Tim wrote:
So said Jean Theoret while recovering after his race boat flipped and
he was drowning.

http://madisoncourier.com/main.asp?S...icleID=5 1759

"However, Theoret also believes there were other powers at work in his
ability to survive the crash - a higher being. As a man of sincere
faith and devotion to God, Theoret believes the power of prayer also
played a huge role in his fate."


hmm, "Christian Fundies" race boats too?



I didn't see anything in the news article that indicates he is a
Christian fundie. Surely you don't believe "sincere faith and devotion
to god" is limited to Christian fundies?

More significant, people are entitled to believe whatever they want or
whatever they are taught. Many times, though, that creates problems for
others. Galileo Galilei spent the last 10 years of his life under house
arrest because he wouldn't stop speaking out and publishing in favor of
heliocentrism. Those of "sincere faith and devotion to god" imprisoned him.

Just the other day a religious fundie who apparently sits on a country
board stated several times at a public meeting that the earth was 6,000
years old. I don't believe that people who hold such views and proclaim
them publicly have any business holding jobs or appointments of public
trust.

I wonder how many actual, real, practicing scientists share that view?