(1/2) Discovery Institute: Let the TRUTH Be Told

The Discovery Institute is the primary think-tank for the Intelligent Design movement. What can we determine about this organization based on its funding, personnel, and research record?

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Here's the original "Wedge Strategy" document:
http://www.antievolution.org/features/wedge.html (HTML version)
http://www.antievolution.org/features/wedge.pdf (pdf version)

For more about the Discovery Institute:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Institute
http://www.discovery.org/

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[alexross8]

So what if Christians support the discovery institute?

IT WOULDN'T MATTER ANYWAYS!!!!

Just like any intelligent person that is a scientist , you can have beliefs and still be a scientist. Part of being a scientist is about learning new things , and letting go of the old things. Philosophy and ethics play greater roles.

If you , in your right mind , are saying that scientists will lie for their beliefs , then I will not believe science.

[C0nc0rdance]

@alexross8

Scientists WILL lie for their beliefs. If a scientist tries to sell you a bridge, don't buy it. What we rely on is the PROCESS of science. The evidence, not the scientists' opinions, are the basis for knowledge. In modern science, that's directly related to peer review and science journals.

The thesis of the video is that the Discovery Institute is NOT a secular research organization, by virtue of their personnel, funding, and activities. It's a Christian apologist think tank.

[drfoxcourt]

What is with Christians that think evolution is de facto anti-christian? Evolution says nothing about God. It can't. Evolution is a scientific theory and scientific theories have nothing to say about the supernatural.

If DI were a scientific organization, it would adjust it's Christian theory to fit the evidence rather than the other way around.

Creationism has no testable evidence, it's not science.

[BillKiernan]

why the FUCK is bill gates donating to these pieces of shit?

[julqw2]

It's one of the most hypocritical organizations I've ever heard of, what a shame to have it in the state I lilve in (((

[Rockster969]

@tnafguy Nephilim owned Concordance? You been smokin that jebus crack, admit it?

[fdasherv]

@tnafguy "i dont have a lot listed,but many scientists can be found by searching on here about evidence for creation. in my Favorite videos are some things that might helps u think in other ways maybe" I'm sorry, what? Creation? As in Genesis, the bible? And I actually thought you had an observable, testable, repeatable theory here! I've seen these creationists at work. If they're so certain, why do each of them rely on lies and misrepresentations and slander as a matter of course?

[fdasherv]

@tnafguy Hi again, thanks for the reply. So I went to your channel but only found negative arguments against evolution. Where are the positive arguments for a more modern theory of diversification? It would help if you actually named them, so I can look them up on my own. Thanks again! ; )

[fdasherv]

@tnafguy You're so right. I want to get my head out of the 1800's and the ancient science of evolution. Would you start me on my way by showing me the more modern theories of the diversity of life? Thanks in advance! ; )

[crazyinsane500]

@tnafguy Nephilimfree hasn't even provided proof of any basic education. And he has been unapologetically false in many of what he says, using a shotgun tactic of barraging the opposition with fallacies. A man who thinks himself to be more infallible than God himself and yet has not published a single peer-reviewed scientific paper, surely is the person to believe on ANY subject pertaining to science. Orrr, we could go with reality and see him for the false prophet of who he is.

[DrProfessorMDPhD17]

@tnafguy interesting. what flaws are you talking about? (and don't bring in other branches of science, please stick to biology)

[Akira625]

@tnafguy As opposed to what, the nonexistent research of intelligent design?

[Quintinohthree]

@tnafguy

Over the past few millennia evolution has gone from a rough idea of various philosophers in among others ancient Greece, through a set of hypotheses all the way to being a large theory involving several hypotheses, laws and smaller theories, used in various sciences and in biology as its framework.

Creationism on the other hand has gone from God did it to God did it.