The difference between a human and a rock

Your original title was "The difference a human and a rock", so I changed it to be "The difference between a human and a rock". If that's still not right you can modify the title of your thread by editing Message 1.If you really intended a debate only with atheists who accept Darwinian evolution then the opening sentence is fine, but if you also wish to include theists and agnostics who accept Darwinian evolution then you should modify it so it doesn't seem so exclusive.I think your question might be more clearly formulated without any reference to evolution like this: If all things in the universe, including life, are just a result of natural unguided processes, then what makes any one thing more valuable than any other thing? In this view, isn't a human life no more valuable than a rock?Whether or not you decide to edit Message 1, post a short note here when you're ready for me to take another look.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

Thread copied here from the The difference between a human and a rock thread in the Proposed New Topics forum.

I'm beginning moderation of this thread effective immediately.My first action will be to close this thread for the remainder of the day. I'll open it at my first opportunity tomorrow morning.EvC Forum prides itself on hosting constructive discussions of higher quality than most other Internet discussion sites. The goal is discussions that actual get somewhere. Needless to say we cannot take pride in many of todays posts in this thread.When I reopen the thread I'll be suspending those who insist on posting in ways contrary to EvC Forum ideals.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

I have reopened this thread. Those who insist in posting in ways that do not constructively move discussion of the topic forward will receive 24 hour suspensions.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

Hi all!Some might recall the old Barney Miller sitcom. Barney Miller was a police captain, and a common theme was an arrested person expressing shock and surprise that they'd done anything wrong and been arrested.This seems to happen a fair amount here at EvC Forum. I usually intervene with a general admonition to everyone to adhere to the Forum Guidelines, figuring the offending people will figure things out and clean things up. If they don't then I step in and single them out, at which point it is very common for them to express surprise that they'd done anything wrong, and to claim that others had been much worse.I'm expecting the same thing to happen in this thread. So surprise me.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director