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Topic: April, 2006, Posts of the Month
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Adminnemooseus
Administrator Posts: 3974 Joined: 09-26-2002
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Message 1 of 24 (300075)
04-01-2006 12:59 PM
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Make your April, 2006 POTM nominations here. Format Author: author's name
Forum: the forum where posted
Thread: the thread title
Message: the particular posted message number Your nomination should include a link to the nominated article, and a short comment on why you are nominating (or seconding). As always, this is not a thread for debates. Posts should be limited to nomination, seconds, acceptance statements by nominee.
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Chiroptera
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Message 2 of 24 (300812)
04-04-2006 9:20 AM
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Modulous and artificial selection
Author: Modulous Forum: Biological Evolution Thread: Can Domestic Selection cause Macroevolution? Message: 6 Modulous explains why he doesn't feel that artificial selection can achieve the same results as natural selection.
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U can call me Cookie
Member (Idle past 4979 days) Posts: 228 From: jo'burg, RSA Joined: 11-15-2005
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Message 3 of 24 (300851)
04-04-2006 11:41 AM
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Reply to: Message 2 by Chiroptera
04-04-2006 9:20 AM
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Re: Modulous and artificial selection
Seconded. Certainly an impressive expression of thoughts, modulous 
"The good Christian should beware the mathematician and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of hell." - St. Augustine
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Modulous
Member Posts: 7801 From: Manchester, UK Joined: 05-01-2005
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Message 4 of 24 (301032)
04-05-2006 4:03 AM
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Reply to: Message 2 by Chiroptera
04-04-2006 9:20 AM
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Re: Modulous and artificial selection
Thanks Chiroptera, I enjoyed writing it! In a blonde moment I was trying to figure out what I should call U can call me Cookie. *smacks head* Thanks Cookie!
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Chiroptera
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Message 5 of 24 (301117)
04-05-2006 12:13 PM
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cavediver vs Mr. Logic
Author: cavediver Forum: Big Bang and Cosmology Thread: The Big Bang is NOT Scientific Message: 25 Perhaps POTM wasn't intended for this sort of thing, but I have to give cavediver some praise for expressing what I (and others) frequently feel.
If Mr Logic has the gall to think that the universe should somehow bow down to his concept of "common sense" and plain English, then I'm afraid Mr Logic will only ever be a bystanding spectator. While I do have a little sympathy for folks who feel the universe should behave according to "common sense", one should always be aware that data always trumps "common sense". I have less sympathy for people who will not accept clear, plain evidence because it violates their sense of morality or threatens their view of their role in the universe. Remember folks: the universe is what it is regardless what you want it to be.
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SuperNintendo Chalmers
Member (Idle past 5859 days) Posts: 772 From: Bartlett, IL, USA Joined: 12-27-2005
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Message 6 of 24 (301512)
04-06-2006 11:18 AM
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Great post by anglagard
Author: anglagard Forum: Social Issues and Creation/Evolution Topic: Has the study of Creationism benefited Christendom http:// EvC Forum: Has the study of Creationism benefited Christendom --> EvC Forum: Has the study of Creationism benefited Christendom A great post asking why those who deny evolution are denying what god is telling them in favor of dogma:
Creationism is against physics, chemistry, geology, engineering, anthropology, linguistics, agriculture, history, and of course logic. Evidently it is also against the billions of people such humanistic (pro-human as opposed to anti-human?) endeavors have saved, at least physically. My question, as I have posted in other forums, is essentially what kind of God does one worship? Is it the God that rewards good deeds regardless of birthplace, age, race, creed, or national origin? Or is the god that revels in human suffering, that punishes natural curiosity, that hurts those who seek God instead of those who blindly follow any self-appointed prophet?
