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In the beginning, where did we come from?
Creation
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 29%  [ 18 ]
Evolution
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 63%  [ 39 ]
Children of Kobol
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 6%  [ 4 ]
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gang ah jee



Joined: 14 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, Rteacher started off the other thread with a link to a list of scientists. You claim to have read the start of that thread, remember?

But thanks for the 9,000 word post. It really shows that you've got a handle on the debate.

By the way, ever heard of Project Steve?

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Project Steve is a list of scientists with the name Stephen or a variation thereof (e.g., Stephanie, Stefan, Esteban, etc.) who "support evolution". It is produced by the National Center for Science Education as a "tongue-in-cheek parody" of creationist attempts to collect a list of scientists who "doubt evolution", poking fun at such endeavors in a "light-hearted" manner to make it clear that "We did not wish to mislead the public into thinking that scientific issues are decided by who has the longer list of scientists!" However, at the same time the project is a genuine collection of scientists, and despite its restriction to only scientists with names like "Steve"�restricting the list to roughly 1% of the total population of the Western World�it is longer and contains many more eminent scientists (and in particular biologists) than any creationist list.

edit: and if anyone is actually interested in seeing the rest of Meegook's list of "Galileos" it's here.
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Meegook



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 3:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So sorry, got called out before being able to edit the almost 500 names of REAL scientists who doubt evolution.

Those listed, of course, are only the ones we know about.

First, you guys argue that 'no REAL scientists doubt evolution,' then when an incomplete list of almost 500 are given, lists and numbers no longer matter.

LMFHO
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gang ah jee



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 3:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Meegook wrote:
First, you guys argue that 'no REAL scientists doubt evolution,' then when an incomplete list of almost 500 are given, lists and numbers no longer matter.

Wow, almost 500 scientists! So there must be a lot of scientific evidence for creationism, yeah? What's the best of it?

edit: Oh, and more rarified meegookesque irony:

Meegook wrote:
And if you weren't so intellectually lazy you'd actually check the facts, as a REAL scientists would, before making a fool of yourself.

Ok. So let's look at number four from Meegook's list:
4. Francis Hitching, "The Neck of the Giraffe: Where Darwin Went Wrong" (1982).

Alan Feuerbach wrote:
Hitching is basically a sensational TV script writer and has no scientific credentials. In The Neck of the Giraffe he claimed to be a member of the Royal Archaeological Institute, but an inquiry to that institute said he was not. He implied in the "Acknowledgements" of The Neck of the Giraffe that paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould had helped in the writing of the book, but upon inquiry Gould said he did not know him and had no information about him. Hitching also implied that his book had been endorsed by Richard Dawkins, but upon inquiry Dawkins stated: "I know nothing at all about Francis Hitching. If you are uncovering the fact that he is a charlatan, good for you. His book, The Neck of the Giraffe, is one of the silliest and most ignorant I have read for years."

from here

So I guess it's not very hard to get on the list then. How many of your 500 are actually scientists Meegook? Pretty low standard for being considered a creationist 'intellectual', no? Obviously you checked this so that you wouldn't make a fool of yourself, no?
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Meegook



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 3:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So, you take exception to one of the 500 and throw the rest out with the bath water?

Hitiching wasn't listed with any credentials.

Many of the rest are supported with credentials and graduated from many of the same institutes as REAL scientists.

Why not attack them?

Like I said, if Christ himself showed up at your house, you'd still wouldn't believe. Why, you don't want to. [More accurately, you can't. But that's a whole nother thread].

And your here http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/hitching.html is the TalkOrigins web site supporting a theory that doesn't address origins.

Should we waste some time investigating a few REAL scientists and their credentials?

Hmmmmm.......?

The Fraud of Evolution
By Mark Nash
March/April 2002

How science cheats at proving its pet theory

One of the favorite �proofs� commonly included in such a chapter is the similarity of embryos from a variety of animals and man. This information may be traced back to embryologist Ernest Haeckel in the mid-1800s. Haeckel published pictures he claimed were the embryos of a fish, salamander, tortoise, chicken, hog, calf, rabbit and human being. He tried to show that the embryos look similar in the early stages of development. This was supposed to show they all had a common ancestor.

The problem is, the pictures were not accurate; in fact, they were faked. Jonathan Wells wrote in his book Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth?, �When Haeckel�s embryos are viewed side by side with actual embryos, there can be no doubt that his drawings were deliberately distorted to fit his theory.�

This fraud was known and published as early as 1894 by Professor Adam Sedgwick of Cambridge University, who wrote that the similarities reported by Haeckel are �not in accordance with the facts of development.�

Scientists continue to find fault with the �evolutionary evidence� created by Haeckel. In 1977, �Erich Blechschmidt noted: �The early stages of human embryonic development are distinct from the early development of other species.� And in 1987, Richard Elinson reported that frogs, chicks, and mice �are radically different in such fundamental properties as egg size, fertilization mechanisms, cleavage patterns, and [gastrulation] movements�� (Wells, op. cit.).

The curator of the fossil collection at Harvard�s Museum of Comparative Zoology, Stephen Jay Gould, wrote about the Haeckel fraud: �Haeckel had exaggerated the similarities by idealizations and omissions. He also, in some cases�in a procedure that can only be called fraudulent�simply copied the same figure over and over again� (Natural History, March 2000). Gould further commented on the deleterious effect of such �inaccuracy� when it is reproduced in a textbook and not corrected: �The smallest compromise in dumbing down by inaccuracy destroys integrity and places an author upon a slippery slope of no return.�

Haeckel�s fraudulent drawings are presently in at least ten major biology textbooks published from 1998 through 2000. In each case, they are used to demonstrate the supposed similarity of early embryos in different animals and man, and the authors claim this is evidence of common ancestry and Darwin�s evolution hypothesis. These authors simply perpetuate Haeckel�s fraud in an effort to promote what they call the �theory� of evolution.

