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To: GourmetDan
'Kind' cannot be a 'scientific' term by definition because it is not based in philosophical naturalism. Truth by definition is not any rational support for evolution.

I have no idea what that even means.

122 posted on 11/25/2008 2:17:00 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Der neuen Fuhrer: AKA the Murdering Messiah: Keep your power dry, folks)
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To: freedumb2003
"I have no idea what that even means."

I know. It's one of the unfortunate consequences of a belief in philosophical naturalism. Logical fallacies, non sequiturs, lack of critical-thinking ability and many other problems follow from it.

Basically, what you don't understand is that certain terms cannot be true outside of a certain philosophical position because they are defined by it. If you replace the word 'scientific' with 'philosphically natural' you will see that it is true by definition, also known as a tautology.

Since philosophical naturalism does not recognize the term 'kind', it is impossible to define it such that it is a philosophically natural term. It is the converse argument of claiming that 'evolution' as a term must be defined biblically in order to be valid and is a non sequitur.

133 posted on 11/25/2008 2:37:53 PM PST by GourmetDan
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