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tama

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35. There's no confusion except in your posts
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 04:22 PM
Apr 2012

I'm part of cultural evolution, as are also theories about evolution.

You know, some days I really want to believe in a Higher Power... LAGC Apr 2012 #1
I tend to believe the "flaw" is in the nature of man, rather than the biology. FedUpWithIt All Apr 2012 #2
If our biology was better, a lot of flaws "in the nature of man" wouldn't matter Silent3 Apr 2012 #8
God didn't screw up, the human race screwd up, on their own. Not fair to point fingers. crunch60 Apr 2012 #3
take a walk through any big children's hospital......who screwed them up? Namvet67 Apr 2012 #6
Something in a screwed up DNA. Parents pass on to their children many anomalies. Humans crunch60 Apr 2012 #24
Oh, bullshit Silent3 Apr 2012 #28
So tell me, just how do you know what childhood diseases were around a million years ago? crunch60 Apr 2012 #29
Fossil record Silent3 Apr 2012 #30
If a god gets credit for "saving" and healing the sick,...then... Namvet67 Apr 2012 #47
That's a good argument if one believes that god actually saves or heals the sick. cbayer Apr 2012 #49
yes.....i agree Namvet67 Apr 2012 #50
So it's a good argument for the vast majority of US Christians? trotsky Apr 2012 #52
If procreation is based solely on the process of evolution, LARED Apr 2012 #4
That's a very good question. LAGC Apr 2012 #5
Not defective, just a genetic variant. trotsky Apr 2012 #7
AMEN Namvet67 Apr 2012 #48
The process of evolution is mindless, it doesn't care about all the wrong turns... Silent3 Apr 2012 #10
Very well put. n/t trotsky Apr 2012 #11
Why "mindless"? tama Apr 2012 #14
Now that we have evolved intelligence, we can of course try (however imperfectly!) to manipulate... Silent3 Apr 2012 #16
And in this state of evolution tama Apr 2012 #20
You can call evolution "Susan" or "prismatic parking crate" if you like. Silent3 Apr 2012 #27
I'm not calling it "Susan" tama Apr 2012 #31
Do you think that evolution has a thought process? Goblinmonger Apr 2012 #32
Word games tama Apr 2012 #37
If intentionality can happen without thinking... Silent3 Apr 2012 #38
Are you suggesting with your intention tama Apr 2012 #40
I'm sure that elsewhere in the living world... Silent3 Apr 2012 #42
What's blatantly obvious? Silent3 Apr 2012 #33
I see now that your confusion arises tama Apr 2012 #39
No, I don't think you're talking about ID, but I would guess that there's... Silent3 Apr 2012 #41
Intention tama Apr 2012 #43
So what? Silent3 Apr 2012 #44
So to clarify confusions tama Apr 2012 #45
Saying that muffins are an emergent property of train stations is truly... Silent3 Apr 2012 #46
Individuals don't evolve. Mariana Apr 2012 #13
I do evolve, also as individual nt tama Apr 2012 #15
There are two different meanings of "evolve" going on there Silent3 Apr 2012 #17
Theories and meanings of evolution tama Apr 2012 #21
You're not "evolving" here... Silent3 Apr 2012 #26
There's no confusion except in your posts tama Apr 2012 #35
Age of reproduction isn't cultural evolution Silent3 Apr 2012 #36
You know, some posts just aren't worth the effort Mariana Apr 2012 #22
I guess I'm too stubborn and argumentative to easily let some things slide. Silent3 Apr 2012 #34
you are also trying to educate......keep it up Namvet67 Apr 2012 #51
Are you joking, or do you really not understand evolution? laconicsax Apr 2012 #25
No argument from me on that. ProfessionalLeftist Apr 2012 #9
Knees. Warren Stupidity Apr 2012 #12
Forget the knees, how about the eye! eqfan592 Apr 2012 #18
Or the human body's response to spinal injury Silent3 Apr 2012 #19
You think that's bad. Sometimes he must really just have a bad day. cbayer Apr 2012 #23
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