{"id":741,"date":"2008-10-07T06:43:21","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T10:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=741"},"modified":"2008-12-08T20:22:15","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T00:22:15","slug":"letter-in-tcpalm-needs-a-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=741","title":{"rendered":"Letter in TCPalm needs a response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone else see this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/news\/2008\/oct\/06\/letter-cerebral-people-among-most-close-minded\/\">garbage printed in the TCPalm<\/a>? Golly, do you think the letter writer has a bias of some type?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As far as imposing philosophies, the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153cerebral\u00e2\u20ac\u009d elites present their theories and philosophies as fact, mocking anyone who dares to disagree with them, especially concerning evolution.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, there are many Christians who come from accomplished scientific backgrounds, and they possess far more knowledge concerning how we got here than Mr. Burton does. The geo-chronological evidence all points to a young Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Every \u00e2\u20ac\u0153missing link\u00e2\u20ac\u009d ever \u00e2\u20ac\u0153discovered\u00e2\u20ac\u009d has been proven to be a fraud produced by overzealous \u00e2\u20ac\u0153cerebrals\u00e2\u20ac\u009d who hate God. The gospel can never be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153imposed\u00e2\u20ac\u009d; it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153cerebral\u00e2\u20ac\u009d people who will not even allow it to be presented so that people can make up their minds based on the evidence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone else see this garbage printed in the TCPalm? Golly, do you think the letter writer has a bias of some type? As far as imposing philosophies, the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153cerebral\u00e2\u20ac\u009d elites present their theories and philosophies as fact, mocking anyone who &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=741\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-bX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":257,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=257","url_meta":{"origin":741,"position":0},"title":"Best practice with an integrated curriculum?","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"July 31, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Forget \"teach the controversy.\" That's so old-school. Apparently, a new strategy is out concerning getting anti-evolution\/creationism into the public school classroom. The following was passed along to the FCS membership from a teacher organization as a heads-up. If I understand correctly, a teacher was considering \"teaching the controversy\" when presented\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Alert&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Alert","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":68,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=68","url_meta":{"origin":741,"position":1},"title":"Our response to the letters to the editor","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"October 12, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been waiting to post here on our blog our answers to the previous letters to the editor talked about here. However, we learned that the newspaper chose not to publish our letter. On the positive side, they did publish Dr. Scott's letter. I realize our letter is long, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Analysis\/Commentary&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Analysis\/Commentary","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":761,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=761","url_meta":{"origin":741,"position":2},"title":"Just the facts, buddy","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"October 29, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a letter published in the Lakeland Ledger today feeding the \"debate\" over evolution this newspaper and its readers like to keep alive. Regarding a recent letter concerning evolution and education, the writer concluded her remarks by suggesting that one consider the difference between science and faith. Science verses\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 6 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 6 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=761#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1211,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1211","url_meta":{"origin":741,"position":3},"title":"Keep an eye on Alachua County","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"August 2, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"A recent forum for Alachua County school board candidates brought out the following tidbit: Some of the candidates thought creationism has a place in public school education, with others saying it should be taught in a class that discusses theories or philosophies of all world religions. Some, though, said it\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 2 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 2 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1211#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":53,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=53","url_meta":{"origin":741,"position":4},"title":"Darwin or Design letters","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"September 30, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"FlCfS board member Jonathan Smith got our news release published in Winter Haven's News Chief newspaper. (I think free registration is required to read the online paper.) Of course, a response popped up a few days later. See the letter below the fold ... 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