User talk:AlasdairJC

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Sam_Spade (talk · contribs) 12:33, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Kent Hovind[edit]

I don't think it is useful/correct to imply that Hovind is at all unique in assuming that the theory of evolution has theological implications. This has been a constant theme in interpretting evolution since the time of Darwin. It makes no difference if the literal theory says nothing about theology for a scientific theory to have theological implications -- Darwin himself knew it did. Hovind is a wacko but he's hardly unique -- even among supporters of evolution -- in thinking this. There are plenty of notable "evolutionists" who share this opinion as well (i.e. Dawkins). I don't mind pointing out in the article that many people don't agree with Hovind's interpretation but I'm not comfortable in making it look like his way is de-facto "wrong" -- it's an interpretation, it's potentially valid, and it's not even unique to him. So I have changed it to imply this a little better. You may want to look at the Wikipedia Neutral Point of View policy: Wikipedia:NPOV. By the way, I think Hovind is a wacko, but not because of this particular interpretation of his (which is quite common, even among many scientists). --Fastfission 21:29, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)