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Intelligent Design vs. Evolution: Evolution wins again. [Greg L...

Oh boy!!! I figure since everything on TV must be real then ID goes something like this. http://www.youtube .com/watch?v=aUaO0 LNhKcQ  (21 hrs ago | post #1051)

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Theory of Intelligent Design

Prove god exists.  (Wednesday Nov 25 | post #2295)

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Quotes from famous freethinkers

I wasn't responding to anything "Ms. Sensitive". I was placing a quote.  (Wednesday Nov 25 | post #955)

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god is not real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The issue is that we have to believe enough to ask FIRST. THEN "real belief" comes? - There, I just asked. Nothing happened.  (Wednesday Nov 25 | post #7942)

Evolution Debate

Intelligent Design vs. Evolution: Evolution wins again. [Greg L...

It's gotten a little heated around here. YAY!!! FUN!!  (Wednesday Nov 25 | post #1027)

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Quotes from famous freethinkers

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. Aldous Huxley  (Friday Nov 20 | post #862)

Evolution Debate

Intelligent Design vs. Evolution: Evolution wins again. [Greg L...

Easy. It wasn't an explosion. Unless a several million year unfolding is an explosionAnd I mean evolutionI don't think any of us think there is a single perfect thing anywhere in existence. None of us care what Darwin or anyone else may have said (regardless...you are quotemining). It is irrelevant to scienceThere isn't a purposeWhy would I want to explain thatOk but I am aware that your goal posts will move. This explanation has nothing to do with evolution either so why you would give evolution a shot from an explanation of earth formation is beyond me. - The earth formed from the collisions of other planetoids and space debris. The energy released from these collisions and the subsequent meteoric bombardment heated the early earth until the entire planet was in fact molten. The heavier elements (metals) moved down toward the center of the earth. This spinning central core of molten metal in the earth is what gives us our magnetic fields ie poles. Over time the surface of the planet cooled as the bombardment eased. Many asteroids and meteors contain large quantities of water. As the planet cooled early rains developed which eventually managed to cool down the crust allowing surface water to form. The molten earth under the crust remains heated due to several processes including pressure, nuclear decay, and friction.  (Wednesday Nov 18 | post #76)

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Should evolution be taught in high school?

Yeah, we hear the same threats from every other religion.  (Wednesday Nov 18 | post #30946)

Evolution Debate

Intelligent Design vs. Evolution: Evolution wins again. [Greg L...

What do you do Erasmus? Your explanations are very good.  (Wednesday Nov 18 | post #54)

Evolution Debate

Intelligent Design vs. Evolution: Evolution wins again. [Greg L...

Well, defect is a bit harsh. The reason why so many mutations are termed deleterious is simply because these are the ones which cause diseases. Other mutations which don't cause disease are simply called normal variants. Examples include the caucasian ability to digest milk and white skin which allows improved formation of Vitamin D. If you put a caucasian in the tropics they would rapidly dehydrate, suffer from hypervitaminosis D and likely get skin cancer. - My reason for the mucosal patch idea is because during early fetal development humans, and all animals above amphibians, grow their lungs as an offshoot of the esophagus which lengthens and then balloons out to form the lungs. There are diseases associated with the failure of complete separation between the two such as tracheoesophageal fistulas which used to routinely cause babies to drown in whatever they ate OR starve to death. By all means, if you know of the exact origin of the lungs I would appreciate a reference.  (Wednesday Nov 18 | post #53)

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Intelligent Design vs. Evolution: Evolution wins again. [Greg L...

The lung FIRST presented (conjecture here) as a gas absorbing mucosal patch in the proximal GI tract which enabled gas exchange and hence improved survivability without immersion. These sorts of changes are found in evolutionary development (see Endless forms most beautiful). While I am an atheist I have no problem with people preferring the presence of a deity to the absence. My issue is when people attempt to insert this claim into science. Science doesn't require or dismiss the presence of a designer and inserting either of these claims would derail the scientific process.  (Wednesday Nov 18 | post #39)

Evolution Debate

Intelligent Design vs. Evolution: Evolution wins again. [Greg L...

