Posted on 04/05/2006 10:32:31 AM PDT by PatrickHenry
So you found under the gooseberry bush?...I know those who say they were found in the cabbage patch...that cabbage patch 'theory' of where babies come from, must have been a truly popular 'theory', noting the popularity of the Cabbage Patch line of dolls, that made its creator quite rich...
Ah, so many 'theories' of where babies come from...
Apologies, Sun. Yet another demonstration that creationist views are so inane that they are beyond parody. I missed the quotes round VR's humorous mocking retort to you and thought that you were making a point in all seriousness.
What I cannot make out in all of this is whether or not you are really so dunderheaded that you believe that Darwin didn't know that mammals are multi-cellular, when the nature of cells had been common knowledge amongst biologists for hundreds of years before the voyage of the Beagle. In fact reviewing the thread I think the time may now be ripe to call "Loki Troll", or "No Kin to Monkeys".
I accepted Evolution when I accepted change? NO, I did not. Change is not evolution.
Sorry about your dads accident. Hope he is doing well.
Evolution is defined as ongoing change. Darwin did not use the term evolution. He used the terms change and differences. Evolution is a later term to include both. Evolution is defined as ongoing change. Change and differences (evolution) are the facts that Darwin observed.
Web Definition; In the life sciences, evolution is a change in the traits of living organisms over generations, including the emergence of new species. Since the development of modern genetics in the 1940s, evolution has been defined more specifically as a change in the frequency of alleles in a population from one generation to the next. In other fields evolution is used more generally to refer to any process of change over time.
I suggest you reread Darwin' Origin of the Species.
I always assumed that there was some limit on how much retardation someone could exhibit, yet still manage to operate a computer sufficiently to post on a website. Now I'm starting to wonder.
I thought we were doing rather well.
It appears that the Gooseberry Bush schtick betrays my Limey origins.
What a really great, humorous link, explaining where babies come from...my favorite, and its probably true for me and the hubby...Babies?..."They're found in beer"....me and the hubby have a special extra-cirriculur activity that we enjoy quite a bit...sampling beer from all the various micro-breweries here in the Pacific Northwest...tho we have grown cabbages, we prefer to drink beer...
Some of those 'theories' of where babies come from are hysterical...thanks for providing me with my good hearty laugh of the day...
One of the many problems HUMAN beings must deal with is that at no time is it possible for us the know "what something IS'.
We can only characterize. We cannot define the totality of anything.
We can only compare what we know of one thing to another thing.
When God Says "Let there be Light".
We automatically think He was speaking of the sun.
He said LIGHT.
We still do not know what LIGHT is.
Does that mean God Lied???
God knows everthing completely. When He speaks of the totality of something we have no way to Compare His statement to anything else we know.
Jesus said, "I am the Truth......"
We have been asking the same question since Pilot asked it. Are we closer to an answer or do we just say, "He lied"?
I would be most careful when claiming God "Lied". You and I don't know the whole story YET. We must still compare.
That is why science only deals with physical evidence and empirical methods. Following the evidence has been very useful for several centuries. It does not answer moral or theological questions, but it does result in a steady accumulation of knowledge.
Thank you so much for engaging meditations and insights!
Placemarker
More importantly, do you think that Darwin knew that there was TRILLIONS of cells? Of course, he didn't, but did he even believe that there could be hundreds of cells. Nope.
He believed in evolution based on erroneous "facts", and most of the scientists are still believing in that THEORY today.
It's sad that students are wasting their time with this antiquated theory.
"More importantly, do you think that Darwin knew that there was TRILLIONS of cells? Of course, he didn't, but did he even believe that there could be hundreds of cells. Nope."
Are you saying that Darwin thought the body was made of one big cell? Or are you saying that Darwin didn't know of the 200-300 different types of cells that make up the body?
You have been less than clear on this.
So what? The theory of eovlution does not require the existence of cells. It requires heritability, variability, and natural selection.
By the way, are you going to acknowledge you misrepresented that webpage?
Misrepresenting implies conscious intent. We have been tweaking Mr. Sun for a while, and I honestly don't think he is capable of understanding the problem. Perhaps English is not his first language.
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