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Recent content by Aggie

  1. Aggie

    Human/chimp genomic similarity drops to ~85%: for real this time?

    Well, I see that some things haven't changed in the past seven years, such as the style of argument that you're fond of making. I know you're aware of this already, but some of us don't see a contradiction between those two things. That's one of the points made in my book. Seeing as you're this...
  2. Aggie

    Human/chimp genomic similarity drops to ~85%: for real this time?

    As far as I'm able to tell, the new percentage value is actually supported by the Nature paper. Although as Hans Blaster mentioned, it's based on a calculating the level of similarity with a different method from the one that produced the 98% number.
  3. Aggie

    Human/chimp genomic similarity drops to ~85%: for real this time?

    Anybody remember me? I was a regular on this forum from 2004 until 2018, after which I mostly moved on to other things. I don't plan on becoming a regular here again, but I'm back for the time being to ask about a recent piece of evolutionary anthropology news...
  4. Aggie

    Journal of Creation papers

    I'm having trouble figuring out whether Woodmorappe really isn't able to understand the point I'm making about ICAMs, or whether he's misunderstanding me deliberately. Here is what I said about this point in my letter to the Journal of Creation: And here is how Woodmorappe responded to this...
  5. Aggie

    Journal of Creation papers

    It looks like the December issue of the Journal of Creation has been published now: Journal of Creation - 2018 Volume 32 Issue 3 - page0 According to the table of contents, this issue includes my letter (on page 46), as well as Woodmorappe's response to it. I have the PDF proof of my letter...
  6. Aggie

    Journal of Creation papers

    I'm not aware of any other times this has happened, but it's possible that there are others I don't know about.
  7. Aggie

    Journal of Creation papers

    Do you mean you think this is the first time Answers in Genesis has deleted one of their articles in response to someone else's criticism?
  8. Aggie

    Journal of Creation papers

    My response at Panda's Thumb has been published now, so here it is: John Woodmorappe vs. modern creation science: a response I've also attached a PDF of John Woodmorappe's review that I'm responding to. I'm not including my letter to the Journal of Creation, because I think it's best to not...
  9. Aggie

    New creationist study accepts the existence of feathered dinosaurs

    I don't know if young-Earth creationism is the majority opinion among creationists or not. It certainly seems that way, but it's also possible that YECs are just the most organized and well-funded. Either way, it's definitely the most prominent form of creationism in the United States. For...
  10. Aggie

    New creationist study accepts the existence of feathered dinosaurs

    I think that Christianity probably isn't true, but I remain open to being convinced otherwise. Every now and then, I pray that if I've made the wrong decision by reaching this conclusion, and if God really is the God that's described in the Bible, He'll offer me strong evidence of that. It...
  11. Aggie

    New creationist study accepts the existence of feathered dinosaurs

    If you understood the trauma I was going through during that part of my life, you would know that I was fully aware of this. Christianity is (or, is supposed to be) a personal relationship between someone and their Savior. But a friendship can't be a one-directional thing. In order to trust...
  12. Aggie

    Journal of Creation papers

    Well, it looks like maybe the Journal of Creation is willing to publish a response from me after all. It'll have to be a letter, though, which means it can only be 1000 words or less, only a fraction of the length of Woodmorappe's review. I think what I'm going to do is write a detailed response...
  13. Aggie

    New creationist study accepts the existence of feathered dinosaurs

    I mean that I know a lot about it. During the seven years between when I accepted evolution (at age 12) and when I abandoned Christianity (at age 19), I put a lot of lot of thought into how to reconcile those two viewpoints with one another. Also, in case you were wondering, the reason I...
  14. Aggie

    Journal of Creation papers

    Thanks, I've got it now. As I said in my e-mail response, I'm not looking forward to reading this review, but as the book's lead author I probably ought to write a response to it. I've e-mailed the editor at the Journal of Creation to ask if I could write a response in that journal, but I doubt...
  15. Aggie

    New creationist study accepts the existence of feathered dinosaurs

    OK, in that case I think I answered your questions in my previous post. I do think it's likely that some of the animals you mentioned are ordinary animals whose names haven't been translated clearly. For example, I'm fairly sure that Biblical Hebrew doesn't have a unique word for whale, so when...