tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post1038654799774991461..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Gary Goodyear "Clarifies" Some MoreLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-50299365519110031112009-03-23T06:59:00.000-04:002009-03-23T06:59:00.000-04:00First time posting here, though I have been readin...First time posting here, though I have been reading your blog for a while.<BR/><BR/>It seems this story if falling off the radar of most media outlets, and I wonder how those concerned about science can keep the heat on the Tories to sack this incompetent ninny. In a way, I think we Canadians are not as well equipped to fight this battle as our neighbours to the south. While I don't delude myself that Canadian creationists do not exist, to date they have had much less success in gaining political clout than their American counterparts. As a result, we don't seem to have an organization like the NCSE that is dedicated specifically to battling creationism.<BR/><BR/>I have written letters to the PM and the opposition parties requesting that Goodyear either clarify that he supports evolution as scientists understand the term (including the principle of common descent) or be forced to resign his cabinet post. (No replies received yet.) But I'm wondering what else we should be doing to ensure that Goodyear doesn't just hang on until the controversy blows over.Faizal Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937075798809265805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-73445777301327340432009-03-19T14:51:00.000-04:002009-03-19T14:51:00.000-04:00Would a member of the First Church of Christ, Scie...Would a member of the <A HREF="http://www.tfccs.com/index.jhtml;jsessionid=RPD5ISRYH1YLPKGL4L2SFEQ" REL="nofollow">First Church of Christ, Scientist</A>*, which does not accept the germ theory of disease, be acceptable as Minister of Health? Would it be unacceptable religious discrimination to suggest otherwise?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>* <I>yes, the name is irony deluxe.</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-32324318798250641002009-03-19T10:22:00.000-04:002009-03-19T10:22:00.000-04:00Based on this and previous "clarifications", I'm s...Based on this and previous "clarifications", I'm starting to get the feeling that he's not anti-science, but he would be if he had the slightest clue what science is.LostMarbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123440130769897997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-20813889463782726472009-03-19T10:11:00.000-04:002009-03-19T10:11:00.000-04:00Of course its relevant if he has the absic science...Of course its relevant if he has the absic science eductaion, ther kind you can find in any museum. You know, the arthe is millions of years old, humans did not live with dinosaurs, etc. Seems he lifts his "science" from the bible.<BR/><BR/>Such frivolity and lack of scientific depth is just shocking in principle. <BR/><BR/>This is not only an abysmal educational anti-example. He must also think most biologists are stupid and some kind of atheist-motivated parasites...<BR/>Not the best guy to lead them, I'd say.A. Vargashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04876504431768677209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-15758791584626195932009-03-19T10:09:00.000-04:002009-03-19T10:09:00.000-04:00I also noticed this meme surfacing yesterday -- sp...I also noticed this meme surfacing yesterday -- spinning this snafu as the Evil Librul Sekularists persecuting the poor Christians. They conveniently overlook that it was *Goodyear* who brought up religion in the first place, and that creationism is not the whole of Christianity. I have yet to hear *anyone* on the science or secular side saying that only an atheist should be allowed to occupy the Sci & Tech portfolio -- that appears to be entirely an invention of a few pro-religion pundits (Jon Kay, David Asper, Lorna Dueck being the ones I have seen).<BR/><BR/>And they also conveniently overlook that Goodyear is an ignorant crackpot on other subjects as well.<BR/><BR/>Liars.Eamon Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262012749524758120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-38140087689008486492009-03-19T10:08:00.000-04:002009-03-19T10:08:00.000-04:00so, he clarifies he is totally creationist.It's ki...so, he clarifies he is totally creationist.<BR/>It's kind of funny the dumb bastard himself brought up the topic of religion..A. Vargashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04876504431768677209noreply@blogger.com