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: Thoughts in a Haystack

Faith In Public Relations

By John Pieret

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David Klinghoffer agrees with Jerry Coyne.

It's become clear recently, with the launch of the DI's faith + evolution site and the glee with which the attacks on "accommodationism" are greeted in the ID camp, that the anti-science crowd fears the theistic evolutionists far more that they do atheists.

And why not? What is more likely, certainly in the short term -- that significant numbers of religious people suddenly become atheists or that significant numbers become more liberal and science accepting? And do you move at all if it's made clear that you're not welcome unless you give up something that has been a large part of your self-identity for most of your life? As Klinghoffer says:

You can jump in the middle of the fight, and should do so especially if you are a Darwin-believing religious liberal or moderate who's curious what the dominant atheist contingent in the Darwin community really thinks of you.
To the extent that much of the touching need to reconcile Darwin and God is driven by social and self-image worries, theistic evolutionists may as well throw in the towel. They will never safely secure the esteem of the atheists. Where, then, to turn? For a reasoned alternative, start by checking out Faith and Evolution.

Just in case, I'm not telling anyone to "shut up" ... at least not any more than the incompatiblists are telling the accommodationists to "shut up." I'm just suggesting that, if you are considered by the Discovery Institute, certainly good at flackery, as the best advertisement going for ID, you might just want to wonder why.
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Full post as published by Thoughts in a Haystack on June 05, 2009 (boomark / email).