Posted on 02/12/2005 4:24:09 PM PST by snarks_when_bored
LOL!!!
As a semi-retired (life sciences) Prof., that's been my life's daily goal and burden, and it's good that others see the value in such a pedagogical viewpoint.
My point: I've been mostly lurking on the thread, today. The massive amount of exquisite detail in these arguments is beginning to crowd out the issue, to say the least. It's akin to a little gemstone of an idea rolling down a snowy hill and ending up at the bottom as a waist-high snow ball.
I note that the people like yourself who take the evolutionist line do have a lot of grudges. Grudges and straw men. The two have something in common.
Why am I a liar, btw? Is it possible that I may have made a mistake? Is every mistake a lie? To a prejudicial grudge-seeker it sure is. Are you one? If you hold to that I am a liar prove then that my mistake was intentional, deliberate!
That last is a rhetorical question. You can not so prove, at least by honest proof. Don't accept less.
Unfortunetly, the "large body of research" was written in a code, and the invisible pink unicorn stole the magic decoder ring...
And the count of world's population is at any time iffy, and by some current counts declining.
Are you saying the ones removed from the camp were killed? What are you saying with that?
Say what you mean! Then will I answer.
It might have been nice if you had added that Behe is a professor at Lehigh University, and not just a Fellow at the Discovery Institute.
True, but don't treat the opposites as equally true. Some Christians are (especially about this subject) mind-numbingingly ignorant. Further, they may have a place at the table, they have no right to hijack the conservative movement or Republican party and force them to work towards the ends of their superstitious boobery.
Wow. That's really good. Evolutionists need to come up with soundbytes, because that's all the IDiots use. That's really great because it also attacks the left.
Many computer programmers do commit irresponsible complexity.I just let /O1 whittle it down for me. :-)
Hey! It works and that's all that matters!
(Oh man, I gotta get out of the office once in a while!)
Try keeping a sealed bag of flour in the pantry for a year. If you're skeptical, seal it in a ziplock bag first.
Do I get to sterilize it first?
ID is isomorphic with socialism. Nothing happens unless it is planned.Hmmm, let's see...Very good insight. I haven't seen it before.
Communism - In economics, the theory that nothing interesting happens unless it is planned.Capitalism - In economics, the theory that interesting things unexpectedly emerge out of a partially-chaotic system that obeys a few rules.
Intelligent Design - In biology, the theory that nothing interesting happens unless it is designed.
Evolution - In biology, the theory that interesting things unexpectedly emerge out of a partially-chaotic system that obeys a few rules.
In my opinion, a falsehood posted negligently or with reckless disregard for the truth is a lie, to the same degree as a deliberate falsehood. However, it is possible that my ethical code is somewhat more stringent than yours.
"However, it is possible that my ethical code is somewhat more stringent than yours."
BOINK!
"Who feeds New York City?"
Sounds Randian, jennyp should like it. Is it in the archives?
Are you unaquainted with market economics? Are conservative ideas automatically associated with Ayn Rand?
And according to the theory of evolution the TTSS came long AFTER the flagellum.
ID is to biology what scientific socialism is to economics; it is based on the assumption that central planning is necessary and inevitable. It is based on the assumption that you can forsee all contingencies in a chaotic system and plan a perfect instrument for dealing with them.
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