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Old February 17th 06, 10:49 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur,alt.religion.christianity
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On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:35:01 -0700, Pat O'Connell
wrote, in part:
IKnowHimDoYou- A. wrote:
In article , Richard Adams
wrote:
IKnowHimDoYou- A. wrote:
In article ,
richard schumacher wrote:


Celebrate the birthday of the scientist who showed that
superstition was not needed to explain the origin of species.


Right! And he is repenting of it now in a very hot place....


You disagree with 450 Christian Churches. How large of you.


Who says they are Christian? You?


They do. It's obvious that non-fundies are far more Christian (e.g.
following the example of Jesus) than the likes of you. And they don't
have a problem with evolution, since the evidence shows that's the way
life came here. Who are you to argue with how God (or the Universe, or
whatever) did it?


Well, there *is* the Bible! It says one thing, and many of those
Christian churches you speak of say other things.

For example, they support equal rights for homosexuals. It might seem
that we shouldn't persecute people for being different, but that might
just be "the way that seemeth right" - because the Bible says that God
detests this sort of behavior.

Of course, people might look upon the Bible as simply a collection of
ancient documents, and not having the sort of inviolable authority that
comes with being the Word of God. But if they do *that*, what makes the
Bible so much more important than the Quran or the Bhagavad-Gita that
they go around and still ask people to come to a church on Sunday that
calls itself Christian?

Fundamentalist Christianity may be *wrong*, but at least it's obviously
consistent. After all, Jesus Himself said that Adam and Eve were real
persons, and said that He had not come to change any of the laws in the
Old Testament. So it is unclear how a liberal church, even if it does
admire those of Jesus' teachings that make sense to almost everyone,
like the Sermon on the Mount, can support making any sort of
supernatural claims.

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Old February 18th 06, 12:46 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur,alt.politics.usa,alt.religion.islam,alt.religion.christianity
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Now, if only Darwin had explained the origin of species.

All he explained was adaptation via genetic variation within species.

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Old February 18th 06, 05:09 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur,alt.politics.usa,alt.religion.islam,alt.religion.christianity
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In article .com,
"Stephen Astro" wrote:

Now, if only Darwin had explained the origin of species.

All he explained was adaptation via genetic variation within species.


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Which was designed by God by placing this ability in their DNA...

No cats turning into dogs or fleas into elephants..
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Old February 18th 06, 11:41 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur,alt.politics.usa,alt.religion.islam,alt.religion.christianity
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In article ,
(IKnowHimDoYou- A.) wrote:

Which was designed by God by placing this ability in their DNA...

No cats turning into dogs or fleas into elephants..


Thanks for sharing. Be sure to share again when you can use your real
name.
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Old February 19th 06, 12:58 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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No cats turning into dogs or fleas into elephants..


Given enough time evolution can/could do exactly that.

-Florian


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Old February 19th 06, 01:01 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Florian wrote:
No cats turning into dogs or fleas into elephants..




Given enough time evolution can/could do exactly that.


Wolves into whales is about how that happened.

Shawn
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Old February 19th 06, 03:33 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Florian wrote:
No cats turning into dogs or fleas into elephants..




Given enough time evolution can/could do exactly that.

-Florian




Or would elephants become fleas?
 




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