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Subject: It's as much my relative as it is yours

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Date Posted: 07/ 6/04 11:28pm
In reply to: Pastor Jeremy Moorao 's message, "Is this your uncle?" on 07/ 3/04 5:11pm

It's not my "uncle," no. But there is no doubt it is related to me. Darwin first figured it out, and then modern science, particularly DNA comparison, has verified it. Phrasing it the way you did, of course, is a caricature, and makes it sound derogatory.

The sad fact of life that we all have to get used to is that reality is what it is, whether we like it or not. You can pretend that chimpanzees aren't your closest relative next to other humans, just as you can pretend that the earth doesn't revolve around the Sun. Science has conclusively proven both, but no one can force you to accept either.

But we'd be happy if you'd join us here in reality. :)

Ben

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It is not true. Click on the picture to follow the link. (NT) Pastor Jeremy Moorao 07/ 7/04 12:03am

No thanks. We can discuss it here. -- Ben, 07/ 8/04 12:29am

Is he? Wade A. Tisthammer 07/14/04 3:47pm

One point. -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 07/14/04 4:00pm
Alernate explanations are easy to create -- Ben, 07/14/04 4:15pm

They sure are. -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 07/14/04 5:24pm

Damoclese rides again -- Damoclese, 07/14/04 8:04pm

Welcome back Kemosabe -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 07/15/04 9:31pm

Design? -- Damoclese, 07/16/04 8:18am

Disputable points -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 08/12/04 5:38pm

I don't think that -- Ben, 07/15/04 12:57am

Okay. -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 07/15/04 10:11pm

That's simply science -- Damoclese, 07/16/04 8:31am

You old softy. -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 08/12/04 5:43pm

Harding Place -- Damoclese, 08/15/04 11:56am

A rock...quite a bit more stable than hominid fossils -- Wade A. Tisthamjmer, 09/13/04 12:09am

More on Deceptive Design Theory -- Ben, 07/16/04 3:05pm

What's deceptive about it? -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 08/12/04 5:57pm

here's why -- Damoclese, 08/15/04 7:21pm

That's not what I was referring to -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 09/12/04 11:51pm

And a little more -- Damoclese, 07/18/04 7:08pm

And more -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 08/12/04 6:04pm

When were the laws of Mathematics started? And why? And how? -- QUITTNER, 08/13/04 1:30pm

reality check -- Duane, 08/23/04 1:05am

Re: reality check -- QUITTNER, 08/30/04 12:55pm

Duane -- grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....., 08/31/04 7:25am

Interesting "explanations" -- QUITTNER, 08/31/04 1:37pm

whoops... -- Duane, 08/31/04 10:25pm

Interesting explanations -- QUITTNER, 09/ 3/04 2:28pm

Why post at all? -- Ben, 09/ 3/04 7:10pm
I agree -- Duane, 09/ 7/04 7:51am

...of little substance -- Damoclese, 08/15/04 12:01pm

Ingoring the substance -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 09/13/04 12:17am

Hitting the Bottle -- Damoclese, 09/13/04 1:23am

Of substance -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 09/14/04 3:48pm

Substance abuse -- Damoclese, 09/14/04 10:29pm

One quick comment -- Duane, 09/13/04 10:20am

One quick reply -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 09/14/04 4:06pm

A strange admission... -- Duane, 09/14/04 4:59pm