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To: GodGunsGuts
"Scientists were investigating organic chemicals trapped in an Italian sedimentary rock formation when they found evidence that an extinct fungus feasted on dead wood during a time when the world’s forests had been catastrophically eradicated.1 What could have caused such a universal effect on forests, and why does organic material remain in rocks that are supposedly 251.4 million years old?"2

This statement is blatantly false. The artice he is citing does not state that they were investigating “organic” material. Lets just take a look what they really say.

"Researchers had previously been unsure as to whether Reduviasporonites were a type of fungus or algae. By analysing the carbon and nitrogen content of the fossilised remains of the microscopic organisms, the scientists identified them as a type of wood-rotting fungus that would have lived inside dead trees".

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6 posted on 11/22/2009 8:27:59 AM PST by Ira_Louvin (Go tell them people lost in sin, Theres a higher power ,They need not fear the works of men.)
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To: Ira_Louvin; GodGunsGuts
"This statement is blatantly false.

It doesn't matter how many times you catch GGG or his dubious sources lying, he is going to ignore the critical comments. He is not the first to believe it is perfectly OK to sin in the name of God.

8 posted on 11/22/2009 8:38:52 AM PST by Natural Law
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To: Ira_Louvin

I have got to go to church. I am not worried in the least, however, because when I return to check into your allegations, I am confident I will find what I always find...that you have no idea what you’re talking about.


13 posted on 11/22/2009 9:10:27 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: Ira_Louvin
Carbon and nitrogen are not “organic” chemicals?

“The team reached their conclusions by analysing the carbon and nitrogen content of Reduviasporonites using a High Sensitivity Mass Spectrometer and comparing the results with those from modern fungi. They discovered that Reduviasporonites and modern fungi show similar chemical characteristics.” #1 reference.

Duh.

15 posted on 11/22/2009 10:07:08 AM PST by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: Ira_Louvin; Natural Law; count-your-change; editor-surveyor; tpanther; Agamemnon; metmom; ...
==This statement is blatantly false. The artice he is citing does not state that they were investigating “organic” material. Lets just take a look what they really say.

I'm back, and just as I suspected, all it took was a cursory investigation of your accusation against Brian Thomas (namely, your claim that his characterization of the material in question as organic as "blatantly false") to once again demonstrate that you are reckless, irresponsible, and have no idea what you are talking about.

Unfortunately, we do not have access to the scientific paper that Thomas footnoted as the basis for designating the material in question as organic. And while the article in question does not mention "organic" chemicals by name, it does indeed list (as Count-Your-Change points out repeatedly) organic chemicals. Beyond that, a quick Google search would have brought up repeated references that quoted the authors of the paper Brian Thomas cited as saying the following:

'Organic chemistry, carbon and nitrogen isotopes, and carbon/nitrogen ratios are consistent with a fungal origin,' the study's authors wrote.

http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_09_10_22_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=13413

I have never known Brian Thomas to tell a lie. And in each and every case where I have taken the time to research your accusations of the same, Brian Thomas has been vindicated every time.

Your baseless, off-the-cuff accusations have become a matter of routine with you, Ira. As such, you are steadily losing credibility in the eyes of the thousands upon thousands of people on both sides of the origins debate who regularly read these posts.

Something to think about.

However, I must say, as clueless as you are, at least you are step up from Natural Law (aka Natural Plagiarizer) as he has demonstrated over and over that he has no qualms about stealing other peoples words and ideas and pretending that they are his own.

43 posted on 11/22/2009 7:02:14 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
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