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Evolution: Science, Pseudo-Science, or Both?

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04-12-2005 3:51 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by Mr. Ex Nihilo
04-12-2005 2:06 PM

Re: Thoughts about science in regards to our origins and the theory of evolution...
This is a pretty nice essay but a pretty poor opening post. At 2300 words it is too long by at least 1500 words, it touches on a number of subtopics (too broad a focus), and at the end it isn't clear what your position is. How about this instead:
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I believe that Darwin was ultimately incorrect in asserting that evolution was the mechanism which explained the speciation of the entire spectrum of life from primitive organisms. Evolution has not been tested to the point where this can be considered established.
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How's that?
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04-12-2005 4:23 PM 		Reply to: Message 3 by Mr. Ex Nihilo
04-12-2005 3:55 PM

Re: Thoughts about science in regards to our origins and the theory of evolution...
Magisterium Devolver writes:
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The main thrust of my post is that (over time) the greater claims of many theories are often demonstrated to be inaccurate even though the smaller scale claims are often proven true and quite useful.
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This is a broader and more intriguing topic. Let me suggest that you post a new message to this thread by taking the text of your opening post and trimming it down to around 500 words. Clearly state in the opening what you just said above that I quoted, then follow it with a couple of examples, of which evolution can be one if you choose. If we can get a good opening post I'll release it to the [forum=-11] forum. All the things you're leaving out can be introduced as needed during the ensuing discussion.
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