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Faith 
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Message 16 of 163 (768492)
09-10-2015 2:46 PM
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09-10-2015 12:43 PM


If you could apply your native skepticism to your own beliefs, you would have a remarkable mind.
But of course I did apply it to those beliefs, for years and years and years, before I was finally rightly persuaded to their truth. Funny how y'all think skepticism must be a permanent condition, never yielding to the knowledge of truth. Strange. But of course that article of faith in permanent skepticism is why you never do come to a knowledge of the truth.

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Message 17 of 163 (768493)
09-10-2015 2:52 PM
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09-10-2015 11:57 AM


The actual facts about the bones don't matter to evolutionists either. We never see them, you know, the evidence is almost never given, certainly not when we're being introduced to a new "find." When we are shown the bones they are a pretty pathetic paltry collection of half a dozen fragments some dog must have chewed. But no, normally all we ever get is an artist's rendering designed to persuade the credulous.
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Message 18 of 163 (768494)
09-10-2015 3:12 PM
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09-10-2015 2:52 PM


Hey, they did show the bones this time. There they are at the link in the first post. Not enough skull there though, and the one hand isn't convincingly human, and the ribs are too skimpy for the general heft of the bones. Now I'm doubting it's one skeleton.

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Message 19 of 163 (768495)
09-10-2015 3:17 PM
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09-10-2015 3:12 PM


Now I'm doubting it's one skeleton.
If you actually read the article (a strange idea I'm sure) you'd see that they recovered bones from 15 individuals.

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Message 20 of 163 (768496)
09-10-2015 3:44 PM
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Ah, and assembled them into one. Pretty risky method there.

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Message 21 of 163 (768497)
09-10-2015 4:02 PM
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09-10-2015 2:46 PM


Faith writes:
If you could apply your native skepticism to your own beliefs, you would have a remarkable mind.
But of course I did apply it to those beliefs, for years and years and years, before I was finally rightly persuaded to their truth. Funny how y'all think skepticism must be a permanent condition, never yielding to the knowledge of truth. Strange. But of course that article of faith in permanent skepticism is why you never do come to a knowledge of the truth.
Didn't that circle make you dizzy?
Yes, you're right, I am permanently skeptical; you are, too, about some things.
Vigilant skepticism is hard to achieve and even harder to maintain--the human mind yearns to relax into belief to relieve the existential tension of not knowing. But once that's done, there is no path to any knowledge at all.
The notion of absolute TRVTH is dangerous. People kill and die for that kind of belief. My skepticism tells me that if you need to kill or die for your idea, you need a better idea. It is certainty that most endangers us, and doubt that gets us home.

"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."

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Message 22 of 163 (768498)
09-10-2015 4:47 PM
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09-10-2015 2:52 PM


Evidence again
The actual facts about the bones don't matter to evolutionists either.
That's not true. The exact details of the various bones are sometimes argued over for decades. Check out some issues of American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Here is a link to the table of contents of the current issue:
Just a moment...
I have seen and studied casts of many of the important and some of the not-to-important finds prior to about 1980, the period when I studied fossil man in graduate school. That was an important part of our training.
So, for you to claim that the actual facts about the bones don't matter--once again you are entirely wrong. (Don't you ever tire of being wrong?)
We never see them, you know, the evidence is almost never given, certainly not when we're being introduced to a new "find." When we are shown the bones they are a pretty pathetic paltry collection of half a dozen fragments some dog must have chewed.
You won't find those casts at Wal-Mart, as they are expensive to make because they have to be extremely accurate. There's no point in casts that aren't accurate.
Here's a link to one of the better sources:
pennfossilcasting.com - pennfossilcasting Resources and Information.
But you complain about not seeing the actual evidence? It is there if you seek it out. You don't really expect folks to bring it to your door, do you?
(Not that you would accept it they did...)

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Message 23 of 163 (768499)
09-10-2015 5:15 PM
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09-10-2015 11:04 AM


Faith writes:
The credulousness of atheists is breathtaking.
Atheists? How do work that one out. The balance of probabilities make that unlikely. My bet would be Christian.

