Comments on: Moore about Expelled http://academicfreedomblog.org/2008/03/03/moore-about-expelled/ An opportunity to discuss the interface of faith, science, and culture Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:43:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: onein6billion http://academicfreedomblog.org/2008/03/03/moore-about-expelled/#comment-1682 onein6billion Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:09:32 +0000 http://academicfreedomblog.org/2008/03/03/moore-about-expelled/#comment-1682 "the eugenics movement was founded by..." That's the point - just because someone advocates something based on evolution doesn't make evolution true or false. The person advocating something must be judged on his own merits. So if Dalton or Smith or Jones or Hitler or Darwin tried to justify his actions by claiming evolution required this action, that (likely false) claim says nothing about the truth of evolution. Guilt by association just doesn't work. “the eugenics movement was founded by…”

That’s the point - just because someone advocates something based on evolution doesn’t make evolution true or false. The person advocating something must be judged on his own merits. So if Dalton or Smith or Jones or Hitler or Darwin tried to justify his actions by claiming evolution required this action, that (likely false) claim says nothing about the truth of evolution. Guilt by association just doesn’t work.

]]> By: Simon Owens http://academicfreedomblog.org/2008/03/03/moore-about-expelled/#comment-1524 Simon Owens Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:33:09 +0000 http://academicfreedomblog.org/2008/03/03/moore-about-expelled/#comment-1524 That take-down of Expelled was absolutely brilliant. I really thought it was funny when bloggers at the Expelled website lied and said that he entered the screening pretending to be a minister. That take-down of Expelled was absolutely brilliant. I really thought it was funny when bloggers at the Expelled website lied and said that he entered the screening pretending to be a minister.

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