Custom Search  Wednesday, June 29, 2005  Long weekend fix of
stories in the ID controversy:  Just before I head for the
airport, here is a brief news fix, in case all the other
bloggers on this controversy desert you too:  (Note: To get to
stories 2 through 5, you must scroll past Blog service note 1,
which locates high-traffic stories on this blog.)  1. An
Uncommon Dissent forum, featuring scientists who find Darwinism
unconvincing, will be held at Palmetto Expo Center, August 4, 5,
and 6, in Greenville, South Carolina. The forum features Michael
Behe, John A. Campbell, Tom Woodward, and Jonathan Wells. The
speakers sound interesting. I would particularly like to hear
more about abiogenesis — the origin of life from non-life, as
taught by an ocean chemistry specialist.  Life happened somehow,
but when I read books on the subject, I have the same reaction
as Edward Fitzgerald’s Omar Khayyam had to the two-and-seventy
quarrelling sects of Islam:  Myself when young did eagerly
frequent Doctor and Saint, and hea