... I think this is "urban myth". Yes it's a smallish number, but not just one. The lady who claimed to be Anastasia (probably murdered by the Bolsheviks in...
... original mother – Eve << Their research came up with an interesting theory, but proved nothing. Quite simply, there's no way to compute the changes to...
Here is an interesting argument used by creationists; how would you answer it? I have paraphrased it: If our bodies are products of random chance, then by...
... More creationist quote mining. Or as I like to call it, lying for Jesus. This is an old one, Sarich is hardly a biblical literalist, indeed as a co-founder...
... Natural Selection. Selection (natural or otherwise) removes the chance from the equation.The alternatives may come up randomly, but selecting them is not a...
Ok, but your argument depends upon you knowing in advance that you actually want a certain combination of things. In your example, you use coins, but relating...
... True, in that example, however "nature" has no plan. To take the analogy of the 10 flipped coins: Fish already had gills while underwater; they had to...
True, in that example, however "nature" has no plan. To take the <BR> analogy of the 10 flipped coins:<BR> <BR> Fish already had gills while...
... Some tried it over umpteen millions of years, and some survived and the rest is history. ... Evolution - changes in the population - happens in any case....
Theres actually quite a lot of fundamental flaws in<BR> > the theory of evolution.<BR> <BR> Like? I think most mainstream scientists with no axes to grind...
... Theories, by definition cannot be proved. They can only be disproved. ... Sounds like you've bought the confusion that creationists like to sow between...
... Well, I kept the "crawling out of the sea" example, since it's familiar to everybody, but in truth it's more likely that land-based creatures evolved for...
Theories, by definition cannot be proved. They can only be disproved. ... information. ... has ... mutate, ... to ... Sounds like you've bought the confusion...
... A colony of mosquitos that feed on humans moves into the tube. Every day, a fleet of tired, sweating, grumpy humans pours through the tube. There's also...
... This is possibly the most common misconception about evolutionary theory. The theory is that apes and humans have a common ancestor - not that we evolved ...
... Well said! The difference in genome is about 1.3%, which isn't really enough to account for all the differences between human and chimp. It seems to be the...
... I do resent that comment but I don't want to start a flame war. ... That is what evolution is. Check your dictionary! ... I think both the points you make...
... So what you're saying there is the opposite from when you originally used the example of mosquitoes. To start off with you said [/quote]: "During the same...
... I see what you are saying. But what would these 'ancestors' look like? Would they look like monkeys? Or something not as advanced as a monkey? -kowalski37 ...
... Well, if you want to take things exactly as written, then allow me to quote my meaning: "During the same time mosquitoes in the London Underground have...
Thats cool, thanks for all your replys; It's been good experience for me. I realise we are not going to come to agreement about evolution/creation. But theres...
Andrew, hi there. Edison was an atheist. Check out the following links for details/proof: http://www.atheists.org/Atheism/roots/edison/interview1.html ...
... I don't believe anyone else thinks otherwise. ... It doesn't bother me personally as long as you remember that it is a "meeting place for Atheists in the...
I can see why the creationist lobby has jumped on this bandwagon, to them it must be like the holy grail! But if you think about it; there must only be one...
... to ... of ... * Sorry, I've only just come to this and I think that I'll have to read back a bit. Creationists think that a mitochondrial Eve (who had at...
This actually fits in with the claims of Zacharia Sitchin http://www.sitchin.com Who believes due that humans are derived from another race of beings who came...
... from ... a ... ... which, curiously, also fits in quite nicely with the drivel L. Ron Hubbard fed those poor scientology victims, about some alien race...
