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To: Ichneumon
Your cartoon misrepresentation does nothing to "highlight the absurdity of the theory of abiogenesis", but does much to highlight your own foolishness and inability to understand or discuss the actual biology.

Ah yes, the old you can only argue the merits of abiogenesis on my terms, and can only question it using my rules and with my permission.

The fact that I think it is BS is not because I do not understand it, it is because I do. I understand the scientific method, and abiogenesis theory is not science. It is speculation. Science will never be able to answer the question of how we got here.
46 posted on 08/26/2004 11:09:12 AM PDT by microgood
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To: microgood
[Your cartoon misrepresentation does nothing to "highlight the absurdity of the theory of abiogenesis", but does much to highlight your own foolishness and inability to understand or discuss the actual biology.]

Ah yes, the old you can only argue the merits of abiogenesis on my terms, and can only question it using my rules and with my permission.

You *really* need to work on your reading comprehension, son. That bears no resemblance at all to what I said. Hallucinate much?

You have repeatedly grossly misrepresented the field you are attempting to dismiss. This shows that you are either knowingly dishonest, or ignorant of what you are attempting to refute, or both.

The fact that I think it is BS is not because I do not understand it, it is because I do.

Then perhaps you should behave like you do, and actually talk about it, instead of knocking down straw-man versions which you have purposely crafted to make as cartoonish as possible. In short, discuss like an adult, and not like a child.

I understand the scientific method, and abiogenesis theory is not science.

Because...?

It is speculation.

It is supported by the evidence. That makes it considerably more than "speculation".

Science will never be able to answer the question of how we got here.

"Never", eh? Feel free to prove this "speculation" of yours. This should be amusing.

And if you dust off the old creationist chestnut about "no one was there to see it", then you'll only prove for sure that you *really* don't understand the scientific method.

53 posted on 08/26/2004 11:17:37 AM PDT by Ichneumon ("...she might as well have been a space alien." - Bill Clinton, on Hillary, "My Life", p. 182)
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