tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post114753301435407549..comments2023-07-31T10:39:53.182-05:00Comments on The Blog of the American Chesterton Society: Evolution EditorialNancy C. Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-15997609092744322792009-06-17T19:57:00.175-05:002009-06-17T19:57:00.175-05:00Chestertonian said: "But evolution HAS been p...Chestertonian said: "But evolution HAS been proven: microevolution has been demonstrated in the lab, as we say in the editorial."<br /><br />Microevolution is true beyond a reasonable scientific (and commonsense) doubt. It can be and has been observed both in and out of the lab. Evolution in the sense of one kind of life-form turning into another has never been observed to turn into another form of life. Hence the reason why Evolution (with a capital E) is still theory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1147961483140026852006-05-18T09:11:00.000-05:002006-05-18T09:11:00.000-05:00I honestly don't know, but I'd have cheered him on...I honestly don't know, but I'd have cheered him on. :-)Sean P. Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601412713863673499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1147889075648270982006-05-17T13:04:00.000-05:002006-05-17T13:04:00.000-05:00I'm a Simpsons fan, but their worst episodes are a...I'm a Simpsons fan, but their worst episodes are almost invariably the "Preachy-Lisa" ones.<BR/>Didn't one character actually threaten to do your fantasy in one episode? Was in the "Lord of the Flies" episode or one of the "Treehouse of Horror" episodes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1147835704828015972006-05-16T22:15:00.000-05:002006-05-16T22:15:00.000-05:00I have long fantasized about roasting Lisa Simpson...I have long fantasized about roasting Lisa Simpson on a spit (especially gratifying as she is a vegetarian).Sean P. Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601412713863673499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1147820419514721482006-05-16T18:00:00.000-05:002006-05-16T18:00:00.000-05:00I don't know if any of you saw The Simpsons this S...I don't know if any of you saw The Simpsons this Sunday, but it centered around the "evolution vs. creationism" debate. I think that the way they portrayed the friction in the community highlights a lot of the problems regarding how the controversy is treated. On the one side, Lisa embodies the evolutionists, a self-described rationalist, devoted to truth and in the end, more gracious and charitable than the creationists, led by Ned Flanders, a nice man, but utterly intolerant of scientific research and any thought that strays from the strict confines of the Bible. I think that this oversimplification is rather pernicious, and that the stereotypes do not serve to represent different perspectives as it is to provide a sense of self-satisfaction and superiority of the Lisas of society.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1147810833878140732006-05-16T15:20:00.000-05:002006-05-16T15:20:00.000-05:00I haven't slept well since. And I look at the cloc...<I>I haven't slept well since. And I look at the clock each time I wake during the night; then I sniff the air. Hopefully I'll soon be over this problem...</I><BR/><BR/>We had a similar problem after seeing the movie. Our infant wasn't sleeping through the night yet, and wouldn't you know it, we suddenly noticed that he managed to wake a 3 a.m. <I>every night</I>. I had refilled all our holy water bottles immediately after seeing <I>Emily Rose</I> last fall, and starting sprinkling copious amounts of it on both our boys every night at bed time (and on my wife's and my bed). Still, the baby's 3 a.m. wakings persisted for some weeks. <BR/><BR/>Scott was as wonderful person to interview, very gracious and cooperative. He currently is in pre-production for a film adaptation of Milton's <I>Paradise Lost</I>. <BR/><BR/>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484138/Sean P. Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601412713863673499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1147807406736829752006-05-16T14:23:00.000-05:002006-05-16T14:23:00.000-05:00yes, I noticed his comment. Also, after reading t...yes, I noticed his comment. Also, after reading the interview with Derrickson and the review of <I>Emily Rose</I> I decided to watch the movie. I haven't slept well since. And I look at the clock each time I wake during the night; then I sniff the air. Hopefully I'll soon be over this problem and will be well rested before the Conference.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02223663712859997355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1147799455408114722006-05-16T12:10:00.000-05:002006-05-16T12:10:00.000-05:00Well there shouold be controversy, if only to prov...Well there shouold be controversy, if only to provide me with a steady stream of letters to the editor to publish. <BR/><BR/>But evolution HAS been proven: microevolution has been demonstrated in the lab, as we say in the editorial. <BR/><BR/>did you read Scott Derrickson's comments on evolution, in my interveiw with him?Sean P. Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601412713863673499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1147795313659568672006-05-16T11:01:00.000-05:002006-05-16T11:01:00.000-05:00Well, you know, the media is all hype about evolut...Well, you know, the media is all hype about evolution. Sometimes that means that we're all hip and cool about it, and it doesn't mean that much to us, the regular people, you know? <BR/><BR/>I, for example, think that evolution is fine--as a theory still in the process of being proved, and not in the Darwinian (worm turns into man) sense, but more in the natural selection (worm adapts to a warmer climate) sense--and that is pretty much what JPII said on the subject, too. <BR/><BR/>I only have a problem with those who pit evolution against the bible, or do the "young earth/old earth" arguments based on supposedly the bible, or take the "seven day" creation idea literally, etc. Either extreme isn't right. We didn't evolve from worms, and we weren't created in seven literal days (24 hours, as we now understand a "day" to mean.)<BR/><BR/>So, Gilbert, as usual, shows intelligence with his comments and essays including on evolution. Maybe there isn't that much controversy in that?Nancy C. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1147794551554750292006-05-16T10:49:00.000-05:002006-05-16T10:49:00.000-05:00I thought there'd be a lot more discussion on this...I thought there'd be a lot more discussion on this editorial. GM more or less endorsed evolution in it.Sean P. Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601412713863673499noreply@blogger.com