Comments on: Creationism Seminar: Send in the Cavalry! http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2007/09/28/creationism-seminar-send-in-the-cavalry/ Pondering the South African Memesphere - Looking for the Good in Everything Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:43:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Coming Up This Week: A Return to Creationism! http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2007/09/28/creationism-seminar-send-in-the-cavalry/#comment-3580 Coming Up This Week: A Return to Creationism! Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:54:41 +0000 http://thinktoomuch.net/2007/09/28/creationism-seminar-send-in-the-cavalry/#comment-3580 [...] Creationism Seminar - announcement [...] [...] Creationism Seminar – announcement [...]

]]> By: What is Science? (4 of 12) http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2007/09/28/creationism-seminar-send-in-the-cavalry/#comment-1814 What is Science? (4 of 12) Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:46:36 +0000 http://thinktoomuch.net/2007/09/28/creationism-seminar-send-in-the-cavalry/#comment-1814 [...] stories that are there to be read. This is the fourth post in a series inspired by a recent Creationism Seminar in Stellenbosch. The previous post was Is CMI Scientifically [...] [...] stories that are there to be read. This is the fourth post in a series inspired by a recent Creationism Seminar in Stellenbosch. The previous post was Is CMI Scientifically [...]

]]> By: Hugo http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2007/09/28/creationism-seminar-send-in-the-cavalry/#comment-1662 Hugo Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:21:11 +0000 http://thinktoomuch.net/2007/09/28/creationism-seminar-send-in-the-cavalry/#comment-1662 Ah, sweet... ek wonder of hy aspris eerste UCT en Stellenbosch doen. Handel eers die Universiteite af, kry bietjie oefening, kry dit uit die pad uit... voor hy verder die unwashed masses gaan brainwash... Ah, sweet… ek wonder of hy aspris eerste UCT en Stellenbosch doen. Handel eers die Universiteite af, kry bietjie oefening, kry dit uit die pad uit… voor hy verder die unwashed masses gaan brainwash…

]]> By: Bertus! http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2007/09/28/creationism-seminar-send-in-the-cavalry/#comment-1661 Bertus! Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:40:09 +0000 http://thinktoomuch.net/2007/09/28/creationism-seminar-send-in-the-cavalry/#comment-1661 Ek weet van 'n paar dosente uit die Natuurwetenskappefakulteit wat gaan. Ek sou, maar dis te ver om te ry. Ek weet van ‘n paar dosente uit die Natuurwetenskappefakulteit wat gaan. Ek sou, maar dis te ver om te ry.

]]> By: Hugo http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2007/09/28/creationism-seminar-send-in-the-cavalry/#comment-1660 Hugo Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:27:29 +0000 http://thinktoomuch.net/2007/09/28/creationism-seminar-send-in-the-cavalry/#comment-1660 If you want to "contribute" to the debate, you'd probably have to do your homework well. As usual, wikipedia provides a starting point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_Ministries_International They use the "Historical-Grammatical" method for reading and interpreting the Bible. They take see this assumption about the Bible as similar to the assumption of a naturalistic process, an assumption which they claim underlies evolution. They believe they embrace the scientific method... Potentially useful questions: <strong>"Is your theory falsifiable? I.e., is there any test that could be performed, that if the test succeeds, would cause you to reconsider your young-earth assumption?"</strong> The scientific method is about trying to disprove any theories it comes up with. The harder you try and the more you fail to disprove a theory, the more trust can be placed in that theory. (To accept the theory as scientifically sound, thus, there needs to be an opportunity to disprove it.) Hopefully I will be there to ask this question... If you want to “contribute” to the debate, you’d probably have to do your homework well. As usual, wikipedia provides a starting point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_Ministries_International

They use the “Historical-Grammatical” method for reading and interpreting the Bible. They take see this assumption about the Bible as similar to the assumption of a naturalistic process, an assumption which they claim underlies evolution. They believe they embrace the scientific method…

Potentially useful questions: “Is your theory falsifiable? I.e., is there any test that could be performed, that if the test succeeds, would cause you to reconsider your young-earth assumption?” The scientific method is about trying to disprove any theories it comes up with. The harder you try and the more you fail to disprove a theory, the more trust can be placed in that theory. (To accept the theory as scientifically sound, thus, there needs to be an opportunity to disprove it.)

Hopefully I will be there to ask this question…

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