No, it is people like you who do not understand the current controversy, and who do not know how to read. "and that we KNOW this through observation, or good scientific inquiry." I wonder if you have studied this at all. Do you have any idea of the difficulties surrounding such an event? Crying "time can produce anything!" is not scientific my friend.
No Chuck, sorry. Not religious reasons, SCIENTIFIC ones. There are many SCIENTISTS who do not agree with the way evolution is taught or presented in textbooks. And no, I am not talking about OBSERVED instances of bacterial resistance to antibiotics etc...I am talking about HISTORICAL aspects such as the origin of life. Did you read the disclaimer Chuck? It speaks of the ORIGIN of life as not being fact. If you think it's fact, and is backed by sound scientific evidence, you are an idiot, or perhaps a pseudoscientist who likes to sensationalize bad science.
"This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered." DID ANYONE ELSE SEE THE PART WHERE IT SAYS "REGARDING THE ORIGIN OF LIVING THINGS."? Anyone who says that the putative 'first cell' arose by random chance in the 'primordial soup,' and that we know this through observation, or good scientific inquiry, is probably the biggest idiot to ever grace these forums. Failed Stanley-Urey experiments anyone? Does anyone realize that fundamentally the statement "we arose by blind natural causes" is NOT scientific but religious in form? I wouldn't want my kids being taught a philosophical or religious position, especially when the science behind it is complete junk.
How on earth did this get modded to a FIVE Informative?! I wonder if any of you who throw the 'Creationist' card around realize what the court actually SAID. "ATLANTA, JAN. 13 - Despite ruling that "fostering critical thinking" about evolution "is a clearly secular purpose," and agreeing that the Cobb County, Georgia school district had secular, not religious reasons for adopting a textbook sticker dealing with evolution, a federal judge today struck down the sticker as unconstitutional."
This is the most absurd thing I've seen on these forums in a while. Nothing like setting up a few strawmen and then tossing some elephants out there for good measure.
I once watched a special about this institute for the blind that teaches SONAR. This is done by the blind person 'clicking' (much like sonar) and hearing the sound bounce off nearby objects like trees, thus locating them. absolutely amazing.
I wasnt whining at all. i wouldnt have whined if kerry had won. theres a difference between making an obvious observation (that many democrats are being ridiculous albeit idiotic with the current 'bush situation'), feeling satirically inclined, and whining.
"This kind of thinking that any question into the legitamacy of anything is instantly bogus is absolutely ridiculous."
when did i say that?! i think its important, minus the conspiracy theories and OBVIOUS whining.
for one, i think its absolutely absurd to think that if there was 'cheating' going on it only happened on the republican side...and YES, a decent margin matters when referring to this because the 'decent margin' happened in MULTIPLE states. so, basically it was a multi-state conspiracy? i wonder how BIG of a conspiracy there would have to be for bush to win by these margins...and what about the states kerry won? maybe he cheated on those? my home-state, michigan, went to kerry, maybe i should cry conspiracy?!
maybe the ENTIRE thing was fabricated to get us to think we ACTUALLY voted.
all sarcasm aside, i do agree that if there were discrepant votes they should be investigated, but the 'bush conspiracy' theories are ridiculous.
i think its amazing how babyish democrats have been regarding the fact that kerry got beat by a decent margin. ive heard so many times 'bush must have cheated' or 'i know it was rigged.' its very hard not to laugh at this, especially considering kerry CONCEDED; if its anyones fault, its kerrys (im actually kind of surprised he didnt 'unconcede' being the flip flopper he is.) i read on a forum somewhere that a person disowned the democratic party because of how 'whiny'they are...i of course thought this was ridiculous...or was it?
who said i follow the bible? im stating the obvious, and besides, i dont think the bible says anything about stating the obvious, or telling how it is.
"Bible-thumping prudes"
If you think that Eminem isn't ridiculous and isn't filling kids heads with filthy notions I think I would call you an 'oblivious idiot.'
Granted, I'm not for censoring in the slightest, but I am glad Wal-Mart has the gall to stand up and and tell people that crap doesn't belong in a supposed 'all american family' type store.
It would be interesting to find out what these 'protofeathers' consisted of. If Dilong paradoxus lived between 139 and 128 million years ago, and Archaeopteryx 150 million years ago, that would mean feathers were evolving independently, from different lineages. I think thats stretching the imagination....just a little.
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Scientifically PROVEN? Perhaps not. Scientifically supported, yes.
No, it is people like you who do not understand the current controversy, and who do not know how to read. "and that we KNOW this through observation, or good scientific inquiry." I wonder if you have studied this at all. Do you have any idea of the difficulties surrounding such an event? Crying "time can produce anything!" is not scientific my friend.