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Phat
Member Posts: 18333 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: 12-30-2003 Member Rating: 1.0
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Message 7 of 24 (303185)
04-11-2006 11:28 AM
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Its Just That Simple
Author: Jar Forum: Faith and Belief Thread: What is: The Gospel According To You? Message: 205 Jar is frequently challenged for his positions on Faith, and this is another excellent post where he lays it all down for the folk to see. I may not agree with jar totally, but I am getting closer every time I read his stuff! This message has been edited by Phat, 04-11-2006 09:31 AM
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Minnemooseus
Member Posts: 3945 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: 11-11-2001 Member Rating: 10.0
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Message 8 of 24 (304686)
04-17-2006 1:58 AM
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lfen, at "Bible Interpretation and History"
Author: lfen Forum: Bible Study Thread: Bible Interpretation and History Message: 8 In general, a pretty well done topic if you're into that sort of thing. Message 8 may well not really be on topic, but it is a different perspective that I find interesting. Quoting a paragraph:
If this were the case then he, Jesus, would be what Hindus call an avatar and Buddhist call a Buddha. That is he was an actual human being with a functioning human nervous system and all that entails but he had lost the sense of himself as a separate individual and experienced the wholeness that he was part of and thus is. There are a number of sayings attribute to Jesus that point to this such as those where he says he does nothing but it's the father doing through him. This is because awakening involves the loss of the sense of being a separate doer and instead experiencing oneself as just one node that the whole chain of causation as it were were happening through. My "bolds". Moose
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NosyNed
Member Posts: 9003 From: Canada Joined: 04-04-2003
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Message 9 of 24 (305046)
04-18-2006 6:01 PM
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Trixie as a parent and Christian
Message 44 The end of this made tears well up. Those of us heathens here are educated over and over in the difference between the "true" Christians and those other cultists. This is just a tiny reminder. (I hope some of you remember that there are different kinds of "Canadians" too. )
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Asgara
Member (Idle past 2328 days) Posts: 1783 From: Wisconsin, USA Joined: 05-10-2003
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Message 10 of 24 (305049)
04-18-2006 6:41 PM
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Reply to: Message 9 by NosyNed
04-18-2006 6:01 PM
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Re: Trixie as a parent and Christian
I second, third, fourth, and FIFTH this nomination, and agree with all that Ned had to say.
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Phat
Member Posts: 18333 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: 12-30-2003 Member Rating: 1.0
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Message 11 of 24 (305446)
04-20-2006 10:26 AM
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Paul of Tarsus Unplugged
Author: truthlover Forum: The Bible: Accuracy and Inerrency Thread: Paul of Tarsus - the first Christian? Message: 15 Truthlover goes into great depth and scholastic accumen to add to our collective understanding of the other side of EvC What is a Christian? understanding. Many of us have Jewish philosophical roots underpinning our works and behavior orientation as to our understanding of Christian philosophy yet truthlover explains why he (and several of us) believe another way.
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Chiroptera
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Message 12 of 24 (305499)
04-20-2006 1:54 PM
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Ominovorus and the tired old murder victim analogy
Author: Omnivorous Forum: Is It Science? Thread: Creationists: Why is Evolution Bad Science? Message: #178 The "compare the evidence for evolution to the evidence in a murder investigation" is an old analogy. But I like how Omnivorous phrased it this time. The first piece of evidence raises suspicions, the next confirms the suspicions, and then the addition of more evidence nails down the conclusion decisively.
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Omnivorous
Member Posts: 3986 From: Adirondackia Joined: 07-21-2005 Member Rating: 7.1
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Re: Ominovorus and the tired old murder victim analogy
Thanks, Chiroptera! And who knows? Sometimes repetition works.
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Trixie
Member (Idle past 3731 days) Posts: 1011 From: Edinburgh Joined: 01-03-2004
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Message 14 of 24 (305532)
04-20-2006 7:03 PM
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Reply to: Message 9 by NosyNed
04-18-2006 6:01 PM
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Re: Trixie as a parent and Christian
Thank you very much, Ned and Asgara for your kind comments. You made my day!
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NosyNed
Member Posts: 9003 From: Canada Joined: 04-04-2003
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Message 15 of 24 (306575)
04-25-2006 7:49 PM
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DrJones has the prescription
Message 29 quote:
I have to correct a spelling mistake here, you misspelt capitalists as marxists.
—DrJones
It might be improved if he said: "marxists" is spelled c-a-p-i-t-a-l-i-s-t-s. The Doc manages to say a lot in a little. It's one of those: "I wish I'd said that." Since the respondee hasn't had a correct statement in a post yet treating the post with as much humour as possible seems particularly appropriate.
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