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Jack Krebs Wanted To Present Alongside Bill Dembski

Dave S.
January 13, 2006
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Jack Krebs at Panda’s Thumb is all bent out of shape because he wanted to present an opposing view alongside Bill Dembski. He then implies that Bill declined because Bill’s afraid of Jack or intimidated or something.

Excuse me, Jack, but you demanding an opportunity to present alongside Bill Dembski and calling him chicken for refusing is like the Oskaloosa High School Football Team demanding to play the University of Texas Longhorns and saying the Longhorns are chickens for refusing.

Sorry Jack, but you’re just not in the same league as Bill.

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Thunar, The implications of ID are friendly to an theistic world-view. It should therefore come as no surprise that religious organizations are going to sponsor events that showcase ID and it's proponents. Judge Wack-n-Sack of the Dover trial conflated the science with it's implications... an error that many seem to easily make.Bombadill
January 13, 2006
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Hmm. Please explain how I "demanded" anything. For that matter, explain why you think I am "bent out of shape." And I object to your saying that I called Dembski "chicken." What I actually wrote was: "On the other hand, I do believe that they really don't want to talk in public about the things I wanted to talk about. They want the façade of credibility for ID by setting it against evolution – against some well-know biology professor like Krishtalka, but they don't want (and I find this ironic) to actually discuss the issue of Christianity and evolution in front of a group of Christians. What are they afraid of here?" I think your post would have more credibility if you didn't exaggerate what I said. Also, I understand your references to the school I teach at are meant to point out the differences in credentials between Dembski and me. However, ultimately, it's ideas and the ability to convey them that persuades people, and, credentials aside, I feel confident in my ability to discuss things at the level Dembski does. I am proud of my career as a life-long high school educator, but I assure you that my education and skills go beyond what I do during my paying day job. And last, given my undergraduate degree in anthropology, I actually have more science credentials than Dembski does. A lack of credentials in biology has not stopped him nor other members of the ID movement from challenging evolution. But thanks for reading my Panda's Thumb post.Jack Krebs
January 13, 2006
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This "presentation" was an event of "Campus Crusade for Christ". Help me out here, but how is ID going to distantiate itself from religion with events like this? I am beginning to understand why it was found to be un-scientific and religious in nature by the Dover trial.Thunar
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