With Harvard reputedly to receive $1,000,000 a year, for the next several years, to study how life emerged on Earth - will our children laugh at the thought that we were ever naive enough to believe Darwin's theory of evolution?
You're aware that the theory of evolution does not cover the emergence of life right? Only the subsequent origin of different species.
When people (creationists mainly) complain that theories are only that and are often proved wrong I think of Newtons laws of motion. These are demonstrably wrong but fit the known facts at the time and (unless you are dealing with the very big, the very small, or the very fast) still perfectly useful.
Nobody laughs at Newton (well some do, but for different reasons, he was a prat of the highest order).
Very likely (although I have no children). "Theory" is the operative word here, isn't it? One theory gives way to the next, the better to explain what we know to date.
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Tell it to Reuters, Dan :o)
BOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University is planning a scientific study of how life emerged on Earth, thrusting one of America's most prestigious universities into the growing, politically charged debate over an alternative to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
I presume it will be a study into how 'life as we know it' emerged on Earth. It's worth mentioning that good ol' George W has said he believes that intelligent design (presumably rather than merely survival of the fittest) should be taught in schools along with evolution theory so people can better understand the argument.
unless you're in the bible belt (where they give you a bible and then give you a belt if you don't read it).
I love to see the cosy white American families shown on TV. God fearing christians to a man and all in the same sweater. A whole county of Ned Flanders wannabes and their trim dutiful wives and clean kids who spend their evenings reading the good book after school and then a quick practice pose for the Year Book before prayers and bed.
"so, Tod, who was voted most likely to succeed this year?"
"Oh we all were, god bless America"
"And who was voted most likely to befriend a negro?"
"A what?"
"I don't know tod, It's a word I heard while flicking between evangelists last night"
"... Yeah, about that. I know they're men of God Brad but I've always thought it odd the way they make us do that- still, it wouldn't be a real religion without some sexual rituals right?""
Tyler,
I know what the Simpsons are, but I don't watch television, thus I'd have no clue who Ned Flanders is/was. Does he have a yellow head?
It's not a bug...it's a feature.
Yes, but he has brown hair. And, a question I have been willing to ask: Are you in any military branch or something, because, looking at your pic on your page and reading Island of Dreams, you seem to travel a lot
Mykle, pal, I would say that Harvard has a lot of Anti-Semitists working for them, and they are trying to find a way to turn us Christians against God.
I leave the house every day. Been doing it for half a century. I've even been to Harvard and Princeton and Mickey Rooney Tech! I also like to fly.
It's not a bug...it's a feature.
I know some Air Force people, they are all over the place out here. My daughters neighborhood is full of F-16 pilots. One of my best fishing buddies is a Colonel at the Air Force Academy. What's your dad do?
It's not a bug...it's a feature.
Don't know about Harvard,Tyler, but if George W is right (and it's intelligent design not survival of the fittest) then babies with built in air purifiers should start being born real soon now :o)
It's not a bug...it's a feature.
Tyler King
It's not a bug...it's a feature.
Tyler King
Tyler King
It's not a bug...it's a feature.
Tyler King
It's not a bug...it's a feature.