Thursday, April 26, 2007

a surprising symmetry

The following observation will likely get me in deep trouble with people of many beliefs, but...

You know how some pro-evolution proponents scoff at how some anti-evolution proponents point at comparatively minor differences or conflicts of evolutionary thought and say, "See? Even pro-evolution folks have serious doubts?" And the reason the pro-evolution proponents scoff at that rhetorical technique is because technical disagreements between experts don't change the fact that evolution is 1) widely accepted as the dominant viewpoint and 2) would need to exhibit much deeper problems to be overthrown as the dominant viewpoint.

You know how some Christians scoff at how some pro-homosexuality proponents point at comparatively minor differences or conflicts of theological thought and say, "See? Even Christian folks have serious doubts?" And the reason the Christians scoff at that rhetorical technique is because complex exegetical disagreements between experts don't change the fact that homosexuality is 1) consistently denounced as wrong throughout the Bible and 2) could only be considered as moral by bringing up much deeper inconsistencies (if sexuality, which is a huge part of being human, no longer has any restrictions, then was God kidding about that one commandment forbidding adultery?).

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