Comments on: New Evidence that the Bible is Wrong on Evolution

By: Alsee

Alsee — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:40:28 +0000

Joe, you’re right that it’s not valid to equate doubt-of-evolution with being anti-science.

It is entirely possible for someone to be pro-science while being uninformed/misinformed on the subject of evolution. Unfortunately most people in the U.S. receive little or no education in the subject, and much of what they do learn is often grossly incomplete if not outright wrong. If someone really is pro-science they are inevitably very easy to completely win over on evolution. It just takes a knowledgeable person to lay out a proper explanation of evolution along with a decent explanation of the evidence that exists. Anyone who is pro-science and who is remotely reasonable will agree that the evidence that does exist does establish evolution is true, far beyond any sane definition of doubt.

Many people have been told, and believe, that there is little or no evidence backing up evolution. One of the great things about an “X doesn’t exist” claim is, when it’s wrong, how easy it is to utterly demolish such a claim. All you need to do is pull out X and showing it to someone. I’ll admit that tactic doesn’t work on people who *doesn’t genuinely care* about evidence, but we are assuming a pro-science person here. Anyone who does not put evidence first is not pro-science.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 13:52:13 +0000

Equating a disagreement with the philosophical idea of speciation through gradual descent from a common ancestor with being anti-science is a logical fallacy, and an indication of desperation and insecurity.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 02:20:31 +0000

I liked the post up until the end. There has to be a lot of people out there who blatantly deny science based on something as silly as the young-Earth stuff. Hearing something simple like this from someone like Pat Robertson can do a lot towards getting people to explore their curiosity without fear of retribution from some omnipotent power. words words words words

By: marvin nubwaxer

marvin nubwaxer — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:47:10 +0000

i’ve got a monkey on my back and he’s my cousin.

By: Dave Conrad

Dave Conrad — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:17:34 +0000

How could any intelligent and reasonable person think the world is 5000 years old? You really have to have a closed mind and poorly working mind. Fear created religion and people wrote the bible to explain it all. Religion should never replace logic although they two seem to be enemies.

By: MacTurk

MacTurk — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:36:25 +0000

In the same way that a stopped clock is right at least for two tiny instances every twenty four hours, so it is that Pat Robertson is not automatically wrong every time he opens his mouth, and this is a case in point.

Mind you, it is still overwhelmingly the case that if you want to be on the correct side of any issue, just make sure you are NOT on the same side as that dreary, faux-folksy, scam artist…..

But nice to hear he has accepted that fact that there is no point fighting scientific facts – sorry, “revealed science” as he calls it…..

By: MacTurk

MacTurk — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:35:20 +0000

In the same way that a stopped clock is right at least for two tiny instances every four hours, so it is that Pat Robertson is not automatically wrong every time he o[pens his mouth, and this is a case in point.

Mind you, it is still overwhelmingly the case that if you want to be on the correct side of any issue, just make sure you are NOT on the same side as that dreary, faux-folksy, scam artist…..

But nice to hear he has accepted that fact that there is no point fighting scientific facts – sorry, “revealed science” as he calls it…..

By: dean

dean — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:12:58 +0000

Eric, here in West Michigan you could have made your comment as

…electing a black man as President of the United States might be regarded as a significant social upheaval.

and adequately described the response of the conservatives and the religious (christian reformed and other sundry groups)

By: Eric Lund

Eric Lund — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:50:46 +0000

The Great Social and Economic Upheaval of 2008

I’m inclined to give Robertson that one. (Blind squirrels, nuts, etc.) There was a major economic crisis in 2008. And for a certain subset of the public which strongly overlaps Robertson’s target audience, electing a black man with the middle name Hussein as President of the United States might be regarded as a significant social upheaval.