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To: Brumar89 who wrote (382971)	5/7/2008 2:43:56 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574096

"So the comment about Christianity w/o the miracles = Judaism didn't make sense. " Sure it does. Judaism with out the miracles is still Judaism. "Oxford, where Richard Dawkins is a professor. " Are you sure that is taught there? I'd be surprised if he raised the issue in class, given what he teaches. In addition, claiming "plenty of others" without any sort of proof isn't going to cut it. I doubt seriously if it has been taught at any school that I know of. "One of our kids high school biology books had "chemical evolution" bolded as a term to memorize in its discussion of the origin of life. Why?" Probably because they thought it important. However, what does that have to do with evolution and speciation? "Have we observed prokaryotes changing into eukaryotes?" What would be the evolutionary pressures causing this to happen? "Sorry, we've never created a new species by selective breeding." Taxonomists only cover natural speciation. So your statement isn't really valid. "But generally, species means things that CAN'T produce fertile offspring. " That is not correct. Red wolves, for example, cross-breed with coyotes. "humans wouldn't all be one species as some religions (and in some past eras civil law) forbid intermarriage and residence on different continents prevents various human groups from intermarrying." Precisely. Linnaeus didn't want to apply the same rules to humans. So he used the term "races". Which he didn't use for any other creature.