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To: Chiapet
You're still being extremely dense. The obtuseness is amazing for something so very simple.

99.9% of persons with an IQ over 50, when shown a pinata of a horse and also a big pile of papers emptied from a wastebasket, would understand when someone asked them the following question - "Which of these two items did someone most likely intentionally form in the shape that they are presently in?", would not get confused like you, and answer "Well both, since the paper was manufactured in each". No, they would understand that the question and comparison was between the final form of the two items.

161 posted on 02/15/2006 8:49:35 AM PST by AmericaUnited
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To: AmericaUnited
99.9% of persons with an IQ over 50, when shown a pinata of a horse and also a big pile of papers emptied from a wastebasket, would understand when someone asked them the following question - "Which of these two items did someone most likely intentionally form in the shape that they are presently in?", would not get confused like you, and answer "Well both, since the paper was manufactured in each". No, they would understand that the question and comparison was between the final form of the two items.

Yeah...you're still not getting the point, but then again, I suppose that's probably deliberate on your part. You have a nice day.

164 posted on 02/15/2006 8:59:15 AM PST by Chiapet (As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well-spent brings happy death. -Da Vinci)
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To: AmericaUnited
If I'm understanding you correctly, you're saying that there is a category of mundane stuff (like sand, rocks, water, etc.) that was not designed. Is that correct?

And if it is, by what criteria are you determining what was designed and what was not designed?

166 posted on 02/15/2006 9:00:24 AM PST by atlaw
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To: AmericaUnited

The dispute is not over whether some things have the appearance of design. I think the vast majority of people can agree on that. The question is: can design come about without a designer? Darwin says yes, proposes a mechanism and a large number people following after him produce evidence which they believe supports that conclusion. The ID people say no, and attempt to refute that evidence. The problem for the ID people is that you can't prove a negative, which is why scientists generally want nothing to do with their theory.


173 posted on 02/15/2006 9:14:11 AM PST by moatilliatta
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