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Re: The assault on the teaching of evolution:

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From: Sam Stone
Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 02:07
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Trevor Wilson wrote:
> "Sam Stone" <sirian@mental.org> wrote in message 
> news:0QiBd.7797886$6p.1225221@news.easynews.com...
> 
>>Trevor Wilson wrote:
>>
>>
>>>**You're kidding, right? Please provide the PRECISE scientific processes,
>>
>>Yawn...
>>
>>An ancient, incomplete, and oft translated text is not likely to conform 
>>to the tenets of *modern* science. You might just as well castigate 
>>Shakesepare for his antiquated vernacular.
> 
> 
> **Nope. Language is language and science is science. There is no science in 
> the Bible. 

Again you are wrong.

There is food preparation science, breeding science, geographic science, 
etc.

> Shakespear's use of language was appropriate for his time. 

As were the scriptures and their verbiage and acumen to theirs.

> Moreover, his meaning is clear today.

So also is the Bible's.

>>Meanwhile carry on nit-picking and Randi-izing any and everything that 
>>doesn't fit precielsy in to the extant models.
> 
> 
> **Science is science. You have yet to provide any actual scientific evidence 
> from the Bible. Wanna speculate on why that is the case?

There is the science of food preparation and preservation, geographic 
science, breeding science etc.

>>Be very careful not to look for commonalities in creation stories of 
>>geographically diverse cltures, deny the existence of unknown aerial 
>>phenomena, and heartily deride all religion and any who would sugest that 
>>perhaps man is not the author of his own existence.
>>
>>I think that sums it up.
> 
> 
> **It sums nothing up. 

It sums up the finagling closed mindedness you and your ilk evince.


> You may care to respond to my comments, if you wish. 
> That you chose to remove them, suggests you cannot answer those questions 
> and comments.

That you went off on every and anything presented tells me precisely 
what I was expecting to see regarding the niggling numbness of the 
"scientific" agenda.

>>Your response was a predictable knee-jerk.
> 
> 
> **And your refusal to answer questions posed, is to be expected.
> 
> Keep you head buried in the sand, if that is what makes you feel 
> comfortable.

I have a far more elevated viewpoint than you've shown yourself capable of.
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