tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196630391794341478.post5844142626456187333..comments2024-03-27T06:28:06.962-05:00Comments on Homeward Bound: Expelled or Flunked Out?ChrisBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611311820554248004noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196630391794341478.post-53439517093874648352008-04-28T12:55:00.000-05:002008-04-28T12:55:00.000-05:00It sounds like you've got a good approach. Hopeful...It sounds like you've got a good approach. Hopefully it'll catch on.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I'm glad you find this site "cordial." :)ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611311820554248004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196630391794341478.post-83850505840965771842008-04-23T20:52:00.000-05:002008-04-23T20:52:00.000-05:00I agree that uncritical acceptance is a problem, b...I agree that uncritical acceptance is a problem, but it is uncritical citation that really drives me nuts.<BR/><BR/>I would admit that I tend to accept what I see in a Michael Moore documentary because it is consistent with how I think the world works, but I know that I cannot cite Michael Moore as an authority in an argument with a conservative. I realize that he may be slanting things. If I want to use some "fact" that he reported, I am going to have to find a reasonably indepedent source for it.<BR/><BR/>For the same reason, the first thing I did after reading Bart Ehrman's <I>Misquoting Jesus</I> was to look for book reviews by conservative Christians in order to find out whether his facts were really facts or just his interpretation.<BR/><BR/>I have been amazed by the number of Christian bloggers who were thoroughly convinced that Expelled had already blown the lid off a scandal in academia before it had even been released. Several such bloggers advised me to watch the trailer as if no reasonable mind could fail to be convinced by that alone.Vinnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08955726889682177434noreply@blogger.com