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gravitybow · 05-20-2002, 02:29 PM

Although I may not agree totally with PE, I am indebted to Dr. Gould for his clarity and plain speech in his general works on evolution. His writings convinced me that I had been cheated by wishy-washy teachers concerning a fundamental tenet of Biology - evolution is the ruling paradigm.

I had the good fortune of attending his lecture in Dallas a few years ago and meeting him afterwards. The loss seems more personal, now.

Thank you, Dr. Gould.

Edwin · 05-20-2002, 02:38 PM

My new year's resolution was to read more of his works. I too never realised he was ill.

Bubba · 05-20-2002, 02:41 PM

Wow. I'm in shock...

Bubba

Heath Anderson · 05-20-2002, 03:06 PM

Bugger - his essays were great! I read a great epitaph though:
"His equilibrium will never again be punctuated"

Milkman Dan · 05-20-2002, 03:13 PM

A black day indeed

When I read about his death (also on <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/686494/posts" target="_blank">this forum</a>) I was really shocked but more so by some of the replies. However, I was not really surprised by them.

BTW I knew he had cancer but does anyone know what sort of cancer caused his death?

hezekiah jones · 05-20-2002, 03:22 PM

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Originally posted by Milkman Dan:
<a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/686494/posts" target="_blank">freepers mourn S.J. Gould</a>

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As far as is known by his life and lack of testimony as a Christian, this is an accurate description of what Dr. Gould would say right now to anyone who would listen:

Luke 16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

Evolutionists are Christ-deniers as Jesus Himself did not believe in evolution or other such modern fables.

See you in Hell, S.J. Gould!

Grumpy · 05-20-2002, 03:25 PM

To put it another way, the good professor has gone extinct. <img src="graemlins/notworthy.gif" border="0" alt="[Not Worthy]" />

He may be gone, but he'll be misquoted forever.

The upshot is that Dawkins moves to the front of the "Evolution Expert" rolodex.

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As far as is known by his life and lack of testimony as a Christian...

I wonder if this is a reference to Gould's being an agnostic, or his being Jewish.

[ May 20, 2002: Message edited by: Grumpy ]</p>

Automaton · 05-20-2002, 03:59 PM

Well this sucks.

05-20-2002, 04:11 PM

Those freepers are really sick. Gould has only been gone for a few hours and they're already calling him an "ambassador of the devil" and joking about him burning in hell for denying the "truth" of creationism.

GunnerJ · 05-20-2002, 04:13 PM

A little light on a sad subject from Slashdot:

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Wherever he is now I'm certain he's explaining something to someone.

God: so how did I do that thing with the platypus again?
Stephen: its easy. lets use baseball as an example...

<a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/20/2223200&mode=thread&tid=134" target="_blank">RIP, Dr. Gould</a>

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05-20-2002, 02:29 PM	#21
gravitybow Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Washington, NC Posts: 1,696	Although I may not agree totally with PE, I am indebted to Dr. Gould for his clarity and plain speech in his general works on evolution. His writings convinced me that I had been cheated by wishy-washy teachers concerning a fundamental tenet of Biology - evolution is the ruling paradigm. I had the good fortune of attending his lecture in Dallas a few years ago and meeting him afterwards. The loss seems more personal, now. Thank you, Dr. Gould.

05-20-2002, 02:38 PM	#22
Edwin Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: UK Posts: 77	My new year's resolution was to read more of his works. I too never realised he was ill.

05-20-2002, 02:41 PM	#23
Bubba Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Orient, OH USA Posts: 1,501	Wow. I'm in shock... Bubba

05-20-2002, 03:06 PM	#24
Heath Anderson Regular Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 119	Bugger - his essays were great! I read a great epitaph though: "His equilibrium will never again be punctuated"

05-20-2002, 03:13 PM	#25
Milkman Dan Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Europe Posts: 24	A black day indeed When I read about his death (also on <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/686494/posts" target="_blank">this forum</a>) I was really shocked but more so by some of the replies. However, I was not really surprised by them. BTW I knew he had cancer but does anyone know what sort of cancer caused his death?

05-20-2002, 03:59 PM	#28
Automaton Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 717	Well this sucks.

05-20-2002, 04:11 PM	#29
atheist_in_foxhole Guest Posts: n/a	Those freepers are really sick. Gould has only been gone for a few hours and they're already calling him an "ambassador of the devil" and joking about him burning in hell for denying the "truth" of creationism.

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