jho@ihuxn.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen) (12/18/84)
Dear Greg, I am rather surprised that Mr. Miller's pamphlet SOR4 astonishes and infuriates you. In your letter to Mr. Miller you state: >Now for some scolding. Half of my reply [to sor4] can be found in Stephen Jay >Gould's writings on punctuated equilibrium, and most of the rest can be found >in his other essays, never mind the other authors that you cited. You have >misrepresented the man's theory; you have taken his sentences out of >context; you have changed the meanings of the words of his sentences. If >you read the above-mentioned book about morality carefully enough, you'll >know that you're not supposed to misrepresent others, if even if you oppose >them. I would like to see you post his essay in full in net.origins, so >the others can also see how you operate. I strongly suspect that you >are doing the same thing to the other evolutionists as well. You wanted >suggestions? Quit writing these stupid pamphlets and sell shoes instead. > > Greg Kuperberg Forgive me, Greg, if I have to scold you for being somewhat out of touch with reality. As you are probably aware, the creationists' groups can be characterized, for all practical purposes, as thinly veiled fundamentalist religious organizations. If you watch *some* of the fundamentalist preachers on Christian TV, you will undoubtfully discover that these individuals are quoting extensively from the scripture. They often pick biblical phrases, out of context, to support their views, while disparaging the opposition. Misrepresentation, misinterpretation, and quoting out of context seems to be a standard procedure in the religion promotion business for the past hundreds (thousands) of years. Why then do you expect the creationists to change their methodology when treating evolution? -- Yosi Hoshen, Bell Laboratories Naperville, Illinois, (312)-979-7321, Mail: ihnp4!ihuxn!jho