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Evolutionary Science Grinds On...
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Evolutionary Science Grinds On...
March 25, 2015 at 10:09 pm
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RE: Evolutionary Science Grinds On...
March 26, 2015 at 3:28 am (This post was last modified: March 26, 2015 at 3:28 am by Alex K.)
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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RE: Evolutionary Science Grinds On...
March 26, 2015 at 4:24 am (This post was last modified: March 26, 2015 at 4:24 am by robvalue.)
Now we just have to teach fundamentalists that evolution doesn't mean a particular animal changing throughout its own lifetime to suit its surroundings by suddenly growing wings or gills.
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RE: Evolutionary Science Grinds On...
March 26, 2015 at 4:28 am
(March 26, 2015 at 4:24 am)robvalue Wrote: Now we just have to teach fundamentalists that evolution doesn't mean a particular animal changing throughout its own lifetime to suit its surroundings by suddenly growing wings or gills.

'If evolution is true, then why don't dogs give birth to cats?'

I'm not a particularly violent man, but questions like that one....

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RE: Evolutionary Science Grinds On...
March 26, 2015 at 10:23 am
No matter how certain the science gets on the topic of abiogenesis (or Cosmological issues, or whatever else) zealots are going to weasel their way out shout "Blasphemy!" or "God did it!" or both.
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RE: Evolutionary Science Grinds On...
March 26, 2015 at 10:33 am
(March 26, 2015 at 4:28 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(March 26, 2015 at 4:24 am)robvalue Wrote: Now we just have to teach fundamentalists that evolution doesn't mean a particular animal changing throughout its own lifetime to suit its surroundings by suddenly growing wings or gills.

'If evolution is true, then why don't dogs give birth to cats?'

I'm not a particularly violent man, but questions like that one....

Boru

I might reply "since I don't want to insult your mother, I would say as a human your mother certainly gave birth to a jackass"
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RE: Evolutionary Science Grinds On...
March 26, 2015 at 10:35 am
(March 25, 2015 at 10:09 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Except southern baptists...they don't evolve at all.
Heh, I'm sure they'd love for that to be the case.
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."

-Stephen Jay Gould
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RE: Evolutionary Science Grinds On...
March 26, 2015 at 10:36 am
(March 26, 2015 at 4:28 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 'If evolution is true, then why don't dogs give birth to cats?'

I'm not a particularly violent man, but questions like that one....

Boru

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RE: Evolutionary Science Grinds On...
March 26, 2015 at 10:39 am
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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RE: Evolutionary Science Grinds On...
March 26, 2015 at 1:49 pm
(March 26, 2015 at 4:28 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(March 26, 2015 at 4:24 am)robvalue Wrote: Now we just have to teach fundamentalists that evolution doesn't mean a particular animal changing throughout its own lifetime to suit its surroundings by suddenly growing wings or gills.

'If evolution is true, then why don't dogs give birth to cats?'

I'm not a particularly violent man, but questions like that one....

Boru

It freaking blows my mind when people ask questions like that - and it's not at all uncommon.

We need alternate methods of science education to include colorful books with thick cardboard pages, pop-ups and games. Different people learn in different ways.
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