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Originally Posted by Biochemist
Assuming it took 600 or 700 billion years for the earth to cool, this leaves 300-400 billion years for this little dude to begin to replicate.
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I just wanted to point out that you obviously meant
million, not billion in these statements.
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Originally Posted by Biochemist
Hence we are arguing (with a straight face) that this biogenetic event occurred in a hostile environment 3.5 billion years ago, and yet, it has never occurred since (at least not well enough to create a different sort of life architecture).
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Actually, we're suppost to be arguing (with a straight face) why evolution needs to be taught in public schools, and why Intelligent Design doesn't qualify for inclusion in the science curriculum.
Reason being, the scientific community generally considers ID pseudoscience, and lacking legitimate evidence in support of it's theories. And it is clear the true motivations of ID proponents, considering their primary efforts appear to be in the persuasion of children in public schools rather than legitimate scientific peers.
I'm not aware of any other pseudosciences, such as Astrology or Numerology, that are regularly included in public school science education standards.
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Originally Posted by Biochemist
ID folks are NOT saying "God did it". All they are saying is we cannot assert (based on the fact base) that this was exclusively serial mutation.
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Uh, of course ID folks are saying "God did it." Who do you suspect the Intelligent Designer to be if not God?
