For those who are interested, the mp3s of my last 3 appearances on Jim Babka's radio show are available for download. I did three consecutive shows, each on the subject of intelligent design, evolution and religion. Here are the links:
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Last night Jon Stewart hosted the Israel/Palestine peace activists Anna Baltzer and Dr. Mustafa Barghouti.
I have a small part in a show called SACRED WASTE which was created by LSU Ph.D.
I've discussed the harrowing plight of the family that barely scrapes by on $250,000 per year. Jon Stewart brings the snark:
I propose that there are four five categories of TV series distinguished on the basis of how long they run and the quality, or lack thereof, of the show more or less objectively defined (to the extent that one can do that).
I think you do an excellent job, very good at thinking on your feet and providing sources for the claims you make. I just wish he had allowed more time for you to talk! And in the time he does give you to talk, it's kind of annoying that he asks you to explain the difference between methodological and philosophical naturalism three times. Sure seems like the time could have been more productively spent.
Ed,
At the end of the third interview, Jim Babka mentions "three or four traps" that Philip Johnson told him to throw your way. Any idea what these "traps" were?
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Not specifically, no. Apparently he got the idea from Johnson's essay at the end of Portraits of Creation. Johnson evidently says in his essay that when we evilutionists say that we think evolution and religion are compatible we don't really mean it and there are ways to trap us into admitting it. That's the way Jim described it to me after the show ended, but I don't know specifically what he meant or what the traps were. None of the quotes from Johnson seemed at all difficult to answer to me.
Whatever the traps were, you handled them very smoothly and professionally. The way Babka said it, it sounded like he had actually spoken to Johnson. Thanks for the clarification, DS