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King Coal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:07 AM Original message |
Actually, evolution is a theory. |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. Oh, shit. |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. So is gravity. (eom) |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
148. Good answer but evolution is a fact. There ARE theories about how it works |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 05:05 PM Response to Reply #148 |
199. Thank you for this simple, accurate, quotable response :D |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. wow...here we go again... |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. Walking is a theory .... |
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Felix Mala (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Is religion superstition... |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Superstition, probably. |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
58. Neither, it's a philosophy |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:09 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Actually, that's not entirely true. |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:38 AM Response to Reply #60 |
83. That's why I said |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:55 AM Response to Reply #83 |
110. Also understand those philosophies you refer to aren't respected. |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 01:21 PM Response to Reply #110 |
160. LOL! |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 01:33 PM Response to Reply #160 |
163. By whom? By other philosophers. |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 01:41 PM Response to Reply #163 |
165. A meaningless claim |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 01:50 PM Response to Reply #165 |
169. You really can't see the forest through the trees, can you? |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 02:09 PM Response to Reply #169 |
173. Does love exist? |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 02:10 PM Response to Reply #173 |
174. Love's not a philosophy. |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 02:16 PM Response to Reply #174 |
179. Love is a philosophy |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 02:42 PM Response to Reply #174 |
182. It is a good example, but nobody can force acknowledgement. |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 02:11 PM Response to Reply #169 |
175. So now it's "how many criticisms"? |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 02:16 PM Response to Reply #175 |
180. Evidence?!? Try common sense!! |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 02:52 PM Response to Reply #180 |
184. Common sense is not scientific. |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 04:04 PM Response to Reply #180 |
195. Common sense? |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 12:54 PM Response to Reply #60 |
155. But all systems of logical reasoning |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 04:16 PM Response to Reply #155 |
197. Good point...but, |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
24. it is definitely superstition |
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rogerashton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
41. All of the above. |
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Felix Mala (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:15 AM Response to Reply #41 |
67. It's a philosophy AND a breath mint, in one. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 12:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
150. If enough people believe |
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artfan (346 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. not quite |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
85. Glad you pointed this out... |
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McKenzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
6. nice link for you here |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
7. Astounding. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. Is Evolution a Theory, a Fact, or a Law? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:17 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Whaaat??? |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. How? |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:21 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. You can't see the darn electrons either, but they are a fact in your TV. |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:24 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I agree... |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Darwin observed evolution, as does every single anthropologist. |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:32 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. That's not "observation". |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Are you suggesting that any natural process that takes longer than |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:46 AM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Nope... |
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rogerashton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:54 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Evolution or speciation? |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:55 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Good point |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:01 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I'm afraid that's not the point. |
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rogerashton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:57 AM Response to Reply #55 |
113. Since we can observe processes |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 03:11 PM Response to Reply #53 |
188. speciation is also easily observable.... |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:40 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. No, that's observation. |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:50 AM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Not to a scientist. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:02 AM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Woeful analogy. |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:12 AM Response to Reply #56 |
64. Sorry - no. Again. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:16 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. You conveniently forgot the "50,000 years later" part. |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:23 AM Response to Reply #68 |
76. So change my 10,000 to 50,000. It's the same argument. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:31 AM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Fine, you want me to prove your misguided theory wrong, I'll do it. |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:41 AM Response to Reply #79 |
87. Sure... if you can show that nothing else EVER did that. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:51 AM Response to Reply #87 |
101. This isn't worth my time at all. |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:43 AM Response to Reply #64 |
90. You say, "If some bird has a tail and some other one does not... |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:57 AM Response to Reply #90 |
114. Thanks for misunderstanding the entire point. |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:00 AM Response to Reply #90 |
118. Uh huh.... and do any of them NOT have a tail? |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:29 AM Response to Reply #118 |
135. Dogs breeds without tails? |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 01:58 PM Response to Reply #49 |
171. Alright, lets go with that analogy. |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:12 AM Response to Reply #35 |
63. We have convicted people |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:15 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. True... and we recognize in law the DIFFERENCE between |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:30 AM Response to Reply #66 |
78. The outcome is the same |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:01 AM Response to Reply #78 |
120. Yep. In Law... where the standard is "beyond a reasonable doubt". |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:14 AM Response to Reply #120 |
128. I am comparing |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:22 AM Response to Reply #128 |
132. I agree. It's why I accept the theory as correct. |
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atre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:51 AM Response to Reply #31 |
