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To: Lane3 who wrote (92644)12/28/2004 8:06:31 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (2) of 793755
 
I am headed to the public library to get a book or two, and have added Dembski's "Intelligent Design" to the list. What the hey, it's free.

You might find this anecdote interesting: When I was in high school, I dated a guy whose dad was an important research geologist for a petroleum company, but also a fundamentalist. He honestly believed that the fossil record had been created by the Devil to tempt mankind (or maybe by God to test mankind, I really don't remember at this far remove).

Nevertheless, he used the existing fossil record as part of his analysis of where oil fields were likely to occur. He did not have to believe that it was naturally occurring in order to do his job.

Ironically, years later, one of my boyfriend's best friends was a leader in the fight against teaching creationism in Louisiana.
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