....stuff deleted

Here I thought you were an open minded liberal conservative scientist
that was interested in knowledge where ever he could find it. Shame on
me for assuming again. Narrowminded anti-religious scientist are well -
narrowminded. Not much difference that narrowminded fundementalist that
have their mind made up, no more data needed! A mind is a terrible
thing to waste, and waste, and waste! TnT


There you go making assumptions and giving out labels. You've done this
so many times, and you haven't been right yet. Still, why should that
stop you?

Sadly, you know little to nothing about evolution and make statements
like there are scientific "observations in the bible." When challenged
to present one, you didn't (nor could you, since they don't exist).
Having read both the bible and the "Voyage of the Beagle," I can claim
to have a somewhat better understanding of evolution than you. I was
taught that life began on earth, in the oceans, about 2.5 billion years
ago. The current thinking is that lifeforms that exist on the black
smokers (volcanic effusions on the ocean floor) may be the first
lifeforms on the planet and they, eventually, colonized the oceans and
adapted to the new conditions in the shallower waters. If this is where
life began, life on earth is even older than previously thought. This is
how science works. Good scientists use evidence to establish hypotheses,
and then test, or observe, to see if there is evidence to support those
hypotheses. You must have an open mind to do this.

So, let's go back to the bible, then. "Judge not lest you be judged,"
for example. Ever hear that one? Keep your labels and insults to
yourself and everyone will get along with you a bit better. Perhaps,
over time, I could develop some respect for you. It would not be
difficult to improve over what little, if any, I can currently muster.

Rick