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From: Eeyore on 21 Oct 2006 09:52 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > I know I do not write clear enough for all values of IQs. Mine's 152. What's yours ? Graham
From: jmfbahciv on 21 Oct 2006 08:49 In article <LKydnafehvClGavYRVnyrQ(a)pipex.net>, "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >news:eh54ge$8qk_011(a)s847.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >> In article <e9ednZ8s0K3l2ajYRVnyuA(a)pipex.net>, >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>> >>>"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>news:4535424A.C08609A3(a)hotmail.com... >>>> >>>> >>>> T Wake wrote: >>>> >>>>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message >>>>> >>>>> > Certainly a lot of the details of Darwin's theories have been subject >>>>> > to >>>>> > question and modification over the years. What has not changed is >>>>> > the >>>>> > basic idea of evolution. >>>>> >>>>> Very true. There is a conflict of terminology and if the people on the >>>>> radio >>>>> show were talking about "Darwin's theories" specifically they are a bit >>>>> behind the curve. Modern evolutionary theory has progressed beyond the >>>>> specifics Darwin described. >>>> >>>> I've noticed that there is now a common tendency for those who reckon >>>> they >>>> know >>>> better to dismiss such things as 'just theories' as if that meant they >>>> had >>>> no >>>> vailidity ! >>> >>> >>>I love that phrase "just theories." It really makes me smile when some >>>creationist goes on about how "evolution is just a theory." >>> >>>Like Newtonian Gravity isn't "just" a theory. :-) >> >> Yes. It is just a theory. It is the human race's best >> guess at how nature and its laws work. >> >> Fundamentalists understand the difference between just a theory >> and their belief. They get threatened when teachers of their >> kids present evolution as a belief; > >These teachers should be fired. They are if they don't preach the Bible, too. > >> the implication of this >> is that the goal of teaching evolution is to substitute >> the religion known as evolution for the religion of God. > >Only in the mind of fundamentalists. You need to listen more. CSPAN aired some convention that was to talk about this issue. Science teacher after science teacher, who did not want to give Bible lessons in their classes, kept using the language of "...I believe in evolution." Any fundamentalist will interpret this as the teacher substituting evolution for Christain religious belief. Plus it is a useful way to get public schools funds to hold their Sunday School clasess. /BAH
From: Eeyore on 21 Oct 2006 09:53 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >> >On Tue, 17 Oct 06 11:50:44 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> > > >> >>Pushing in certain areas is not the best way to prevent future > >> >>messes. I've found that the only way for people to learn how > >> >>not make new messes is to have them clean up the ones they > >> >>already made. > >> >> > >> > > >> >Excellent. Care to assign cleanup duties in the Middle East and > >> >Africa? > >> > >> France would get a primary assignment with extreme adult > >> supervision. > > > >Why France ? > > Their SOP seems to be to make a mess then leave it for the > somebody, usually the US, to clear up. Example please ? Graham
From: jmfbahciv on 21 Oct 2006 08:50 In article <4536D0E6.E1D06309(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >T Wake wrote: > >> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >> >> > Fundamentalists understand the difference between just a theory >> > and their belief. They get threatened when teachers of their >> > kids present evolution as a belief; >> >> These teachers should be fired. > >I suspect BAH is confusing science with belief actually. Evolution is accepted >science just as much as thermodynamics is. > > >> > the implication of this >> > is that the goal of teaching evolution is to substitute >> > the religion known as evolution for the religion of God. >> >> Only in the mind of fundamentalists. > >Maybe they're afraid ppl will see that science disproves God ? That's what >happened to me actually in a rather amusing way. Then you were not taught the Scientific Method...or rather, you did not learn the Scientific Method. /BAH
From: Eeyore on 21 Oct 2006 09:54
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > A lot of recent killing is the hangover of the Cold War. Uh ????? Can you elaborate on that ? Graham |