Now then lads, it's time to come to a full stop. Tomorrow it's back to the business of building the world's greatest GUI. Now off to bed with the lot of you! Gn to all Kate > I did not answer at first because I think everyone is free to believe or no= > t,=20 > but this time too much is simply wrong. > > On Wednesday 20 June 2018 02.31:18 Felix Miata wrote: > > It's not a versus. Evolution IS a religion: > > It's definitely *not* > > > http://www.dictionary.com/browse/religion?s=3Dt > > ... > > 2. a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed > > upon by a number of persons or sects:... > > > > "Evolution", as taught, is not subject to proof. > > This is wrong. Just as some may kill member of other religions although the= > irs=20 > tell them not to, I can't make sure that there are not some who "teach"=20 > evolution as a religion, but evolution is a *theory*, that itself has evolv= > ed=20 > once first proposed. It has evolved because scientific evidence has showed= > =20 > that proposed explanations did not fit to facts > > > As taught it's all based=20 > > on theories, aka beliefs.=20 > > Wrong again. A theory is driven by *facts*. It's a model that needs to be=20 > modified if it's not able to explain new facts that are discoverd.=20 > > > Micro-evolution is without question real and=20 > > provable, but micro-evolution is not taught as distinguishable from the > > other 6 types of unprovable evolution, such as that which says dinosaurs > > and man did not coexist. > > This simply comes from the fact that datation methods (which by the way use= > =20 > the same physics that are used in CERN to improve another model, which trie= > s=20 > to explain how matter is made) show that dinosaurs disappeared 65 millions= > =20 > years ago while man in its modern form is some two million years old. > > That's as if you said it is unprovable that I could not meet Darwin. > > > Technically, it's arguably true that dinosaurs=20 > > didn't, because "dinosaur" is a word originally created during the 19th > > century. Before then, the creatures since referred to as dinosaurs were > > called dragons, and there has been found much art on the walls of caves a= > nd > > elsewhere created many tens of centuries ago that indicate man was > > interacting with living dragons. > > =46rom which not a single bone has ever been found. My daughter draws a lot= > =20 > of "animals" that have never existed, and never will exit. (I admit she doe= > s=20 > not draw on a cave). > > > > then I think (or maybe, I believe) that we need to start > > > another thread, if not indeed a separate forum, list, or whatever. > > True. I doubt TDE will ever "evolve" to clear this sort of things :) > > > One of my reasons to reply was to highlight the unending inane off-topic > > threads about coffee, chocolate & dinosaurs polluting this list and its > > archive. If dinosaurs are OK, then anything should go. I'd like to see OT > > stuff keep to a minimum or less. > > =2D-=20 > Prie Dieu mais continue de nager vers le rivage. > (proverbe russe) > > Pray to God but continue to swim to the shore. > (Russian proverb) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@... > For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... > Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > >