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To: tacticalogic

[In order to “check it out” I would have to go looking through the entire body of works presented at this symposium to verify that there are indeed “many more from the scientists present”.]

Eeeek! - you’re kidding? Check something out? With links provided? Just by clicking and spending a few minutes searching? How terrible!- let’s just insinuate that the person posting hte links and making the valid claim that the symposiums contained statements from scientists that voiced their opinions about the problems with common descent, is a liar and accuse him falsely instead.

entomologist W.R. Thompson:

“This situation where scientific men rally to the defense of a doctrine they are unable to defend scientifically, much less demonstrate with scientific rigor, attempting to maintain its credibility with the public by the suppression of criticism and the elimination of difficulties, is abnormal and undesirable in science.”

And for your reading pleasure:

http://www.northcarolinaconservative.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1175792561&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&;

“Stephen J. Gould of Harvard :

“The history of most fossil species includes two features particularly inconsistent with Darwin’s idea of gradualism :

1. Stasis. Most species exhibit no directional change during their tenure on earth. They appear in the fossil record looking pretty much the same as when they disappear ; morphological change is usually limited and directionless.

2) Sudden appearence. In any local area, a species does not arise gradually by the steady transformation of its ancestors; it appears all at once, and fully formed.”

“The judge in the recent Dover, Pennsylvania ruling noted that Intelligent Design proponents focused on “gaps” and “problems” and he made it illegal for teachers to mention these”

Hahaha- You’re kidding me? Illegal to teach gaps and problems?

Teacher: “Students, evolution is fact.”

Student: “But teacher, I thought there were problems and gaps with evolution?”

Teacher: “You shut your filthy piehole you rabble rouser!!! One more word and I’ll personally see to it that you’re expelled!” Lol 5...4...3...2......


279 posted on 05/14/2007 10:44:25 AM PDT by CottShop
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To: CottShop
Eeeek! - you’re kidding? Check something out? With links provided?

I investigated the link for the information from the New York Symposium (that covers a quarter of the four symposiums you're submitting as evidence), and read the content. It does not contain "many quotes from the scientists present". It contains two sentences from one of them.

280 posted on 05/14/2007 11:01:43 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: CottShop

Gould did important work in refining evolutionary theory and there are clearly areas of disagreement. And it a good idea to discuss those issues. That’s different than ordering teachers to teach ID before ID is shown to be a viable scientific theory.


285 posted on 05/14/2007 11:20:46 AM PDT by gondramB (God only has ten rules, uncle Hank, and he has a much bigger house.)
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To: CottShop
Teacher: “You shut your filthy piehole you rabble rouser!!! One more word and I’ll personally see to it that you’re expelled!”

Have you considered writing for Jack Chick?


287 posted on 05/14/2007 11:24:49 AM PDT by Stultis (I don't worry about the war turning into "Vietnam" in Iraq; I worry about it doing so in Congress.)
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