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From: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: Isolation and Unique Species
Message-ID: <496@cybvax0.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 15:03:12 EST
Article-I.D.: cybvax0.496
Posted: Tue Apr 23 15:03:12 1985
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References: <217@ihnet.UUCP> <204@phri.UUCP> <393@ihu1m.UUCP>
Reply-To: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz)
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In article <393@ihu1m.UUCP> gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly) writes:
> --
> Karl Dahlke sums up the vision and the passion of a naturalist
> so eloquently that I can't bear to edit it (relax, it's only 20
> lines, and savor):

I quite agree, though I won't repost it.

> After he posted this, I thought "This was how it came to Darwin".
> You surround yourself in nature, and the patterns hit you over the
> head.  And so I ask, are there any creationist naturalists?  I suspect
> there are not, as few seem capable of seeing beyond the gilt edges
> of their bibles.  And they are not alone in that myopia--many scientists
> can't see beyond their sacred tomes either.  But those who can, they
> stand the world on its ear.

Yes, there are (and have been) numerous creationist naturalists, as has been
pointed out in other notes.  They can perceive the patterns also, though
modern ones seldom look for patterns on as grand a scale as Darwin did.
(For example, there are large numbers of creationist birdwatchers, and
some creationist taxonomic specialists.)  And their work can be useful
where the patterns prove widespread and consistant.
-- 

Mike Huybensz		...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh