[GourmetDan]

So you're saying that thinking that ERV's represent a one-time historical infection in a member of a population that then moves to fixation for an unidentified 'commmon ancestor' and is preserved over millions of years through untold speciation events is reasonable?

Not happening once, but 'thousands of times' to represent the 'thousands' of ERV's identified in the human genome?

Not only is a single occurrence of such a fanciful tale ludicrous, but thinking that thousands of such 'occurrences' are real events is merely laughable.

Credulity, pure credulity. But that's 'science'.

[LibertarianSchmoe]

I don't know enough about ERVs to know whether such a proposition is reasonable or laughable. Perhaps if I heard your alternative, it might seem more reasonable to me.

How is it that you know so much about ERVs without the help of 'science' (yours or someone else's)? Also, what is it about ID that instills such credulity in you?