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What Defines an Organism? Biologists Say 'Purpose.'
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| December 10, 2009
| Brian Thomas, M.S.
Posted on 12/10/2009 8:12:50 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: Admin Moderator
This belongs in religion. It has nothing to do with defense of religious freedom.
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posted on
12/10/2009 9:01:21 AM PST
by
hurly
(A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds!)
To: onedoug
Really. What if an organism for whatever reason can’t reproduce? Are you saying that it is no longer an organism?
To: stormer
“...but Man was too late.”
43
posted on
12/10/2009 9:03:17 AM PST
by
paulycy
(Demand Constitutionality.)
To: GodGunsGuts
Magnets reproduce just by being near or sometimes rubbing each other... like teenagers.
44
posted on
12/10/2009 9:04:09 AM PST
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: xcamel
Yep, you can’t answer the question so you insult. ...I think your purpose is to be the bateria in the punch bowl.
45
posted on
12/10/2009 9:04:12 AM PST
by
Earthdweller
(Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......?)
To: xcamel
What is Your purpose camel?
46
posted on
12/10/2009 9:05:55 AM PST
by
RoadGumby
(Ask me about Ducky)
To: Earthdweller
I answered your question, you posted a smart@$$ remark, and I returned the favor.
Now get a life.
47
posted on
12/10/2009 9:06:31 AM PST
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: GodGunsGuts
Darwinism cannot admit to purpose as in direction since the whole foundation of Darwinism is chance and circumstance.
As Gould commented, if the the evolutionary clock could be set back and rerun everything in the world would look different since there is no direction or purpose to existence.
For that reason the Darwinist philosophy is also nihilistic, no reason for being here beyond happenstance, no reason for continued existence beyond self survival and then nonexistence.
Darwinism is also a materialistic philosophy in that cannot contemplate existence except for the sake of existence and any ideas beyond that are just part of the necessity of existence.
So I think if Darwinists start using words like purpose they'll be quick to explain no intelligence is implied.
48
posted on
12/10/2009 9:07:16 AM PST
by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: GodGunsGuts
To: xcamel
"Magnets reproduce just by being near or sometimes rubbing each other.."
Splintering and gathering is not reproducing or consuming, it's sucking and sticking.
50
posted on
12/10/2009 9:08:56 AM PST
by
Earthdweller
(Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......?)
To: RoadGumby
None of your business, roadkill.
51
posted on
12/10/2009 9:09:06 AM PST
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: xcamel
Why the animosity camel? You are loved.
Why do you behave as you do?
52
posted on
12/10/2009 9:10:00 AM PST
by
RoadGumby
(Ask me about Ducky)
To: Earthdweller
...just like teenagers....
53
posted on
12/10/2009 9:10:18 AM PST
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: xcamel
You didn't answer the question..are you an organism that needs to stay alive for a reason and a purpose or are you a speck of dust? If you are a speck of dust then why do I need to talk to you?, you are sterile and will blow away soon.
54
posted on
12/10/2009 9:12:03 AM PST
by
Earthdweller
(Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......?)
To: stormer
Judging by the odor emanating from your post, that job has been finished for quite a while.
55
posted on
12/10/2009 9:12:35 AM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bomb-a administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
To: xcamel
“None of your business, roadkill.”
You should have replaced the ‘roadkill’ with ‘you silly English kniggitts!’ to properly Python-ize your retort. :)
To: count-your-change
You nailed it! That is why Darwinian Evolution is inherently leftist. Sure there might be a few confused Darwinists who share a few conservative values with genuine conservatives, but the overall tendency is hard to the left.
To: GodGunsGuts
I would say it becomes extinct.
58
posted on
12/10/2009 9:16:34 AM PST
by
onedoug
To: FormerRep
It's just a flesh wound..
59
posted on
12/10/2009 9:16:48 AM PST
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: Ha Ha Thats Very Logical
“maybe I just need to know less. “
Naw, it can’t be this.
60
posted on
12/10/2009 9:17:58 AM PST
by
Lower55
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