
Journal impengo's Journal: What is a conspiracy of Silence?
I wrote previously about the Humanist Manifesto.
Apology is a technical term. 2nd meaning in my Webster's: "a defense, excuse or justification in speech or writing, as for a cause or doctrine." It represents an organized argument for the existence of God. It purports to prove that 'There Can Be God.' If there can be God, then evolution may be false. Very few educational institutions will enthusiastically back the degree of a student who does not believe in evolution. There is grave concern that all the other educational institutions will get together and ridicule them. I personally know at least two individuals who are accredited PhDs, who will competently debate evolution. I am not sure how they accomplished their accreditation. Usually an educational institution will only countenance debate if it is between PhDs, so accreditation is important. In recent years Atheism has acted cohesively to decline all debate, and call Evolution fact. As such, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Theist Apologists to gain acreditation.
The Churches of Christ have a standing invitation to anyone who wishes to debate either the existence of God, or Evolution. This is not a matter of Government, because of separation of Church and State. The only legitimate reason for a Government to take an interest is that it represents information of use to Prince Charles or Prince Harry, each an heir to the Throne of England upon which sits the Defender of the Faith. The Anglican Church is generally Calvinistic, and so may disagree with this apology, without making a clear argument of its own. In its entirety, the whole could be viewed as a Conspiracy of Silence. Silence in my opinion is not consent, although if we argue that silence is consent then I am consenting to the system that teaches Evolution as fact, not Theory, if I do not speak out about the existence of God. It's almost like you took it right out of Joseph Heller. It would be difficult to show that one cannot get a degree without espousing evolution; we graduate Christians all the time. However, it is somewhat paradoxical that in my experience, a student who would have the unmitigated effrontery to actually offer a reason for his belief in God, and so legitimately question evolution, encounters difficulty gaining accreditation - the school in question fearing ridicule. If you wish to contemplate proof by exception, there is a trail of several instances of dinosaur footprints with human footprints fossilized in them at Glen Rose Texas. This would be acceptable to the Flintstones, but contradicts the timeline of evolution.
This dovetails neatly with the discussion of a Humanist Conspiracy of education institutions to further the Article 9 agenda of Humanist Manifesto 2000. It would represent an Atheist conspiracy, which serves us well in the aspect that it resists Islam as much as it resists Christianity, but does not advance my personal cause. I do not want the cure to be worse than the disease. By this I mean for us to judge objectively as to whether I have argued the existence of Jehovah or Allah. These things being said, others have shown similar arguments http://www.expelledthemovie.com/video.php Ben Stein (former speechwriter for Nixon and Ford) has a blog too, if you choose to read it. He is a person who is authoritative on the right to freedom of speech.
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