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::WOV, I have to leave very soon but given your desire for sincere and respectful discussion I would briefly say the article is not about "Evolution". The article is about the "Theory of Evolution". I think there is a difference. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:32, 15 March 2007 (EDT)conservative
::WOV, I have to leave very soon but given your desire for sincere and respectful discussion I would briefly say the article is not about "Evolution". The article is about the "Theory of Evolution". I think there is a difference. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:32, 15 March 2007 (EDT)conservative
:::Well, okay. I agree with that. That's true in the broadest sense. The article does, in fact, pertain to The Theory of Evolution. But more acutely, what this article focuses on (rather than what it broadly pertains to) is the controversy surrounding evolution. Your sources rightfully identify this distinction; I just thought you might want your article to as well. Thanks. --[[User:WOVcenter|WOVcenter]] 13:47, 15 March 2007 (EDT)
There is nothing inherently 'conservative' about denying evolution. Charles Lyell was politically and religiously conservative, but he nonetheless accepted evolution based on scientific merit despite his personal distaste for the idea. Many, many professional scientists whose beliefs might also be described as conservative have also supported, even promoted evolution. Theodosius Dobzhansky, one of the 20th century's greatest evolutionary biologists, is one example. Why is there the assumption that the term conservative is synonymous with 'christian'? Can't Jews, Muslims, atheists, etc. be politically or socially conservative? Does this project exclude those people? [[User:Conservative|Conservative]], you need to step aside here and allow people who are much more qualified than you are to take over. Your basic lack of scientific and historical understanding is shocking--or are you just more comfortable believing that every one of the dozens of posts attacking your miserable lack of knowledge of this subject is written by a liberal who is out to get you? --[[User:porkchop|porkchop]] 10:17, 15 March 2007
There is nothing inherently 'conservative' about denying evolution. Charles Lyell was politically and religiously conservative, but he nonetheless accepted evolution based on scientific merit despite his personal distaste for the idea. Many, many professional scientists whose beliefs might also be described as conservative have also supported, even promoted evolution. Theodosius Dobzhansky, one of the 20th century's greatest evolutionary biologists, is one example. Why is there the assumption that the term conservative is synonymous with 'christian'? Can't Jews, Muslims, atheists, etc. be politically or socially conservative? Does this project exclude those people? [[User:Conservative|Conservative]], you need to step aside here and allow people who are much more qualified than you are to take over. Your basic lack of scientific and historical understanding is shocking--or are you just more comfortable believing that every one of the dozens of posts attacking your miserable lack of knowledge of this subject is written by a liberal who is out to get you? --[[User:porkchop|porkchop]] 10:17, 15 March 2007