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Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!feeds.news.ox.ac.uk!news.ox.ac.uk!nntp-feed.chiark.greenend.org.uk!ewrotcd!news.killfile.org!news.eyrie.org!beagle.ediacara.org!.POSTED.beagle.ediacara.org!not-for-mail From: Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com> Newsgroups: talk.origins Subject: Re: West Virginia creationism Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 12:11:07 +0200 Organization: University of Ediacara Lines: 260 Sender: to%beagle.ediacara.org Approved: moderator@beagle.ediacara.org Message-ID: <la6a4iFqqmbU1@mid.individual.net> References: <utjrbi$2susg$1@dont-email.me> <ebfrvidkrucpm7kv4bctsnrgksg8hjn3go@4ax.com> <66ad07ee-b140-4518-a9df-bffa316b7391@gmail.com> <rcpd1jtljvngh3g3s7455lun0ukjlrqoeb@4ax.com> <4fch1jpp5qtolug4bj158sl9tvn8h7htp9@4ax.com> <folk1jhbg7o63c0spnibf1j72jeb6tcllc@4ax.com> <lafv1jp2fv47for3jusorqcmncfk1d9142@4ax.com> <dsbc2jhon7ontdokugvdfg6tedrqnkntq4@4ax.com> <n7jd2j1lamelgiq69tvlih4mh708alb8d7@4ax.com> <3n8m2jtvhd0nahms2un4i2gjbt1t6bpbk2@4ax.com> <ajsi3jdfqcr5095itvlrddnskb56h8ihd2@4ax.com> <q8fj3j5pou54cmk3r73aeirgp4gi8im5qv@4ax.com> <2e5n3j1u9a0pdcmpd4m78l2dssq3kns552@4ax.com> <jron3j1cooa42dl583dk20gdkrrbl9062p@4ax.com> <b0a6b3fd5d8e2f856b679be8a5abac97@www.novabbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: beagle.ediacara.org; posting-host="beagle.ediacara.org:3.132.105.89"; logging-data="40816"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@beagle.ediacara.org" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 To: talk-origins@moderators.individual.net Cancel-Lock: sha1:gEoW5FtfKvHxJ+uIQlm4FkIneQU= sha256:cf9vkZYazCj+TMpI7lq2f6FH/5m6VI+WJNRv7+2inXI= Return-Path: <mod-submit@uni-berlin.de> X-Original-To: talk-origins@ediacara.org Delivered-To: talk-origins@ediacara.org id 6B112229786; Fri, 10 May 2024 06:10:43 -0400 (EDT) by beagle.ediacara.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1E700229767 for <talk-origins@ediacara.org>; Fri, 10 May 2024 06:10:41 -0400 (EDT) by moderators.individual.net (Exim 4.97) for talk-origins@moderators.individual.net with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (envelope-from <mod-submit@uni-berlin.de>) id 1s5NDC-00000000Z4D-0Tse; Fri, 10 May 2024 12:10:46 +0200 by outpost.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.97) for talk-origins@moderators.individual.net with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (envelope-from <mod-submit@uni-berlin.de>) id 1s5NCu-00000002Cmx-1aL6; Fri, 10 May 2024 12:10:28 +0200 by relay1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.97) for talk-origins@moderators.individual.net with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (envelope-from <mod-submit@uni-berlin.de>) id 1s5NCu-000000020Ee-1Ila; Fri, 10 May 2024 12:10:28 +0200 for talk-origins@moderators.individual.net with local-bsmtp (envelope-from <mod-submit@uni-berlin.de>) id 1s5NCt-00000003gkg-0W0T; Fri, 10 May 2024 12:10:27 +0200 X-Path: individual.net!not-for-mail X-Orig-X-Trace: individual.net SHmN7LWjBa0Igsmo1YQr2ARQQLubEVuO+KNEisREIMzKvExFLP X-Originating-IP: 130.133.4.5 X-ZEDAT-Hint: RO Bytes: 16719 On 2024-05-10 08:22:49 +0000, Burkhard said: > Ron Dean wrote: > >> Vincent Haycock wrote: >>> On Wed, 8 May 2024 15:01:28 -0400, Ron Dean >>> <rondean-noreply@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Vincent Maycock wrote: >>>>> On Tue, 7 May 2024 22:47:15 -0400, Ron Dean >>>>> <rondean-noreply@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Vincent Maycock wrote: >>>>>>> On Mon, 6 May 2024 23:53:05 -0400, Ron Dean >>>>>>> <rondean-noreply@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Vincent Maycock wrote: >>>>>>>>> On Mon, 6 May 2024 15:29:30 -0400, Ron Dean >>>>>>> <snip> >>>>>>>>>> I understand the obsession to "explain away" these deserters, but >>>>>>>>>> honesty over bias needs to be the ruling objective not excuses. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> No, there's nothing to explain away. There will always be crackpots >>>>>>>>> amidst the more reasonable background of mainstream science. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You call them crackpots, but as I pointed out they are just as educated >>>>>>>> with the same credentials as mainstream scientist. The question is what >>>>>>>> are your credentials to pass judgement on these intellectuals including >>>>>>>> scientist holding PhDs. Probably nothing more than extreme bias. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> No, a PhD is not a license to believe in nonsense, although some >>>>>>> people act like it is. You've made the error of argument from >>>>>>> authority here, since even PhDs can easily get things wrong. >>>>>>> >>>>>> You called them crackpots. >>>>> >>>>> So do you believe that crackpots exist, or are all claims to >>>>> scientific validity equally worthwhile, in your view?? >>>>> >>>> Of course crackpots exist. However, calling them crackpots because they >>>> offer a different point-of-view from one's own view is protective and >>>> self-serving. >>> >>> I call them crackpots because they're out of step with mainstream >>> science without adequate grounds to be that way -- not because they >>> offer a different point of view from my own. >>> >>>>>> This is they way any contrary evidence to >>>>>> scientific theories IE evolution or abiogenesis is dismissed