Originally Posted by LindaLou
It's "no big deal" that a book supposedly about science misidentifies species it contains? And that in at least one of the pictures, the alleged species is actually a fishing lure?

OK.
It's no big deal that mistakes happen. It's part of life.

It becomes a big deal when the author of the book is notified and refuses to correct the mistakes, a practice you favour, judging by your actions. Specifically, you have put down Kent Hovind for trying to get lies taken out of textbooks. Not just any books - textbooks. Even if you don't like him, this is hard to fault. Most folks wouldn't even try.

Dark Matter + Dark Energy = Dark Truth

"We find that such evidence demonstrates that the ID argument is dependent upon setting a scientifically unreasonable burden of proof for the theory of evolution." - Judge Jones Kitzmiller case
http://www.talkreason.org/articles/Falsify.cfm

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