Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 65 (9162 total)
2 online now:
Newest Member: popoi
Post Volume: Total: 915,819 Year: 3,076/9,624 Month: 921/1,588 Week: 104/223 Day: 2/13 Hour: 0/0


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   Evolution for Dummies and Christians
ringo
Member (Idle past 412 days)
Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
Joined: 03-23-2005


Message 80 of 299 (246744)
09-27-2005 2:17 PM
Reply to: Message 79 by thure
09-27-2005 12:51 PM


thure writes:
Tom Bethell (1976) concludes, "Darwin's theory [of natural selection] I believe is on the verge of collapse. . . ."
Twenty-nine years ago. That's quite a long "verge".

People who think they have all the answers usually don't understand the questions.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 79 by thure, posted 09-27-2005 12:51 PM thure has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 83 by thure, posted 09-27-2005 3:01 PM ringo has replied

ringo
Member (Idle past 412 days)
Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
Joined: 03-23-2005


Message 86 of 299 (246759)
09-27-2005 3:25 PM
Reply to: Message 83 by thure
09-27-2005 3:01 PM


thure writes:
29 years is a sadly long time for science to make a seemingly obvious clarification.
I hope you didn't miss my point (small as it was ).
Creationists have been predicting "the world will end tomorrow" for years and years and years. In case you hadn't noticed, evolution hasn't collapsed in the past twenty-nine years, nor is it likely to collapse in the next twenty-nine years. (And if you're going to use an appeal to authority, try getting some references from this century. )
Look at Galileo and how long it took for his very provable theories to be accepted!
In fact, it was the creationists who opposed Galileo's theories - using the same arguments that today's Biblical literalists use to oppose evolution.

People who think they have all the answers usually don't understand the questions.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 83 by thure, posted 09-27-2005 3:01 PM thure has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 89 by thure, posted 09-27-2005 4:53 PM ringo has replied

ringo
Member (Idle past 412 days)
Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
Joined: 03-23-2005


Message 93 of 299 (246783)
09-27-2005 5:27 PM
Reply to: Message 89 by thure
09-27-2005 4:53 PM


thure writes:
awh come on guys the evolution theory was given up years ago.
Maybe I'm missing your point. Since you're new here, it would help me (and maybe some others) to clear up exactly where you stand.
Do you seriously believe that scientists are giving up on evolution?
(By the way, you can learn how to do quote boxes and other "special effects" by clicking the "peek" button in the lower right-hand corner of each post. But don't try to learn too much from my posts - I'm using an unconventional browser of my own concoction, which necessitates certain... oddities. )

People who think they have all the answers usually don't understand the questions.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 89 by thure, posted 09-27-2005 4:53 PM thure has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 99 by thure, posted 09-28-2005 12:19 AM ringo has not replied

Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024