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Queen of Swords · 04-07-2002, 04:26 PM

Why, you yourself. Isn't that why you made that fond farewell "Adieu" thread?

"I leave with no regrets except that I didn't leave sooner... I feel like God has told me that I need to leave."

Did your god tell you that you needed to come back, or did you just decide, "Hell with it, I'm bored"?

[ April 07, 2002: Message edited by: QueenofSwords ]</p>

Tricia · 04-07-2002, 04:28 PM

uh, the latter I believe.

hezekiah jones · 04-07-2002, 04:30 PM

God told her to come back, and then hijack her own thread. That God. What a goof!

Queen of Swords · 04-07-2002, 04:35 PM

God's playing Lil like a yo-yo.

Tricia · 04-07-2002, 04:37 PM

What part of "the latter" do you not undastand?

Pantera · 04-07-2002, 04:41 PM

Tricia, you just didn't want to go without reaching 1000 posts - did you?

hezekiah jones · 04-07-2002, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tricia:
What part of "the latter" do you not undastand?

The part about what difference it would make if Michael Ruse was atheist, actually.

Queen of Swords · 04-07-2002, 04:43 PM

Or Lil's playing God for a sucker.

Coragyps · 04-07-2002, 06:30 PM

There's nothing like a nice game of voleball to relieve boredom, my ol' grandpa used to say.

Bill · 04-07-2002, 08:41 PM

To return briefly to the subject of Michael Ruse and Evolution, I'd like to mention that not long ago I picked his book <a href="http://www.secweb.org/bookstore/bookdetail.asp?BookID=698" target="_blank">Mystery of Mysteries : Is Evolution a Social Construction</a> as an II Book-of-the-Month. I bought a copy myself and read it all the way through. Ultimately, Ruse concludes that while Darwin's original work was strongly influenced by the surrounding cultural phenomena of Victorian England, in the 20th century, Evolution has migrated fully into the realm of "hard science" with precise mathmatical models and all of the other attributes of "objective scientific truth."

Of course, nothing prevents anybody from misusing "objective scientific truth," so it would not surprise me if some people took that truth and elevated it into the status of a "religious belief." Certainly, Creationism is nothing at all more than a "religious belief." But the distinction remains: Evolution has a strong foundation in scientifically objective facts.

== Bill

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04-07-2002, 04:26 PM	#31
Queen of Swords Contributor Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Canada. Finally. Posts: 10,155	Why, you yourself. Isn't that why you made that fond farewell "Adieu" thread? "I leave with no regrets except that I didn't leave sooner... I feel like God has told me that I need to leave." Did your god tell you that you needed to come back, or did you just decide, "Hell with it, I'm bored"? [ April 07, 2002: Message edited by: QueenofSwords ]</p>

04-07-2002, 04:28 PM	#32
Tricia Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: College Station, Tx Posts: 675	uh, the latter I believe.

04-07-2002, 04:30 PM	#33
hezekiah jones Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: WI Posts: 4,357	God told her to come back, and then hijack her own thread. That God. What a goof!

04-07-2002, 04:35 PM	#34
Queen of Swords Contributor Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Canada. Finally. Posts: 10,155	God's playing Lil like a yo-yo.

04-07-2002, 04:37 PM	#35
Tricia Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: College Station, Tx Posts: 675	What part of "the latter" do you not undastand?

04-07-2002, 04:41 PM	#36
Pantera Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Cambridge, England, but a Scot at heart Posts: 2,431	Tricia, you just didn't want to go without reaching 1000 posts - did you?

04-07-2002, 04:43 PM	#38
Queen of Swords Contributor Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Canada. Finally. Posts: 10,155	Or Lil's playing God for a sucker.

04-07-2002, 06:30 PM	#39
Coragyps Veteran Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Snyder,Texas,USA Posts: 4,411	There's nothing like a nice game of voleball to relieve boredom, my ol' grandpa used to say.

04-07-2002, 08:41 PM	#40
Bill Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gatorville, Florida Posts: 4,334	To return briefly to the subject of Michael Ruse and Evolution, I'd like to mention that not long ago I picked his book <a href="http://www.secweb.org/bookstore/bookdetail.asp?BookID=698" target="_blank">Mystery of Mysteries : Is Evolution a Social Construction</a> as an II Book-of-the-Month. I bought a copy myself and read it all the way through. Ultimately, Ruse concludes that while Darwin's original work was strongly influenced by the surrounding cultural phenomena of Victorian England, in the 20th century, Evolution has migrated fully into the realm of "hard science" with precise mathmatical models and all of the other attributes of "objective scientific truth." Of course, nothing prevents anybody from misusing "objective scientific truth," so it would not surprise me if some people took that truth and elevated it into the status of a "religious belief." Certainly, Creationism is nothing at all more than a "religious belief." But the distinction remains: Evolution has a strong foundation in scientifically objective facts. == Bill

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