Evolution makes no sense

Conspirator,As long as you follow the Forum Guidelines, which includes keeping the debate impersonal and treating others with respect, then you're welcome to post whatever you like.There is a Free For All forum which is unmoderated where anything goes. You might want to give that a try.--------------------EvC Forum Administrator

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Conspirator's lengthy post ranged across the topics of transitional fossils, natural selection, genetics, social consequences of accepting evolution, the origin of life, human origins and geology. There are separate forums for each of these topics, and when different topics are raised together then the appropriate forum is Miscellaneous Topics. Unless there is an objection, within a day or so I will move this thread to that forum.--------------------EvC Forum Administrator

To everyone, please leave the sylistic issues out of the discussion.To Conspirator, you are welcome to post here only once every couple weeks if that is your wish, but please realize that lengthy absences are often interpreted as a cut-and-run, since this is a fairly common occurrence. We often get new members who launch lengthy broadsides only to never be heard from again. You have three replies to Message 27, and replying to those messages would probably help bring this thread back on topic.--------------------EvC Forum Administrator

Gene writes:

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I want to see this plagiarism issue get settled first.

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Posting other people's words without acknowledgement or attribution is a legitimate concern, and it's explicitly mentioned as item 6 in the Forum Guidelines. However, given that Conspirator is a new member, and given the level of sophistication of the arguments being put in play, and given the absence of doubt that other sites were cut-n-pasted verbatim without attribution, it is not thought that requiring Conspirator to actually "own up" is necessary. Whether he wishes to do so is left up to him.However, it is noted that Conspirator began with somewhat inflammatory posts, and that he has therefore already skirted two of the eight guidelines. For this reason, attention is again called to the Forum Guidelines, particularly item 3 and the Enforcement portion at the bottom. After a couple warnings, the next step is usually a 24-hour suspension of posting privileges.--------------------EvC Forum Administrator