On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 10:37:51PM -0800, Ray Saintonge wrote:
The reference to a tiny marginal minority only confuses the issue when it comes to creationism. Whether we agree with what they say or not we can't ignore the fact that a lot of people do believe that way.
Eh? I was the one arguing that creationists should be heard, wasn't I? My reference to a tiny minority wasn't intended to mean only a tiny minority of people are creationists (I'm quite aware that there are 100 million Americans who believe every word of the Bible to be literally true), but if the views they're putting forward are held by a tiny minority, they should not go in.
I'm not fully versed in the subtleties of creationist views, but I'm sure that there are different schools of thoughts and minority opinions. That's what I was referring to.
Maybe creationism was a poor example, but hey, I didn't choose it, I only responded to it.
Shane.