300 million year old rock by Lauren Becker

John Popelish

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Jan 6, 2007, 9:18:04 PM1/6/07

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Good article on the conflict between science and
fundamentalist Christianity (or anyone who answers science
questions with Godidit) from the viewpoint of a science
interpreter who has taught at museums and parks around the
country.

http://www.csicop.org/intelligentdesignwatch/rocks.html

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johac

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Jan 7, 2007, 1:55:42 AM1/7/07

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In article <LbOdnfFjpbDUxT3Y...@comcast.com>,
John Popelish <jpop...@rica.net> wrote:

That's a great article. Thanks!
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JTEM

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Jan 7, 2007, 2:14:06 AM1/7/07

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johac wrote:

> John Popelish <jpop...@rica.net> wrote:
> >
> > http://www.csicop.org/intelligentdesignwatch/rocks.html
>
> That's a great article. Thanks!

It's heart wrenching to think that it's even as issue.

Uncle Vic

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Jan 7, 2007, 3:04:01 AM1/7/07

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One fine day in alt.atheism, John Popelish <jpop...@rica.net> bloodied us
up with this:

I nicked myself a quote. Thanks!

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Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department.
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call for responsibility. -Lauren Becker

psytaur

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Jan 7, 2007, 5:06:37 AM1/7/07

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"John Popelish" <jpop...@rica.net> wrote in message
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EXCELLENT and eloquent , so much unlike myself.

basanistes

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Jan 7, 2007, 6:54:03 AM1/7/07

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"John Popelish" <jpop...@rica.net> wrote in message
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Not all Christians believe that the earth is just 6000 years old. It was
Bishop James Ussher who calculated this nonsense based on adding up ages of
biblical people.

While Paul (a Christian, in the 1st century) said that we should not take
part in debates about the genealogy in the bible, _most_ Christians are
misled by believing (in fact) that biblical genealogy is complete and 'meant
to calculate years'.

I myself take them only for a shortened list of names up to Jesus, just to
show that Jesus and Abraham were in one line of geneology.

Pangur Ban

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Jan 7, 2007, 8:15:41 AM1/7/07

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John Popelish wrote after much deliberation:

> http://www.csicop.org/intelligentdesignwatch/rocks.html

Thoughtful and well written. Thanks for posting it.

--
Pangur Ban - nonchristian theist

johac

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Jan 8, 2007, 1:15:09 AM1/8/07

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In article <1168154046.8...@i15g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"JTEM" <jte...@gmail.com> wrote:

I know. It's obscenely absurd that the NPS would even consider such a
travesty.

Al Klein

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Jan 9, 2007, 10:18:02 PM1/9/07

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On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 12:54:03 +0100, "basanistes"
<b...@mailingimpliesyouagreetopayme50bucks.com> wrote:

>While Paul (a Christian, in the 1st century) said that we should not take
>part in debates about the genealogy in the bible, _most_ Christians are
>misled by believing (in fact) that biblical genealogy is complete and 'meant
>to calculate years'.

>I myself take them only for a shortened list of names up to Jesus, just to
>show that Jesus and Abraham were in one line of geneology.

The web site was totally wasted on you.

stoney

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Jan 12, 2007, 4:40:44 PM1/12/07

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On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:18:02 -0500, Al Klein <ruk...@pern.invalid> wrote
in alt.atheism

So is life.

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at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
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