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  1. Mocca

    Gravity: Just a theory

    The Truth, at long last! :D
  2. Mocca

    Effects of Prohibition...

    ...according to David Boaz in a speech for the Drug Policy Forum, April 27th, 1988. Crime: reduding the supply of a substance drives up the price of a substance, and the risk of arrest further increases the price. Many consumers have to commit crime to pay for the substance. Plus, dealers of...
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    Survival of the fittest = Circular definition?

    It has been suggested by certain creationists that the phrase "survival of the fittest," which is an method of referring to natural selection in informal conversation, uses a circular definition, and therefore natural selection doesn't exist. How creationists think this work I believe goes...
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    (M.H-35)"Standard" Argument for Irreducible Complexity

    I've seen this so many times. A system is composed of several components. The system cannot function if one component is missing. Therefore this system cannot have evolved. It's the common boilerplate argument for Irreducible Complexity, and it reveals the black-and-white thinking of many...
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    What's the difference between a fertilized egg and an unfertilized egg?

    I've asked something similar to this before: How is an unfertilized egg, about to be fertilized, different from a just-fertilized egg? A just-about-to-be-fertilized egg and a just-fertilized egg are both completely dependant on the mother. Without the mother, birth cannot take place. However...
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    To each according to his need, from each according to his ability?

    Hmm, well, I was just checking to see if anyone agreed with the principle in the thread title: "To each according to his need, from each according to his ability." Hoping for some intelligent discussion.
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    Evolutionist Claims index - anyone wanna help?

    You know, I've been thinking of making a parody "Evolutionist Claims" index similar to the Creationist Claims index on TalkOrigins. What I need is a list of evidences for evolution. Then, every answer would be "It happened as a result of the fall" or "God has mysterious ways" or "the flood...
  8. Mocca

    Just Wondering: Creationist Views on Ubiquitous Genes

    Okay, I haven't read much on ubiquitous genes, but I'm wondering about creationist viewpoints about similar coding in ubiquitous genes. [/INDENT]
  9. Mocca

    The Probability of Creationism is 50%

    Okay, we have two options: creationism is true, and creationism is false. So obviously, the probability of "creationism is true" is 1/2, or 50%. QED. (Sadly, I seriously read this somewhere, except said article claimed the probability of the existance of God was 1/10. Pathetic.) (Edit: STOP...
  10. Mocca

    YECs Explain Dating Methods

    A certain YEC who will remain unnamed stated this: Would any YECs like to explain why current dating methods aren't reliable? Now I'm going to leave this thread. ;)
  11. Mocca

    How to falsify evolution

    I'm annoyed by the claim that evolution is unfalsifiable. IT IS! Anyone wanna list possible falsification of evolution? I'll name one: If ERVs were found to be shared between two organisms with distant ancestry, and not found in other descendants of said distant ancestor. Creationists might...
  12. Mocca

    Are TEs Creationists?

    This is the statement from JohnR7 which prompted me to start this poll. It would be helpful for people to explain their answers.
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    Mocca's Law

    Mocca's Law of Apparent Forgetfulness: A YEC parody must appear to be forgetful so as not to appear willfully ignorant or rejecting of evidence. Mocca's Corallary to Mocca's Law of Apparent Forgetfulness: One who appears to forget more than what can be attributed to forgetfulness is either a...
  14. Mocca

    Which layers are what, creationists?

    The thread title pretty much summed up my question. I'd like to ask the creationists which layers were laid down by the flood, which ones were pre-flood, and which ones were post-flood. I know this may vary from person to person, so I'd like to get a variety of responses. Here is a link to a...
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    Endogenous Retroviruses Show Strong Evidence For Anthropoid Evolution

    Endogenous Retroviruses Retroviruses are RNA viruses which contain the enzyme reverse transcripterase. When they've infected a host cell, reverse transcripterase transcribes the RNA into DNA, which is then inserted into the hosts genome. This differs from other RNA viruses in that with other RNA...
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    Insertion Hotspots?

    I often hear Creationists use insertion hotspots as an argument against Endogenous Retroviruses as evidence for evolution. I'd like to ask a few questions about insertion hotspots, as I'm not well versed in the subject. Firstly, why do they exist? Secondly, how many hotspots are there in the...
  17. Mocca

    Which scientific discoveries came from the Theory of Evolution?

    I often hear people say that evolution has many applications in many fields of science. I'd just like to know, which discoveries and practices came about as a direct result of the Theory of Evolution? Often, I hear examples such as breeding and artificial selection. I just can't help but think...
  18. Mocca

    What presuppositions?

    Creation: 'where's the proof?' In the above article from AiG, they claim that everyone has presuppositions, and therefore it is justified to presuppose the Bible's validity. I'd like to ask the Creationists... or rather, anyone, what are the presuppositions of evolutionists?
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    What is True?

    What can we be sure of as true? More specifically, which types of statements can be true? (As an example if I wasn't completely clear, mathematical statements can be confirmed as true, such as 1=1.)
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    Why one particular moment for the beginning of life?

    Why is it that many consider the moment when a sperm cell fertilizes an egg cell to be the moment where an unborn human aquires equal rights to other humans. Edit: edited phrase in italics
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