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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
The poorly educated always take the word "evolution" to mean "did man come from monkeys?" Surely this is the problem the Georgia people have.
In fact, that close species can evolve isn't, I think, too controversial. Take mammouths and elephants. Clearly, there was evolution there.
What is really the problem with "evolution" replacing "Creationism" entirely is the existance of several points like I mention, which require a "miracle."
My pet peeve here is that the less well-washed accept anything a scientist says as Gospel truth. That why we have the periodic bizarre global warming screeds from San Fransico posters.
My overall goal on this board is not to change any of these people's mind to vote for Republicans. My simple goal here is to get you all to recognize that much science should be questioned, and not accepted mindlessly.
You blindly accept a scientific theory to denounce someone else, who blindly accepts religious theory. I don't mean to be snotty, but to allow this to stand would harm my broader agenda.
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Like the proponents of intelligent design, you ask questions but don't offer explanations of your own. If your simple goal is to question science, why stop with evolution? You'd better get busy, because there's a lot to question: geology, aerodynamics, nuclear physics, etc.
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Originally posted by bilmore
It's like putting a "Genuine Pleather" sticker on your fur as you walk into the SPCA meet. It's like a fake alarm sticker on your house. It's creative misdirection. I applaud them.
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I wish I agreed with you, but this would make me more likely to send my kids to private school if I lived there. Kids ought to be taught about evolution, and they ought to go to college having heard the word in school. What happens in these sorts of controversies is that the science gets dumbed down, and kids suffer.
