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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?

bornagain77 Seversky, perhaps you could quote someone other than Pullman to try to undermine Lewis's quote? i.e. After all, Pullman is... – The Woke without their makeup …
Silver Asiatic Seversky Doesn’t the Catholic Church forbid divorce and regard remarriage as a sin? Yes, this is reserved for Catholics who... – The Woke without their makeup …
Seversky Jerry/32 Is there anytime sex is immoral or should be prohibited? As long as sex is between consenting adults, I... – The Woke without their makeup …
relatd JH at 27, What "families" are you talking about? You mix truth with falsehoods. Homosexuals have no natural capability to... – The Woke without their makeup …
Seversky Bornagain77/28 Sev, of all people, at 26 laments the supposed lack of honesty in others? I think my irony meter... – The Woke without their makeup …
Seversky Doesn't the Catholic Church forbid divorce and regard remarriage as a sin?. In that case, instead of acknowledging that humans... – The Woke without their makeup …
jerry Who says that sex before marriage is immoral Is there anytime sex is immoral or should be prohibited? – The Woke without their makeup …
JHolo PS, but please don’t get me wrong. I fully support your right to live your life according to your beliefs.... – The Woke without their makeup …
JHolo SA: St. Paul says that those who commit fornication will not enter the kingdom of heaven. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 –... – The Woke without their makeup …
EvilSnack We all know that like much of what Clinton said, the "rare" in "safe, legal, and rare" was a lie. – Science mag goes bonkers on abortion,...
Lieutenant Commander Data Upright BiPed how many of the other aaRS would need to be in place? It's so funny to see how... – At Evolution News: Günter Bechly repudiates...
Silver Asiatic If you get frustrated because you can't refute ID then you'll claim that ID has stopped your science. But no... – At Mind Matters News: The Software...
Silver Asiatic JH There is nothing wrong with having sex before marriage. I highly recommend it. St. Paul says that those who... – The Woke without their makeup …
EvilSnack If organic carbon can come from non-living sources, then it's not really organic carbon, is it? – Mars Curiosity Rover Collects Rock Samples...
EugeneS Paxx Spot on. On a serious note, negative scientific results are the strongest ones. If somebody comes up saying, hey,... – At Mind Matters News: The Software...
Paxx Seversky, Nobody is forcing you to stop digging through the poop for the pony. But others have the right to... – At Mind Matters News: The Software...
bornagain77 Sev, of all people, at 26 laments the supposed lack of honesty in others? I think my irony meter just... – The Woke without their makeup …
JHolo Relatd: TODAY – and I cannot emphasize this enough – the goal is to destroy families, Then why did they... – The Woke without their makeup …
Seversky I see there is a petition with over 700,000 signatures calling for the impeachment of Clarence Thomas and possibly the... – The Woke without their makeup …
doubter He says it better than I could: from an article about a new book by Robert J. Marks, The Non-Computable... – Michael Egnor: Is consciousness the sort...
jerry Does this mean I can eat hamburgers and not feel guilty? – Found: The 'holy grail of catalysis'—turning...