> 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 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- There are only 7 subject I will freely discuss. Chocolate FOSS Sci Fi animals Kids (noisier animals) Pizza Chocolate Kate