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::::::: Roughly 50% of Americans believe that man was created, not evolved, so I'm not so sure that your claim of it being a minority view is correct.  But neither am I sure what your point was there, because I never claimed it to be the majority view.

::::::: Roughly 50% of Americans believe that man was created, not evolved, so I'm not so sure that your claim of it being a minority view is correct.  But neither am I sure what your point was there, because I never claimed it to be the majority view.

::::::: Similarly, although many Christians outside the U.S. are prepared to accept (theistic) evolution, I'm by no means convinced that most accept the evolution of man from a monkey.

::::::: Similarly, although many Christians outside the U.S. are prepared to accept (theistic) evolution, I'm by no means convinced that most accept the evolution of man from a monkey.

::::::: You are confusing "scientific materialism" with "science".  "Materialism" means a number of things, including being overly concerned with having possessions.  In the realm of science, "materialism" (i.e. "scientific materialism") is the ''belief'' that ''matter'' is all there is; i.e., there is no supernatural.  It is ''science'' (founded on Christian principles) that has produce the polio vaccine, light bulbs, and neutron bombs, not "scientific materialism".

::::::: You are confusing "scientific materialism" with "science".  "Materialism" means a number of things, including being overly concerned with having possessions.  In the realm of science, "materialism" (i.e. "scientific materialism") is the ''belief'' that ''matter'' is all there is; i.e., there is no supernatural.  It is ''science'' (founded on Christian principles) that has produce the polio vaccine, light bulbs, and neutron bombs, not scientific materialism.

::::::: I've never denied that evolutionists vastly outnumber creationists and ID proponents.  But science is not a popularity contest.  And the number of scientists who signed the Project Steve list is smaller than the number of creationist scientists.  However, you're really comparing one incomplete list with another incomplete list, which proves nothing.

::::::: I've never denied that evolutionists vastly outnumber creationists and ID proponents.  But science is not a popularity contest.  And the number of scientists who signed the Project Steve list is smaller than the number of creationist scientists.  However, you're really comparing one incomplete list with another incomplete list, which proves nothing.

::::::: And does this post indicate that you are dropping your attempt to show that evolution is falsifiable?  I guess you noted that even fellow-evolutionist Able806 said that your example didn't work.

::::::: And does this post indicate that you are dropping your attempt to show that evolution is falsifiable?  I guess you noted that even fellow-evolutionist Able806 said that your example didn't work.

::::::: [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 23:20, 10 April 2008 (EDT)

::::::: [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 23:20, 10 April 2008 (EDT)