[Liberty1970]

Seriously, next time you see an article claiming evidence for evolution, and the next time, and the next time, see how it fits this pattern. In the fine print they are forever admitting their dramatic claims are not really a good stratomorphic intermediate, and assuming common ancestry by evolutionary mechanisms is not the same as demonstrating those mechanisms are viable, or that the critter in question was ancestral to any other particular critter (which they generally admit was not in the fine print, as noted above).

And let’s not even get into the failure of the headline-grabbing evolutionists to present with the same energy the critical articles within the evolutionary literature responding to these claims, or the retractions, contrary discoveries, and admissions of error that crop up in the years following each dramatic claim. It’s easy for me to see why people who read the mainstream science journals superficially believe in evolution. But for those who dig deeper, the failure of evolutionary stories to hold up over time is very consistent. It should be no surprise how many anti-evolutionists explain how they became creationists or ID’ers after trying to corroborate some evolutionary claim. Just keep digging folks, that’s all I ask of you…

[DevNet]

Getting your science information from the MSM is kind of like using CNN as your only source in your quest to understand Christianity.

[varmintman]

Congratulations, you’ve figured it out!!

[Liberty1970]

Figured this would be worth pinging you. I’m quite serious about the script-like repetitiveness of evolutionary propaganda on this subject (and the boring consistency of the fine-print admissions). Their news writers must really be in a rut.

[qam1]

[freedumb2003]

Filling in the blanks and getting details is just that. And TToE doesn’t need “proof” or “more proof.”

Science is about following the facts. Scientific theories provide a framework for doing that.

If you don’t understand the basics of science, you really should not make threads drawing attention to that fact.

Have a blessed day!

[Retain Mike]

One thing that has bothered me about discoveries from fossils is the level of testing to which these revelations are subject. If all the fossils to date were placed in structures with boundaries the size of the Rose Bowl, how many such structures would be filled? Let’s say 20 were filled. Now if we compress all that organic matter into crude oil, would we have enough to run my truck for a year or a decade? With so little examined evidence in relation to the total population, are the such detailed conclusions statistically responsible? Has suitable mathematical analysis ever been applied to these scientific papers? PhD candidates for psychology and sociology have to hire graduate math majors to evaluate their data so their committees can see the level of support the data provides for their conclusions. I don’t believe such a process is considered by these people.

[Boxen]

Do you ever read the journal articles? Or do you glean all of your scientific knowledge from press releases?

[valkyry1]

William Provine, to name one famous atheist:

“Evolution is the greatest engine of atheism ever invented.”

“Naturalistic evolution has clear consequences that Charles Darwin understood perfectly.
1) No gods worth having exist;
2) no life after death exists;
3) no ultimate foundation for ethics exists;
4) no ultimate meaning in life exists; and
5) human free will is nonexistent. “Evolution: Free will and punishment and meaning in life” 1998 Darwin Day “

[SunkenCiv]

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[Ha Ha Thats Very Logical]

I’m sure writing your generic press release was fun, but it doesn’t really demonstrate anything. All press releases are structured according to a pattern. I read dozens of technology press releases every day, and could whip up a similar sample of the announcement of a new product or an acquisition with no trouble. It doesn’t mean it’s “propaganda” or that there’s nothing behind it—it just means they’re formulaic, like a business letter.

[Kozak]

Creationist Clip and Save Form letter

CREATIONIST FORM LETTER

Dear Blank,

I’m a
[] longtime poster with 0-3 comments since January 2008
[] longtime lurker
[] sockpuppet

who just read your post on
[] that fossil disproving another talking point
[] a speech by: [] Hitchens [] PZ Myers [] Dawkins [] the Pope
[] a picture from the Hubble
[] a Discovery Institute “senior fellow” saying something dumb
[] some politician stepping on his dick
[] Bobby Jindal

and I am feeling
[] upset
[] saddened
[] betrayed, befuddled, bewildered
[] so angry I could spit

I am not a creationist. I have a degree in
[] biochemistry
[] something
[] science
[] *mumble*

and according to the noted scientist
[] Michael Behe
[] Phillip Johnson
[] Ron Paul

there are too many unanswered questions. What about
[] the bacterial flagellum?
[] no transitional fossils?
[] Darwin’s NAZISM!

Huh? I’m just saying we can’t know everything. In conclusion
[] you’re doomed to burn in eternal torment
[] I’ll be praying for you
[] Just sayin’
[] Please delete my account

Best regards,
[your signature here]

[coffee260]

I thought of you when I read the headline on Drudge

 

'EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD' 

 

So I went back and read this post and compared the two and all I could think of the whole time was, [Translation: Give us more $$$...]