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freedom_to_read (623 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 03:45 PM Original message |
The REAL issue behind creationism and evolution |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. this is not the case |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 03:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I think it is the case for many people, though I too know ... |
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klook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Stephen Jay Gould said it best |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. Subtle distinction too |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Dominion is what the fundies are after. They want to use up the earth and |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Exactly. Forgotten is the implicit "RESPONSIBILITY". |
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gWbush is Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. i like what you said about the weed |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Do you think the fundies think this deeply? |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. That's the real issue: Shallow, superficial, lazy...feelgoodism. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Most just swallow the nonsense; ... |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. No, but it's a good analysis of what they mean by their usual response |
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freedom_to_read (623 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Sure, not explicitly |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. They need the book of rules. |
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jjmalonejr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. Evolution need not threaten our "special place" |
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gWbush is Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. the big deal is that religion/ republicansim today |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I disagree on the pretext of evil being animal nature |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Evolution ensures, sanctifies and ratifies our "special place". |
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Imperialism Inc. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I'm not so sure about that. |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Evolution makes no claim about anything. |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 05:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Evolution ultimately serves a self-realizing system. |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 05:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. You're imposing teleological ends on evolution |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 05:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. If we do indeed occupy a special place |
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freedom_to_read (623 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. That is certainly one possible angle |
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jjmalonejr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 05:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Fair enough |
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freedom_to_read (623 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 05:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. of course they are not mutually exclusive |
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jjmalonejr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 06:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. We are on the same page |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 06:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. It seems to me you are onto something... |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 06:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. Wait. Why couldn't it be granted by God |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. People who believe the Bible is literal make this claim: |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's also the "loose thread in the tapestry"... |
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klook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. God approves of virgins as war booty |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 06:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. God ain't all bad. |
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SaintAnne (272 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. religion vs science? |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. It's like rationalizing Santa Claus when you have no chimney... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Quite a few people can handle religion and science. |
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Imperialism Inc. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. Ecclesiastes 3:19 |
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freedom_to_read (623 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. good ol Qoheleth |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 05:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. I would argue the opposite. Statements like "they have all one breath..." |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
19. they hated Copernicus, too, for much the same reason.... |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I think everything changed |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 04:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Myths and Fables are different animals. |
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BonjourUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
37. This discussion seems to be surrealistic for us ! |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-16-04 05:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. What's not to like about that? |
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