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After reading J. Eugene Fox’s column “Creationist tales and whales,” three questions demand an answer.
First, what is Mr. Fox afraid of? It would appear that, while he is more than ready to accept the credentials of Ph.D.s who espouse his own personal opinions about the origin of species, he denigrates those who do not as “anyone with a Ph.D. behind his name.”
Surely Mr. Fox would admit that achieving a Ph.D. requires a huge commitment of study and thought. Is he honestly suggesting that, when philosophies collide, the Ph.D. with the opposing view point is educationally negligible? This is as narrow-minded as he would accuse the creationists of being. May we remind Mr. Fox that Galileo refuted conventional wisdom, went against the accepted views and history proved him to be correct.
Secondly, I would ask why Mr. Fox short changed his reading audience by failing to list a few museums and universities where scientifically accepted transitional fossils may be seen and examined. This is an important issue as so many of the “missing links” have been proven to be misinterpreted information or flat out hoaxes by both the secular and religiously biased scientists. Why did Mr. Fox fail to include this vital information? Could it be that he couldn’t?
Thirdly, Mr. Fox accuses Dr. Leonard Bailey of malpractice because he used a baboon heart in a transplant operation instead of a chimpanzee heart. He suggests that the baboon heart was rejected because it was not from a “more closely related primate such as a chimpanzee.” This is a thoughtless and extremely cruel comment. Cruel because the comment can be extrapolated to mean that the parents of “Baby Faye” lost their precious child because the doctor did not agree with Mr. Fox’s world view of evolution. I also believe it is a thoughtless comment because heart donations from one human being to another are also rejected. Would Mr. Fox argue that donated human organs are not from “closely related primates?” Mr. Fox is certainly entitled to his opinion. But perhaps he should open his narrow mind a crack before he insults and attacks others who hold opinions different from his own.
First, what is Mr. Fox afraid of? It would appear that, while he is more than ready to accept the credentials of Ph.D.s who espouse his own personal opinions about the origin of species, he denigrates those who do not as “anyone with a Ph.D. behind his name.”
Surely Mr. Fox would admit that achieving a Ph.D. requires a huge commitment of study and thought. Is he honestly suggesting that, when philosophies collide, the Ph.D. with the opposing view point is educationally negligible? This is as narrow-minded as he would accuse the creationists of being. May we remind Mr. Fox that Galileo refuted conventional wisdom, went against the accepted views and history proved him to be correct.
Secondly, I would ask why Mr. Fox short changed his reading audience by failing to list a few museums and universities where scientifically accepted transitional fossils may be seen and examined. This is an important issue as so many of the “missing links” have been proven to be misinterpreted information or flat out hoaxes by both the secular and religiously biased scientists. Why did Mr. Fox fail to include this vital information? Could it be that he couldn’t?
Thirdly, Mr. Fox accuses Dr. Leonard Bailey of malpractice because he used a baboon heart in a transplant operation instead of a chimpanzee heart. He suggests that the baboon heart was rejected because it was not from a “more closely related primate such as a chimpanzee.” This is a thoughtless and extremely cruel comment. Cruel because the comment can be extrapolated to mean that the parents of “Baby Faye” lost their precious child because the doctor did not agree with Mr. Fox’s world view of evolution. I also believe it is a thoughtless comment because heart donations from one human being to another are also rejected. Would Mr. Fox argue that donated human organs are not from “closely related primates?” Mr. Fox is certainly entitled to his opinion. But perhaps he should open his narrow mind a crack before he insults and attacks others who hold opinions different from his own.
