I only wanted you to stay on the topic of the article, not put words in peoples mouths, not hijack the thread, and not resort to personal insult. You failed in all of these.
You claim to be a scientist, but you come across as a evangelist for evolution. The evolutionist makes a mockery of true education. You have a degree in being indoctrinated, thats all. I could put up plenty of material for that but its for another thread.
Like I said, I am totally unconcerned about your value judgments of creationists, their education, and your insulting name-calling. Indeed that is one of the evolutionist primary tactics and it has nothing to do with science.
The evolutionist must attack the credentials and the intelligence of anyone who expresses doubt in their beliefs. Why? because there is so little scientific evidence that supports evolution. And what little evidence they have is highly questionable.
So the more time you can get people to spend defending themselves, the less time they have to present factual data about the unscientific notions upon which the theory of evolution is based. I tend to ignore the personal attacks and focus on science, and that’s the last thing an evolutionist wants to happen.
The discussion is about a hominid fossil, so naturally the subject of evolution and common descent came up.
When someone posted that interbreeding between species (humans and neanderthal specifically) was necessary for (human) evolution I pointed out that this was incorrect.
Having found yourself unable to advance your “god” vs “atheist” strawman that you presented as your initial gambit, you now try to thread hijack to make this about my attitude.
Sorry. It isn't about my religion. I am Christian. And it isn't about my attitude or the likelihood that I will point out that statistically the more educated you are the less likely you are to be a creationist.
It is about a hominid fossil.
Now evolution as a theory provides a model wherein this find can be discussed and evidence compiled and information learned.
Creationism provides nothing. There is no mechanism to differentiate between the “they are all deformed humans or apes” or the “they were their own species of ape” creationists. It leads nowhere, to nothing.
Science is a useful and predictive model that produces value.
Creationism isn't.
Nuff said.