re: #199 Zimriel

It’s arguably unfair, but you set yourself up for this sort of thing when you wrap a good post within some highly questionable comments.

Zimriel, you have to understand that I was addressing a person who obviously seems to be a Creationist (from his using the word “dogma”). Thus, my “whether you believe in Evolution or not.”

I’ve already made my position painfully clear that I do not believe in Evolution as the primary source of change in species. I think that the naturalistic evidence points to a much higher degree of wholesale genetic exchange between organisms in the past. So, while I’m not willing to defend a “Darwin-of the gaps” faith, the alternative does not of necessity have to be a “God-of-the-gaps” either—whether one believes in God or not—both positions are ones of faith and not science.

As to my use of USSA, yes, I believe the self proclaimed “progressives” who have won both houses of Congress and the Presidency, much of the Judiciary, much of the media, much of the educational establishment, and certainly the vast bureaucracy running most of the country, do indeed have grandiose plans for the former USA. They won and we lost. Get used to it.

In terms of popularity, you’re completely right. If that was my goal, I’ve done a pretty bad job.

-sk