Francis S. Collins, the director of the Human Genome Project, as one of their own.
But they don't bother to mention that Collins, in his book, examines both Creationism and ID and rejects them.
Is it deliberately misleading?
2007-10-09 11:26:38 · 18 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Do you actually think any of them read his book or isn't it more likely they are merely parroting what they have been told?
2007-10-09 11:35:40 · answer #1 · answered by Pangloss (Ancora Imparo) AFA 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
What?!? Huh???
I think it is absolutely crushing that Creationists have the unmitigated gall (let alone the audacity) to take advantage of modern medicine, to use computers, or to even use electricity, fer chrissakes!
Face it: Every technological advantage we enjoy today comes from the fact that somebody REJECTED the concept that everything that needed to be created already has been 'designed' and executed by some 'Higher Power.'
Everything, and I do mean EVERYTHING, that is a part of my world (and theirs too, I might add) was NEVER mentioned in the bible.
Go figure.
2007-10-10 00:32:12 · answer #2 · answered by nora22000 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it's called quote-mining. The most common is Darwin's about the human eye, where the creationists leave off the last sentence.
My father was a scientist and a theistic evolutionist. His brain and education led him to follow the evidence and apply what he had learned to make new discoveries. When confronted by other Christians as to his accepting of the obvious, he'd smile and say "We all agree God did it, so I examine the details" and would refuse to argue beyond that.
2007-10-09 18:31:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 11⤊ 0⤋
Most of the quotes written here are copied off of disreputable ID web sites. I doubt if more than 1% of creationists here do anymore than cut and paste. If they would bother doing some research I might have a little respect for them.
2007-10-09 18:35:19 · answer #4 · answered by in a handbasket 6 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Creationists misquote all the time. I've seen them do it with Darwin and Gould (trying to pass off punctuated equilibrium as creationism, for example).
Here's a whole searchable index of things they've misquoted, and the full context of the quote so you can compare:
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/quotes/mine/project.html
Why do they do this? My guess is that they base their lives so much on the Bible, that they think everybody else follows a book as if it was religious dogma.
2007-10-09 18:32:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 1⤋
Of course it's deliberately misleading. Why do you think they ever quoted Stephen Jay Gould? They're not just stupid, their deceitful as well.
2007-10-09 23:37:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hey they can't explain it to me without referencing the theory of Evolution anyway.
Its ridiculous.
Ask any creationist to explain creation, or ID without mentioning Evolution. They can't, the whole thing is an attempt to discredit evolution. Miss quotes and accepted holes in theorys are latched onto frequently.
2007-10-09 18:30:08 · answer #7 · answered by Link strikes back 6 · 8⤊ 1⤋
"Is it deliberately misleading?"
Smoke and mirrors fool the McGullibles every time.
They always misrepresent stuff - they have no honourable way to convince us that the invisible guy in the sky and dead guy on a stick are/were real.
2007-10-09 18:37:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
that would be the definition of misleading.
Francis S. Collins is a theistic evolutionist
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2007-10-09 18:30:47 · answer #9 · answered by Quailman 6 · 8⤊ 1⤋
Yes. It's exactly like their claim that Darwin converted on his deathbed.
2007-10-09 19:26:38 · answer #10 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