Originally Posted by Pwcca
Originally Posted by CTD
Even if this retreating artificial distinction had merit


What's artificial about distinguishing between evolution, cosmology and, say, botany?
I could better answer if I knew a little more about what sort of things you understand and what sort you do not understand.

Are you, Russell2, as has been said?
Are you Pantoufle?

Some have at times expressed curiosity about the motives of those who log in under another account and pretend to be another person. It might be a good thing if you could enlighten the membership.

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Though this may be a moot point because I just learned in my previous post that CTD neither a) acknowledges the existing definitions for scientific words nor does he b) supply his own alternative definition for them.
As moderator, I don't want to appear thin-skinned. But I believe a strong case can be made against false accusations, and in spite of your presence here, I don't think Russ intends to overlook all offenses.

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Originally Posted by CTD
can the atheist reasonably posit life directly from utterly nothing?


Atheism is the disbelief in a god or pantheon of gods. It says nothing about the origin of life. You're trying to force categories together that don't fit. I am suddenly reminded of that old Sesame street song, "One of these things is not like the other".
Is that your long-winded version of a "yes"? If so, I would object that it appears to deify the void.

Dark Matter + Dark Energy = Dark Truth

"We find that such evidence demonstrates that the ID argument is dependent upon setting a scientifically unreasonable burden of proof for the theory of evolution." - Judge Jones Kitzmiller case
http://www.talkreason.org/articles/Falsify.cfm

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