tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post947503193540860637..comments2024-03-26T01:52:45.563-07:00Comments on Fred's Place: Loren Eiseley: THE NIGHT COUNTRYFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-57527375574175594882014-06-13T09:33:25.854-07:002014-06-13T09:33:25.854-07:00No surprise. Creationists will say anything to ju...No surprise. Creationists will say anything to justify their delusions.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-73979203831509567062014-06-13T09:15:57.708-07:002014-06-13T09:15:57.708-07:00http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/creat...http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/creationist-asks-if-evolution-is-true-is-rape-wrong-9535300.html<br />(no virus)Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-16819470754807501462014-06-06T11:50:20.978-07:002014-06-06T11:50:20.978-07:00Chuckle....yes, it's sufficiently vague.
Waff...Chuckle....yes, it's sufficiently vague.<br /><br />Wafflers, though, are not those who are open-minded, or so I think. Wafflers are those who change their minds when they receive sufficient evidence to cause them to reverse an earlier decision. It's usually a term used by Republicans (in the past decade anyway) against others who change their mind from positions sanctioned by Republicans to ones held by godless, unpatriotic Americans.<br /><br />I also try to be open-minded but sometimes I wonder about my "open-mindedness" and have to ask myself the following-- when does open-mindedness become obstinacy or a simple refusal to accept overwhelming evidence on one side?Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-50843673118870566362014-06-06T11:19:01.980-07:002014-06-06T11:19:01.980-07:00You know, beliefs and empirical evidence make stra...You know, beliefs and empirical evidence make strange bedfellows, but every now and then the marriage works. In other words -- what I am saying is this -- I am always wary of either embracing a belief or criticizing someone's belief, and empirical evidence either for or against may or may not undo my wariness. How is that for being a sufficiently vague waffler (i.e., open-minded) on all things great and small? R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.com