What Are The Darwinists Afraid Of?

The Post Chronicle | 8\07\05 | Patrick J Buchanan

[RepublicNewbie]

In the "Monkey Trial," 80 years ago, the issue was: Did John Scopes violate Tennessee law forbidding the teaching of evolution? Indeed he had. Scopes was convicted and fined $100.

But because a cheerleader press favored Clarence Darrow, the agnostic who defended Scopes, Christian fundamentalism -- and the reputation of William Jennings Bryan, who was put on the stand and made to defend the literal truth of every Bible story from Jonah and the whale to the six days of creation -- took a pounding.

[balrog666]

Oh, I forgot to ask, is there connotative difference between the words "pray" and "wish" in this little discourse?

[PatrickHenry]

Creationism is a cancer on Western Civilization

[LifeOrGoods?]

Psalm 68:3 (niv)
But may the righteous be glad
and rejoice before God;
may they be happy and joyful

[LifeOrGoods?]

Raw eggs are nasty compared to fried.

[balrog666]

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. -George Santayana

[LifeOrGoods?]

So, uh, I guess, you'd rather be a nasty raw egg. Ok, whatever.

[balrog666]

Here's a free clue for the huckster fanboy: fried eggs are dead.

[Right Wing Professor]

And I'm going to pray for you tonight RA. Maybe you'll die so that you might live. And you can call me a murderous prayer warrior.

Culture of death bump.

[Right Wing Professor]

is there connotative difference between the words "pray" and "wish" in this little discourse

'Wish' is passive. 'Pray' is a little more active. And after all, God helps those who help themselves.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

This thread sure got out of control.

I wouldn't worry RA. The poster isn't wishing for your physical death. It's a prayer for your re-birth into the spirit so you can be born again. It's not really a bad thing, it just sounds bad.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

However, my experience with evolutionists is that they will fight, almost to the "death" to suppress ANY altnernative that might challenge their sacred belief.

Mostly we're just laying around waiting for some new data that will solve existing problems. There has been no scientific alternative to evolutionary biology put forward yet. Maybe you've got a theory?

[Doctor Stochastic]

Wishes are idle.
Prayer asks for suspension of the laws of the universe to gain some end.

[js1138]

I have people praying for me too. What scum.

[Right Wing Professor]

I wouldn't worry RA. The poster isn't wishing for your physical death. It's a prayer for your re-birth into the spirit so you can be born again. It's not really a bad thing, it just sounds bad.

Hmmmm. And others assure me 'jihad' refers to a purely spiritual struggle.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Hmmmm. And others assure me 'jihad' refers to a purely spiritual struggle.

If the poster were quoting from the Koran, I'd be worried. ;)

[microgood]

And I'm going to pray for you tonight RA. Maybe you'll die so that you might live. And you can call me a murderous prayer warrior.

This is as stupid as it gets. If you think you are helping your cause, you might want to consider you are now the poster child for the statement (which I do not agree with) that Creationism is a Cancer on Conservatism.

Please go away.

[RightWingAtheist]

Not just Western civilization-any civilization that seeks to limit its potential by adhering to myth instead of fact.

[Dimensio]

Is it unscientific to assume such things exist without testing for them?

Yes.

[Dimensio]

Is it unscientific to assume such things exist without testing for them?

A piece of evidence was singled out for discussion. Why did you not address it?

[Dimensio]

Those silly transitional forms prove nothing. Just because two animals have similarities in bone structures does not mean they evolved from each other, it points to a common designer.

Why? Be specific. How did you come to assume a designer in the first place?

And that old bird-reptile thing(Archeopteryx) has been disproved as a transitional form by many scientists.

When? Provide citations.

. And has been found to be a forgery based on inconsistent materials found in the fossil.

Please support this claim with evidence. I have heard no credible references showing that Archeoptryx is a forgery.