Oops! A fraud known as early as 1894 is still presented in support of evolution in text books as late as 2000.

that's not one teacher thats' hundreds down through over 100 years.

http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?page=article&id=589

Balls in your court.


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gang ah jee



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Meegook wrote:
So, you take exception to one of the 500 and throw the rest out with the bath water?

Well, just because I noticed he was fourth on the list. If there's a charlatan fourth on the list, well, what's the rest of the list going to look like? And just glancing through it, it's pretty sparse on relevant qualifications. Just saying, that's all.

You have 500 REAL scientists doing REAL science. So what REAL scientific evidence for creationism have they managed to put together? What's your best scientific evidence for creationism?

^ and yup, Haeckel was a fraud and it was regrettable that incorrect information was perpetuated for so long. Of course, the details of the fraud were not part of evolutionary theory, so no worries there. Mea culpa on behalf of science though.

Does that mean it's time to look at a selection of creationist frauds and lies?


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Meegook



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

We all work with the same evidence.

You mistake evidence with proof.

Haven't you learned anything in the last dozen or so pages?
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gang ah jee



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Meegook wrote:
We all work with the same evidence.

Ok, so based on the evidence, what's your theory of creationism? Simple enough no? Show us how the evidence supports creationism. Should be very simple, no? So why are we still waiting?

Actually, let's get specific. Tell us about how creationism accounts for dinosaurs.

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atlhockey



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Meegook wrote:
And if you weren't so intellectually lazy you'd actually check the facts, as a REAL scientists would, before making a fool of yourself.


Says the person who couldn't finish Guns, Germs and Steel.

Perhaps you should accept the facts as they are instead of making up "facts" to support your religion.
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gang ah jee



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

atlhockey wrote:
Perhaps you should accept the facts as they are instead of making up "facts" to support your religion.

Well, one of Meegook's "facts" is that Christianity is not actually a religion.

Anyway, Meegook, dinosaurs!

Chop chop!
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Grotto



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

creationism=fantasy

evolution=reality

choose your theater!
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tomato



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This must be the picture which 미국 was referring to:



This picture was easy to find, because it is on many Creationist Websites.
This seems to be their favorite ad hominem attack, next to the Piltdown Man and the Nebraska Man.
In fact, one site calls it "the Piltdown picture."
Funny that Duane Gish hasn't added this number to his repertoire!

If this story is true, then that proves that some Evolutionists are intellectually dishonest.
But keep in mind that that this debate is supposed to be over Evolution, not Evolutionists.
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gang ah jee



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

tomato wrote:
If this story is true, then that proves that some Evolutionists are intellectually dishonest.
But keep in mind that that this debate is supposed to be over Evolution, not Evolutionists.

Oh, it's true alright, although keep in mind that, as Meegook has pointed out, "this fraud was known and published as early as 1894 by Professor Adam Sedgwick of Cambridge University". So yes, it has been public knowledge for over 100 years that Haeckel's work was fraudulent and his hypothesis was wrong, and it's inexcusable that it was still being found in textbooks up until a few years ago. But Haeckel's work has never been part of the theory of evolution.

Meegook, if you come back into this thread to comment further on this matter, make sure you get back to us on the dinosaur question as well ok? Thanks.
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Grimalkin



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

tomato wrote:
I have heard it said that faulty science was one reason for the downfall of Communism.
For some reason, they followed some geezer named Lysenko, who in turn followed Lamarck, who suggested that acquired traits could be passed on to one's offspring.
I understand why that is wrong, but I don't see how it could lead to the downfall of a governmental system.
Does anyone else know anything about this?


What Lamarck was on about is as follows.

The genotype we have is expressed as a phenotype (physical expression of the genes) i.e.

A genotype of one gene for blue eyes and one gene for brown eyes can give rise to brown colored eyes (phenotype).

It is generally accepted that enviromental factors can affect the expression of the genotype for example if you have genes for tallness but you don't have adequate nutrition growing up you may not grow to be tall.

What lamarck was suggesting was that enviromental factors could also affect genotype so for instance in the above example someone has genes for tallness but they grow up without adequate nutrition so that as well as not becoming tall their genes are also altered and the genes they pass to their offspring do not contain the same coding for tallness.

(By the way this theory tho' widely rejected now has not been completely discredited either).
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Meegook



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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But keep in mind that that this debate is supposed to be over Evolution, not Evolutionists.


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and it's inexcusable that it was still being found in textbooks up until a few years ago. But Haeckel's work has never been part of the theory of evolution.


If "Haeckel's work has never been part of the theory of evolution" then why have publishers and evolutionary teachers been using his work as part of their required textbook for over 100 years after it was shown to be a fraud?

These are the same school children that are not allowed to study Creation as an alternative theory to evolution.

I find it interesting how you just pass over this fact so easily as if it's no big deal. I can assure you that if this fraud was being done for this long by Creationists, it would make front page news in every newspaper in America. And certainly in Peer Reviewed journals.
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gang ah jee



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Meegook wrote:
I find it interesting how you just pass over this fact so easily as if it's no big deal. I can assure you that if this fraud was being done for this long by Creationists, it would make front page news in every newspaper in America. And certainly in Peer Reviewed journals.

Hah, so the alternative is creationist textbooks where all the facts are wrong? Right.

So how about them dinosaurs?
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