The Ape Man: Truth or Fiction?

Much of your post appears to be from http://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/universe.shtml. Not only is the subject off-topic, as others have already noted, but the posting of material not your own without attribution is a serious violation of the Forum Guidelines.Interestingly, it doesn't appear to be a cut-n-paste because although it is word-for-word identical, it contains typos that do not appear in the original. Either you did a cut-n-paste and then inserted typos, or you typed it in from scratch, either from the webpage or perhaps, not realizing it was available on-line, from an off-line source.You noted that other forums do not enforce staying on topic. We enforce it here because it is a frequently used ploy to avoid a discussion one is losing by changing the subject. One of the goals of EvC Forum is to provide an environment more conducive than other forums to carrying discussions to a productive conclusion.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

First, posting the words of others as if they were your own is simply dishonest, though in your case the irony of a plagiarist accusing others of fraud was precious. This is a serious discussion site, and plagiarism isn't tolerated.Second, and the biggest problem with it at EvC Forum, is that the cut-n-paste tactic is most often used by those who don't actually understand the arguments being made, and so they are unable to respond intelligently to any replies, thereby wasting everyone's time and causing much frustration.Accepted practice here is to make the argument in your own words and to provide links to the websites where you got the ideas. There is no need to provide attribution for things you just happen to know, or for things that everyone knows, or for things that are described in many different places. For instance, if I wanted to state the value of pi to 10 decimal places I could look it up on the web, but providing a link to where I found it isn't necessary (though it might be nice to provide a reference anyway) because this value can be looked up in literally hundreds of places.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director