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Using stories to inculcate Darwinism

Because stories don’t need to be real, only comprehensible and entertaining, they would naturally work to inculcate Darwinism. Or magic. Better than facts would. But so?

kairosfocus F/N: I pause to come by, I think a few notes will perhaps help: 1] This thread long since drifted... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
vividbleau Bob OH “But if God takes away that chance, to show we are worthy…?” Actually we can never be worthy... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Querius Jerry @26, Wow, that's truly horrible! So I downloaded the latest 164-page FDA dietary guidelines: https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/sites/default/files/2021-03/Dietary_Guidelines_for_Americans-2020-2025.pdf In it, I read... – At Stat News: Science has got...
Querius Johnnyb @24, Great article! Thanks for posting it. And every new technology has a learning curve that results in a... – At Stat News: Science has got...
Querius Silver Asiatic, Yes, and the way I understand it from the New Testament, after we accept the free gift of... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Querius Jerry, Here's where we get the hand waving with mustas, mightas, couldas, and mayhavs . . . you know "Darwinian... – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...
jerry If natural selection is off the table, how did the giraffe neck result? It’s off the table because why would... – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...
Silver Asiatic CD Intelligent design. That's what W.E. Loenning concluded. Pages 15-17 outline his ID proposal for the origin of the giraffe. – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...
Silver Asiatic BA77 But alas, fundamentals of evolutionary theory are found to be contradicted by empirical evidence, (time and time again), and... – Another Truism Dies
chuckdarwin If natural selection is off the table, how did the giraffe neck result? – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...
Silver Asiatic Querius He’s not saying that salvation is actually based on our own worthiness ... Well, I'm saying that we have... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Lieutenant Commander Data Objective=reality,facts ( 100% reason, 0% feelings.) Subjective=personal preference(cocoa vs vanilla, law vs engineering , football vs tennis, blondes vs brunettes,etc)... – Science Uprising: The Big Bang: Something...
Silver Asiatic CD They will also forage for lower hanging leaves when available. When not available they eat something else while they're... – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...
bornagain77 Querius that is spot on. No other theory in science gets such 'kids gloves' treatment from its practitioners. Imagine if... – Another Truism Dies
jerry Mystery solved But it zero to do with the giraffe’s body shape and evolution. The expert on evolution’s illustration is... – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...
mohammadnursyamsu @querius Because, as already mentioned, the logic is totally different. And I think rather than me being preoccupied with duality,... – Science Uprising: The Big Bang: Something...
Querius Mohammadnursyamsu, One can make the concept human being to include both the human soul doing the choosing, and the created... – Science Uprising: The Big Bang: Something...
Querius Worse yet, here are some excerpts from native American religious beliefs from the Native American Red Book: At the beginning,... – Weaponizing the term “creationism” in debates...
Querius This is great! The neck stretching is so . . Lamarckian. It also explains the origin of mouse-affes, mice with... – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...
Querius Bob O'H, But if God takes away that chance, to show we are worthy…? I think you misunderstood Silver Asiatic.... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
chuckdarwin #6 Silver Asiatic Its not like its a big mystery. Baby giraffes are born about 6 feet tall and are... – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...