tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20528115.post116248408805259136..comments2023-10-06T09:21:48.090-04:00Comments on All-Too-Common Dissent: 'Intelligent Design' - the Cult of PersonalityDoppelgangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07019994267093407424noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20528115.post-86904676257994227132007-06-09T22:45:00.000-04:002007-06-09T22:45:00.000-04:00I would like to throw my two cents into the debate...I would like to throw my two cents into the debate. I have recently published a book called Intelligent Design of Personality. In Intelligent Design of Personality I make, I believe, a strong and definitive case that Personality development is more a science then an art form.<BR/><BR/>In particular, as referenced against the characteristics of science accepted in U.S. law from the 1982 court decision, McLean vs Arkansas Board of Education, my theory of personality development justifies itself on all accounts. <BR/><BR/>The essential characteristics of science are:<BR/><BR/>1) It is guided by [physical or biological] law;<BR/><BR/>2) It has to be explanatory by reference to natural law;<BR/><BR/>3) It is testable against the empirical world;<BR/><BR/>4) Its conclusions are tentative, are not necessarily the final word; and<BR/><BR/>5) It is falsifiable[or, more accurately, makes predictions that can be tested by observation],<BR/><BR/>My new personality development theory, Intelligent Design of Personality, first of all, uses Natural Law, those “unchanging moral principles common to all human beings” Oxford Dictionary, 1998, as it’s foundation. In the second instance, I use many natural biological processes such as homeostasis, reflexes, imprinting and the Pleasure Selection Principle; that an organism has the tendancy to repeat any activity frim which it derives pleasure, all governed by Natural Law, to explain how organized, orderly and explicit the biological processes are at arriving at their universal objective, the production of a moral human being. Thirdly, I reveal, with many examples, how testable, predictable and definitive the theory is against the real or empirical world. In the final analysis, it is readily accepted that the theory is tentative, i.e., that it will be improved upon in the future and that it is falsifiable not only by observation but would stand the scrutiny of the laboratory on all accounts. In essence, the proof of man's native morality is the real and present existence of Natural Law.<BR/><BR/>I believe the proponents of both evolution and creation will find the text very informative, uplifting and restorative of faith in human nature and human dignity. The two sides, I submit are one continuous string, evolution does its thing slowly of fast depending on the circumstances. In the meantime, the intelligent design of personality,compliments of Mother Nature, force morality on every individual that has the opportunity to develop a naturalized personality. Naturalized personalities all speak the same language, the same realistic thoughts, integrated with the same integrated feelings, producing the same moral behaviour driven by Natural Law, OXFORD Dictionary, 1998. An atheist has the natural ability to be as moral as any religious person if raised in a natural family environment. In fact, the best traditions of positive religions, cultures and plilosophies come from the warm embers of a naturalized human heart.<BR/> You will be able to read more about my book at my website [www.intelligentdesignofpersonality.com] or soon on Google Book Partners.<BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/>Frank BrideauFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00976272022712795497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20528115.post-1165419902737834642006-12-06T10:45:00.000-05:002006-12-06T10:45:00.000-05:00Oh, please.This whole nonsense about how ID is eve...Oh, please.<BR/><BR/>This whole nonsense about how ID is everywhere and everything is pathetic.<BR/><BR/>The fact of the matter is, the ID movement, i.e., the 'God is the Inteligent Designer' ala Dembski, Behe, Johnson, the Discovery Institute, etc., is a cult of personality as it has no evidence in its support. <BR/><BR/>I can assure you that ID played no role in my graduate work. Unlike your silly extrapolation from your textbook, 'Darwinism' was the foundation for my hypotheses, and the major tenets in the algorithms I employed to analyse my data.Doppelgangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019994267093407424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20528115.post-1165343575526330892006-12-05T13:32:00.000-05:002006-12-05T13:32:00.000-05:00Thanks Doppelganger. My statement is that ID is t...Thanks Doppelganger. My statement is that ID is the foundation of all of high-tech and thus not some personality cult phenomenon. In fact, your arguments against ID are all ID based! To get a Ph.D. in biology, you have presumably done some ID regarding a thesis. Now if your ID related theories can't account for what IS, then there is no point in using them to derive conclusions about what ID can't explain.Looneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15801436449971512320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20528115.post-1165332146067829872006-12-05T10:22:00.000-05:002006-12-05T10:22:00.000-05:00FYI, WMI is a known troll who uses typical troll t...FYI, WMI is a known troll who uses typical troll tools of making up his own language and creating his own definitions of words in order to prop up his weak arguments (not to mention that he suffers from the typical creationist issue of repeating oft debunked canards).Rev. BigDumbChimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04375916659207181335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20528115.post-1165323903238618302006-12-05T08:05:00.000-05:002006-12-05T08:05:00.000-05:00Hi looney,Interesting comment. I see a conflation...Hi looney,<BR/><BR/>Interesting comment. I see a conflation of a generic 'intelligent design' as in anything a human (engineer) does with the 'Intelligent Design' of the ID movement as in 'biological structure X is so complex it musta been Designed by some super Intelligence (named God)'.