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Topic: Links for the Creation/Evolution Controversy (not a debate topic)
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Lithodid-Man
Member (Idle past 3101 days) Posts: 504 From: Juneau, Alaska, USA Joined: 03-22-2004
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Message 61 of 147 (669932)
08-06-2012 12:47 PM
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Gill slits by any other name
I was recently sent this link to an article by Troy Britain called "Gill slits by any other name". I found it a great read and a really nice summary of the creationist errors (lack of understanding? Perhaps deception?) about pharyngeal pouches in chordates. “Gill slits” by any other name… | Playing Chess with Pigeons Edited by Lithodid-Man, : Spelling error
Doctor Bashir: "Of all the stories you told me, which were true and which weren't?"
Elim Garak: "My dear Doctor, they're all true"
Doctor Bashir: "Even the lies?"
Elim Garak: "Especially the lies"
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1.61803
Member (Idle past 1674 days) Posts: 2928 From: Lone Star State USA Joined: 02-19-2004
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Message 62 of 147 (694746)
03-27-2013 5:08 PM
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On Huff Po this afternoon
Literal Genesis Trial Proposed To Put Evolution vs. Creationism Before A Judge Literal Genesis Trial Proposed To Put Evolution vs. Creationism Before A Judge | HuffPost Latest News
"You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative" William S. Burroughs
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Coragyps
Member (Idle past 905 days) Posts: 5553 From: Snyder, Texas, USA Joined: 11-12-2002
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Message 63 of 147 (713033)
12-09-2013 10:10 AM
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Dallas north and Odessa
ICR is coming to town: First Baptist Church - Celina, TX | The Institute for Creation Researchand University of Texas Permian Basin Baptist Student Ministry | The Institute for Creation Research And also, to Perryton, Texas. But that's in April at the height of Wind Season.
"The Christian church, in its attitude toward science, shows the mind of a more or less enlightened man of the Thirteenth Century. It no longer believes that the earth is flat, but it is still convinced that prayer can cure after medicine fails." H L Mencken
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Minnemooseus
Member Posts: 3955 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: 11-11-2001
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Message 64 of 147 (714982)
12-30-2013 7:25 PM
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ID theory (or lack of), Liberal College Professors
The Vacuity of ID: http://scienceblogs.com/...blog/2013/12/27/the-vacuity-of-id Why Are So Many College Professors Politically Liberal?: http://scienceblogs.com/...ge-professors-politically-liberal Moose
Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment. "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith "Yesterday on Fox News, commentator Glenn Beck said that he believes President Obama is a racist. To be fair, every time you watch Glenn Beck, it does get a little easier to hate white people." - Conan O'Brien "I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose
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Coyote
Member (Idle past 2276 days) Posts: 6117 Joined: 01-12-2008
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Message 65 of 147 (715145)
01-01-2014 7:29 PM
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Nice blog (creationists won't like it)
Looking Ahead: The Controversy In 2014, by The Sensuous Curmudgeon Here it comes our year-end rant that will upset almost everyone. This has become a tradition around here as each year comes to a close, we discuss what the new year will be like in The Controversy between evolution and creationism. Some of this is copied from our year-end posts of earlier years, because certain things never change. Lots more Looking Ahead: The Controversy In 2014 | The Sensuous Curmudgeon
Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge. Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein How can I possibly put a new idea into your heads, if I do not first remove your delusions?--Robert A. Heinlein 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
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Minnemooseus
Member Posts: 3955 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: 11-11-2001
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Message 66 of 147 (715272)
01-02-2014 8:01 PM
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Geological Reasoning: Geology as an interpretive and historical science
Stealing a roxrkool message from elsewhere:
roxrkool writes: Do a little research on "historical sciences." There are experimental (observational) sciences, whose goal is to identify and test physical laws, and historical/interpretive sciences, whose goal is to research past events and reconstruct the history of these events. A good place to start is the paper Geological Reasoning: Geology as an interpretive and historical science, R. Frodeman, 1995 (PDF). And a short excerpt that I liked:
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Like art history, with which it shares a strongly visual component, geology is an especially hermeneutic science: the outcrop typically means nothing to the uninitiated until the geologist introduces concepts for ‘‘seeing’’ the rock.
Moose
Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment. "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith "Yesterday on Fox News, commentator Glenn Beck said that he believes President Obama is a racist. To be fair, every time you watch Glenn Beck, it does get a little easier to hate white people." - Conan O'Brien "I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose
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PaulK
Member Posts: 17875 Joined: 01-10-2003 Member Rating: 5.5
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Message 67 of 147 (719304)
02-13-2014 2:06 AM
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"All Science is Historical Science"
Food for thought on a current topic.
