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  JW scientist banned from Institute's WebSite because of Creationistic Views

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  recently, dr. wolf-ekkehard loennig, a jw working in a leading position at the gene-science-department at the max-planck-institute, has been banned from the institute's website for spreading his view about evolution.

  he promotes the so called "intelligents design".

  max-planck-institute calles this creationism in disguise.

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  Ed

  The kind that get one laughed at are those that are not possible.

  Right, but here's the thing I don't get: who gets the final say about what is "possible" and what is "not possible"? Does lack of evidence for something make it "not possible"? I would have thought that this also an unscientific sort of attitude.

  By the way, thanks for setting me straight, everyone. I honestly thought scientific types were not open to all possibilities and would ridicule any ideas they didn't want to consider. But you have helped me to see that this whole idea is ridiculous, laughable and unworthy of further consideration.
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  JW scientist banned from Institute's WebSite because of Creationistic Views

  by GermanXJW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  recently, dr. wolf-ekkehard loennig, a jw working in a leading position at the gene-science-department at the max-planck-institute, has been banned from the institute's website for spreading his view about evolution.

  he promotes the so called "intelligents design".

  max-planck-institute calles this creationism in disguise.

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  Ed

  A good paleontologist can also tell a lot from bones, whereas you and other creationists cannot.

  But are they thinking "What really happened here?" or is it more like "Which of the acceptable possibilities that won't get me laughed at does this most closely match?"

  Oh sod it, let's just draw a monkey next to it with causal arrows.
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  JW scientist banned from Institute's WebSite because of Creationistic Views

  by GermanXJW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  recently, dr. wolf-ekkehard loennig, a jw working in a leading position at the gene-science-department at the max-planck-institute, has been banned from the institute's website for spreading his view about evolution.

  he promotes the so called "intelligents design".

  max-planck-institute calles this creationism in disguise.

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  Ed

  I will grant you that.

  LOL - you're just trying to shut me up before I make an even bigger idiot of myself. That's nice, I appreciate it. But I wasn't intending to labour the point much further anyway.
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  JW scientist banned from Institute's WebSite because of Creationistic Views

  by GermanXJW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  recently, dr. wolf-ekkehard loennig, a jw working in a leading position at the gene-science-department at the max-planck-institute, has been banned from the institute's website for spreading his view about evolution.

  he promotes the so called "intelligents design".

  max-planck-institute calles this creationism in disguise.

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  Ed

  I just want you to get a real taste of reality on your journey through life.

  What have I said that you disagree with? I only pointed out that people who propose viewpoints that differ significantly from the norm tend to meet a similar fate in both science and religion - shunning/merciless ridicule.

  Anyway, I'm not against science or the pursuit of knowledge. Just the "more-highly-evolved-than-thou" attitude that often seems to go with it.
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  JW scientist banned from Institute's WebSite because of Creationistic Views

  by GermanXJW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  recently, dr. wolf-ekkehard loennig, a jw working in a leading position at the gene-science-department at the max-planck-institute, has been banned from the institute's website for spreading his view about evolution.

  he promotes the so called "intelligents design".

  max-planck-institute calles this creationism in disguise.

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  Ed

  Maybe your problem is that you think science teachers are scientists. LOL

  That could be it.
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  JW scientist banned from Institute's WebSite because of Creationistic Views

  by GermanXJW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  recently, dr. wolf-ekkehard loennig, a jw working in a leading position at the gene-science-department at the max-planck-institute, has been banned from the institute's website for spreading his view about evolution.

  he promotes the so called "intelligents design".

  max-planck-institute calles this creationism in disguise.

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  Ed

  Spoken as a true non-scientist. Obviously this person has no idea what science is and has no real experience with scientific method or peer review.

  Okay, here's how we were taught to do scientific experiments when I was in high school:

  1) Be told the purpose AND RESULT of the experiment
  2) Perform the experiment in such a way as to achieve that result
  3) Write that result on the exam paper or be marked 'wrong'

  Oh, and my science teachers were a bunch of humourless cretins too, so maybe that has something to do with my attitude. Whatever.
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  JW scientist banned from Institute's WebSite because of Creationistic Views

  by GermanXJW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  recently, dr. wolf-ekkehard loennig, a jw working in a leading position at the gene-science-department at the max-planck-institute, has been banned from the institute's website for spreading his view about evolution.

  he promotes the so called "intelligents design".

  max-planck-institute calles this creationism in disguise.

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  Ed

  By the way, are you a creationist?

  Not particularly. Just unimpressed by people who can't tolerate other people thinking for themselves.
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  JW scientist banned from Institute's WebSite because of Creationistic Views

  by GermanXJW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  recently, dr. wolf-ekkehard loennig, a jw working in a leading position at the gene-science-department at the max-planck-institute, has been banned from the institute's website for spreading his view about evolution.

  he promotes the so called "intelligents design".

  max-planck-institute calles this creationism in disguise.

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  Ed

  The difference is that "science" relies on objective evidence for promotion of views, whereas religion promotes blind belief.

  But once again you get an elite group of people deciding how that data must be interpreted. You have some "outlandish" explanation of how these numbers could mean something other than our version? No diploma for you!!

  Tell me how that sort of mind-set helps anyone in the quest for knowledge any more than the threat of excommunication helps people discern the Bible's message more clearly.
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  JW scientist banned from Institute's WebSite because of Creationistic Views

  by GermanXJW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  recently, dr. wolf-ekkehard loennig, a jw working in a leading position at the gene-science-department at the max-planck-institute, has been banned from the institute's website for spreading his view about evolution.

  he promotes the so called "intelligents design".

  max-planck-institute calles this creationism in disguise.

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  Ed

  Just shows how similar science and religion are in some ways. This is what "we" believe, and you must subscribe to all elements of what "we" believe, otherwise you are not one of "us" and will be shunned/ridiculed.
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  Daddy long legs..a cruel and unusual punishment

  by Brummie in

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  when i was a kid we used to catch daddy long legs and throw them into spiders webs on the trees outside...then when the spider had finished of the dllegs we would throw the spider into a bigger spiders web and watch them battle it out....sick huh, i kinda like these things now so couldnt hurt em but any insect that used to come into contact with us had a cruel existence.

  anyhow i just heard that the most poisonous insect of all insects is daddy long legs.

  just an interesting something that i thought i would share before i go a swatting .

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  Ed

  I'd love to see an Australian Huntsman spider. They look so cool.

  I've seen daddy-longlegs spiders catch and eat those too, believe it or not.