gdemetz wrote:Why do you think that there are many with PHD's in science who agree with me? Everybody picks their own flavor of scientist, I guess.
I have no idea how many PhD's can be listed for this OP, on either side to prove or disprove glass and steel in the Book of Mormon or support or disagree with the exodus out of Egypt. Usually collecting a number of names for a list proves nothing.
But I suggest you look up "Project Steve", both for how it came about, its tongue in cheek approach to just this type of issue, and how it has evolved. If you're not acquainted with it, the project began as a lark. A pro-creation site listed a dozen or so names of PhD's who believed in the young earth theory. To counter the list, a few scientists, who happened to have the name 'Steve' and were biologists, started to find out how many 'Steve's (Stephanie's, Stefan's, Esteban's etc) who believed in evolution, would sign a counter list.
As of April 2012 "Project Steve" has 1200 names. Each of the signatories must agree to:
Evolution is a vital, well-supported, unifying principle of the biological sciences, and the scientific evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of the idea that all living things share a common ancestry. Although there are legitimate debates about the patterns and processes of evolution, there is no serious scientific doubt that evolution occurred or that natural selection is a major mechanism in its occurrence. It is scientifically inappropriate and pedagogically irresponsible for creationist pseudoscience, including but not limited to "intelligent design," to be introduced into the science curricula of our nation's public schools.
Inspired by Project Steve, and motivated by media coverage of the Discovery Institute's "Dissent From Darwinism" list, during the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District case, R. Joe Brandon initiated a four-day, word-of-mouth petition of scientists in support of evolution in October 2005. During the four-day drive A Scientific Support For Darwinism And For Public Schools Not To Teach Intelligent Design As Science gathered 7733 signatures of verifiable scientists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Steve
But the bigger list doesn't win. "We did not wish to mislead the public into thinking that scientific issues are decided by who has the longer list of scientists!"
