Vision and Evolution (A Critique of Dawkins)

[Abaddon_ire]

It is amusing. Next weekend, I will be on a road trip with three compadres. 

There will be me, the accredited engineer,
The actual tenured professor from a university.
The graduate from a business uni who makes more loot than any of us combined.
And a pure mathemetician.

In order, we will refer to each other as ...
Glorified electrician.
Cheesemonger.
Crap chef
Traitor to the ECB.

Point is that our crank du jour somehow thinks that qualifications are somehow holy. And they are not. The only explanation for that is that he/she is unable to get one. 
Or alternately, crank du jour reverses and says qualifications mean nothing. He/she can't make up it's mind

As evidence? Well the stream of moronic posts borne out of jealousy.

It is at least a little sad, but my sympathy has a limit.

Lol I agree, qualifications aren't holy. Though not as irrelevant as religion to this conversation, they don't affect how true any of the statements on this thread are. But its understandable why the forum would ask me what degree I had, where I went to school, and such, so I've told them what seemed relevant.

But hey, given that I don't need my degree to defend my arguments let's do this. From now on, my education level is just a basic high school diploma. I just tore up my degree (you'll have to take my word for it, I already threw it away). So there, I'm not Christian, and I'm uneducated. Let's proceed with the conversation.

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Good luck getting that out of him.

Evolution isn't a political stance one can take a position on. Its just a scientific theory; its a tool for formulating hypothesis and explaining bodies of observation.

Gravity is "just a theory". Wanna go walk off your nearest cliff? After all, gravity is "just a theory". Should be a breeze to you.