All Science is Historical Science
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Percy
Member Posts: 22817 From: New Hampshire Joined: 12-23-2000 Member Rating: 5.5
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Message 68 of 147 (719315)
02-13-2014 7:02 AM
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Reply to: Message 67 by PaulK
02-13-2014 2:06 AM
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Re: "All Science is Historical Science"
I've often argued this position but have never managed to say it as well as this:
John Timmer writes: Almost all science is fundamentally a reconstruction of the pastthe only difference is how far into the past the reconstruction reaches. --Percy
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roxrkool
Member (Idle past 1159 days) Posts: 1497 From: Nevada Joined: 03-23-2003
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Message 69 of 147 (719399)
02-13-2014 10:14 PM
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Reply to: Message 67 by PaulK
02-13-2014 2:06 AM
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Re: "All Science is Historical Science"
Apparently, a concept far too advanced for Creationists to understand.
Ham didn't bother to explain why this assumption would be problematic, but that's really irrelevant given that we don't assume that the laws extend into the indefinite past. We have evidence that they do. Edited by roxrkool, : No reason given.
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Faith 
Suspended Member (Idle past 1614 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: 10-06-2001
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Message 70 of 147 (719402)
02-13-2014 10:30 PM
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Reply to: Message 67 by PaulK
02-13-2014 2:06 AM
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Re: "All Science is Historical Science"
Just more definitional questionbegging. Either you can validate your interpretations to the satisfaction of all who understand your test or you have only interpretations. Too much of both old earth geology and evolutionist genetics is nothing but interpretation that is subject to other interpretations. But apparently nobody wants to recognize what this controversy is REALLY about, you'd rather define it out of existence, makes you all feel warm and fuzzy.
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RAZD
Member (Idle past 1575 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: 03-14-2004
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Message 71 of 147 (719410)
02-13-2014 11:17 PM
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Reply to: Message 70 by Faith
02-13-2014 10:30 PM
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Re: "All Science is Historical Science"
... But apparently nobody wants to recognize what this controversy is REALLY about, you'd rather define it out of existence, makes you all feel warm and fuzzy. Then answer Message 116 -- this is a non-debate thread (see title) 
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Tangle
Member Posts: 9560 From: UK Joined: 10-07-2011 Member Rating: 5.0
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Message 72 of 147 (720076)
02-20-2014 7:09 AM
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There was an extremely well balanced discussion amongst experts on Social Darwinism on BBC radio this morning. There's a podcast available - I don't know whether US people can get it or not. This should fill in the details for a discussion that was going on elsewhere on another topic.
Social Darwinism 20 Feb 14 Thu, 20 Feb 14 Duration: 42 mins Social Darwinism was the idea that Charles Darwin's theory about evolution, as set out in his masterpiece On the Origin of Species in 1859, could also be applied to human society. One thinker particularly associated with this movement was Herbert Spencer, who argued that competition among humans was beneficial, because it ensured that only the healthiest and most intelligent individuals would succeed. Social Darwinism remained influential for several decades, although its connection with eugenics and adoption as an ideological position by Fascist regimes ensured its eventual downfall from intellectual respectability. Melvyn Bragg is joined by Adam Kuper, Centennial Professor of Anthropology at the LSE, University of London; Gregory Radick, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds and Charlotte Sleigh, Reader in the History of Science at the University of Kent.
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Life, don't talk to me about life - Marvin the Paranoid Android "Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed. Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved." - Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.
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Minnemooseus
Member Posts: 3955 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: 11-11-2001
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Message 73 of 147 (728220)
05-25-2014 6:27 PM
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Questioning Answers In Genesis (OEC blog)
Found via link in this. Questioning Answers In Genesis Questioning Answers In Genesis: Goals, guidelines, and contact informationQuestioning Answers In Genesis: Welcome to 'Questioning Answers in Genesis' I haven't looked at a lot there yet, but did read this one, concerning the recent "Noah" movie:
Why Aronofsky's Noah is more biblical than Ham's We don't seem to have much old Earth creationist input here, thus this guy may be interesting to follow (catch phrase that shan't be typed). Moose
Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment. "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith "Yesterday on Fox News, commentator Glenn Beck said that he believes President Obama is a racist. To be fair, every time you watch Glenn Beck, it does get a little easier to hate white people." - Conan O'Brien "I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose
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RAZD
Member (Idle past 1575 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: 03-14-2004
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Snelling concedes age
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PaulK
Member Posts: 17875 Joined: 01-10-2003 Member Rating: 5.5
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Message 75 of 147 (728527)
05-30-2014 1:16 AM
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Understanding Creationism
The first of an intended series of posts written by a former creationist on The Panda's Thumb
Understanding Creationism 1
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