angilion at ypical.fsnet.co.uk (Angilion) wrote in
news:3d333c95.21227708 at news.freeserve.net:
> On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 19:18:30 GMT, "John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com>
> wrote:
>>>"OhSojourner" <ohsojourner at aol.com> wrote in message
>>news:ce660175.0207141147.10aa9d8 at posting.google.com...>>> John Knight wrote:
>> [..]
>>>> >But to the rest of the normal people in the country, namely the 91%
>>> >who reject this "theory" of evolution,
>>>>>> Do you have a cite for this claim? (A non-subjective one)
>>>>Well, it's a bit difficult to come up with a "non-subjective" cite for
>>public opinion, as public opinion is precisely that--subjective.
>>>>The Gallup Poll, where it has its serious credibility problems, shows
>>that only 9% of Americans accept the "theory of evolution" as its been
>>historically defined:
>>http://christianparty.net/gallupcreation.htm>> Well, the sample size is large enough (1000) *if* it was a random
> selection from across the whole of the USA, and it does show that
> only 9% of the people questioned believe that God had *no part*
> in the development of humanity.
"chrstianparty.net" "random selection". What's wrong with this picture?
>> It is evidence that most people in the USA do not believe in the
> theory of evolution. It is not evidence that the theory of evolution
> is wrong, nor is it evidence that the theory of creationism is right.
> There cannot be any evidence of the latter, by definition, as it
> is a matter of faith.
>> As an aside, why do you believe that all known forms of dating
> material are wildly incorrect? If humanity is only 3000 or 6000
> years old (both figures are given on the above website), all the
> dating of all human remains or human-created items older
> than 3000?6000? years must be wrong. Or are you arguing that
> there were people on Earth before humans?
God is tricky. I should know. He only plants false evidence to test our
faith in Him, you know. I wonder: do the Creationists believe that God is
similar to a perjurer who plants false evidence to convict an innocent man
in order to test the intelligence of the Prosecutors?
<Snip valiant attempt at convincing a religious fanatic>
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"...What you have to understand, young lady, is that the Greeks, not
content with dominating the culture of the Classical world, are also
responsible for the greatest, some would say the only, work of true
creative imagination produced this century as well. I refer of course to
the Greek ferry timetables. A work of the sublimest fiction. Anyone who
has travelled the Aegean will confirm this..." Professor Watkin - Dirk
Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
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