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To: exmarine
Find a book on logic and look up "law of the excluded middle" in the logical fallacies section. The conclusion x evolved from Y does not flow from the original premise. And logically, I would be just as correct in assumning that chimps evolved from men as you would be in concluding that man evolved from chimps! Your saying that there is a "possibility" is not science - it is faith.

Man did not evolve from chimps. Man is X and chimps are Y. Somewhere along the line, they have a common ancestor, I believe. A theory has been presented to the world which is the only SCIENTIFIC THEORY that has ample evidence. You can choose to ignore it because you want to stick with the safe "goddidit" approach to life, I am more inclined to see otherwise. A possible theory, backed by evidence has an amount of faith in it. Your theories have zero evidence and constitute pure faith. That's fine, but it is not for me.

3,163 posted on 01/06/2003 9:34:58 AM PST by B. Rabbit
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To: B. Rabbit
Man did not evolve from chimps. Man is X and chimps are Y. Somewhere along the line, they have a common ancestor, I believe.

You believe. Well, how can you prove me wrong if I say chimps evolved from man? From the premise (x is similar to y in z), this is also a possibility.

A theory has been presented to the world which is the only SCIENTIFIC THEORY that has ample evidence.

I have never seen any of the evidence you speak of. Where is it? All the evidence I have ever seen is bogus, but is given credibility with the addition of the "just so" stories (fantasies from the minds of evolutionists). How is it scientific if it is taken on faith and not evidence?

A possible theory, backed by evidence has an amount of faith in it. Your theories have zero evidence and constitute pure faith. That's fine, but it is not for me.

I thought faith and science were like "oil and water". It seems your definition of science is still evolving (pardon the pun).

3,169 posted on 01/06/2003 9:57:12 AM PST by exmarine
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To: B. Rabbit
You take God's non-existence on pure faith friend. Let me prove it to you. Draw a little dot on a piece of paper and let the dot represent you. Now draw a circle around the dot. Let that space within the circle represent ALL of your knowledge. All space OUTSIDE the circle will be all of the knowledge outside of your awareness. We must conclude from this if we be reasonable that your knowledge constitutes a very small fraction of the possible knowledge to be known about the universe (let us say, .0000001%). Now then, I ask you: Is it posssible that God could exist outside of your circle of knowledge?
3,174 posted on 01/06/2003 10:10:37 AM PST by exmarine
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