DatingSmarts said:
i am directing you to the rules of this forum
This forum is for the purpose of discussion. It is not for debate.
your conduct in this thread with me has been along the lines of argumentation and debate which is clearly prohibited.
We are discussing. For instance, both Gluadys and I have given you information regarding science, etymology, and history. You didn't know, before I mentioned it, that it was Gregor Mendel that came up with gene.
DatingSmarts, discussion does not mean agreeing with you. You put forth an idea. Actually, several of them. We are discussing their validity. Unfortunately for your ego, we are finding that the ideas are not valid. But hey, that's what discussion is for -- to separate the valid ideas from the invalid ones.
Furthermore, your remarks do not address the op.
Pot, meet kettle. You haven't addressed the OP in any of your posts. You haven't even tried to decide whether populations A, B, and C are one species or more than one species. Replying to your posts is allowed.
Instead you are arguing me with me about the meanings of words.
I believe you are the one that first asked about definitions.

Your ideas are based on words, therefore we have to discuss words and their meanings.
what you call pet theories are in actuality my beliefs and interpretations about the bible text.
A rose by any other name ...
IT IS NOT UP FOR DEBATE OR DISAGREEMENT.
Ah, so here it is. Interpretations about Biblical text is certainly fair game for discussion and disagreement.
I'm sorry, DatingSmart, but discussing ideas is not disrespecting
you. Ideas are independent of the people who propose or advocate them. I'm afraid you have tied yourself too closely to the ideas you propose. Please don't do that. This will lead to two bad effects:
1. You get your feelings hurt when people show the ideas to be wrong.
2. You can't give up wrong ideas if you tie your ego to them.
So, try to be objective about the ideas you propose. Don't tie them to your ego. In these discussions, none of your ideas is essential to faith in God or Jesus as far as I can see. That "dust" in Genesis 2 = DNA is not part of any Christian denomination's theology. Therefore they
should be easy to give up. Nor is anyone trying to attack your belief in God or Jesus.