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To: Ichneumon

Hey, genius, let's let the lurkers read the information in the links and decide for themselves, shall we? Or would you like to tell everyone here how to think? (Don't answer that - I think we know the answer)


168 posted on 07/06/2005 1:40:54 PM PDT by Michael_Michaelangelo (The best theory is not ipso facto a good theory. Lots of links on my homepage...)
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To: Michael_Michaelangelo

In other words, "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."


170 posted on 07/06/2005 1:51:52 PM PDT by Junior (“Even if you are one-in-a-million, there are still 6,000 others just like you.”)
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To: Michael_Michaelangelo
Hey, genius, let's let the lurkers read the information in the links and decide for themselves, shall we?

I'm not stopping them. I strongly encourage everyone to read material from various creationist sites, so that they can see for themselves just how dishonest and inaccurate those sources are.

Just be sure to actually read some science journals, some primary research literature, and some evolution information sites as well, so that you can actually have a basis for comparison, lest you end up in the situation of a liberal who has made the mistake of "learning" all of his "knowledge" about conservatism from the likes of Michael Moore, Alec Baldwin, Dianne Feinstein, MoveOn.Org, etc., without actually giving an equally attentive ear to actual conservatives to see what they're *actually* like and are *actually* saying.

Don't be like Michael_Michaelangelo. Learn some *real* science, instead of just the distorted cartoon-version of it attacked on creationist sites.

Or would you like to tell everyone here how to think?

Not at all. I have always strongly encouraged people *TO* think, to LEARN, to become personally acquainted with the evidence, to learn how to reason logically, to analyze accurately, to resist propaganda, to recognize charlatans.

Surely you must remember all the times I've tried *really* hard to get you to go *learn* some evolutionary biology -- the *real* field, the *real* evidence, not just toddle off to your creationist sites and lap up all of their reassuring falsehoods. It has been completely in vain so far, but I haven't given up on you. I know you can become educated if you try. I *want* you to try.

(Don't answer that - I think we know the answer)

As usual, the answer that you "know" is just dead flat wrong.

And therein lies your problem -- you never even entertain the possibility that your presumptions could possibly be wrong. You believe that you *have* all the answers already. And that belief blocks you from seeking knowledge. It closes your mind.

177 posted on 07/06/2005 2:40:40 PM PDT by Ichneumon
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