1. I do not "make idols" of the scientists of the past. I was merely responding to Baduin's premise that these ideas "make any scientific reasoning impossible." Obviously most of the scientists of what many view as science's heyday did not find this to be true. 2. The "scientists of today" are not monolithic in accepting an old earth. I have repeatedly tried to point out that those holding to a young earth position are not all ignorant rubes, nor do they base their position solely on "what the Bible says." But if you have an a priori viewpoint that this position is anti-intellectual, then there is nothing more to say.
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Date: 2008-10-09 05:52 pm (UTC)2. The "scientists of today" are not monolithic in accepting an old earth. I have repeatedly tried to point out that those holding to a young earth position are not all ignorant rubes, nor do they base their position solely on "what the Bible says." But if you have an a priori viewpoint that this position is anti-intellectual, then there is nothing more to say.