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NoNukes
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Message 26 of 70 (798466)
02-02-2017 6:34 PM
Reply to: Message 24 by Theodoric
02-02-2017 4:22 PM


Re: A little bit hairy
The point is that the original post was intended as a gotcha against atheists(see the original attempt at an OP).
I think the poster did think he had a solid argument against evolution, which, by the way, is not the same thing as an argument against atheists. However, it seems that after receiving a few answers he was quickly disabused of that notion. I have not detected any attempts by the poster to dispute any of the answers. In fact, the poster appears to have learned something even if he has not changed his overall opinion regarding Creationism.

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NoNukes
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Message 37 of 70 (798673)
02-04-2017 2:30 PM
Reply to: Message 32 by CRR
02-03-2017 4:44 AM


I think Eskimos have relatively dark skin because they are derived from the same stock as American Indians. Sunlight and diet are probably minor factors. I.e founder effect.
And the skin color for the American Indians?

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. Thomas Jefferson
Seems to me if its clear that certain things that require ancient dates couldn't possibly be true, we are on our way to throwing out all those ancient dates on the basis of the actual evidence. -- Faith
Some of us are worried about just how much damage he will do in his last couple of weeks as president, to make it easier for the NY Times and Washington post to try to destroy Trump's presidency. -- marc9000

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NoNukes
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Message 45 of 70 (799212)
02-08-2017 5:02 AM
Reply to: Message 38 by CRR
02-05-2017 1:45 AM


The same stock as Amer-indians means the ancestors of both probably migrated from Asia across the Bering Strait land bridge.
My question was regarding the origin of skin colors which are inheritable. Absent some Lamarkian explanation, inheritable traits would come from mutation/selection/drift.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. Thomas Jefferson
Seems to me if its clear that certain things that require ancient dates couldn't possibly be true, we are on our way to throwing out all those ancient dates on the basis of the actual evidence. -- Faith
Some of us are worried about just how much damage he will do in his last couple of weeks as president, to make it easier for the NY Times and Washington post to try to destroy Trump's presidency. -- marc9000

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NoNukes
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Message 52 of 70 (799303)
02-09-2017 2:22 AM
Reply to: Message 46 by CRR
02-08-2017 6:31 AM


The theory that best fits the facts is that Adam and Eve were created with 2 alleles for each of these genes so they had the genetic potential for all skin colours.
Your theory is nonsense. Even some folks with the same skin color have that color because of different alleles. Four alleles cannot and do not explain reality.
Secondly, there is more than one variety of melanin, with the varieties having different colors, so saying that there is only one pigment is just wrong. See pheomelanin and eumelanin.
Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. Thomas Jefferson
Seems to me if its clear that certain things that require ancient dates couldn't possibly be true, we are on our way to throwing out all those ancient dates on the basis of the actual evidence. -- Faith
Some of us are worried about just how much damage he will do in his last couple of weeks as president, to make it easier for the NY Times and Washington post to try to destroy Trump's presidency. -- marc9000

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