[spirited irish]

And when the magician controls the magic wand, he smugly believes he can spin the story to his liking, such as: The “unchanged behavior” to which I refer has (in this discussion) been limited to the time frame of the last 2000 years.

As with all post moderns, you obviously believe that whatever you say is your personal ‘truth’ and everyone else must accept the ebb and flow of your fantastical nonsense. I don’t. Your spin is merely repugnant doublespeak.

Returning to the issue at hand: “Either primordial slime magically changed into dinosaurs, then into tumble bugs, fish, humming birds, apes, and then finally man, or it did not. If it did, then your claim of ‘unchanged behavior’ is sheer nonsense. Unchanged? From what?! From that of slime? Seaweed? Lizards?”

Your counter-attack is understandable. If I believed my ancient ancestors were slime, bugs, fish, and other such superstitious nonsense, I suspect I would be as defensive as you so obviously are. On the whole however, by your defensive nonresponse you have conceded the argument quite nicely.

[EnderWiggins]

"And when the magician controls the magic wand, he smugly believes he can spin the story to his liking, such as: The “unchanged behavior” to which I refer has (in this discussion) been limited to the time frame of the last 2000 years."

Hey... your equivocation does not constitute my contradiction. If you want to call names and misread the thread to make a point that has nothing to do with the subject actually being discussed, have at it. But you will end up talking to yourself.

If, on the other hand you actually want to have an interesting discussion on this interesting topic, I'm all ears. Make an argument.