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To: GourmetDan; ndt
And spontaneous appearance from unknown 'natural' causes isn't magic?

I think you don't know what "spontaneous" means.

Historically "spontaneous generation" was a creationist theory, and was finally abandoned by science shortly before Darwin introduced his ideas on evolution. As I mentioned previously, Darwin's views included the denial of spontaneous generation. Darwin saw the origin of life as most probably a unique and one time event. Modern scientists concur. No serious researcher has proposed a theory involving the spontaneous origin of life since the 19th Century.

125 posted on 12/14/2006 11:17:14 AM PST by Stultis
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To: Stultis
"I think you don't know what "spontaneous" means."

spon·ta·ne·ous – adjective 1. coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spontaneous

"No serious researcher has proposed a theory involving the spontaneous origin of life since the 19th Century."

So you're saying that the only serious researchers are the IDers proposing that life was created?

131 posted on 12/15/2006 4:34:47 PM PST by GourmetDan
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