Cambrian "explosion " is explained. Plants do evolve. Where do you get your claims from? AIGWe don't care what Darwin said especially when taken out of contextWe don't accept evolution "because there is no alternative". We accept it because it explains the observed facts. This is what science is. IMHO you need to read more about the theory BEFORE you attack it. BTW I like your screen name.  (Wednesday Nov 18 | post #38)

Evolution Debate

Intelligent Design: Coming To A State Legislature Near You

http://www.wired.c om/wiredscience/20 08/11/spotting-ali ens/#previouspost - You guys might like this blurb.  (Wednesday Nov 18 | post #33297)

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Nov 25 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : I get email
Nov 25 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - duplicate : Creationist intro to Darwin book
Nov 25 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - duplicate : Face to faith
Nov 25 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : Who are the creationists? | Andrew Brown
Nov 18 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Bad science, bad history, bad theology. Badddd Ray Comfort, bad! | NCSE: <p>Just how wrong is cre... [story]
Nov 18 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Scientists Unravel Evolution of Highly Toxic Box Jellyfish: <p>With thousands of stinging cells t... [story]
Nov 18 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : UMN professor debates creationist
Nov 18 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : Science Wins Fight Over Evolution in Schools, Says Case Western Reserve University Author
Nov 18 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : Christian-inspired Origin of Species campaign enrages atheists
Nov 18 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : Justice Dept. Asked For News Site&#x26;#x27;s Visitor Lists
Nov 18 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - duplicate : Ten Questions to Ask Your Biology Teacher About Intelligent Design
Nov 18 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : Intelligent design of food promoted by Northville Co-op
Nov 18 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : Recall Darwin by accepting diversity
Nov 18 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : WaPo reports: Pelosi Bill would (&#x26;#x22;sharply&#x26;#x22;)...
Nov 11 - UPDATE in Evolution Debate [ page ] - photos [story]
Nov 11 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - The real reason no one can find the Ark? A rampant case of crabs.: <p>Deep under the ocean, there... [story]
Nov 10 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Ancient penguin DNA raises doubts about accuracy of genetic dating techniques: <p>Penguins that d... [story]
Nov 7 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : Armand Nicolet MO2 Big Date Chronograph - A Review
Nov 7 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : China Taps Huge Copper Reserves In Afghanistan [While America Sheds Its Blood &#x26;#...
Nov 7 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : Martin LeFevre: Evolution and Spirituality
Nov 7 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : She'LL Say it for You:
Nov 7 - UPDATE in Evolution Debate [ page ] - title - The latest on the Torturing Creationist Teacher [story]
Nov 7 - UPDATE in Evolution Debate [ page ] - title - You can hear Einsteins ghost weeping [story]
Nov 7 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - you can hear einsteina s ghost weepa A weird things: <p>Two of my favorite things about blogging ... [story]
Nov 6 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Kirk Cameron's 'Origin Of Species' Plan: Ex-Actor To Distribute 50,000 Altered Darwin Books: <p>K... [story]
Nov 6 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Butterflies: How One Species Can Become Two: <p>The cause of this particular break-up? A shift in... [story]
Nov 5 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Early Life Hedged Its Bets to Survive: <p>By forcing bacteria to evolve in ever-changing conditio... [story]
Nov 3 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Study sheds light on evolution of human complexity: <p>A painstaking analysis of thousands of gen... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - TierneyLab: Mistakes That Argue for Evolution: <p>My post today is not about the Creation Museum.... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Astronomers do it Again: Find Organic Molecules Around Gas Planet: <p>Peering far beyond our sola... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - God Introduces New Bird | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: <p>In what is being described... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - I Believe In Evolution, Except For The Whole Triassic Period: <p>I consider myself a rational per... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Time in a bottle: Scientists watch evolution unfold: <p>Running a experiment involving E.coli for... [story]
Oct '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : FMS: Dr. Stephen Meyer seeks intelligent design in DNA.
Oct '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - A Critique of Shortsighted Anthropic Principles: <p>Many people marvel that we live in a universe... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Fish vision discovery makes waves in natural selection: <p>The scabbardfish is now the only fish ... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - The pending dismantling of Intelligent Design by DNA Microarrays. : <p>A team of scientists, led ... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - What drives our genes? Researchers map the first complete human epigenome: <p>Although the human ... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Evolution cannot explain existence of creationists, concedes Dawkins: <p>In a severe blow to the ... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Science [ page ] - Paleontologists discover a new Mesozoic mammal: <p>All modern mammals have a middle ear separated... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Biology [ page ] - Paleontologists discover a new Mesozoic mammal: <p>All modern mammals have a middle ear separated... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Biology [ page ] - Inside the First Bird, Surprising Signs of a Dinosaur: <p>The raptor-like Archaeopteryx has long ... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Paleontology [ page ] - Inside the First Bird, Surprising Signs of a Dinosaur: <p>The raptor-like Archaeopteryx has long ... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Paleontology [ page ] - Paleontologists discover a new Mesozoic mammal: <p>All modern mammals have a middle ear separated... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Paleontologists discover a new Mesozoic mammal: <p>All modern mammals have a middle ear separated... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Inside the First Bird, Surprising Signs of a Dinosaur: <p>The raptor-like Archaeopteryx has long ... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - The Wedge at Work | NCSE: <p>This is a reference almost 1 year old. The reprint is because there ... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - More bad news from Louisiana | NCSE: <p>The Louisiana Science Education Act opened the door for c... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - The latest on evolution from the Vatican | NCSE: <p>A recently published statement on current sci... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Sedalia school district recalls evolution-themed shirts: <p>Sedalia - T-shirts promoting the Smit... [story]
