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Re: The assault on the teaching of evolution:

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From: James Beck
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:26
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In article <MEfQd.1930709$B07.292528@news.easynews.com>, sam@bam.slam 
says...
> James Beck wrote:
> > In article <cuqs9j$ktr$1@news.ucar.edu>, pack@eos.ucar.edu says...
> > 
> >>In article <SI5Qd.2155637$f47.378244@news.easynews.com>,
> >>Sam Bam  <sam@bam.slam> wrote:
> >>.......
> >> 
> >>
> >>>What about Lucy? Just another partial find of some primate, put together to look like a human ancestor? Could
> >>>the wide separation of Lucy's bones (200 feet by 1 mile) better point to a catastrophic scenario - such as a
> >>>world wide flood?
> >>
> >>One does not generalize the findings at a single site
> >>into a world-wide flood without more evidence.
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > As usual, the "church" fights tooth and nail to avoid the obvious 
> > contradictions in their teachings.  
> 
> Oh?
> 
> Did they try and piece scattered fossils into a whole?
Yep, a bunch of fossilized nonsense condensed into a nonsensical book.

> 
> > Why don't they just brand all of the 
> > evolutionists heritics and threaten them with torture, death, or both.  
> 
> Because this is the 21st century, try joining it you oaf.
Amen brother, it IS the 21st century.
Get a clue.

> 
> > It seems to have worked for them in the past.  
> 
> And we're all condemned to do *only* what we did in the past, right?
No, fortunately some very brave and forward looking people knew that we 
were not doomed to believe that everything is a divine gift and can be 
explained by simple observations, and those explainations would lead us 
out of darkness.

> 
> > I think a good first step 
> > would be for the Christians to admit that the Bible was written by men 
> > and as such it is subject to the biases and knowledge of the time.  
> > 
> >                              Jim
> 
> I think that the fact there are numerous revisions of the Bible handily 
> supports that.
OK, so toss the little puppies in the garbage and pray for the Almighty 
to bring you the true word (or what ever) and leave the rest of us 
alone.

                             Jim
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