<BR/>It is true that many in the ID movement promote such a conflation, for it serves as the basis for an elaborate (and illogical) argument via analogy, which the ID movement requires as it has no actual evidence for its position.<BR/>Engineers, by the way, generally are not trained in the biological sciences and thus are no more 'expert' in biology (or evolution-relaterd sciences, such as geology) than they are in history. It should be no surprise then that actual educated and trained biologists/scientists look down on creationist engineers with no requisite or relevant training who nonetheless think themselves expert enough to render proclamations on all matters scientific.<BR/><BR/>It is a matter of ignorance-based arrogance, not profession-envy.Doppelgangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019994267093407424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20528115.post-1165213473397945452006-12-04T01:24:00.000-05:002006-12-04T01:24:00.000-05:00Just a reminder for you: Engineers are paid to do...Just a reminder for you: Engineers are paid to do Intelligent Design, and scientists (who are paid considerably less) generally don't do intelligent design and they definitely aren't trained on ID or how it works. It should be no surprise that they look down on the field.Looneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15801436449971512320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20528115.post-1164553800858803182006-11-26T10:10:00.000-05:002006-11-26T10:10:00.000-05:00I am the voice of those who seek intellectual hone...<I>I am the voice of those who seek intellectual honesty protecting our children from those who have a radical hatred towards God and anything that represents him. </I><BR/><BR/>That is funny, funny stuff, WMI.<BR/><BR/>Are you one of those irony-based comedians or something?Doppelgangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019994267093407424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20528115.post-1164553710170423202006-11-26T10:08:00.000-05:002006-11-26T10:08:00.000-05:00Incredibly wise and insigthful comment,WMI.No wait...Incredibly wise and insigthful comment,<BR/>WMI.<BR/><BR/>No wait - actually, it was fairly uninformed.<BR/>Typical.Doppelgangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019994267093407424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20528115.post-1162942544059295982006-11-07T18:35:00.000-05:002006-11-07T18:35:00.000-05:00ID is a religious movement?You sound like that's a...ID is a religious movement?<BR/><BR/>You sound like that's a big revelation?<BR/><BR/>Here's another revelation for you:<BR/>Evolution is an atheist movement.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Now can you put on your surprise look again?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Bunch of monkies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20528115.post-1162820546865879322006-11-06T08:42:00.000-05:002006-11-06T08:42:00.000-05:00Remote viewing has nothing to do with the Intellig...Remote viewing has nothing to do with the Intelligent Design movement.Doppelgangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019994267093407424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20528115.post-1162559236256954172006-11-03T08:07:00.000-05:002006-11-03T08:07:00.000-05:00"Leading scientists", eh?Isn't it funny how everyo..."Leading scientists", eh?<BR/><BR/>Isn't it funny how everyone associated with the cult of ID is somehow a 'leading' or 'world renowned' scientist?<BR/><BR/>Did you not just read my article?<BR/><BR/>Of course, what you refer has nothing to do with 'Intelligent Design', and what you wrote smacks of spam.Doppelgangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019994267093407424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20528115.post-1162500527278834472006-11-02T15:48:00.000-05:002006-11-02T15:48:00.000-05:00Thank you so much, Allison.Fcsuper - thansk for th...Thank you so much, Allison.<BR/><BR/>Fcsuper - thansk for the commetn - nice blog, also.<BR/><BR/>ScottDoppelgangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019994267093407424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20528115.post-1162488601353099212006-11-02T12:30:00.000-05:002006-11-02T12:30:00.000-05:00his reminds me of an article I read while I was in...his reminds me of an article I read while I was in Seattle about this this group of nutsos.fcsuperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09631601009349459890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20528115.post-1162487210450409142006-11-02T12:06:00.000-05:002006-11-02T12:06:00.000-05:00It's "The Politically Incorrect Guide to DARWIN an...It's "The Politically Incorrect Guide to DARWIN and Intelligent Design" by Dr. Jonathan Wells.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14454614846316780913noreply@blogger.com