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From: szarekw@lonexc.radc.af.mil (William J. Szarek)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Paranormal phenomena and evolution
Summary: Good facts, wrong reason
Keywords: Evolution?
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Date: 24 Jan 91 13:38:50 GMT
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>How the hell can you make such a stupid statement as 'We, .., are not
>evolving.'  Sheesh, that's as bad as the time I had an argument with
>a Catholic about evolution and she stated that evolution could not
>possibly happen because if it did, why has it stopped?
> [many nice 'facts' removed]
>
>
>Evolution takes a long time, but wait, I am 6'3" tall, much taller than
>people were 500 years ago, you try walking around in a Medieval house
>without stooping.  The average height is much greater than it was then,
>so that is evolution is it not?

Quite right my friend.  you are indeed much taller (if not smarter) than
your medieval counterparts.  As anybody who has more than skimmed the surface
of this topic knows it is due more to better nutrition than genetic evolution.

In short, nice rebuttal, 2 points for lots of facts, 2 points for big words,
a slap on the wrist for a prejudice attitude (intolerance: the mark of an
intellectual), and a big fat goose egg for your use of supportive evidance.

Maybe you haven't noticed, but many "Christians" don't run around telling
people how to live their lives.  Many of us just go about our lives taking
care of *our* lives.  Sometimes it is what you *do* not what you *say* that
makes you *good*.  I am a scientist and a Christian.  I happen to believe
in the theory [myth? :-)] of evolution.  The two are not irreconcilable .
. . (the hand of God is visable in all things).

suma cum grano salis
buzz