re: #125 sprucepinehollow

I feel a little like like a meat cutter applying for membership with PETA, but here goes…
I’ve enjoyed reading LGF for the past month, but I’m still trying to figure out the culture. Seems like the evolution/creation debate is a big deal. Some of you appear to be really tired of talking with religious people about the subject, yet articles continue to be posted.

My ideas/questions regarding the evolution/creation debate:
-Seems like a lot of group think going on here, with religious views often dissed and mocked.
-History is full of biased scientists and religious leaders. LGF tends to portray scientists as human machines, incapable of having pre-conceived ideas or bias and Creationist leaders as idiots and liars. Am I correct?
-Is there a logically sound argument that refutes Behe’s book “Darwin’s Black Box,” specifically the idea of irreducible complexity? Is there a logically sound argument that refutes the “watchmaker” argument?
—I don’t have a major problem with theistic evolutionists.
-I have a problem with atheists who claim that humans can do anything wrong… or right.
-Where is LGF on the separation of church & state issue?
-Science seems to be creating its own high priesthood, where issues can only be debated by scientists, not laymen.

Any help on enlightening me on the LGF culture, the near total lack of patience with people who take opposing views on evolution would be appreciated. This is an honest request, I’m not trying to make a back handed slap at LGF. I’m heading out of town early, so mostly listen for now, but I’ll be back… unless I get booted. Thanks!

Answering that is a tall order.
We’re mostly conservative, which tends to be vague, depending on the subject.
I’ve seen pretty much all religions here, and lizards are quite tolerant of any of them, as long as no proselytizing takes place.
Virtually zero people here think the universe/world was created in 6000 years, and most of us get offended if we’re required to believe that literal statement.

I also cancelled out the downding somebody gave you, because it sounds like you were asking an honest question.