On Sunday 17 June 2018 20:52:34 Felix Miata wrote:
> Gene Heskett composed on 2018-06-10 23:25 (UTC-0400):
> > William Morder wrote:
> >> Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>> William Morder wrote:
> >>>> I swear, this mailing list is sort of like Jurassic Park: a place
> >>>> where dinosaurs still roam the earth.
> >>>>
> >> > They still roam the earth, Bill, except now we call them birds. :)
> >>
> >> I wonder if they tasted like chicken or turkey, or more gamey like
> >> pheasant?
> >
> > I'd have to say that mere mortals like us will never know. Ostrich
> > maybe?, its pretty ancient.
> >
> > Evolution has changed almost everything on this planet in the last 70
> > million years, including us.
>
> "Evolution" as taught in public schools and universities is 6/7 religion,
> 1/7 science. http://www.ep.tc/problems/59/ is a relatively short 1974 comic
> that explains without fractions.
>
> Evolution as taught has 7 meanings, only one of which is proven science.
> The rest is entirely based on faith in various theories that have not been
> and almost certainly will not ever be proven. More at http://www.icr.org/
> and elsewhere.

I believe it's fine for us to express our opinions on subjects about which we 
disagree in our individual ways. However, if we start to debate evolution 
versus religion, then I think (or maybe, I believe) that we need to start 
another thread, if not indeed a separate forum, list, or whatever. 

As I mentioned in an earlier post, we're all here for the same reason: that 
amorphous THAT (which is TDE, Linux, free software, etc.), and I hope that 
our common interest in THAT doesn't get derailed by disputes. 

Anyway, I am comfortable with my own beliefs, and do not feel the need to 
bring enlightenment to others (unless of course they beg me to teach them, 
and offer YUGE sums of cold hard cash). 

Bill