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arachnophilia
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Message 163 of 337 (431797)
11-02-2007 2:50 AM
Reply to: Message 140 by Beretta
10-30-2007 3:27 AM


Re: New member is confused
Evolutionists are not too keen on their myths being questioned either
perhaps your experience is limited in this arena to having discussions with people who barely followed biology in high school, and aren't really too sure about why they "know" what they "know." and there are people who support an evolutionary position out of ignorance -- regardless of any position's veracity, not everyone who agrees with it does so for the right reasons.
that said, you will find many people who do know what they are talking about. we have a few members who are actively working in the sciences that pertain to this discussion. and those scientists will tell you that science is precisely about questioning. ask anyone here who has a ph.d. what sort of grilling they got from their peers and betters before they were awarded that title.
science itself is actually a process of proposing hypotheses, and testing them, and discarding them when the data shows they are in error. this is the system that has produced the consensus about evolution.
creationist rhetoric may have worked on you because you did not know the answers to their "questions" but i assure that there are people (on this board, even) that know the answers. were the creationist concerns of any real scientific weight, or their "evidence" that you referred to, legit -- well they should be part of the scientific process. i would like to suggest that you either find or start the appropriate thread regarding said evidence, so it may be discussed in specific. there's a fair chance it's just the standard p.r.a.t.t. (points refuted a thousand times).
and to partially address your original concern, i am not one of those scientists. i participate mainly in religious debate here.
welcome to evc, btw.


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