Posted on 03/09/2006 6:55:14 PM PST by Greg o the Navy
AN EXAMINATIONS board is including references to “creationism” in a new GCSE science course for schools.
So what how would you describe them?
How about on a rotating space station such as was shown in the movie 2001?
If you stick to using the Bible as a source of moral instruction, I have no objetion. That's how I read it.
But then you wouldn't be posting on science threads unless you thought the Bible is also an authority on natural history.
It on this point that religious people are counterproductive. You actually harm your cause.
I have the same situation in my family. We don't discuss religion at dinner, and not much at other times.
actually, it is a picture of nothing.
Placemarker
It appears that it must not mean very much then.
And what 'cause' is that?
Rabbits have litters.
They can have far more offspring per unit of time than humans
In addition, the mix would have to be not 4 pairs but one pair (representing Noah and his wife), three male offspring of that pair and 3 semi-random females. Semi random because Noah and his family are not that far removed from Adam and Eve, thus putting an initial restriction on the possible genetic diversity.
That's why the genetic diversity is
Too bad Y isn't a Roman Numeral. Chapters XY and XX would have been amusing.
"That's why the genetic diversity" sentence is not there.
Caffeine...must have caffeine.
No. All but one, but not all.
Almost. The haberdashery may vary.
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This line of argument may fool children, but is not likely to fool a mature adult,..."
Nobody has made that argument. Why must you prevaricate?
The whole profanity bit is like the Danish cartoon row.
As I posted previously Ichneumon used a common, mildy vulgar expression, not a profanity. It was used to describe Sola Veritas' argument, not anything Biblical.
So what how would you describe them?
Biologists, paleoanthropologists, geologists, etc.
Which tribe?
There are many. Here is one example:
In the beginning, Old Man Coyote stood alone with water surrounding him. Two ducks swam by, and Coyote asked if they had seen anyone else. The ducks said no but thought that something might exist under the water.Coyote asked if they would travel underwater for him and report on what they saw. The ducks did as they were asked, finding nothing. He asked again, and the ducks returned with a root. On the third try, they found mud and Coyote was happy. He told the ducks that they could build with it, and he began to shape and mold the mud into an island. He blew on it, and it expanded. He blew again, and it grew into the earth. The ducks said they did not like the earth's emptiness, so Coyote created grass and trees out of the roots that came from the water.
Coyote and the ducks loved the earth, but it was flat. They wanted rivers, valleys, mountains, and lakes. So it was done. Soon Coyote and the ducks made a perfect earth, but they grew lonely, with only the three of them to sit and enjoy the land. So Coyote molded dirt to form men and then more mud to create many types of male ducks. Soon, they realized that without women, the males could not have children. So with more dirt he made women and female ducks to populate the earth.
One day Old Man Coyote traveled upon the land and was surprised to find another Coyote. When asked where he came from, the younger brother, named Shirape, said he was unsure of his origin and only knew he existed. As the two traveled along, Shirape wanted Old Man Coyote to make other animals, for only ducks, humans, and the two Coyotes had been created. The elder Coyote agreed, and as he spoke the new animals' names, they were created. He said "Elk" and an elk appeared. He said "Bear" and a bear appeared. This is how it was until all animals were created.
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