tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post112744111848783121..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Professional Integrity: Journalism and ResearchAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1127704295136719932005-09-25T21:11:00.000-06:002005-09-25T21:11:00.000-06:00Tim r.Your question calls to mind Alfered Wegener,...Tim r.<BR/><BR/>Your question calls to mind Alfered Wegener, who first proposed the theory of Continental Drift in 1915, and was widely ridiculed for this theory that the continents actually moved.<BR/><BR/>Or Raymond Dart's find of an Australopithecine fossile in South Africa, which was widely dismissed by an establishment that wanted to believe the Piltdown Man hoax perpetrated in England.<BR/><BR/>It happens, and the fault belongs to those whose minds are so closed that they fail to look at the evidence and the reasoning behind a conclusion they do not like.<BR/><BR/>The article I wrote, hopefully, shows a clear example of a scholar, a reporter, a research institute, and a news publication all accepting arguments that no person with academic integrity would accept.Alonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1127677831668696342005-09-25T13:50:00.000-06:002005-09-25T13:50:00.000-06:00How do you judge the professionalism of scholars w...How do you judge the professionalism of scholars when their conclusions are based on solid research and yet are not accepted by most "scholars" because these scholars are biased toward a different conclusion?<BR/><BR/>You may have already guessed that I'm talking about the growing number of scholars who conclude that "Jesus of Nazareth" is a mythical character rather than the historical person most Christian scholars believe him to be.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339675774128786326noreply@blogger.com