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So you say mating isn't breeding? LOL

"mating n : the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes;"

Mating is not breeding! Mating is often the cause or method of breeding, but not all breeding requires mating and not all mating causes breeding! That's why they are different words with different definitions! And look at the definition you quote above: "The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes" - it doesn't say anything about whether the reproductive purposes were successful, only that the two were put together in hopes that they would mate or that they did mate. It says nothing of whether the arrangement worked to produce offspring. It goes back to the horse and the panda - you well may be able to get them to mate but you cannot breed them.

Artificial insemination, fish laying eggs, etc. It is all mating. In other words breeding.

I notice that you didn't show any source for your idea that says that artificial insemination is mating! If you can't read the two dictionary definitions and see that mating is an act or pairing regardless of outcome, and breeding is the causing of an outcome, it is no wonder simple stuff confuses you so efficiently.

You have the record. All you have to do is go back and check. If you are so sure you are right, why don't you check the record and take me up on my challenge? You know that I am correct and that you are a liar. I can easily prove it and you know it.

Again, here you are accusing me of being a liar. If you can so easily prove it, please do so!

Are you on any medications that are reasonably likely to be interfering with your thinking capabilities? I can't imaging why else you'd have such a hard time understanding stuff.

Thanks,

-Jesse

Let us get to the point, is it 'breeding' if you mate a horse and an ass? Is it 'breeding" if you mate the offspring of a horse and an ass? What is your definition of 'kind' as regards to your definition of species?

Again, here you are accusing me of being a liar. If you can so easily prove it, please do so!

I am merely upping the anti. How certain are you of your convictions? The fact that you refuse to accept the terms are very telling. Honest people that I know are very willing to stand behind what they say. Why aren't you? If you are certain enough that you are correct to call me a liar, why aren't you certain enough to put your beliefs on the line?

Are you on any medications that are reasonably likely to be interfering with your thinking capabilities? I can't imaging why else you'd have such a hard time understanding stuff.

Your problem is that you are incapable of seeing beyond anything your Minister or Bible tells you. All you can do is parrot back what you have been taught and are incapable of thinking for yourself.

I will tell you a truth. You can think for yourself, you can challenge authority, just because an 'expert' says something doesn't mean it is true. Be a skeptic, the skeptic is always closer to the truth than a believer.

Let’s cut through the semantic games and consider a “kind” of bird whose range circles the earth.

Variety A has a territory that adjoins the territory of variety B.

A can and does occasionally produce offspring with B.
B occasionally produces offspring with adjoining variety C.
C occasionally produces offspring with adjoining variety D.
D occasionally produces offspring with adjoining variety D.

Variety D has a territory that adjoins the territory of variety A, but never attempts to mate with A.