Comments on: This Week In Science and Religion http://www.bloggernacle.org/this-week-in-science-and-religion-5/ Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:45:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Clark Goble http://www.bloggernacle.org/this-week-in-science-and-religion-5/#comment-3157 Clark Goble Tue, 24 Jan 2006 05:09:38 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=261#comment-3157 Nope. This is just an expansion, from what I can see, of the older BYU Evolution packet. <i>Evolution and Mormonism</i> was more an analysis of the issue. Nope. This is just an expansion, from what I can see, of the older BYU Evolution packet.

Evolution and Mormonism was more an analysis of the issue.

]]> By: Sam Goble http://www.bloggernacle.org/this-week-in-science-and-religion-5/#comment-3156 Sam Goble Tue, 24 Jan 2006 05:01:41 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=261#comment-3156 Is this 'Mormonsism and Evolution' in any way related to "Evolution and Mormonism' by Trent D. Stephens and D Jeffrey Meldurm? My Zoology prof. at BYU recommended it for reading, along with a 50 page packet of Church statements regarding evolution before we got underway with our Zoology 101 class in 1998. What I understood from the time, and ever since, is that the Church is officially mum on the subject of evolution, has no idea how the creation and evolution can co-exist, but would rather spend its time teaching the gospel. In fact, the impression I got was that the Church probably regrets most of its early statements regarding evolution. Anyway, if the Biology dept at BYU is cool with evolution, I don't see why Buttars can't let it go. I personally think he is a freak, a moron, a headline grabber who has yet to do any real work for his constituents. He could only be a representative from the district he is from, because anywhere else people would hesitate to even give him a church calling beyond 'greeter'. Is this ‘Mormonsism and Evolution’ in any way related to “Evolution and Mormonism’ by Trent D. Stephens and D Jeffrey Meldurm? My Zoology prof. at BYU recommended it for reading, along with a 50 page packet of Church statements regarding evolution before we got underway with our Zoology 101 class in 1998.
What I understood from the time, and ever since, is that the Church is officially mum on the subject of evolution, has no idea how the creation and evolution can co-exist, but would rather spend its time teaching the gospel.
In fact, the impression I got was that the Church probably regrets most of its early statements regarding evolution.
Anyway, if the Biology dept at BYU is cool with evolution, I don’t see why Buttars can’t let it go. I personally think he is a freak, a moron, a headline grabber who has yet to do any real work for his constituents. He could only be a representative from the district he is from, because anywhere else people would hesitate to even give him a church calling beyond ‘greeter’.

]]> By: Clark Goble http://www.bloggernacle.org/this-week-in-science-and-religion-5/#comment-3084 Clark Goble Sun, 22 Jan 2006 02:52:27 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=261#comment-3084 Personally I'm opposed to those standard procedures. Of course I'd also like error bars. (<i>grin</i>) Personally I’m opposed to those standard procedures. Of course I’d also like error bars. (grin)

]]> By: Jared http://www.bloggernacle.org/this-week-in-science-and-religion-5/#comment-3076 Jared Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:07:12 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=261#comment-3076 Touche. It was an easy joke, especially in the context of education. Touche. It was an easy joke, especially in the context of education.

]]> By: Last Lemming http://www.bloggernacle.org/this-week-in-science-and-religion-5/#comment-3075 Last Lemming Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:48:11 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=261#comment-3075 <em>Hopefully this won’t embarrass us all here.</em> Actually, you guys are embarrasing yourselves with the "doesn't add to 100 percent" stuff. It is standard procedure to report poll results in whole numbers. Let's say the actual results were 36.800000 28.800000 7.800000 21.800000 4.800000 How would you suggest the Deseret News report them other than the way they did? Hopefully this won’t embarrass us all here.

Actually, you guys are embarrasing yourselves with the “doesn’t add to 100 percent” stuff. It is standard procedure to report poll results in whole numbers. Let’s say the actual results were

36.800000
28.800000
7.800000
21.800000
4.800000

How would you suggest the Deseret News report them other than the way they did?

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