100. Actually, there is a distinction between evolution and natural selection |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
45. For example..... |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:53 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Correct! But not "evolution". |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:17 AM Response to Reply #52 |
69. So what is you explanation for speciation |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:34 AM Response to Reply #69 |
80. Those aren't the same thing. |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:45 AM Response to Reply #80 |
95. What I am getting at |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:51 AM Response to Reply #80 |
102. Same words? |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:09 AM Response to Reply #102 |
125. Yes... they have "distinctly different meanings" |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:38 AM Response to Reply #125 |
139. The terms are important |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:55 AM Response to Reply #139 |
143. I have no "alternate theory". I don't even accept that there IS one. |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 01:16 PM Response to Reply #143 |
159. But the lack of an alternate theory lends little weight.... |
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dummy-du1 (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 01:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
164. Not true |
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rogerashton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
48. As reported in NYT yesterday, for example: |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:03 AM Response to Reply #13 |
57. See post 36 |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:19 AM Response to Reply #57 |
72. See 52. |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:00 AM Response to Reply #72 |
117. For one species to evolve |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:06 AM Response to Reply #72 |
124. Evolution does not suggest that moths become lizards |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:15 AM Response to Reply #124 |
130. Again.. the difference between "evolution" (change) and the "THEORY |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:38 AM Response to Reply #130 |
138. Of course you cannot observe humans evolving from single cells. |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:48 AM Response to Reply #138 |
141. No. It isn't THAT complicated... |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:59 AM Response to Reply #141 |
144. I provided you a nice link and everything -- YES, EVOLUTION WAS OBSERVED |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #144 |
147. With respect... no you didn't. |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 12:44 PM Response to Reply #147 |
152. You said, "just ONE species turning in to some OTHER species would |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 12:50 PM Response to Reply #152 |
154. Ok.... Then it certainly appears "nice" |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 12:09 PM Response to Reply #72 |
145. I'm missing something |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
59. Here's how |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:20 AM Response to Reply #59 |
74. A sexier barn swallow... but still a barn swallow, right? Still a bird? |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:27 AM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Wrong, if |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:24 AM Response to Reply #77 |
134. "IF" |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 01:04 PM Response to Reply #134 |
158. Interbreeding is not a criterion separation of bird species |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 01:43 PM Response to Reply #158 |
166. That's kinda begging the question, isn't it? |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 02:27 PM Response to Reply #166 |
181. One warbler I can think of in the U.S. |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 03:28 PM Response to Reply #166 |
191. Higher levels |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:41 AM Response to Reply #74 |
86. Do you know what evolution is? |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:55 AM Response to Reply #86 |
109. Yes... do YOU know what the "THEORY of evolution" is? |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 03:27 PM Response to Reply #109 |
190. Did you know that evolution is breeding success? |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 06:25 PM Response to Reply #86 |
201. Thank you for saying that. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
81. Thru fossil records..... n/t |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 12:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
149. Just look at man's best friend |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 01:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
162. here you go..... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 02:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
178. having been through this for days, I'll simply refer you... |
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Felix Mala (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Like Einsteinian theory |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. This will call into question all sorts of "theories" |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
46. The spotted pepper moth. nt |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 03:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
189. yep, another great example of observed evolution.... |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. I guess if you didnt understand science in the slightest |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:23 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Is there anything specific in the article |
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neoteric lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
84. Dr Menton makes a pretty big leap at the end of that essay |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
88. Evolution is one of the most |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. Again? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
11. This is a ridiculous thread starter. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
14. What about our organs |
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clydefrand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Ooooooooooooooh, but my sinuses get used all the time. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
15. This is rediculous |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
61. Very wrong |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:43 AM Response to Reply #61 |
91. No, you're wrong |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:49 AM Response to Reply #91 |
98. The key words in your argument were "In common usage" |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:58 AM Response to Reply #98 |
115. You are lacking basic understanding |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:06 AM Response to Reply #115 |
123. No need to insult to make a point, particularly when your point is wrong |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:44 AM Response to Reply #61 |
93. actaully... |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:52 AM Response to Reply #93 |
103. "Scientifcally" proven |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:48 AM Response to Reply #61 |
97. Sorry, in science nothing can be 100% proved. |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:53 AM Response to Reply #97 |
106. Sorry , but you should learn what "scientifically proven" means |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 12:56 PM Response to Reply #106 |
157. What part of this do you not understand... |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 01:25 PM Response to Reply #157 |
161. The part where you think it differs from what I've said |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
17. Rene Descartes was a drunken fart.... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:20 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Don't put Descartes before the horse..... |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:39 AM Response to Reply #17 |
39. "I drink therefore I am!" |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
18. There is Scientific Theory |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
26. Evolution is a Fact.. how it works is a theory.. send you kids to a |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 03:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
