Re: offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symboliclinks to directories)

[Carlo Florendo <list-subscriber at hq dot astra dot ph>]

Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 03:30:03PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
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> > ----Original Message----
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> > > From: Christopher Faylor
> > > Sent: 20 April 2005 15:19
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> > >
> > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 10:56:05AM +0100, Lionel B wrote:
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> > > > "Christopher Faylor" wrote ...
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> > > >
> > > > > Actually, all kidding aside, this is correct, right?  They think that
> > > > > whales and hippos came from a common ancestor, don't they?
> > > > >          
> > > > Any two species that ever existed on the planet have a common ancestral
> > > > species...  ok, for a T.  Rex and a greengage plum you might have to go
> > > > back a bit.
> > > >        
> > > Yes, my education did progress beyond the second grade.  Do you REALLY
> > > think that anyone reading this list is so ill-informed as to not
> > > understand how evolution works and needs to be educated on something
> > > this basic?
> > >      
> > Well, I kinda hate to point this out, but given the state of education
> > in the southern states these days, there are probably a few
> > creationists on the list who really are that ill-informed, do not
> > understand how evolution works, and are in *desperate* need of an
> > education....
> >    
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> So, I sent something out about a "common ancestor" and royally confused
> all of the Southern Baptists reading the list.  I think it is extremely
> unlikely.  I'm not aware of any school system which has completely
> thrown out evolutionary text books.
>
> I think your premise is flawed anyway.  I think most creationists
> understand at least the "common ancestor" part of evolutionary theory.
> They may get it wrong and think that this means that man was descended
> from apes but they do at least have a glimmering of understanding of
> the concept.
>
> cgf
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>  

I don't know anyone here has read "Why Colleges Breed Communits" by 
A.N.  Field, 1941.  (The new title o the book is Evolution Hoax 
Exposed).    What it says is ineresting, pointing out absurdities in the 
concept of  evolution.   A strong point that A.N. Field maintains is the 
absurdity of the jump from one species to another.   Evolution theorists 
and evolutionistsargue that it is possible for a jump in species.  They 
have pointed  out numerous cockroaches that have changed characteristics 
for the past 20 million years.  Sure, the cockroach then is not what we 
have now.  It evolved, yes, but it is still a cockroach.  A cockroach 
will never be a dog no matter how hard you try.


That the world was created in 7 days is a way of saying that there was 
succession in the creation of beings as we see them now.   Thus, when 
the author of Genesis says that the world was created in 7 days, he 
doesn't commit  any mistake since he does not speak literally.  The 
creation of the universein 7 days, though,  is not an impossibility 
since God is omnipotent.

Thanks!

Best Regards,

Carlo

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