Re: Expelled...not bad....anyone?

Ken McElhaney wrote:
> Tyler Trafford wrote:
>> Ken McElhaney wrote:
>>
>>> Gee guys...if you admit you don't know...And yet the theories they
>>> propose (such as the combination of the necessary elements forming
>>> on the back of a crystal...I'm not making this up) make "Intelligent
>>> Design" look pretty darn sane.
>>
>> <quote>
>> At no time did Ruse say he believed the Cairns-Smith theory, only
>> that it was the KIND of theory that scientists are actively
>> examining, as a CANDIDATE for the origin of evolution.
>> </quote>
>
> That's reaching for a techincality as Ruse did promote the theory as
> valid at first, though he did never state he "believed" it.

Erm, by "valid" I'm assuming you mean testable, falsifiable.  I fail to
see a conflict.
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Tyler Trafford

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