Oct '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : Introducing The College Student&#x26;#x92;s Back to School Guide to Intelligent Design
Oct '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : from Darwin to Dawkins: Evolutionary evidence may be falling on undeveloped ears
Oct '09 - UPDATE in Evolution Debate [ page ] - title - New hominid fossil which predates Lucy is found. [story]
Oct '09 - UPDATE in Evolution Debate [ page ] - summary - <p>October 1, 2009-- In 1994 a research team led by Tim White of the University of Cali... [story]
Oct '09 - UPDATE in Evolution Debate [ page ] - summary - <p>October 1, 2009-- In 1994 a research team led by Tim White of the University of Cali... [story]
Oct '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - NEW HOMINID FOSSIL WHICH PREDATES LUCY FOUND: <p>October 1, 2009-- In 1994 a research team led by... [story]
Sep '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Remains of Four Human-like Creatures Reveals New Insights: <p>A team of scientists working in Geo... [story]
Sep '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Fossil of 10 million-year-old bird found in Peru | Science & Health | Reuters: <p>Paleontologists... [story]
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : The Interview: Richard Dawkins
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : Evolutionist Richard Dawkins coming to Bristol
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - duplicate : Four-winged dino may be missing link in bird debate
Sep '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Four-winged dino may be missing link in bird debate: <p>The stunning remains of a "four-winged" d... [story]
Sep '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Oldest Human Hair Found in Hyena Poop : <p>Paleontologist Lucinda Blackwell and her colleagues at... [story]
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : Your Turn: 'Doc-in-a-box' poses risks to shoppers
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : Glenn Beck NOT a Communist
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : Remark on Fine-tuning Arguments
Sep '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Partial settlement in Freshwater case | NCSE: <p>Doe v. Mount Vernon Board of Education et al. , ... [story]
Sep '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - GSA offers its voice for evolution again | NCSE: <p>The Geological Society of America reiterated ... [story]
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : A little about Intelligent Design astronomy
Sep '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Scientists use microRNAs to track evolutionary history : <p>A team of scientists from Yale Univer... [story]
Sep '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - ID, Key tenet of ID shown to be 100% pure evolution.: <p>An international team of researchers, in... [story]
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : Newly found DNA catalysts cleave DNA with water molecule
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : Backlash in the Burbs
Sep '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - How Life's Code Emerged From Primordial Soup: <p>The now famous experiment showed what amino acid... [story]
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - duplicate : Gene Links Reptile, Human Heart Evolution
Sep '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Gene Links Reptile, Human Heart Evolution: <p>The research, published in the September 3 issue of... [story]
Sep '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Gene Links Reptile, Human Heart Evolution: <p>The research, published in the September 3 issue of... [story]
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : Hutchison Isn't Hiding for the General, Calls on Constantine to Debate
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : Intelligent design vs. natural selection
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : Book Review: Intelligent Design
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : The Great Bloggingheads Mess
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : POLL: Re:Obama&#x26;#x27;s Speech to Schools
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : The longest thread evolves
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : Taxi Explodes in Midtown
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : At Bloggingheads, Fleeing the Ritual Contamination of...
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : University Offers Credit for &#x26;#x91;Sustainable&#x26;#x92; Lifestyle
Sep '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : Origin of the cheapest - or what the recession can tell us about evolution
Sep '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Scientists use microRNAs to track evolutionary history for first time: <p>A team of scientists fr... [story]
Aug '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : The Origins of German Darwinism
Aug '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : America's top researcher is an evangelical Christian. Problem?
Aug '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : James Evans: Letter sterling example
Aug '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : Evolution does not exclude belief
Aug '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : As Goes Texas ...
Aug '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : Intelligent Design
Aug '09 - POST in Evolution Debate [ page ] - Newly found DNA catalysts cleave DNA with water molecule: <p>Better tools for manipulating DNA in... [story]
Aug '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : By their works shall ye know them
Aug '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : The ACLU is back on the job in South Carolina
Aug '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - duplicate : New Video Shows DNA Evidence for Intelligent Design
Aug '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - offtopic : Barack Obama faces 30 death threats a day, stretching US Secret Service
Aug '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - duplicate : New Video Shows DNA Evidence for Intelligent Design
Aug '09 - KILL in Evolution Debate [ page ] - boring : Forthcoming paper in the Journal of Effective Teaching

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