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vimesey
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Message 262 of 443 (803801)
04-05-2017 5:07 AM
Reply to: Message 259 by Dredge
04-05-2017 4:17 AM


has produced absolutely nothing of any practical use - zilch.
Presumably then, you will be refusing the latest medical treatments if you are unfortunate enough to be diagnosed with a chronic genetic condition ? After all, if the science that led to those treatments is bad, then surely the treatments themselves are bad.

Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?

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vimesey
Member (Idle past 101 days)
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Message 264 of 443 (803804)
04-05-2017 5:26 AM
Reply to: Message 259 by Dredge
04-05-2017 4:17 AM


Here's a quotation from Dr Colin Patterson:
Because creationists lack scientific research to support such theories as a young earth ... a world-wide flood ... or separate ancestry for humans and apes, their common tactic is to attack evolution by hunting out debate or dissent among evolutionary biologists. ... I learned that one should think carefully about candour in argument (in publications, lectures, or correspondence) in case one was furnishing creationist campaigners with ammunition in the form of 'quotable quotes', often taken out of context.
Your creationist play book is a bit behind the times on this one - your quoted source does not deny evolution - he studied it and worked as an evolutionary scientist. He denied creationism and creationist arguments. He is really not a good source for you.

Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?

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