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Professor Rigid on Evolution (must "believe" to get med school rec)
The Lubbock Avalanche Journal ^
| 10/6/02
| Sebastian Kitchen
Posted on 10/06/2002 8:16:21 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana
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To: derek141
Big deal...trivial science genius---theorhetical evolution loon!
To: f.Christian
Main Entry: the·o·ret·i·cal
Pronunciation: "thE-&-'re-ti-k&l, "thi(-&)r-'e-
Variant(s): also the·o·ret·ic /-tik/
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin theoreticus, from Greek theOrEtikos, from theOrein to look at
Date: 1601
1 a : relating to or having the character of theory : ABSTRACT b : confined to theory or speculation often in contrast to practical applications : SPECULATIVE < theoretical physics >
2 : given to or skilled in theorizing < a brilliant theoretical physicist >
3 : existing only in theory : HYPOTHETICAL < gave as an example a theoretical situation >
To: f.Christian
That sounds like an ad hominem fallacy.
To: derek141
misspelled too!
How about quack instead of loon?
To: Right Wing Professor
Why, after all, should the creator have used a set of common blueprints? Why would he use similar genes for a serine kinase in two birds, and a different one in a tunicate? Isn't this in essence the same as asking why did He make a variety of animals that have some shared characteristics? If they have shared characteristics, and he created DNA as his mechanism for allowing one generation to pass their characteristics on to the next, then it logically follows the DNA sequences would be similar also and the more shared characteristics they have, the more similar the DNA. Evolution is a possible explanation for similar DNA sequences, in exactly the same way that it's a possible explanation for similar skeletal structures, internal organs or whatever, but creationism fits these observations at least as well.
Or we could believe that God was deliberately making the entire genome of every species deceptively suggest an evolutionary origin, in order to test our faith.
I don't agree that the similarities in genome or anything else would suggest God was trying to deceive us. It's true that you could use evolution as an explanation for similarities, but as I pointed out, creationism would explain similarities at least as well.
I guess nobody at this site can understand genomics: Creation Scientists in the Biological Sciences
To: derek141
LOL! Ad hominem from f.Christian? No way, the only thing coming from him is gibberish and as far as I know that's no logical fallacy ;-D
So just skip over it.
806
posted on
10/10/2002 3:56:57 PM PDT
by
BMCDA
To: derek141
My theology professor taught me...
no context is pretext---
don't major in the minors and minor in the majors---
cover the whole animal--subject!
Philosophy is the king/queen of the sciences(clean your glasses/window)!
Take off the funny pages!
The big(forest)and little pictures(trees) should agree!
To: f.Christian
Who are you? Jesse Jackson?
To: BMCDA
TerMITE--timber ant!
To: derek141
One big difference...I mostly like internal(hidden) rhyme!
To: VadeRetro
As expected, a one-sided analysis, an attempt to undermine. I made no analysis. I noted a simple observation about your link. The computer program of Hardy-har-hardison I analyzed.
811
posted on
10/10/2002 4:01:41 PM PDT
by
AndrewC
To: f.Christian
You should get-- (in the)--
debate or get (off the website.)
To: f.Christian
Welcome!
Free Republic is an online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web. We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further conservatism in America. And we always have fun doing it. Hoo-yah!
To: derek141
derek141 signed up 2002-10-10.
Are you the cookoo bird...cleaning the nest---laying an egg?
To: derek141
Are you the hired bride--gun for shell shocked PH?
To: Agamemnon
Spelling is optional, especially in hastily typed notes where fat fingers interfere.
You failed to make a valid point in the real discussion, as did several others with similar complaints.
816
posted on
10/10/2002 4:19:02 PM PDT
by
bert
To: derek141
They cure bacterial disease, and when abused, do indeed select for more virulent bacteria. I think you might mean more resistant bacteria.
In a further observation, it appears that your judgement should also apply to the 1997 Darwin day lecturer, Dr. Douglas J. Futuyma, as in his speech he stated ---We have observed many pathogens, such are those that cause malaria and AIDS, evolve resistance to antibiotic drugs, and by understanding this process, evolutionary biologists can help to design ways to retard such evolutionary changes
817
posted on
10/10/2002 4:19:13 PM PDT
by
AndrewC
To: AndrewC
You are correct about the resistance; I was thinking in terms of what the original post reflected, i.e. bad bacteria vs. worse bacteria... and resistant bacteria are definitely worse. I am unfamiliar with Futuyma.
To: All
[We evolution types interrupt this thread to bring you the following important message:]
George W. Bush is the greatest! Down with bolshevism! Defeat the socialistic dems! Win back the Senate! God bless America!
[And now, let the thread continue ... ]
To: derek141
"By way of conclusion: a natural way to understand such notions as rationality and irrationality is in terms of the proper functioning of the relevant cognitive equipment. Seen from this perspective, the question whether it is rational to believe in God without the evidential support of other propositions is really a metaphysical or theological dispute. The theist has an easy time explaining the notion of our cognitive equipment's functioning properly: our cognitive equipment functions properly when it functions in the way God designed it to function."
"The atheist evidential objector, however, owes us an account of this notion."
"What does he mean when he complains that the theist without evidence displays a... cognitive defect---of some sort?"
"How does he understand the notion of cognitive malfunction?"
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