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Definition of Evolution

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nator
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08-30-2007 11:19 PM 		Reply to: Message 79 by Ihategod
08-30-2007 10:58 PM

Re: no inferences in the definition
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You conclude one thing, I conclude another.
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Not all conclusions are equally valid.
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How do we decide which one is correct?
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IOW, why should we accept your conclusion? What is it based upon?
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08-31-2007 7:28 AM 		Reply to: Message 82 by Ihategod
08-30-2007 11:28 PM

Re: Denial, Definitions and Reality
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Life forming billions of years ago or reference to the fossil record is under deep skepticism.
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Who is skeptical of this?
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The people who study those issues professionally?
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If not them, then who, and why are they skeptical?
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09-02-2007 7:25 AM 		Reply to: Message 121 by Ihategod
09-02-2007 2:06 AM

Re: Denial, Definitions and Reality
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Is this acceptable? Please no more extra twists to supplicate your religious beliefs/.
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Is it your position that Biologists, Evolutionary Geneticists, and Paleontologists accept the theory of Evolution on nothing more than religious faith?
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