Jim, care to back *any* of this up with any actual facts, rather than just a rant?
Jim Cobabe wrote: > John, > > Scientists are free to indulge their fancy. Obviously there's little > historic evidence to substantiate supposedly "prehistoric" events. For > many science devotees, one basic premise is that nothing supernatural > exists. In science to acknowledge the existence or act of God is an > awful heresy. Of course the bible simply assumes that readers have > implicit faith in the existence of God. Therefore the science nazis > have to invent ways to discount biblical history. > > Some of them can do this without being overtly arrogant and patently > offensive, but many cannot. As far as I can tell, the "scientists" > first tactic in arguing this position is to label anyone who doesn't > agree an ignorant superstitious moron. While this may satisfy their own > requirements for determining the winner of an argument, it seldom > answers the objections of "science dissidents" or "science apostates". > And of course the scientists in their cliques don't feel obligated to > respect or cater to morons. For them, it certainly would be more > gratifying to feed each other's egos, and pretend that all their > theories have been "critically reviewed". > > When they are learned... > > As to some of your other points. > > I have long been fascinated by a science discipline referred to as > "ethnobotany". This is a narrowly focused study attempting to discern > the natural origins of domestic plant species. In fact, it is a > singularly unproductive study, because it is generally found that the > existence of domestic strains extends back before historic times. > Nobody really knows for sure where the ancestors of most modern > cultivated plants arose. The studies return results that are strikingly > similar to the fruits of anthropologists efforts to find a proto-human > ancestor. > > --- > Mij Ebaboc > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland Guns don’t kill people; people with guns kill people Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ${list_promo}
