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#321
Originally Posted by Gearhead_318
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVuq-...eature=related
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#322
RON PAUL WINS FIRST PLACE IN 2012 ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PRE-PRESIDENTIAL STRAW POLL
http://www.ronpaul2012.com/2011/11/0...al-straw-poll/
http://www.ronpaul2012.com/2011/11/0...al-straw-poll/
Complete straw poll results are as follows:
Paul 52%
Cain 18%
Romney 14%
Gingrich 9%
Perry 2.5%
Huntsman 1.5%
Santorum 1.2%
Bachmann 1.1%
Paul 52%
Cain 18%
Romney 14%
Gingrich 9%
Perry 2.5%
Huntsman 1.5%
Santorum 1.2%
Bachmann 1.1%
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It seems like Jon Stewart covers Paul more then any "real" news channel.
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RON PAUL WINS FIRST PLACE IN 2012 ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PRE-PRESIDENTIAL STRAW POLL
http://www.ronpaul2012.com/2011/11/0...al-straw-poll/
http://www.ronpaul2012.com/2011/11/0...al-straw-poll/
"In a surprising twist, Herman Cain came in 2nd place in the Illinois straw poll, beating Romney who came in 3rd. Rick Perry finished a distant 5th with only 2.5%."
On the other hand, does anyone have any data on correlation of straw poll wins relative to actual primary wins?
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Darwin claims that its through a process of random mutations that allows the "fittest" to survive and reproduce.
If this were the case for every mutation that was desirable and worked, then there's be hundreds of thousands of failed mutations.
When's the last time you saw a bird with gills? that's random.
Fossil records proves it wrong. We always find new species, or that current ones stay the same for thousands of years, but never evidence that a species is somehow evolving into something better.
#329
You don't understand it. Its not big changes like elephants born with wings. Its Very, Very, small changes like the ever so slightly taller giraffes can reach the food easier, multiplied over millennia. So we don't see it as "mutations" when we look back, we just see that giraffes grew very long necks over time.
#330
evolution as a rather vague term that includes natural adaption (a blaize pointed out)
and speciation. i dont think anyone with a brain deny natural adaption. most all creationists believe in natural adaptation. that is something we can whitness.
though speciation is a theory that simply can not be observed and therefore not proven
i have yet to hear of proof of this
to me it seems far fetched that we share an ancestor based on ancient bones. its a nice theory
but nothing more than a theory
and speciation. i dont think anyone with a brain deny natural adaption. most all creationists believe in natural adaptation. that is something we can whitness.
though speciation is a theory that simply can not be observed and therefore not proven
i have yet to hear of proof of this
You don't understand it. Its not big changes like elephants born with wings. Its Very, Very, small changes like the ever so slightly taller giraffes can reach the food easier, multiplied over millennia. So we don't see it as "mutations" when we look back, we just see that giraffes grew very long necks over time.
but nothing more than a theory
#331
Hey man you have your theory, I have mine. (no magic in mine though).
How this can still be an actual debate, amongst adults, floors me. I have been away to long. In the rest of the western world it simply never comes up. they/we just leave science to the scientists, and understand what religion is, what and who it is for and how to interpret it. People who actually think creationism is literally true are about as common as people who think Bigfoot is alive in the U.S.
But with respect, I should never have posted. These arguments are why I left the U.S. and why I promised myself to not read the political forum here anymore.
How this can still be an actual debate, amongst adults, floors me. I have been away to long. In the rest of the western world it simply never comes up. they/we just leave science to the scientists, and understand what religion is, what and who it is for and how to interpret it. People who actually think creationism is literally true are about as common as people who think Bigfoot is alive in the U.S.
But with respect, I should never have posted. These arguments are why I left the U.S. and why I promised myself to not read the political forum here anymore.
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Not saying one way or another is absolutely true. But I think there are a few theories that can be ruled out pretty quickly
This technically is politics right? Well current events at least? oh well.
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Hey man you have your theory, I have mine. (no magic in mine though).
How this can still be an actual debate, amongst adults, floors me. I have been away to long. In the rest of the western world it simply never comes up. they/we just leave science to the scientists, and understand what religion is, what and who it is for and how to interpret it. People who actually think creationism is literally true are about as common as people who think Bigfoot is alive in the U.S.
But with respect, I should never have posted. These arguments are why I left the U.S. and why I promised myself to not read the political forum here anymore.
How this can still be an actual debate, amongst adults, floors me. I have been away to long. In the rest of the western world it simply never comes up. they/we just leave science to the scientists, and understand what religion is, what and who it is for and how to interpret it. People who actually think creationism is literally true are about as common as people who think Bigfoot is alive in the U.S.
But with respect, I should never have posted. These arguments are why I left the U.S. and why I promised myself to not read the political forum here anymore.
you cant come up with a theory, then get mad when it gets proved wrong more often than not.
talk about a rage quit.
and i never argued for creationism, only against one part of a theory. i question everything.