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I'm late to the party, but here are my answers nonetheless. However, before I answer, lemme state first that "evolutionist" isn't really a very good term. It frames it like... Well, frankly, like a religion, which it most emphatically is not. I am no more an evolutionist than I am a...

Touchdown! So freaking exciting. I love seeing how pumped the NASA people are.... The atmosphere in the room in the final seconds before landing... so amazing.

43 years ago today, the first manned human spacecraft landed on the surface of the Moon, and 43 years ago tomorrow, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped from their spacecraft onto the surface of the moon itself. They were the first but not the last, and their achievement was a...

Thread necro? Again? Seriously, where do you guys dig up these corpses?

"Animal" is a scientific term. As such, it's highly relevant. Additionally, if you don't care for invented things, why do you care so much about the status of non-human animals vs. human animals in the legal system? Yeah well, there's a reason the West is technologically, scientifically...

You actually said "laws", not "legal structure", but okay. Of course the legal structure pertains to humans, because we crafted it. But how does that change the fact that, biologically, we are animals? What, in the definition I gave you for animals, do humans not have? Actually, anyone with at...

Which laws specifically state that humans are not biologically animals? What makes you think that social structures and hierarchies are unique to humans, when in fact they are quite common amongst other higher animals, especially those closely related to humans.

Clothes don't matter. Clothes aren't part of a biological system. We are biologically animals. Stop changing the subject and answer my question: Which of those criterion do you disagree with that makes humans distinct from animals?

Well, I'm sure we have no idea what you are. :P

Well, yes, of course. The definition of animal is as follows: noun 1. any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and...

God sure has one hell of a temper.

Eh.. I've watched it and wasn't impressed by the majority. Much of the information, particularly regarding the 9/11 bits, have been refuted a thousand times, or are just completely nonsensical and farcical. I consider it about as believable, generally, as Loose Change (that is, not at all).

If a woman can pass muster, there's no reason she shouldn't be allowed to serve in a combat position. If she can carry her weight in her unit, can shoot straight, keep her head about her in stressful situations, and generally perform as well as a man is expected to, there is absolutely nothing...

False. Atheism is the lack of belief in a god. To have it be a positive assertion that there is no god, you'd have to use the modifier strong or positive to make it strong atheism or positive atheism. Most atheists are what are called "weak" atheists--we simply do not believe a deity exists. We...

This has always been one of my favorite pieces of evidence for evolution, and I've never seen anyone who's come up with a reasonable rebuttal.

You also thread necro'd with nothing to contribute. The worst kind of thread necromancer. Can get banned from most forums for that.

Not yet, but we're working on it. The big problem right now is working out exactly what the conditions of the planet were when life first arose. But in any event, what I meant was modern organisms, not the first. And no, modern organisms don't spontaneously appear. The first "life" was likely...

Maybe. There's some evidence to suggest that they may change across the universe. [link] Appearance of design =/= design. We know quite well how things can appear designed but appear from completely natural processes. Crystals and living organisms, for instance. Where did god come from? If...

Have you ever heard of refraction?

I think it'd be freaking awesome if the Democrats made a net gain in congress.