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From: bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys)
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Sat, 3-Aug-85 23:23:40 EDT
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> 	>Hmmm, these seem to be mostly(or exclusively) highly partisan
> >creationist publications, I would like to see this stuff confirmed in
> >proper refereed journals! I place about as much faith in these finds
> >as I do in the Paluxy River "human footprints" - exactly none!
> >(Actually, the first reference sounds like it is even worse than
> >a creationist publication - a Von-Daenken-esque type pseudo-science
> >book)

> I am sometimes amazed at folks who claim to be scientific and open minded.

Scientists have given the Creationists every opportunity to demonstrate that
the alleged "mantracks" at Paluxy and other sites are what the Creationists
claim.  WHEN THE CREATIONISTS SHARE THE EVIDENCE (which is not often),
it turns out that the alleged "mantracks" are of other, natural, 
identifiable origin: dinosaur tracks, worm burrows, and the like.
Some are obvious frauds.  NONE have the characteristics one would
expect of man tracks.  When confronted with this, the 
Creationists say, "Yeah, but you should see the one that we saw last
week, but which was washed out by the recent flooding of the river",
or some other such fish story.  See the most recent issue of 
*Creation/Evolution* for details.

So who is closed minded?

-- 
"Men never do evil so cheerfully and so completely as when they do so from
	religious conviction."  -- Blaise Pascal

	Bill Jefferys  8-%
	Astronomy Dept, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712   (USnail)
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