Court case and science and the supernatural

This should be interesting to keep an eye on. Is it legal to teach
intelligent design?.

http://www.livescience.com/othernews...win_trial.html

"Ray Vingnutte" wrote...
in message ...

This should be interesting to keep an eye on. Is it legal to teach
intelligent design?.

http://www.livescience.com/othernews...win_trial.html

Thanks, Ray, that was very interesting. This article and its
links kept me enthralled for over an hour!

I was especially drawn to the "10 Missing Links" section.
And i learned a few things i didn't know. I used to think
that Lucy (A.afarensis) came *after* A.africanus, stuff like
that.

Robert Ardrey was one of the first to write about the human
link to the more apelike A.africanus, and the story about its
discovery by Raymond Dart in South Africa is astounding.
Anybody interested might want to pick up a copy of Ardrey's
_African Genesis_...

http://tinyurl.com/ct4hx

happy days and...
starry starry nights!

--
On a highway to the sky,
That's the trip for you and I,
Find the gods who make you cry
On the highway to the sky.

Many wonders catch your eye,
Puzzles tease and mystify,
Some you solve and some you sigh
On that highway to the sky.

Indelibly yours,
Paine http://www.savethechildren.org/
http://www.painellsworth.net

~ * ~

"Sprinkling Holy Water, while chanting prayers,
From willow's bark,

Cupola drew sleeping spirits ~ Barking larks,
Sparrow's Song of Vespers, by arrow's
Flight reborn, Folly's Quill scribbles a snaring
Garden path meandering, her gloss,
Landscaped within Forest's Marginalia,
Her complimentary commentary ..."
~ Twittering

"Part grave's yard, part cemetery, part symmetry,
Part century, part guest, part Centaur,
Part Minotaur, etcetera, part, parcel, parlance
Parliament of The Forest."
~ Zoe

"A crystal lens, by mourning, gilding lily's valley
Morning light, perfected, dappled doubly,

Through mirror
Magnified,
Whether by Distance of History,
A Treatise On Telescopes,

Or Hart's broken
Heart mended, Love by Leaf, spoken
Foliate tracery, mere matter of facts
Rendered lovingly, by hand of Nature obeyed ~

A Branch of Knowledge,
Fledgling sprout, by garden's sheers, cut
Out of darkness, replanted, by topiary."
~ Mum

"Broken bone reset, mended lovingly,
By intention's pattern, human hand, a lattice ascending ...
Thought's reflexive Self Knowledge,
Heart's fulfilling Prophecy of Need
Made known, sown, spoken word, visible deed,

A seed.
A seedling.
A fledgling fertilized.
A blessing.

Story's delight, path of pen,
Path of light outrun, reborn,
Hearken larks again ~ !"
~ Capsicum

"By swallow's herald, awaken,
Arouse our drowsy crew ~ Scatter feverfew,

Saltpeter, by mooring's darkness, anchor us.
Herald crowning darkness ~ !"
~ Twittering

"Lord, Bless
An Army of Ants,
Love's Labour, their pleasure."
~ Folly

"How sparkling Folly's Quill drew,
How rousing, our feverfew,
Saltpeter, peppermint tea, by tea bag strung,
Brewed something very swell,
Our Ship of Fooles sailing out of anchorage ~ !"
~ Twittering

"Is the night chilly and dark ~ ?
If Blanc, your spirit, very chilled, if not,
If Pinot Noir, temperature of room,
Your aperture,

Uncorked
Decanted ...

The stars are quarks, but Noir is light.
The Lady sparkles, but Knights enlighten.
Is the Noir Light dark and chilly ...

Or is the night a flight of wily willful stars,
A spiral galaxy, a flight of stairs ~ ?"
~ Marc Noir

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 07:31:09 GMT
"Painius" wrote:

"Ray Vingnutte" wrote...
in message ...

This should be interesting to keep an eye on. Is it legal to teach
intelligent design?.

http://www.livescience.com/othernews...win_trial.html

Thanks, Ray, that was very interesting. This article and its
links kept me enthralled for over an hour!

I was especially drawn to the "10 Missing Links" section.
And i learned a few things i didn't know. I used to think
that Lucy (A.afarensis) came *after* A.africanus, stuff like
that.

Robert Ardrey was one of the first to write about the human
link to the more apelike A.africanus, and the story about its
discovery by Raymond Dart in South Africa is astounding.
Anybody interested might want to pick up a copy of Ardrey's
_African Genesis_...

Hi Painius,

Then you have read more about it than I ;-)

Frankly I couldn't get into it, though the real science side is
interesting the overall arguments just turn me off. I think it's the
religious involvement that I cannot accept. I'm an atheist.

Although there are problems with 'missing links' I'm sure it will
resolve itself in time and it won't depend on any intervention by a god.

Now something like the simulation argument I do find very interesting.



http://tinyurl.com/ct4hx

happy days and...
starry starry nights!

--
On a highway to the sky,
That's the trip for you and I,
Find the gods who make you cry
On the highway to the sky.

Many wonders catch your eye,
Puzzles tease and mystify,
Some you solve and some you sigh
On that highway to the sky.

Indelibly yours,
Paine http://www.savethechildren.org/
http://www.painellsworth.net

"Ray Vingnutte" wrote...
in message ...

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 07:31:09 GMT
"Painius" wrote:

"Ray Vingnutte" wrote...
in message ...

This should be interesting to keep an eye on. Is it legal to teach
intelligent design?.

http://www.livescience.com/othernews...win_trial.html

Thanks, Ray, that was very interesting. This article and its
links kept me enthralled for over an hour!

I was especially drawn to the "10 Missing Links" section.
And i learned a few things i didn't know. I used to think
that Lucy (A.afarensis) came *after* A.africanus, stuff like
that.

Robert Ardrey was one of the first to write about the human
link to the more apelike A.africanus, and the story about its
discovery by Raymond Dart in South Africa is astounding.
Anybody interested might want to pick up a copy of Ardrey's
_African Genesis_...

Hi Painius,

Then you have read more about it than I ;-)

Frankly I couldn't get into it, though the real science side is
interesting the overall arguments just turn me off. I think it's the
religious involvement that I cannot accept. I'm an atheist.

You're in good company, Ray... Asimov, Einstein, many
great men had problems with religion (if not God). For
me, God's existence is a given, although i don't usually
discuss such things here. It has something to do with my
having extreme difficulty believing that human beings are
the top form of life in the Universe. g

Although there are problems with 'missing links' I'm sure it will
resolve itself in time and it won't depend on any intervention by a god.

Now something like the simulation argument I do find very interesting.

Me too! Unprovables are always intriguing. And
the logic of sims theory can be engaging if not gripping.

happy days and...
starry starry nights!

--
Oh! Selene! what a beautiful planet!
Such wonders, maria, those craters that span it,
And how 'bout those phases--Full, New, and in Quarter?
Why, if it were possible, I'd LOVE to import her!

Ah! but she's HUGE, a full planet no doubt,
And 'til this is seen we'll continue to SHOUT!
Yea! 'til people make that Moon a king to our queen,
We safeguard the secrets of planet Selene.

Indelibly yours,
Paine http://www.savethechildren.org/
http://www.painellsworth.net