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Author Topic:   Ignorant Creationists vs. Knowledgeable Evolutionists
AdminJar
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Message 158 of 196 (161309)
11-18-2004 10:54 PM
Reply to: Message 153 by Buzsaw
11-18-2004 10:32 PM


It's going to be tough Buz.
Because you really haven't answered the questions or supported any of your positions. It's a key point in the thread and the topic.
I believe that you believe you have supported an assertion, but so far you have introduced no evidence or even logic to back that up. If you want to just say that you don't believe evolution as a matter of faith, then that's fine. It's a matter of faith and so no one expects you to support it.
But when you say the brain is too complex, you've moved into an area of judgement, testing, standards. Then it is valid to ask you to support your opinion.
Some things you need to address would be:
  • could a simple brain such as an earthworm be the result of natural selection?
  • could a slightly more complex brain like a crab or crayfish be the result of natural selection?
then move along the chain until you reach a critter that you believe is too complex to be the result of natural selection.
Once you define the break point, you WILL be expected to show why it exists.

How pierceful grows the hazy yon! How myrtle petaled thou! For spring hath sprung the cyclotron How high browse thou, brown cow? -- Churchy LaFemme, 1950

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AdminJar
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Message 161 of 196 (161320)
11-18-2004 11:12 PM
Reply to: Message 160 by Buzsaw
11-18-2004 11:05 PM


Re: It's going to be tough Buz.
Let me see if I understand what you are saying.
You believe as a matter of faith that the human brain is too complex to have come about through Evolution and Natural Selection. You have no support for that belief, do not plan on supporting that belief and it is simply a personal opinion based on your religious interpretations.
If that is correct then I believe I can support your taking that position.

How pierceful grows the hazy yon! How myrtle petaled thou! For spring hath sprung the cyclotron How high browse thou, brown cow? -- Churchy LaFemme, 1950

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AdminJar
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Message 167 of 196 (161360)
11-19-2004 12:26 AM
Reply to: Message 165 by Buzsaw
11-19-2004 12:21 AM


Re: Obfuscation Of My Position Here.
Okay Buz, whatever.

How pierceful grows the hazy yon! How myrtle petaled thou! For spring hath sprung the cyclotron How high browse thou, brown cow? -- Churchy LaFemme, 1950

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