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Dear folks,

I  agree that one of our goals is to encourage people to look at the  
world around them with a critical eye, but it is not my goal to convert  
anyone to my belief system.  In my eyes a victory would look more like  
having a man of deep faith look at the mechanics of evolution and  
struggle to find ways to mesh observations with his faith, rather than  
crushing that same man under a mountain of facts from the fossil  
record.

Thanks,

  - Len


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Len Adams
Origins Project Supervisor
Pacific Science Center
Seattle, WA

206/443-3652
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On Jan 14, 2005, at 11:35 AM, martin weiss wrote:

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>> I am very surprised that anyone would NOT see this as a perfectly  
>> good venue for discussing evolution.  After all, is it not our goal  
>> to help people understand the world around them?   Don't we represent  
>> currently held thinking based on the latest research? Charlie makes a  
>> valuable point that there is a serious misunderstanding of what a  
>> theory is.  Doesn't that seem to imply that we collectively as a  
>> field need to push toward programming that emphasizes an  
>> understanding of HOW research is done as opposed to just WHAT is  
>> being done?
>> Beryl
>>
>
> Beryl;
>
> I think the problem is not in an understanding of how scientist use  
> the word theory as apposed to how lay folks use the word. But the  
> problem is a different way of seeing the world  and belief systems  
> that suport this view: faith based and science based (testable).
>
> Martin
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