No Chuck, sorry. Not religious reasons, SCIENTIFIC ones. There are many SCIENTISTS who do not agree with the way evolution is taught or presented in textbooks. And no, I am not talking about OBSERVED instances of bacterial resistance to antibiotics etc...I am talking about HISTORICAL aspects such as the origin of life. Did you read the disclaimer Chuck? It speaks of the ORIGIN of life as not being fact. If you think it's fact, and is backed by sound scientific evidence, you are an idiot, or perhaps a pseudoscientist who likes to sensationalize bad science.
"This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered." DID ANYONE ELSE SEE THE PART WHERE IT SAYS "REGARDING THE ORIGIN OF LIVING THINGS."? Anyone who says that the putative 'first cell' arose by random chance in the 'primordial soup,' and that we know this through observation, or good scientific inquiry, is probably the biggest idiot to ever grace these forums. Failed Stanley-Urey experiments anyone? Does anyone realize that fundamentally the statement "we arose by blind natural causes" is NOT scientific but religious in form? I wouldn't want my kids being taught a philosophical or religious position, especially when the science behind it is complete junk.
What a bunch of crap. Why don't you actually do some research.
I guess I have no idea how the mod system works. Regardless, that should not be a five.
How on earth did this get modded to a FIVE Informative?! I wonder if any of you who throw the 'Creationist' card around realize what the court actually SAID. "ATLANTA, JAN. 13 - Despite ruling that "fostering critical thinking" about evolution "is a clearly secular purpose," and agreeing that the Cobb County, Georgia school district had secular, not religious reasons for adopting a textbook sticker dealing with evolution, a federal judge today struck down the sticker as unconstitutional."
This is the most absurd thing I've seen on these forums in a while. Nothing like setting up a few strawmen and then tossing some elephants out there for good measure.
I once watched a special about this institute for the blind that teaches SONAR. This is done by the blind person 'clicking' (much like sonar) and hearing the sound bounce off nearby objects like trees, thus locating them. absolutely amazing.
I wasnt whining at all. i wouldnt have whined if kerry had won. theres a difference between making an obvious observation (that many democrats are being ridiculous albeit idiotic with the current 'bush situation'), feeling satirically inclined, and whining. "This kind of thinking that any question into the legitamacy of anything is instantly bogus is absolutely ridiculous." when did i say that?! i think its important, minus the conspiracy theories and OBVIOUS whining.
for one, i think its absolutely absurd to think that if there was 'cheating' going on it only happened on the republican side...and YES, a decent margin matters when referring to this because the 'decent margin' happened in MULTIPLE states. so, basically it was a multi-state conspiracy? i wonder how BIG of a conspiracy there would have to be for bush to win by these margins...and what about the states kerry won? maybe he cheated on those? my home-state, michigan, went to kerry, maybe i should cry conspiracy?! maybe the ENTIRE thing was fabricated to get us to think we ACTUALLY voted. all sarcasm aside, i do agree that if there were discrepant votes they should be investigated, but the 'bush conspiracy' theories are ridiculous.
i think its amazing how babyish democrats have been regarding the fact that kerry got beat by a decent margin. ive heard so many times 'bush must have cheated' or 'i know it was rigged.' its very hard not to laugh at this, especially considering kerry CONCEDED; if its anyones fault, its kerrys (im actually kind of surprised he didnt 'unconcede' being the flip flopper he is.) i read on a forum somewhere that a person disowned the democratic party because of how 'whiny'they are...i of course thought this was ridiculous...or was it?
my youth pastor runs theforce.net...well he was my youth pastor. way to go pastor josh! haha.
who said i follow the bible? im stating the obvious, and besides, i dont think the bible says anything about stating the obvious, or telling how it is.
although some "idiots" (such as yourself) might actually believe you in saying that some "christians" follow that logic.
its amazing some of the idiocy allowed on these forums, but then again, they are forums. i cant believe the moderator gave this a 4. sad.
"Bible-thumping prudes" If you think that Eminem isn't ridiculous and isn't filling kids heads with filthy notions I think I would call you an 'oblivious idiot.' Granted, I'm not for censoring in the slightest, but I am glad Wal-Mart has the gall to stand up and and tell people that crap doesn't belong in a supposed 'all american family' type store.
It would be interesting to find out what these 'protofeathers' consisted of. If Dilong paradoxus lived between 139 and 128 million years ago, and Archaeopteryx 150 million years ago, that would mean feathers were evolving independently, from different lineages. I think thats stretching the imagination. ...just a little.