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Evolution for Dummies and Christians

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09-25-2005 9:04 AM 		Reply to: Message 71 by nator
09-25-2005 9:00 AM

the later would be too quick and the lesson too short.
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09-25-2005 10:46 AM 		Reply to: Message 73 by truthlover
09-25-2005 9:26 AM

Re: Why do we have a seven day week?
just some observations.
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first from http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/why_months.html
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The time it takes for the Moon to go from one New Moon to the next is called a Synodic Month, and is 29.530589 days on average. Because the orbits of the Earth and Moon aren't circular, and hence the two bodies don't move at a constant speed, the actual time between lunations may range from about 29.27 to about 29.83 days.
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I thought the old roman calendar was based on 15 day periods (ie "ides" and fortnights) before the 7 day version, but haven't checked that.
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Rounding down to 29 creates problems (as Jar points out: prime) but rounding up to 30 gives several possibilities.
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Look into jewish calendars if you want to see how complicated things can get with trying to resolve lunar months with solar years.
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And I agree: we are totally off topic.
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Enjoy.
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Message 125 of 299 (247126)
09-28-2005 10:59 PM 		Reply to: Message 92 by Chiroptera
09-27-2005 5:04 PM

missing design evidence
or a common designer could have mixed and match the various traits in such a way that a single nested hierarchy would not exist
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In fact we see this aspect in all human designs where intelligence has been actively employed in the design process.
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The fact that there is zero evidence for this in biological systems and more than ample opportunity and more than ample justification from a design point for improving any number of species, not least of which includes humans and their badly designed eye that needs crude rectification systems to render operable: glasses.
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09-29-2005 7:28 PM 		Reply to: Message 133 by Omnivorous
09-29-2005 10:36 AM

Re: when your computer reproduces
you realize that is why there is so much porn on the internet -- to educate the computers ...
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Message 160 of 299 (247813)
09-30-2005 7:42 PM 		Reply to: Message 139 by Nighttrain
09-29-2005 10:44 PM

Re: when your computer reproduces
Yeah, and what's going on when the little light changes from green to orange?
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09-30-2005 7:47 PM 		Reply to: Message 140 by thure
09-30-2005 10:32 AM

a new metric from Thure
... a speciation event does not increase genealogical diversity ...
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What is the metric that you use to measure and quantify this so that it can be compared in different speciation events?
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You obviously have a measurment system in order to make this statement, please share it.
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Or your statement is just one more unsubstantiated assertion based on incredulity and ignorance.
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Thanks.
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