Posted: Aug 14, 2014 10:36 am
William Dembski wrote:The mountains of evidence are already there. The problem is that evidence is itself inherently hermeneutical, influenced by cognitive predispositions to interpret certain types of data as supporting/confirming certain types of conclusions. If one wears materialistic blinders, there can be no evidence for ID hence the constant refrain by people like Barbara Forrest and Eugenie Scott that there is no evidence for ID. There is none for them because they have shut their eyes to it.
This one is simply brilliant, the exact same shit could be thrown right back at Dembski. The projection is reeking off it:
The mountains of evidence are already there. The problem is that evidence is itself inherently hermeneutical, influenced by cognitive predispositions to interpret certain types of data as supporting/confirming certain types of conclusions. If one wears creationist blinders, there can be no evidence for evolution hence the constant refrain by people like Bill Dembski and Stephen Meyer that there is no evidence for evolution. There is none for them because they have shut their eyes to it.