal that believing in the Big Bang afterward )today) caused it to happen in our past. (Kid you not).

Science carried me with history, facts, logic catalysts from atheism to a fleeting "designism" but didn't stop until the evidence for Adam and Noah became too obvious.

"Designists" should check the mirror when they talk about young-earth creationists.

 
At October 06, 2012 9:31 AM, Blogger trutherator said...

Libel for being called a "creationist", being lumped together with those who believe Adam and Eve and Noah were real people and the Bible is historically accurate? My, my. Badge of honor rather.

Of course we're way different. Intelligent Design includes many self-described Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and one miniscule thread of atheism that even floated a proposal that believing in the Big Bang afterward )today) caused it to happen in our past. (Kid you not).

Science carried me with history, facts, logic catalysts from atheism to a fleeting "designism" but didn't stop until the evidence for Adam and Noah became too obvious.

"Designists" should check the mirror when they talk about young-earth creationists.

 

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