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To: jwalsh07
Thanks, happy new year to you, too.

By the way, regarding the use of the term "Darwinist", I can't speak for anyone else, but the only reason I use it from time to time is that "evolutionist" is a very open-ended term that can apply to all sorts of naturalistic and non-naturalistic processes. Darwinism simply refers to a specific process that's invoked. I never intend it as a way of insulting people or putting them on the defensive. If they feel like they're being attacked, I'm sorry they feel that way, but they shouldn't have to. It's just a neutral descriptive term.

143 posted on 12/31/2005 5:16:43 PM PST by inquest (If you favor any legal status for illegal aliens, then do not claim to be in favor of secure borders)
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To: inquest
Darwinism simply refers to a specific process that's invoked. I never intend it as a way of insulting people or putting them on the defensive. If they feel like they're being attacked, I'm sorry they feel that way, but they shouldn't have to. It's just a neutral descriptive term.

Actually, that's not the way I view it. The only people who I ever see using the term "Darwinist" are those attacking the theory of evolution.

I did a number of courses in human evolution, problems in human evolution, human osteology, and human races, and spent half of my Ph.D. exams on those subjects, and in six years of graduate school, not once do I recall the term "Darwinist" being used.

Here on FR, it is an everyday occurrence from one half of our spectrum.

But its better than what I usually see in these threads!

144 posted on 12/31/2005 5:21:09 PM PST by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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