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Author Topic:   True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing
Coyote
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Message 39 of 154 (818694)
09-01-2017 1:56 AM
Reply to: Message 38 by Porkncheese
09-01-2017 1:21 AM


Re: Inconclusive not absolute
Assuming from those skulls that man evolved from other primates what next?
What did the primate evolve from and when?
That information is all over the web, so perhaps you could look it up for yourself rather than have us waste our time spoon feeding it to you.
You are sounding more and more like a true creationist all the time.
If that's the case, you wouldn't accept anything we posted anyway.

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Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
In the name of diversity, college student demands to be kept in ignorance of the culture that made diversity a value--StultisTheFool
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other points of view--William F. Buckley Jr.

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Coyote
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Message 50 of 154 (818714)
09-01-2017 10:59 AM
Reply to: Message 48 by Porkncheese
09-01-2017 10:42 AM


Re: searchable database
Not sure why I'm being rediculed.
You are meeting some pushback because you fit the standard creationist profile very closely, and we've seen this same behavior dozens of times in the past.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
In the name of diversity, college student demands to be kept in ignorance of the culture that made diversity a value--StultisTheFool
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other points of view--William F. Buckley Jr.

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Coyote
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Message 55 of 154 (818720)
09-01-2017 12:12 PM
Reply to: Message 53 by Porkncheese
09-01-2017 12:00 PM


Re: searchable database
Sure is alot of conjucture. And from this knowledge these trees are drawn up showing direct links between every species all the way back to the ocean.
Umm okay
And you have a better idea, I suppose?
Let's try a little quiz: what, in your opinion, is the age of the Earth?

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
In the name of diversity, college student demands to be kept in ignorance of the culture that made diversity a value--StultisTheFool
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other points of view--William F. Buckley Jr.

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Coyote
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Message 71 of 154 (818743)
09-01-2017 6:51 PM
Reply to: Message 70 by Percy
09-01-2017 6:44 PM


Re: Porkncheese Drops the Charade, Admits He's a Creationist
A creationist?
I'm shocked!

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
In the name of diversity, college student demands to be kept in ignorance of the culture that made diversity a value--StultisTheFool
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other points of view--William F. Buckley Jr.

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Coyote
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Message 100 of 154 (818791)
09-02-2017 5:22 PM
Reply to: Message 97 by Porkncheese
09-02-2017 5:04 PM


A good place to start
Here is a good website for beginners:
Evolution 101 - Understanding Evolution
Let us know if you have any honest questions.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
In the name of diversity, college student demands to be kept in ignorance of the culture that made diversity a value--StultisTheFool
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other points of view--William F. Buckley Jr.

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