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif.
Life, don't talk to me about life - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.

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DevilsAdvocate
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Message 24 of 163 (768500)
09-10-2015 6:16 PM
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09-10-2015 11:30 AM


"Professor Faith" writes:
Not Artist renderings are untrustworthy. Beside which, as I said, if it's human it's human, but I don't trust whoever decides that anyway.
Yes, because you rather trust a handful of religious extremists with close to zero experience in the field than hundreds of thousands of scientists who have devoted their entire lives to scientific inquiry.
"Professor Faith" writes:
Not enough skull there though, and the one hand isn't convincingly human, and the ribs are too skimpy for the general heft of the bones. Now I'm doubting it's one skeleton.
And evidently, the below photo of the homo naledi find (one of the more intact skeletons) is "too skimpy" for you. You, Faith, who have zero credentials, knowledge, or experience to back up your baseless accusations.
Here are skeleton remains from Jamestown, a mere 400 years ago. Not much more intact than the homo naledi fossils, though much younger. The differences between the two, even to the average person are evident.
So stop speaking from ignorance, Faith. Stop drinking the religious extremist/fundamentalist kool-aid. You can believe in a supernatural being and still believe in evolution (I do). They are not mutually exclusive (many Jews, Catholics, and Protestants accept biological evolution as fact).
I have been away from this thread for several years, but your utter and deliberate ignorance and obfuscation is ridiculous and embarrasing. At least bring some type of intelligence argument to the table instead of the inane and idiotic banter you display here.
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Message 25 of 163 (768501)
09-10-2015 6:24 PM
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09-10-2015 3:12 PM


Hey, they did show the bones this time.
Provide evidence of when paleontologists did not provide evidence of their finds.
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"It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World
"In coming to understand anything we are rejecting the facts as they are for us in favour of the facts as they are. - C.S. Lewis, An Experiment in Criticism

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Message 26 of 163 (768502)
09-10-2015 7:53 PM
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09-10-2015 3:44 PM


Professor Faith writes:
Ah, and assembled them into one. Pretty risky method there.
Not for people who know what they are doing.
Someone who could not identify a finger bone is not likely to make credible criticisms.

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One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

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Message 27 of 163 (768503)
09-10-2015 8:50 PM
Reply to: Message 17 by Faith
09-10-2015 2:52 PM


The actual facts about the bones don't matter to evolutionists either. We never see them, you know, the evidence is almost never given, certainly not when we're being introduced to a new "find." When we are shown the bones they are a pretty pathetic paltry collection of half a dozen fragments some dog must have chewed. But no, normally all we ever get is an artist's rendering designed to persuade the credulous.
What an interesting fantasy. You notice how completely it's contradicted by the facts?
Now, your turn. Show us a talking snake.

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Message 28 of 163 (768504)
09-10-2015 8:53 PM
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09-10-2015 2:46 PM


But of course I did apply it to those beliefs, for years and years and years ...
So there was once a time when you thought: "Because I've seen no evidence for a talking snake, it would be excessively credulous for me to believe in a talking snake". Well, that sounds jolly sensible. And then what happened --- you hit your head on something?

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Message 29 of 163 (768505)
09-10-2015 9:45 PM
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09-10-2015 2:04 PM


Dr Adequate writes:
Or, if she could apply her native skepticism to her own beliefs, she would be remarkably crazy.
I chose "native skepticism" with care but perhaps too little explanation.
Faith's blanket denial of anything she finds disagreeable differs from the more critical turn of mind she admits she once had: the former, brain worms; the latter, her native skepticism.
You may be right. There may be no turning back without breakage.

"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."

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Message 30 of 163 (768506)
09-10-2015 9:55 PM
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09-10-2015 8:53 PM


Couldn't believe the gospel. It was the gospel itself, the claims of Jesus Christ, I had trouble with. Once you believe God is real all of it falls into place. Certainly no problem with talking snakes and talking donkeys once you know God is real.

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