Melanie Phillips answer back Charles from LGF. She wonders why he is so obsessed with people’s views on the origin of man. She is just another victim of his recent attacks on former allies.
The response to my post below on Intelligent Design has provided illuminating and revealing evidence of the ignorance, confusion, distortions, irrationality and malice that characterise this debate. For those who appear to assume I am part of some cosmic Christian conspiracy to destroy science and deny the laws of nature, let me first of all gently enlighten you: I am an agnostic if traditionally-minded Jew; not a scientist, not a philosopher, not a subscriber to any kind of -ology but a mere journalist who has always gone wherever the evidence has led and, trying not to make too many mistakes, has formed her conclusions and her opinions from that process.
I hold no particular brief for ID, but am intrigued by the ideas it raises and want it to be given a fair crack of the whip to see where the argument will lead. What I have also seen, however, is an attempt to shut down that argument by distorting and misrepresenting ID and defaming and intimidating its proponents.
One way of doing so is to conflate ID with Creationism. I wrote below that this is wrong, since ID comes out of science and creationism comes out of Biblical literalism. This provoked Charles Johnson on LGF to accuse me of being either duped or dishonest. Johnson – who has become unhealthily obsessed with ID and Creationism in recent months — says I am wrong to say that ID is based on science rather than on religion, and wrong to say that it is different from Creationism.
Charles Johnson is an Intellectual midget compared to Melanie. She actually debates and defends her views. Charles keep it up, your enemies list is growing. You are not someone to be trusted and a backstabber. If you disagree with Melanie, challenge her to a debate? Or Charles are you really nothing more than an Intellectual Coward? I think we all know the answer. This is another case of how his Radical Darwinist ideology has consumed his thinking.
Question who will Charles turn on next? Is there anyone left to turn on?
Update: Charles now plays the victime role.
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Charles 5/04/09 3:30:25 pm reply quote |
Melanie Phillips says I’m “unhealthily obsessed with ID and creationism,” then proceeds to write more than 2,000 words explaining … well, nothing, really. She’s deeply confused about the meaning of “science,” and equates the acceptance of evolution with “intellectual fascism.”
[Link: www.spectator.co.uk…]
Looks like I hit a nerve.
(And of course, the stalkers are already showing up in the comments.)
If you criticize Charles, he calls you a stalker! Well Chucky, maybe you shouldn’t have made many enemies by backstabbing people.