192. Let's put evolution into the churches! |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
27. If you're referring to Descartes horribly misguided "proof of God"... |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:30 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. haven't read |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:42 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Wasn't so much a book, but... |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
29. I get it. You're trying to tell us you don't exist? |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
30. oy vey |
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Felix Mala (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
32. "The Georgia State Supreme Court... |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
36. Actually, it is an observable fact |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:34 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. This is observable also in Bacteria, etc. (nt) |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:43 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Also happens with other insects and their immunities to pesticide |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:13 AM Response to Reply #43 |
65. What's being observed is the EFFECTS of evolution |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:19 AM Response to Reply #65 |
73. If the effect cannot exist without the cause, |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:45 AM Response to Reply #73 |
94. But you can't observe "the cause" |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:00 AM Response to Reply #94 |
119. Definition: |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:09 AM Response to Reply #119 |
126. Very bad dictionary |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:17 AM Response to Reply #126 |
131. It's Merriam Websters. |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:35 AM Response to Reply #131 |
137. From dictionary.com |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:53 AM Response to Reply #65 |
105. We have based the model of the atom |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:55 AM Response to Reply #105 |
111. Right |
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opstachuck (184 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 01:57 PM Response to Reply #65 |
170. i disagree |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 02:15 PM Response to Reply #170 |
177. You are conflating several of evolutions various definitions |
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opstachuck (184 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #177 |
186. well... |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 04:11 PM Response to Reply #186 |
196. OK |
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opstachuck (184 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 05:02 PM Response to Reply #196 |
198. alright |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 05:22 PM Response to Reply #198 |
200. And I agree with you AGAIN |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
44. Is bowling a sport? |
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clydefrand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
50. Evolution is observable in the human species. If you're as |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:43 AM Response to Reply #50 |
89. There also has to be a reason for |
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dummy-du1 (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 12:55 PM Response to Reply #50 |
156. No evolution |
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Francine Frensky (870 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
51. Problem #1: difference between a scientific theory and the word "theory" |
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randomname (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:18 AM Response to Reply #51 |
70. The Real Issue Is |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-04 06:08 AM Response to Reply #51 |
203. This is the correct etymological conundrum. |
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King Coal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
62. Man, I wish I had never started this thread. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
71. for all the reality-based people here |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:21 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Fully agreed, and a wonderful point you've proven here. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:44 AM Response to Reply #75 |
92. actually attacking peoples beliefs, calling them stupid |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:54 AM Response to Reply #92 |
107. A belief is stupid when it flies in the face of centuries of science. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:09 AM Response to Reply #92 |
127. your post reveals more about you than me |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
82. A Scientific Theory is VERY different from the everday use of the word... |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:47 AM Response to Reply #82 |
96. My degree is in computer science - not general science... |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:49 AM Response to Reply #96 |
99. Science is not a democracy. |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
104. I was a Physical Anthropologist |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:59 AM Response to Reply #104 |
116. To bad you can't even spell "moron." |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:04 AM Response to Reply #116 |
121. There are plenty of people here disputing evolution. |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:05 AM Response to Reply #116 |
122. It's a pun. |
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Felix Mala (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:14 AM Response to Reply #122 |
129. But that's what the noisy ignoramuses want |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:31 AM Response to Reply #116 |
136. you might want to consider using the spell checker: bigotry not biggotry |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:44 AM Response to Reply #116 |
140. Oh? Really? Show Me An Example Of Someone Not Tolerating |
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dummy-du1 (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 12:12 PM Response to Reply #116 |
146. No, it's "Moran" with "a" |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
108. I would recommend this website... |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
112. HOT DAMN... |
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UpsideDownFlag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
133. people are stupid, whiny poopheads. |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
142. Actually, evolution |
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Liberal Classic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
151. Relativity is a theory, too |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
153. Like or not, Evolution is for REAL and is a FACT |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 01:44 PM Response to Reply #153 |
167. Yep |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
168. I doubt Descartes would be so facetious. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 02:01 PM Response to Reply #168 |
172. the funny thing is |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 02:13 PM Response to Reply #172 |
176. Only if people like you continue to be in charge. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 02:50 PM Response to Reply #176 |
183. People like who? |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 03:44 PM Response to Reply #183 |
194. I don't buy at all that you're as liberal as you say. |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-04 05:43 AM Response to Reply #194 |
202. Sorry, Vash... |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-04 09:08 AM Response to Reply #202 |
204. Good for you. I don't know you either. |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-04 08:37 PM Response to Reply #204 |
205. If you "don't know me either"... |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
185. Bad Religion/Bad Science/Bad Philosophy/Bad Manners/Bad Theory |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
187. Bishops evolve into Primates! |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
193. NonCreationist books that hold clues to the Science/God common ground |
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Squeegee (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-04 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
206. You obviously misunderstand terminology |
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