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To: Stultis
It seems that you are the one, despite your voluminous comments on the subject, that doesn't really understand what "cosmology" means. The term refers to the evolution of the universe. It has not a thing to do with biology. It has to do with big bang theories and the like. Your association of "Orthodox Darwinists" with this is absurd.

Speaking of absurd. Cosmology has nothing directly to do with evolution (it is the study of the universe in totality including the course of nature). Cosmology DOES NOT mean the "evolution of the universe" - buy a dictionary. Biology is a part of cosmology. (I am guessing you do not understand the meaning of the word totality - nor do you own a dictionary because if you did you could look it up and see how wrong you are). "Orthodox Darwinist" might be a little too close to home for you ("Methinks you do protest too much")

489 posted on 05/12/2003 4:02:11 PM PDT by Last Visible Dog
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To: Last Visible Dog
Cosmology DOES NOT mean the "evolution of the universe" - buy a dictionary.

Cosmology is the study of the origin, current state, and future of our Universe.

Source: http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmolog.htm

Credentials of author: ABscl, Harvard Physics, 1969 Ph.D., Harvard Astronomy, 1976

558 posted on 05/12/2003 5:54:48 PM PDT by longshadow
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To: Last Visible Dog
Cosmology has nothing directly to do with evolution (it is the study of the universe in totality including the course of nature). Cosmology DOES NOT mean the "evolution of the universe" - buy a dictionary. Biology is a part of cosmology. (I am guessing you do not understand the meaning of the word totality - nor do you own a dictionary because if you did you could look it up and see how wrong you are).

Source: The Collins English Dictionary © 2000 HarperCollins Publishers:

cosmology [kɒz'mɒlədʒý]
noun

1  the philosophical study of the origin and nature of the universe
2  the branch of astronomy concerned with the evolution and structure of the universe
3  a particular account of the origin or structure of the universe
example: Ptolemaic cosmology
cosmological [ˌkɒzmə'lɒdʒýkəl]
"cosmo'logic adjective
"cosmo'logically adverb(ial)
cos'mologist noun

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575 posted on 05/12/2003 6:15:53 PM PDT by Stultis
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