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Politicians Refuse to Tell Us Their Thoughts…

Posted on September 2, 2012 by

Sciencedebate.org is trying to get someone… anyone in the US congress to answer some questions.  But they are refusing. Sigh… so much for transparency in government. The sad part is the senators and reps on this list are the chairs … Continue reading →

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Whereupon I reply to a commenter

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

I know I haven’t been posting much.  I’ve been working quite a bit lately and most of my work involves writing.  I’ve been writing the equivalent of 4 or 5 blog posts a day for work and just don’t feel … Continue reading →

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Why We are Doomed

Posted on October 15, 2011 by

I haven’t had this frustrating an experience in a while. It is really amazing that two people, both at least moderately intelligent, capable of research and critical thinking, when presented with literally tons of evidence can still, using logic, for … Continue reading →

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Why Can’t We Just Test Intelligent Design and Be Done With the Question?

Posted on August 3, 2011 by

When Stephen Meyer’s Signature in the Cell came out (roughly December of 2009) a discussion on Amazon was started.  Lately, the thread has become a rather embarrassing set of comments for the pro-ID crowd.  I don’t encourage reading the whole … Continue reading →

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Intelligent Design is Anti-Evolution (Support Conclusion)

Posted on May 6, 2011 by

Author note: I’ll be travelling this weekend and honestly, I’m bored with this whole thing at this point.  I was mildly disappointed by my opponent.  He didn’t even try very hard.  So here is my conclusion.  Once I hear that … Continue reading →

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Intelligent Design is Anti-Evolution (Against Rebuttal)

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

(Ed note: I can’t seem to get the internal links working correctly.  The original is here.) Joe’s rebuttal follows the break.

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Intelligent Design is Anti-Evolution (Support Rebuttal)

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

Joe, if you were banned from my blog, then how come we’re having this debate?  And how come you can still post here? I have no quibble with the definitions of evolution that Joe presented.  They are all reasonable. Joe, … Continue reading →

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Intelligent Design is Anti-Evolution (Against Opening)

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

This is the opening argument against the proposition that Intelligent Design is anti-evolution.  This is by guest poster JoeG.  The original is located here.  (Joe, I tried to get the formatting the same, if there is an issue with formatting, … Continue reading →

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Intelligent Design is Anti-evolution (Support Opening)

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

Prologue Before I get started, let me thank JoeG for participating in this formal debate.  I seriously doubt anything will change because of this, but it could be fun.  The topic selected (by JoeG) is either the absolute worst topic to … Continue reading →

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