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Evolution of creationism: Pseudoscience doesn't stand up to natural selection
Daytona Beach News-Journal ^ | 29 November 2004 | Editorial (unsigned)

Posted on 11/29/2004 6:52:41 AM PST by PatrickHenry

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Nice to see that someone in the press understands what's going on.
1 posted on 11/29/2004 6:52:42 AM PST by PatrickHenry
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To: VadeRetro; jennyp; Junior; longshadow; RadioAstronomer; Physicist; LogicWings; Doctor Stochastic; ..
Evolution Ping! This list is for the evolution side of evolution threads, and maybe other science topics like cosmology.
See the list's description in my freeper homepage. Then FReepmail me to be added or dropped.
2 posted on 11/29/2004 6:54:23 AM PST by PatrickHenry (The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
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"It's a system of verifiable facts, an approach that must be preserved and fought for if American pupils are going to get the kind of education they need to complete in an increasingly global techno-economy"

Assphinctor says what?


3 posted on 11/29/2004 6:56:17 AM PST by odoso (Millions for charity, but not one penny for tribute!)
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To: PatrickHenry
LOL!

Maybe the E's should team up with Hollywood and update their art work to computer generated animation.
4 posted on 11/29/2004 6:56:33 AM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: PatrickHenry
There's no problem with letting pupils know that debate exists over the origin of man, along with other animal and plant life.

Then why not elaborate on what those particular points of debate are?

5 posted on 11/29/2004 6:56:49 AM PST by Woahhs (America is an idea, not an address.)
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To: PatrickHenry

"two-thirds of Americans said they wanted to see creationism taught to public-school science pupils alongside evolution."


66% of Americans are in favor of using public tax dollars on teaching an unprovable, silly religious story? That there are that many ignorant people is pretty scary.


6 posted on 11/29/2004 6:57:32 AM PST by Blzbba (Conservative Republican - Less gov't, less spending, less intrusion.)
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To: PatrickHenry

I agree with this but I also believe that the "theory of evolution" and all its tenets are just as flawed and specious and do not hold up under rigorous experimentation.

Flame away evolutionary acolytes!


7 posted on 11/29/2004 6:58:56 AM PST by ECM
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I wanted to post a different article, from USA Today, but apparently that outfit doesn't allow even excerpts to be posted here. But it's a good article, which neatly summarizes the education conflicts all around the country, and it's worth reading. So here's a link:
School science debate has evolved.
8 posted on 11/29/2004 6:59:14 AM PST by PatrickHenry (The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
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Given the absurd number of times bacteria have reproduced in the last 100+ years that we've been observing them (millions given the rapid rate of reproduction), how many new bacterial species have been seen? Any?


9 posted on 11/29/2004 6:59:45 AM PST by Rammer
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To: PatrickHenry

Disheartening to see that someone here on FR is still brainwashed by the secular indoctrination of our public education system.

By the way, Darwin personally refuted many of his own claims later in life. And as for your "vast weight" of evidence, most of it still lies on the foundation that Darwin created and of course later refuted. So it seems, when you pile BS, it just stinks a little more.


10 posted on 11/29/2004 7:00:01 AM PST by phoenix0468 (One man with courage is a majority. (Thomas Jefferson))
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To: ECM

And a majority of Americans remain in favour of Roe v Wade.


11 posted on 11/29/2004 7:00:35 AM PST by Killing Time
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To: PatrickHenry

"and it's unfair to burden children with pseudoscience to further an agenda that is more political than academic"

I certainly agree with this statement.


12 posted on 11/29/2004 7:02:15 AM PST by OHelix
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"66% of Americans are in favor of using public tax dollars on teaching an unprovable, silly religious story? That there are that many ignorant people is pretty scary."

That is what JFKerry keeps saying every morning as he looks in the mirror.



13 posted on 11/29/2004 7:02:38 AM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: phoenix0468
By the way, Darwin personally refuted many of his own claims later in life. And as for your "vast weight" of evidence, most of it still lies on the foundation that Darwin created and of course later refuted. So it seems, when you pile BS, it just stinks a little more.

Complete, total, absolute hogwash. Post your backup for those claims, and we'll show that your sources are all frauds. (Trust me, we go through this stuff all the time.)

14 posted on 11/29/2004 7:02:44 AM PST by PatrickHenry (The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
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To: Rammer

Rammer wrote:
Given the absurd number of times bacteria have reproduced in the last 100+ years that we've been observing them (millions given the rapid rate of reproduction), how many new bacterial species have been seen? Any?

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Actually yes, but they have been genetically engineered by humans. (oop, could this be a case of evidence for intelligent design?).


15 posted on 11/29/2004 7:03:14 AM PST by phoenix0468 (One man with courage is a majority. (Thomas Jefferson))
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To: phoenix0468

How would you determine that a bacterium constitutes a new species?


16 posted on 11/29/2004 7:04:31 AM PST by js1138 (D*mn, I Missed!)
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To: PatrickHenry

Ive never seen creationism and the theory of evolution as being mutually exclusive. There are plenty of verifiable facts in the bible but a literal story of Adam and Eve is rather problematic.


17 posted on 11/29/2004 7:04:40 AM PST by cripplecreek (I come swinging the olive branch of peace.)
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To: phoenix0468

Gasp, it wasn't a "random" mutation? What you say! (All your bacteria are belong to us!)


18 posted on 11/29/2004 7:05:38 AM PST by Rammer
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To: Just mythoughts

A majority of Americans voted for Gore over Bush.


19 posted on 11/29/2004 7:05:44 AM PST by WildTurkey
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To: PatrickHenry

"established evolutionary theory"

This phrase says it all....case closed.


20 posted on 11/29/2004 7:05:51 AM PST by Navydog
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