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To: Keflavik76; SF Republican
The third President of these United States did not believe in miracles or the virgin birth and incorrectly (thankfully)predicted that the day would come when the virgin birth was viewed the same way as the mystical generation of Minerva from the head of Zeus.

But yes, this “scientist” is ridiculous. Evolution is a discernible fact in that the genome of populations are subject to change, some believe the theory that this might be due to natural selection, but there is no doubt that there is change. The same discernment cannot be made about global warming as atmospheric readings show a decline in temperature, ground based readings show an increase, and ocean temps are inconclusive (AFAIK). Even if the warming was definitive in all three measures, there is no evidence that would say this is anthropogenic or a result of our economic activity. This guy just did Science and Evolution no favors by linking an empirical Science to a ‘global climate model’ and the faith that some have that humans are bad and the earth is good; so humans MUST be harming the earth.

53 posted on 01/04/2008 2:46:08 PM PST by allmendream ("A Lyger is pretty much my favorite animal."NapoleonD (Hunter 08))
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To: allmendream
The third President of these United States did not believe in miracles or the virgin birth and incorrectly (thankfully)predicted that the day would come when the virgin birth was viewed the same way as the mystical generation of Minerva from the head of Zeus.

From a letter by Thomas Jefferson to Dr. Benjamin Rush (1803)

In some of the delightful conversations with you in the evenings of 1798-99, and which served as an anodyne to the afflictions of the crisis through which our country was then laboring, the Christian religion was sometimes our topic; and I then promised you that one day or other I would give you my views of it. They are the result of a life of inquiry and reflection, and very different from that anti-Christian system imputed to me by those who know nothing of my opinions. To the corruptions of Christianity I am indeed opposed, but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian, in the only sense in which he wished anyone to be: sincerely attached to his doctrines in preference to all others, ascribing to himself every human excellence, and believing he never claimed any other.

112 posted on 01/05/2008 7:23:47 PM PST by pjd
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