Just a couple of days ago, I wrote that one should not quote me as evidence in support of an argument. Now, I find I have been quoted in just such a case.

New Mexicans for Science and Reason March 2006 Newsletter

Hinton on Gammill…

NMSR has been arguing with Intelligent Design
creationist Paul Gammill for a decade. Albuquerque blogger
Mark Justice Hinton jumped into the fray last September, after
another of Gammill’s letters was published in the Albuquerque
Journal. Hinton wrote “Because we haven’t explained it, we
can’t ever? Thank god that perspective didn’t take hold before
the Enlightenment (though the same people tried their
darndest to hang onto the Dark Ages). Genetic code is a
language? So, is the author crediting god with all language,
too? Or, as the creators of language, can we also create life?
NO exceptions or no known exceptions? ID proponents seem
very quick to embrace endless ignorance. Gammill seems to
confuse the way he views the world with the way the world is.
Common mistake among the arrogant. …”

Nice to see other folks are getting it!

www.edgewiseblog.com/mjh/001053.htm

Dear NMSR,

I am surprised and honored to find myself implicitly among reasonable New Mexicans. In the interest of fairness, I will admit ample evidence to the contrary, though I hope no evidence of me being anti-science can be found. Of course, that quote about world-view and arrogance will surely be used against me; I hope I am the first to do so.

peace, mjh