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Coyote
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Message 36 of 81 (453505)
02-02-2008 2:13 PM
Reply to: Message 33 by Cold Foreign Object
02-02-2008 1:22 PM


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The first thing you need to realize is that everyone is biased - there are no exceptions. Everyone has an axe to grind. Anyone who denies is lying because it is impossible not to have a bias.
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Evolution is not a sound theory. It is Atheist ideology packaged as science. And I suggest that you stick around in this Forum (EvC) and get educated that evolution is false.
These paragraphs sound like a perfect example of the bias you were talking about!
Seriously, when there is a difference between competing ideas, the way to determine which is the most accurate is through evidence.
This is the basis of the scientific method.
Divine revelation and other non-evidentiary forms of knowledge, on the other hand, are poorly suited to such analysis. They rely, instead, on belief, dogma, and the like. Experiment, repeatability and replication are not the norm, nor are research and falsification encouraged.
Given the question in the OP, I think that good college-level biology and evolution textbooks would be the way to go. They rely on the scientific method, rather than revelation and dogma. Textbooks can be supplemented by internet research, but the range of opinion, and biases, there will be much broader than in the textbooks.

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Coyote
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Message 40 of 81 (453514)
02-02-2008 3:13 PM
Reply to: Message 39 by Cold Foreign Object
02-02-2008 2:56 PM


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Divine revelation and other non-evidentiary forms of knowledge, on the other hand, are poorly suited to such analysis. They rely, instead, on belief, dogma, and the like. Experiment, repeatability and replication are not the norm, nor are research and falsification encouraged.
We already know that Atheists reject Divine revelation, and deny the evidence thereof, what is your point?
I summarized my point in the final paragraph:
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Given the question in the OP, I think that good college-level biology and evolution textbooks would be the way to go. They rely on the scientific method, rather than revelation and dogma. Textbooks can be supplemented by internet research, but the range of opinion, and biases, there will be much broader than in the textbooks.

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