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Old 08-16-2012, 04:00 PM
 
Location: Charlotte
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What does creationism have to do with this? We are discussing evolution.
Correct, creationism doesn't matter to evolution.

Evolution is simply any change across successive generations in the inherited characteristics of biological populations. Or basically, the change in allele frequency over time. This is well-documented fact that it occurs, so I don't understand what the issue is
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Old 08-16-2012, 04:01 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Evolution is simply any change across successive generations in the inherited characteristics of biological populations. Or basically, the change in allele frequency over time. This is well-documented fact that it occurs, so I don't understand what the issue is
The issue is that it conflicts with some people's interpretations of the Bible.
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Old 08-16-2012, 04:03 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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Uhhh...check the date on which the thread with the poll was started. Hint - it wasn't today. It certainly wasn't three years ago, but it wasn't today either.
Ah - yes - it was started on 30 July - I saw it for the first time today - and confused dates - sorry.

Anyways - I found this one more interesting than that one - and judging from the comparative number of responses to each - i'm not alone in that assessment.
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Old 08-16-2012, 04:05 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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The issue is that it conflicts with some people's interpretations of the Bible.
What about people who read the Qur'an?

What about people who don't read any spiritual book at all?

You seem to have a simplistic view of the controversy.
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Old 08-16-2012, 04:06 PM
 
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Harrier, post your evidence.
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Old 08-16-2012, 04:08 PM
 
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Harrier, post your evidence.
For what?
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Old 08-16-2012, 04:12 PM
 
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For what?
The holes in Evolutionary Theory that you read on the internet, of course.
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Old 08-16-2012, 04:13 PM
 
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Evolution is a theory some people want to be a fact already.
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Old 08-16-2012, 04:14 PM
 
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Evolution is a theory some people want to be a fact already.
Do you have any idea what the definition of a scientific theory is, its difference from the colloquial use of the word, and the fact that that the Earth is round is a theory?

Don't answer that. It's rhetorical.
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Old 08-16-2012, 04:16 PM
 
Location: Charlotte
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Evolution is a theory some people want to be a fact already.
Evolution is simply change over successive generations in a biological group. That is fact, it does occur.
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