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For Creationists.
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RE: For Creationists.
(November 15, 2014 at 8:29 pm)professor Wrote: This is amazing.
There are varieties of dogs. A dog is a kind of animal.

When you see a critter run over in the road, what kind of animal is it?
If it is a squirrel, it is that KIND of animal.

I guess you're right in a colloquial sense, just not in any sense relevant to the theory(non-colloquial) of evolution. This is why we say its irrelevant when you bring it up in a conversation about evolution. If, heaven forbid, I'm ever at your BBQ (kidding, I'm sure that would be delightful), we can talk "kind" all day, but, just like you wouldn't mention the orbit of Venus in a conversation about evolution, you shouldn't use terms with no use to the subject matter.

Quote: We can't help it if your mentors concocted lingo to create a new cult.

Ever hear the word Humankind?
That would be us and not anything else.

Ever hear the word Homo?


Quote:Believe whatever you want, I have tried to put these (apparently) complicated thoughts down in a way a child could understand, since they didn't take the first time.

You succeeded in explaining a concept vague enough for a child to grasp. The concept of "kind" just has no place in the theory of evolution, taxonomy, and phylogeny.
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For Creationists. - by Lemonvariable72 - November 14, 2014 at 5:59 pm
RE: For creationists. - by Minimalist - November 14, 2014 at 6:01 pm
RE: For creationists. - by Lemonvariable72 - November 14, 2014 at 6:04 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by professor - November 14, 2014 at 7:18 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Chad32 - November 14, 2014 at 7:30 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 14, 2014 at 7:49 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by abaris - November 14, 2014 at 7:19 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by abaris - November 14, 2014 at 7:37 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by ManMachine - November 17, 2014 at 12:15 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by ThomM - November 21, 2014 at 8:55 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by professor - November 14, 2014 at 8:05 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by abaris - November 14, 2014 at 8:07 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 14, 2014 at 8:22 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Fidel_Castronaut - November 14, 2014 at 8:30 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Lemonvariable72 - November 14, 2014 at 8:59 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Godschild - November 14, 2014 at 11:05 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Lemonvariable72 - November 15, 2014 at 1:46 am
RE: For Creationists. - by Esquilax - November 15, 2014 at 1:23 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Godschild - November 15, 2014 at 2:08 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by abaris - November 15, 2014 at 2:25 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Godschild - November 15, 2014 at 2:45 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Exian - November 15, 2014 at 4:43 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Esquilax - November 15, 2014 at 3:13 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Chas - November 16, 2014 at 5:45 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by professor - November 14, 2014 at 8:43 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by downbeatplumb - November 15, 2014 at 4:24 am
RE: For Creationists. - by Chad32 - November 14, 2014 at 8:50 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 14, 2014 at 8:53 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Minimalist - November 15, 2014 at 11:24 am
RE: For Creationists. - by abaris - November 15, 2014 at 11:28 am
RE: For Creationists. - by The Grand Nudger - November 15, 2014 at 12:00 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by The Grand Nudger - November 15, 2014 at 2:18 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by professor - November 15, 2014 at 5:53 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Lemonvariable72 - November 15, 2014 at 5:59 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Esquilax - November 15, 2014 at 7:36 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Thackerie - November 18, 2014 at 2:40 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by The Grand Nudger - November 15, 2014 at 8:06 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by professor - November 15, 2014 at 8:29 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Esquilax - November 15, 2014 at 8:49 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Exian - November 15, 2014 at 11:34 pm
Re: RE: For Creationists. - by KUSA - November 16, 2014 at 2:25 am
RE: For Creationists. - by Esquilax - November 16, 2014 at 1:10 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Lemonvariable72 - November 16, 2014 at 3:10 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by professor - November 16, 2014 at 6:52 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Esquilax - November 16, 2014 at 9:47 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Chas - November 17, 2014 at 9:25 am
RE: For Creationists. - by professor - November 16, 2014 at 10:31 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Esquilax - November 16, 2014 at 11:40 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Exian - November 16, 2014 at 10:52 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by dyresand - November 17, 2014 at 12:13 am
RE: For Creationists. - by Chad32 - November 17, 2014 at 12:16 am
RE: For Creationists. - by Lemonvariable72 - November 17, 2014 at 12:34 am
RE: For Creationists. - by dyresand - November 17, 2014 at 11:23 am
RE: For Creationists. - by professor - November 17, 2014 at 8:59 am
RE: For Creationists. - by abaris - November 17, 2014 at 9:06 am
RE: For Creationists. - by Esquilax - November 17, 2014 at 10:59 am
RE: For Creationists. - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2014 at 10:17 am
RE: For Creationists. - by FatAndFaithless - November 17, 2014 at 11:01 am
RE: For Creationists. - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2014 at 11:11 am
RE: For Creationists. - by Esquilax - November 17, 2014 at 11:17 am
RE: For Creationists. - by FatAndFaithless - November 17, 2014 at 11:12 am
RE: For Creationists. - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2014 at 11:18 am
RE: For Creationists. - by Esquilax - November 17, 2014 at 11:28 am
RE: For Creationists. - by abaris - November 17, 2014 at 11:36 am
RE: For Creationists. - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2014 at 11:31 am
RE: For Creationists. - by Esquilax - November 17, 2014 at 12:08 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2014 at 12:19 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by downbeatplumb - November 17, 2014 at 1:53 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by ManMachine - November 18, 2014 at 5:29 am
RE: For Creationists. - by The Valkyrie - November 18, 2014 at 2:43 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by dyresand - November 18, 2014 at 2:52 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2014 at 1:54 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by downbeatplumb - November 17, 2014 at 1:57 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by popeyespappy - November 18, 2014 at 3:05 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Mothonis - November 18, 2014 at 3:15 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by The Valkyrie - November 18, 2014 at 3:56 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by dyresand - November 18, 2014 at 8:01 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by professor - November 18, 2014 at 10:44 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by The Valkyrie - November 18, 2014 at 10:48 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Lemonvariable72 - November 18, 2014 at 11:17 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by The Valkyrie - November 19, 2014 at 2:27 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Esquilax - November 19, 2014 at 2:36 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by The Valkyrie - November 19, 2014 at 2:37 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by dyresand - November 19, 2014 at 2:57 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by abaris - November 19, 2014 at 2:58 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by dyresand - November 19, 2014 at 3:19 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by The Valkyrie - November 19, 2014 at 3:20 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by dyresand - November 19, 2014 at 3:42 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by abaris - November 19, 2014 at 3:45 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by The Valkyrie - November 19, 2014 at 4:53 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by dyresand - November 19, 2014 at 5:05 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by abaris - November 19, 2014 at 5:07 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Smaug - November 19, 2014 at 5:10 pm
RE: For Creationists. - by Thackerie - November 20, 2014 at 10:29 am
RE: For Creationists. - by dyresand - November 21, 2014 at 12:57 am
RE: For Creationists. - by Smaug - November 21, 2014 at 9:51 am

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