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Bill, Richard,

I dislike certain (most?) aspects of Christian proselytizing
especially in its protestant / evangelical variety as practiced by SIL
as much as the next linguist, but on the other hand, I don't like the
implications of what you are saying either. Your comment, Bill, seems
to imply that there is a fundamental and irreconcilable conflict
between Christianity and theory of evolution. There is not. Your
comment, Richard, seems to imply that all Christians are ignorant ass
biblical faux-literalists. They are not. Would you please do me a
favor and stop lumping me with the young Earth creationists, chastity
ball organizers and rapture countdownists? Thank you very much.
That being said, Bill's idea is actually pretty good, though I'm
afraid "The Origin of Spieces" is too technical. Any other
suggestions?

bulbul

On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 5:52 AM, Richard Smith <rzs at wildblue.net> wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Well to be fair then...
> the Origin of Species should then be hand copied by pen and ink
> by student scribes for centuries , and all the original versions be lost
> over 300 years. Then any current scribes teaching forms
> of naturalism can "correct" most of the previous mistaken texts to support
> the infallible work of Darwin according to most popular theories in the most
> influential universities.
> then by faith, followers of Darwinianity can chant
> "Darwin said it, I believe it, and thats good enough for me"
>
> who knows...it might just work
>
> Richard Zane Smith
> Wyandotte, Oklahoma
>
>
>
> On 9/26/08 6:23 PM, "William J Poser" <wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU> wrote:
>
>> If I ever have a whole lot of money, I'm going to found an organization,
>> perhaps called the "Winter Institute of Linguistics", the goal of which
>> will be the translation of "The Origin of Species" into all the world's
>> languages.
>>
>> Bill
>