On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 12:55:53 +1000, RLW <zzwindol at uqconnect.net> wrote:
>On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Angilion wrote:
>>> On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 23:00:49 +0000 (UTC), cary at afone.as.arizona.edu (Cary
>> Kittrell) wrote:
[..]
>> >Actually, if you read what John himself has put up on his site,
>> >you'll notice that those who believe in YEC are in fact a minority.
>>>> YEC?
>> Young Earth Creationism. People who believe the Earth was created very
>recently, about 6000 years ago, and base this figure on the bible and
>other carefully selected pieces of 'evidence'.
Thanks. What an odd idea. Do you know why they think their God
deliberately planted lots of older material while creating the Earth 6000
years ago? Or do they just ignore all evidence of anything more than 6000
years old? Rocks containing certain minerals can be dated back millions
of years.
[..]
>> Yes, I did read that. However, John was correct when he
>> stated that the results of the poll showed that only 9% of
>> the people questioned believed the ToE as historically defined
>> to be true. The ToE as does not include belief in a deity
>> guiding evolution.
>> However, his original statement was:
>>"To feminazis, there's no difference between blue whales and humans,
>because they both "evolved" from the same "common ancestor", so it must
>somehow make sense to them to make such a suggestion. But to the rest of
>the normal people in the country, namely the 91% who reject this "theory"
>of evolution, human beings have a unique role on the planet because they
>are a unique species"
>> If 49% of people believe in 'divinely guided' evolution, then they could
>not be said to reject evolutionary theory outright, so his 91% figure is
>not correct. It's a minor point anyway.
It is, as it rests on what John Knight meant by "this "theory" of
evolution". In any case, it was 40% who believed in divinely
guided evolution (and 9% in plain evolution).
>Feminazis are not the same as
>evolutionists and I doubt either group think humans and blue whales
>are identical. All it proves is that John Knight likes to mix and
>match his statistics.
Blue whales were used in that context by a feminist in this thread.
There are people with a dubious connection to reality in all camps.
--
Always remember you're unique.
Just like everyone else. (Anon)
