November, 2003, Posts of the Month

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Please post your votes for the November, 2003, Post of the Month here. Include author, forum name, thread name, post number, eg:

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Name: Velvet Tongue
Forum: Evolution
Thread: I'm no monkey
Post #: 17

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A link to the message, and perhap a SHORT comment would also be nice. But, this is NOT a place to debate the referenced topic - so be nice.I think that a fairly liberal use of this topic would be a good thing for indexing some nice messages that are otherwise doomed to be lost in the clutter. So, if you encounter a message that seems to say something of special substance, please give it a plug/reference in this topic.New month, same old message and routine,
Adminnemooseus

Name : Zhimbo
Forum : Evolution
Thread : Quiz and Evolutionary Biology
Post #:68See this post for context. I can already hear Mammuthus laughing from the Paulaner stall.{I originally posted this in the October POTM thread, but I've since been told that EVC Forum doesn't go by the fiscal calendar. Thus, Zhimbo, this accolade spans two months.}------------------
The bear thought his son could talk in space about the time matter has to rotate but twisted heaven instead.
-Brad McFall

Dear admin, should personal 'post of the month' be up for scrutiny, or is this just a recent phenomenon?

Seems to be a gray area sort of thing.My interpretation, is that message 2 is not literally in violation of "Posts of the Month" guidlines.The practical reality, is that the message is bringing the debate into this forum.I would prefer NOT to have nominations such as MrHambres message 2, appearing in the "Posts of the Month" forum. The mike the wiz nominated message was (no surprise) further debated in the source topic.Please take any further discussion of this matter, to the appropriate topic listed below.Adminnemooseus------------------
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Name : Darwinsterrier
Forum : Education and Creation/Evolution
Thread : My Questions about Evolution
Post #:68An nice, brief summary of why and how speciation occurs - written for a layperson, with plenty of examples.------------------
"Illuminant light,
illuminate me."[This message has been edited by Rei, 11-03-2003]

Name : Dan Carroll
Forum : Faith and Belief
Thread : Reciprocal Prayer - For Mike and Buz
Post #: 1I must compliment Dan, who has managed to (in his own twisted little way) launch a new topic in a realm (realm - pet word of Moose) that hasn't been previously been talked to death.Moose

Represent. My first post of the month! Rock!

Name : DNAunion
Forum : Is It Science?
Thread : Absence of evidence IS evidence of absence
Post #: 1I above complimented Dan, for starting what I thought was a nice, fresh topic.I compliment DNAunion even heavier, for starting the above cited topic. It's been one that I've been thinking about starting myself, for many months now. But I've started far too many topics already, only to be frequently feeble in contributing further messages.Mooseps: Note that this is the same DNAunion that Adminnemooseus was threatening to suspend a day or two ago .A heck, I'll make it a double header. I really like the below topic also.Name : Rei
Forum : Big Bang and Cosmology
Thread : Silicon/Silicone based life
Post #: 1Still Moose[This message has been edited by minnemooseus, 11-09-2003]

Name : Amlodhi
Forum : The Bible: Accuracy and Inherency
Thread : Scientific Facts Found in the Bible!
Post #:26 A gentle AdmonishmentAmlodhi offers some excellent advice along with some rebuttal.Mostly I nominate him for patience and forebearance. Congratulations.

Name: Mr.Hambre
Forum:Is it Science?
Thread: Methodological Naturalism
Post: 1Mr.Hambre's opening salvo is an exceptionally well written piece on the distinction between methodological and ontological naturalism and how creationsts conflate/confuse the two in order to serve their agenda.

Name: Quetzel
Forum: Evolution
Thread: Macro and Micro Evolution
Post: MACRO & microI think this pretty much covers it all. The only improvement might be a few more paragraph breaks.

Name:Mr.Hambre
Forum: Is it Science
Thread: Methodological Naturalism
Post:67Before taking a couple of EvC free days, I give this post my Mammuthus two thumbs up (well, I would if mammoths were not extinct and had opposable thumbs). A very nice summary of how MN yields success and alternatives to MN can only fail.

Name : MrHambre
Forum : Is it science?
Thread : Methodological Naturalism
Post :#67Mark

Great minds think alike!Mil gracias, cuates!------------------
The dark nursery of evolution is very dark indeed.
Brad McFall

I hate it when TWO people beat me to the punch on a nomination. Bloody Europeans, cheating just 'cause the terminator hits them first... Mr.H gets two additional thumbs up for that post. The ol' boy keeps this up, we're looking at the next Pennock...