[CarolinaGuitarman]

" BZZZZZT!!! Go sit in the corner.

Automobiles are not organic, are not alive, and have no ability to reproduce. Makes it kinda hard to evolve, now, doesn't it?"

Um, yeah? I never said that automobiles evolve. The choice was between the automobile being formed by a natural process or by a designer. Natural process doesn't just mean evolution.

" Full Disclosure: Paraphrase from Science Made Stupid:..."

Now, you're generally harmless, but are you in competition with Elsie for most meaningless posts?

:)

[grey_whiskers]

Um, yeah? I never said that automobiles evolve. The choice was between the automobile being formed by a natural process or by a designer.

My quibble was with your words "The ONLY reason...".

I had assumed you had got caught up in the heat of the argument and overstated your case.
Since automobiles aren't alive, they can't evolve; and they are far too large, complex, and useful that "a natural process" would be the first explanation that came to mind--I would take such machinery to be a sign of either a) civilization or b) non-union machinists :-)

" Full Disclosure: Paraphrase from Science Made Stupid:..."

Now, you're generally harmless, but are you in competition with Elsie for most meaningless posts?

Science Made Stupid is an side-splittingly funny, juvenile, and tasteless paperback purporting to instruct the layperson about science, and getting it all wrong. Think Dave Barry crossed with Science for Dummies. The reference was merely to underscore the point that automobiles really aren't alive and so cannot have evolved to their present position.

As far as meaningless posts, I have taken it upon myself to liberally populate these threads with bad puns, in order to provide a change of pace from some of the flame wars.

Cheers!

[Elsie]

Hey!!!!!!!!!