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Article #31650Re: The assault on the teaching of evolution:
From: Daniel Packman
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 02:19
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 02:19
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In article <vcIBd.5737$JC2.1256@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>, Bama Brian <bamaNOTbrian@mindspring.com> wrote: >Daniel Packman wrote: >> In article <1QiBd.7797887$6p.1225180@news.easynews.com>, >> Sam Stone <sirian@mental.org> wrote: ...... >>>A planetary flood need not cover every inch of landmass, merely those >>>areas of human habitation and lifestyle at the time it was recorded. >> Excellent. It does seem that the historical ubiquity >> of flood myths is understandable in this context. >Really? It didn't kill off the Amerinds, the Asians, or the Aussie >Aboriginals. But every culture has a flood myth; just as the latest >tsunami will go down in the myths of the Indonesians, the Indians, and >so on. If the flood were sufficiently deadly it would wash away any potential recorders of the event. So yes, not *that* big. -- Daniel Packman NCAR/ACD pack@ucar.edu
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X-Google-Thread: 1073ca,2dcdab444eb22f65 X-Google-Thread: 1044e7,2dcdab444eb22f65 X-Google-Thread: fec2a,2dcdab444eb22f65 X-Google-Thread: 113415,2dcdab444eb22f65 X-Google-Thread: 115ded,2dcdab444eb22f65 X-Google-Thread: 111e4f,2dcdab444eb22f65 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073ca,gid1044e7,gidfec2a,gid113415,gid115ded,gid111e4f,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsprint.newsread.com!newsread.com!news-xfer.newsread.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!news.arizona.edu!noao.edu!ucar!not-for-mail From: pack@eos.ucar.edu (Daniel Packman) Newsgroups: co.general,talk.politics.guns,alt.politics.usa.republican,alt.politics.usa.constitution.gun-rights,alt.politics.liberalism,co.denver.general Subject: Re: The assault on the teaching of evolution: Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 02:19:56 +0000 (UTC) Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research Lines: 25 Message-ID: <cr7loc$c8o$4@news.ucar.edu> References: <Od9zd.1004$qf5.599@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net> <1QiBd.7797887$6p.1225180@news.easynews.com> <cr6tj9$86d$5@news.ucar.edu> <vcIBd.5737$JC2.1256@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: mop2.eos.ucar.edu X-Trace: news.ucar.edu 1104632396 12568 128.117.37.8 (2 Jan 2005 02:19:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@news.ucar.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 02:19:56 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Originator: pack@eos.ucar.edu (Daniel Packman)