re: #224 Daryl Herbert

Michael Shermer is an ignorant f@@@wit.

Specifically, he calls Ken Miller an “evangelical, born-again Christian[]” at about 3:40.

Miller is CATHOLIC.

I doubt Michael Shermer even knows the difference.

I agree, this reflects badly on Shermer — conflating Catholics with evangelicals is an error very roughly akin to saying “well, since you’re a Reform Jew, we can safely assume you don’t eat lobster.”

One wouldn’t expect a non-Christian to know about (or care about) every single minor distinction among the denominations of Christianity, but understanding that “born-again evangelicals” nearly always fall under the very broad umbrella of “Protestantism” is a pretty basic point. (It’s not that Catholics can’t ever consider themselves to be “born again” or “evangelical” — but if I heard a Catholic self-identify with either term, I would at least be mildly surprised , and would ask him for clarification to make sure I’d heard correctly.)

And Shermer’s been a “professional skeptic” long enough to know better.