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To: phantomworker
I consider the "popular" belief in the demi-god identified as "Natural Selection" to not be terribly different than the similar belief held by the Creationists about God.

An atheist buddy of mine used to say that the difference him and us was he believed in just one less god.

Of course, he believed in "the good smoke" as a solution to the world's problems with all the fervor of anyone with a religion.

What you have to understand is that there is a third position that can be taken in the debate that doesn't draw on any of the Evo/Creationist beliefs.

212 posted on 02/25/2006 7:54:47 AM PST by muawiyah (-)
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To: muawiyah

And what is this third position?


213 posted on 02/25/2006 7:58:22 AM PST by phantomworker (It doesn’t matter what other people think or feel or say. “You are the only person who defines you.)
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To: muawiyah
What you have to understand is that there is a third position that can be taken in the debate that doesn't draw on any of the Evo/Creationist beliefs.

When you've let us know what your position is, and what evidence supports it, we'll be able to debate it.

People who claim "not to have a dog in the fight" or to "not believe either creation or evolution" invariably offer up no criticism whatsoever of the creationist position, and pose "difficult questions" (often actually completely standard and endlessly refuted creationist talking points) for evo. Usually after a while it becomes transparently obvious that they are dyed-in-the-wool creationists pretending not to be because they think they gain debating advantage thereby. I'm sure you are not in that category though.

214 posted on 02/25/2006 8:04:01 AM PST by Thatcherite (More abrasive blackguard than SeaLion or ModernMan)
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