without >>>>>> knowing or understanding anything about the case they bring against >>>>>> evolution. When one relies strictly on on sided information and based on >>>>>> this, they are in no position to pass judgement. It's exactly parallel >>>>>> to a case where the Judge hears the prosecution, then pronounces I've >>>>>> heard enough - _guilty_! I strongly suspect this describes you knowing >>>>>> nothing about actual ID or the information >>>>> >>>>> Okay, why don't you fill me in about what I'm "missing" in the field >>>>> of information science as it relates to Intelligent Design? >>>>> >>>> I don't know that you are familiar with anything ID proposes, or the >>>> case against evolution and especially the impossibility >>> >>> You don't know that. >>> >>>> of life from inorganic, dead chemistry. There are over 500 known amino acids >>>> know in nature, but all living organisms are made up of only 20 >>>> different amino acids. >>>> What what was the odds of this happening without deliberate choice? >>> >>> It's just the number of amino acids that happened to be in the >>> earliest genetic code, obviously. If there were 25 amino acids in >>> living things, you'd ask the same question. >>> >>>> And all are >>>> left-handed, but if they were the result of blind chance, purposeless >>>> and aimless natural processes about half of the amino acids should have >>>> been right-hand. >>> >>> This was probably the result of a "frozen accident," where the >>> earliest life forms were left-handed by chance, and all their >>> descendants were also as a result of that. >>> >>>> This is not the case. Exactly what was the selection >>>> process that selected this particular set of 20 out of 500 known amino >>>> acids? Of course there are educated guesses, hypothesis and theories, >>>> but no 0ne knows. >>> >>> So you agree that Intelligent Design is not known to be the answer to >>> these kind of questions? >>> >>>> Each protein is expressed by a particular order or >>>> arrangement of amino acids. The smallest protein known, the saliva of a >>>> Gila minster is 20 amino acids. What are the odds of these 20 amino >>>> acids having the correct sequence on just one protein by chance? >>>> The number would be greater than the number of atoms (10^80) in the >>>> known universe. What is so incredible is that there is about 1 million >>>> proteins in the human body each made up of a specific order of amino acids. >>> >>> Obviously, the proteins didn't poof into existence all at once. You >>> would start out with something that only vaguely resembles the protein >>> you're concerned with, and then natural selection will turn it into >>> that protein over time by removing what doesn't resemble the target >>> protein and retaining what does. >>> >>>>>> What do you offered by IDest pointing put >>>>>> the fallacies in abiogenesis or evolution. If you think you know >>>>>> anything regarding this, it's no doubt from proponent of evolution. >>>>> >>>>> No, I used to be a creationist and I'm quite familiar with their >>>>> arguments. >>>>> >>>> Really? What turned you against both creationism or intelligent design? >>> >>> I was a young-earth creationist, so my reading of geology and >>> paleontology led me to the conclusion that flood geology is a cartoon >>> version of science with nothing to support it. >> Around the same time, >>> I became an atheist since Christianity didn't seem to make any sense.> >>>>>>>>>> >> So, you turned to atheism and evolution, not because you first found >> positive evidence for evolution and atheism, but rather because of >> negative mind-set concerning the flood and Christianity. >>> The fact of the matter is, intelligent design says nothing about >> either the flood story nor Christianity or any religion or God for that >> matter. ID observe essentially the same empirical evidence as >> evolutionist do, but they attribute what they see to intelligent design >> rather than to evolution. Both the evolutionist and the ID est >> interprets the same evidence to _fit_ into his own paradigm. IOW the >> paradigm rules. Now to clear up another situation. While IDest see >> evidence which supports design, there is no known evidence which points >> to the identity of the designer. One may believe based upon faith the >> the designer is Jehovah, Allah or Buddha or some other Deity but this >> is belief >>> >>>> At one time I was also an evolutionist. In addition to a book I was >>>> challenged to read, and to some extinct, what I discussed above I also >>>> thought that after reading Paley, Darwin dedicated his effort to >>>> discounting or disproving Paley's God. This seemed to be more than a >>>> coincidence. >>> >>> How do you square that with the enormous amount of research he did >>> into the subject? If he was just "mad at God" you would think he >>> would have published immediately with only a scant amount of >>> supporting evidence to support his ideas. >>> >>>> There is something, rarely mentioned in the literature. Darwin was a >>>> Christian until a great tragedy befell him and his family. That's the >>>> death of his daughter, Annie in 1851 at the age of 10. This naturally >>>> caused great pain to Darwin and this terrible tragedy turned him against >>>> religion and God whom he blamed. One could certainly sympathize with him >>>> on the loss of his daughter. ========== REMAINDER OF ARTICLE TRUNCATED ==========