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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Greg or e who wrote (20187)	5/29/2005 12:21:17 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28931

"You are pulling quotes out of context from a discussion paper and then saying that they represent my position?" Stop hiding behind that "out of context" slogan. I simply quoted from what you had posted. And yes...one assumes that the poster is posting material to buttress his own point of view. You brought Haeckel into the discussion; I did not. I simply quoted from your sources to prove that evolution is evident in zygote/embryo/fetal development: "One heretical conclusion which Thomson comes to must, I think, be accepted. This is that evolution occurs at all stages of development, often at early stages of programs leading to the adult. His most conclusive argument for this reminded me a bit of Descartes: Early development does often change; therefore it can....At least such evolution can no longer be rationally dismissed as Goldschmidt's folly." OUT OF CONTEXT, MY ASS! "the Embryo is fully Human and a distinct person from conception!" Don't you get it? There IS no embryo at conception. There is a fertilized egg or ZYGOTE. There IS no "person" at conception. There IS no embryo and there IS no fetus. There is a ZYGOTE. A fertilized egg is NOT a person. A sperm is NOT a person. Having human dna does not make something a person. "Everything we have learned about the physiology and chemistry of organisms supports Darwin's daring speculation that "all the organic beings which have ever lived on this earth have descended from some one primordial form" Thanks for posting that. Does that represent your position? Or do you just enjoy posting?

To: Greg or e who wrote (20187)	5/29/2005 1:55:20 PM
From: Solon	Respond to of 28931

"I appreciated the poetry, even though there seemed to be a element of passive aggressiveness in the ones you chose" Ode to a Grecian Urn was very aggressive, I thought. Elegy in a Country Churchyard I rated as more Aggressive before breakfast; but after breakfast it started to seem more passive. The Yeats poem seems passive until you get on a bike--then it starts to seem aggressive. Apparently, you noticed all of this, too. Not too much gets by you, greg or e.