Posted on 06/10/2003 8:05:32 AM PDT by blam
Of course it does not, which is exactly my point. When researchers of the origins of matter and life come to the public, it would do well to dispense with condescension and the "I'm afraid this is all beyond you, dear, leave it to the researchers and drop the grant money at the door" attitude.
Such statements of the writer, "It is thought that we split off from chimps 5-6 million years ago"--takes no rocket scientist (or paleantologist) to penetrate-- this makes an assumption so vast, so presumptuous, that some technique must be employed to patch over it quickly. A miracle needs to happen. So, slip into the passive voice, and insinuate that anyone demanding common sense is simply beyond the Pale.
Yet, see how effective such a sentence is. To take issue with the entire foundation is to put one's self open to accusations of superstition and insinuations of ignorance. No wonder people like me would like to see the grant money dry up.
Scientists are numerous now, and compete heartily for attention and resources. They deserve every bit of skepticism they receive, and they don't receive nearly enough.
Peer review? Huh. How about "this is my sandbox, and you can't have it." Take a little more jaded look.
Yup. She had her own seeds...very protective of them too.
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Reminds me of the email going around titled "God's Answering Machine", where, among other items of info (Press "1" for English, "2" for Hebrew, "3" for Aramaic, "4" for other), the instructions are: "For information concerning questions like "How did Noah's Ark float", just wait till you get here.
Ummmmmm..... they died?
Sorry. Slinking away into the muck and mire for having stated the obvious.....
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Ditto. And He tweaked the process as He saw fit.
And took his time with it, the allegorical account of creation notwithstanding.
Nobody really knows the First Cause.
Existence is axiomatic. Existence exists. What's the alternative? ...The complete contradiction that existence doesn't exist.
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