Why Evolution is True, But Coyne is Wrong About Religion, Part II: Lessons of Dover

At the outset of really digging into Jerry Coyne's stance on science and religion, let's pose a question: Why do we care whether or not the two are compatible? The answer is that one might care for many reasons.

[Pakman4]

If evoligion were a dyke you would have more holes than dyke

a dyke is what is used to hold the sea back in Holland

[ScienceRules]

Pakman4 wrote:

If evoligion were a dyke you would have more holes than dyke
a dyke is what is used to hold the sea back in Holland

Are they all Dutch or are immigrants used as well; it must take millions of them.

[GatorBUILT]

Pakman4 wrote:

If evoligion were a dyke you would have more holes than dyke
a dyke is what is used to hold the sea back in Holland

Riiiiight, and the last time I checked those dykes were holding up quite well, despite all the pressure from the ocean tides...so, now go stick your other foot in your pie hole...a pie hole is what fundies run when they can't understand the science...what a douche you are...You didn't even realize your analogy made the point that science has held back fundiots for CENTURIES...duuuuuh.

[nina]

I'm a dyke and I don't care that religion is compatible with science

religion is outdated and change resistant

it fundamentally is not compatible with science

[Gillette]

Pakman

It's "dike," actually. A "dyke" is something entirely different. LOL.

[ScienceRules]

Gillette wrote:

Pakman
It's "dike," actually. A "dyke" is something entirely different. LOL.

I don't know about that. In both cases, when the water breaks things go downhill fast..........

[15th Dalai Lama]

It is a good article. I guess Pakman jumped right in with his stupidity in order to destroy the topic.
The high-school dropout rate in the US is 30% and we rank 27th (citation needed) in science and mathematics in the developed world.
Let the fundamentalists keep up the good work and pretty soon we'll be ranked among third-world countries.

[Darwins Stepchild]

If pakman stuck his finger in a dyke, she would probably slap him silly.

[MIDutch]

IN Dutch, it is spelled dijk.

Not at all sure what pakman4 is talking about when he says dykes hold back water. Maybe it's an exercise in bladder control.

[ScienceRules]

Darwins Stepchild wrote:

If pakman stuck his finger in a dyke, she would probably slap him silly.

Ouch, the old Billy Jean King/little Dutch boy joke resurfaces.........

[Matt from Akron]

I recently bought "Why Evolution Is True" off of Amazon. It's a great read.

[Dispassionate Observer]

nina wrote:

I'm a dyke and I don't care that religion is compatible with science
religion is outdated and change resistant
it fundamentally is not compatible with science

I am an electrician, and I have a set of dykes in my toolbox.

[Ron-Texas]

Dispassionate Observer wrote:

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I am an electrician, and I have a set of dykes in my toolbox.

I like your observations/statement!! But be careful with the nut drivers, you may need to get them out to use on some of these people!!! And some heat-shrink may also be helpful.

[Dispassionate Observer]

Ron-Texas wrote:

<quoted text>I like your observations/statement!! But be careful with the nut drivers, you may need to get them out to use on some of these people!!! And some heat-shrink may also be helpful.

I only use them when I need to adust the shaft play on a pump coupler

[Bob of Quantum-Faith]

Pakman4 wrote:

If evoligion were a dyke you would have more holes than dyke
a dyke is what is used to hold the sea back in Holland

And here all this time I thought it was great big piles of dirt, rocks and stone.

And it was lesbians the whole time...

One wonders how, though? Do they lie along the beaches in large groups, to block back the sea?

There'd have to be a great many Dutch dykes in that case... who knew?

[Prophet Xcellent]

Learn about the latest Dover deception.

http://evolutionfacts.blogspot.com

[Bob of Quantum-Faith]

Prophet Xcellent wrote:

Learn about the latest Dover deception.
http://evolutionfacts.blogspot.com

That is a lying for Jesus website.

Which means YOU were lying, too.

Why do you Christians feel the need to LIE?

Is it because you don't have the TRUTH on your side? So you HAVE to lie about things?

Hmmmm.

[Matt from Akron]

Bob of Quantum-Faith wrote:

<quoted text>
That is a lying for Jesus website.
Which means YOU were lying, too.
Why do you Christians feel the need to LIE?
Is it because you don't have the TRUTH on your side? So you HAVE to lie about things?
Hmmmm.

There's several dimwit fundies who spam Topix with the link to that pack of lies. Reprehensible.

[The Dude]

Prophet Xcellent wrote:

Learn about the latest Dover deception.

And yet you can never stick around to back up your baseless claims.

[The Dude]

Matt from Akron wrote:

<quoted text>
There's several dimwit fundies who spam Topix with the link to that pack of lies. Reprehensible.

It's likely the same dude, the blog owner.