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A column about Kansas Science Standards
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| November 14, 2005
| State Board Chairman Steve Abrams, DVM
Posted on 11/14/2005 8:06:26 AM PST by Exigence
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To: mlc9852
"Don't you find it strange that after generations being taught the TOE, the majority still aren't buying it? Wonder why?" Not really. I know why most people in the US don't believe the ToE. They have fallen prey to unscrupulous snake oil salesmen that fill their heads with misinformation about the ToE.
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posted on
11/15/2005 9:25:21 AM PST
by
b_sharp
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To: b_sharp
"fill their heads with misinformation about the ToE."
Such as?
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posted on
11/15/2005 9:29:33 AM PST
by
mlc9852
To: mlc9852
Some few anti-evo points of misinformation:
The difference between micro and macro-evolution is of type not degree.
The 2LoT prevents biological complexity
The genome refutes common descent
There is a limit to the degree of change in a population
There was a Cambrian explosion and it was unique.
There are no transitional fossils. There should be millions of fossils showing gradual change.
There should be large saltation events occurring in extant species.
There are piles more that can be viewed at talkorigins.org
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posted on
11/15/2005 9:59:38 AM PST
by
b_sharp
(Ad space for rent.)
To: b_sharp
The Cambrian explosion wasn't unique?
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posted on
11/15/2005 10:03:11 AM PST
by
mlc9852
To: mlc9852
So you equate humans with mice?
What an absurd response. I'll agree with Dimensio, you're shamelessly dishonest. No one could be quite that stupid, could they?
If someone said "Males exist. Females exist. Automobiles exist. Pigs exist." I'm sure you would say "So you equate men with pigs?"
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posted on
11/15/2005 10:31:07 AM PST
by
aNYCguy
To: MeanWestTexan
So maybe the Hindus have a point. We are supposed to progress spiritually until we become one with the deity?
It is awful hard to picture God with a bad appendix, blown knee ligaments, hemorrhoids, bad vision, ulcers and Alzheimer's.
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posted on
11/15/2005 10:32:53 AM PST
by
furball4paws
(One of the last Evil Geniuses, or the first of their return.)
To: From many - one.
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posted on
11/15/2005 10:35:58 AM PST
by
mlc9852
To: aNYCguy
Do you believe humans are nothing more than well-evolved apes?
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posted on
11/15/2005 10:37:41 AM PST
by
mlc9852
To: Exigence
The main thing I see is that the Author suffers from a Surplus of Capital letters.
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posted on
11/15/2005 10:38:32 AM PST
by
Gone GF
To: aNYCguy
I'll agree with Dimensio, you're shamelessly dishonest.
Hey, I'm just the messenger. mlc9852 openly admitted it before I said anything.
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posted on
11/15/2005 11:26:33 AM PST
by
Dimensio
(http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
To: furball4paws
I don't know about the unity thing. That is pretty well contrary to the Scripture.
For one, the Resurrection is expressly bodily -- now how bodily,
And of course, Jesus (who is a facet of God) was fully man, and that includes all the "joys" of being a human from Acid reflux to Zits.
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posted on
11/15/2005 11:36:32 AM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: MeanWestTexan
Well the unity business is a Hindu thing, but "made in a spiritual image of God" seems to me that when we go to Heaven we become one with God. Sometimes the similarity of religious thought around the world starting from different precepts is quite interesting.
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posted on
11/15/2005 12:38:27 PM PST
by
furball4paws
(One of the last Evil Geniuses, or the first of their return.)
To: furball4paws
It is awful hard to picture God with a bad appendix, blown knee ligaments, hemorrhoids, bad vision, ulcers and Alzheimer's. You want a design flaw? How about intractable pain, which serves no useful purpose but with no way to turn it down or off? Certainly not an example of good design there.
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posted on
11/15/2005 1:57:31 PM PST
by
Coyoteman
(I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
To: Coyoteman
I've been considering a list of bad or at least non-ideal or non-intelligent designs. PH doesn't have such a list, or didn't a while back.
Think it's worthwhile to compile such a thing?
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posted on
11/15/2005 2:34:40 PM PST
by
furball4paws
(One of the last Evil Geniuses, or the first of their return.)
To: furball4paws
Think it's worthwhile to compile such a thing? Sure--we're a mess! Knees, lower back...
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posted on
11/15/2005 2:37:16 PM PST
by
Coyoteman
(I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
To: Coyoteman
You want a design flaw? How about intractable pain, which serves no useful purpose but with no way to turn it down or off? Certainly not an example of good design there. You're forgetting, all the design flaws didn't happen until the Fall...
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posted on
11/15/2005 3:06:19 PM PST
by
Quark2005
(Science aims to elucidate. Pseudoscience aims to obfuscate.)
To: Quark2005
Also, aren't the flaws a result of degeneration into increased entropy as a result of the second law of thermodynamics?
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posted on
11/15/2005 3:23:50 PM PST
by
Dimensio
(http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
To: PatrickHenry
MR. GILLEN: Your Honor, I have one question, and that's this: By my reckoning, this is the 40th day since the trial began and tonight will be the 40th night, and I would like to know if you did that on purpose.
THE COURT: Mr. Gillen, that is an interesting coincidence, but it was not by design. (Laughter and applause.) With that, I declare the trial portion of this extended case adjourned.
LOL
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posted on
11/15/2005 3:46:36 PM PST
by
Liberal Classic
(No better friend, no worse enemy. Semper Fi.)
To: Liberal Classic
THE COURT: Mr. Gillen, that is an interesting coincidence, but it was not by design. (Laughter and applause.) With that, I declare the trial portion of this extended case adjourned. The most telling part of that incident does not appear in the transcript, but rather in news accounts of the incident. The "laughter and applause" reportedly lasted 15 seconds. That's an eternity in comedic terms. The judge's closing quip put a defining exclamation point on how silly the premise of the design argument is, and represented a knife through the heart of the defense's case.
To: Dimensio
Also, aren't the flaws a result of degeneration into increased entropy as a result of the second law of thermodynamics? Exactly. All the laws of nature are a divine gift except the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics - that's a punishment for talking to snakes.
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posted on
11/15/2005 7:14:20 PM PST
by
Quark2005
(Science aims to elucidate. Pseudoscience aims to obfuscate.)
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