Posted on 04/05/2006 10:32:31 AM PDT by PatrickHenry
Occuring change is evolution. You have just said of course evolution occurs.
Adaptation is occurring change and evolution. Change occurs by reproduction or nature. Adaption is by nature.
the species stays the same.
Which nomenclature? The nomenclature of species has been changed at least 4 times since Aristotle. A new species is defined as one so changed that it cannot breed with the original species as a Grey wolf and a sleeve Pekingese.
Affect faith and belief.
My A$$ is growing larger because I'm spending too much time on these threads and not enough on my treadmill. Is that evolution?
General it's a lack of knowledge of science and its method.There is a bias by some because they think it conflicts their faith and belief. Having a creationist, not of science, come into the lab and telling the scientist of his opinion of what should be method is akin to having the night janitor going into the operating room and telling a brain surgeon his opinion and what method he should use. Not that there is anything wrong with being a creationist, or janitor. They simply choose another path and education.
Faith is listed irrational because there is no argument for it that most would agree on. Belief can be rational if one can support it with logic. Yes, however most people make decisions based on their beliefs and many are incorrect.
I would agree with that.
As an aside to your post #1115, and your reference to Jim Jones...my aunt lived in northern California, in Redwood valley, just up the hill from the Jim Jones Church, that he had established in that little town...I was there visiting in the summer of 1977...my aunt never went to his church, but warned my whole family about his church...too many odd things had happened at that compound, which led many in that town, to suspect, that many things were so wrong with that church...my aunt, said going by there late at nite, every so often, one could catch a glimpse of what she called 'armed guards'...and there any number of really odd things going on there...not that is necessarily anything wrong with 'odd' things happening, but still it was an indication to my aunt that all was not as it should be for a church...this was her own opinion, of course, but borne out to be true in light of what happened not all that much later...
I have not been back to Redwood valley for a couple of years now..I think that at one time that church building had been turned into a community center...and Jones did build several buildings in the town center, which he controlled and operated as stores of some sort...today those buildings are still there now and are little stores, like a bakery, and other businesses, tho run by the local people of that town...
While I was down there during the 1989 and 1990, one of Jones followers who did not die in Guyana, set up a political office in Ukiah, 7 miles from the church...he was running for some sort of political office...people there still remembered him, and he lost the election...
Just thought you might like a little further info on Jim Jones...
Beer is good first aid.
I've heard that Guinness, Fosters, Corona, and in a pinch, Miller Lite work best.
I do realize that scientists have their very own dictionary.
Pretty convenient of them, huh?
I do realize that scientists have their very own dictionary.
Golf has it's own dictionary too. Fat means something completely different than what it does in everyday life. If you want to converse in (and criticize) the domain you need to learn the lingo.
What about the word 'love' in Tennis?...it means one thing in tennis, another thing applied to emotions...
Another great example. Better than mine.
As many times as the 'scientific' definition of theory has been posted, it never fails, that folks refuse to accept it, because it does not fit into their personal belief system...oh well...
As many times as the 'scientific' definition of theory has been posted, it never fails, that folks refuse to accept it, because it does not fit into their personal belief system...oh well...
I think it goes beyond that. The misleaders usually know they are misleading. There's a deliberate effort to sway people who are not informed by playing with words. And these same people claim to hold the moral and religious high ground. Ironic, isn't it.
I am not sure what the reason is...if its a deliberate attempt to mislead people, that is indeed, the moral low ground...if its an attempt to hide the meaning, because that meaning gives credibility, then the reason is one of fear...whatever the reason may be, its dishonest, in my opinion...
.if its a deliberate attempt to mislead people, that is indeed, the moral low ground.
I have to admit, I've reached the point where I assume this is the case. Perhaps I should step back more often and reconsider this. However, if I do and find that in every one of the first 20 cases I examine I find I was spot on, I'll quite wasting my time and resume assuming.
quite = quit
I will admit to you, there are certain posters, who I definitely, in my minds list, would include as those who are actually deliberately attempting to mislead people, and I do consider them to be of low moral character...some I am not sure of, so I give them the benefit of the doubt...and then every once in a while, someone comes along, who actually asks probing questions, appears to hold one opinion, but does take the time to examine the evidence, and then admits that perhaps they were mistaken in their original analysis, and come around to seeing things in a different light...but that is really quite rare...
I leave it to you, to guess which posters I put into my different categories...its all subjective, after all..
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