You wrote:
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You make this case against creationists. Fine. It needs to be made. But the
fact is evolutionists do the same thing.
And this fact needs all the more trumpeting because, as Phil Johnson cogently
shows, we have an "established religious philosophy in America," and it ain't
the biblical one. It's always open season on creationists. Consider me a
Cosmic Game Warden. <<
One of the reasons I make the case I do is that so many Christians do not
realize that they are doing these things and they are the ones who have a
moral and religious duty to behave better. We all make mistakes (as I did in
my response to you) but we had better be willing to correct things quickly
(as you quickly did back last August or September with the heresy discussion
[for which I too thank you]). The problem I have is that too often we
christians want others to understand our failures but we don't want to
understand theirs.
You wrote:
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Have a merry Christmas. Maybe Santa will leave a transitional fossil in your
stocking this year! <<
You have a merry Christmass also. Santa almost gave me what I wanted anyway.
The fossil he dropped in my lap was the homo habilis from Longgupo China.
The existence of that fossil so far afield from Africa, implies strongly
that H. habilis was around quite a long time prior to 2 million years (takes
time for a population to spread). Since that is a prediction of my view, it
fits very nicely into my theoretical viewpoint. All in all, I think it is
better than a transitional fossil.
What I would really like is a Homo habilis from the lowest Pliocene period or
an artifact brought up in a core from the Uppermost MIocene in the
Mediterranean. Jim, there is still 1 shopping day before Christmas. Can you
get this for me?
glenn