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   jojo to None   
   Re: Paleo anthropology is NOT a real sci   
   12 Sep 25 18:36:37   
   
   XPost: alt.paranormal, alt.atheism, alt.religion.christian   
   From: f00@0f0.00f   
      
   None wrote:   
   > On Sep 12, 2025, jojo wrote   
   > (Message-ID:<3062ad19-25c3-a45a-e05d-a79020cb5598@shinku.aoyagi.konjou>):   
   >   
   >> None wrote:   
   >>> On Sep 12, 2025, Dawn Flood wrote   
   >>> (Message-ID: <10a1e6t$3jm3q$2@dont-email.me>):   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 9/12/2025 7:45 AM, Mitchell Holman wrote:   
   >>>>> None   wrote in news:10a081v$366mu$1@dont-email.me:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On Sep 11, 2025, Mitchell Holman wrote   
   >>>>>> (Message-ID: ):   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> None   wrote in news:109vbc8$2tbin$1@dont-email.me:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> On Sep 11, 2025, Mitchell Holman wrote   
   >>>>>>>> (Message-ID: ):   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> "Andrew"  wrote in   
   >>>>>>>>> news:rKAwQ.12261$7F4e.8283@fx05.ams4:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> "Dawn Flood" wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>>>> news:109tfa4$29gbi$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> To sum-up, paleoanthropology is a valid science, because,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> 1) Major universities exist which offer doctoral degrees in   
   >>>>>>>>>>> paleoanthropology.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> 2) The US National Academy of Sciences has admitted   
   >>>>>>>>>>> paleoanthropologists to its ranks.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> 3) Peer-reviewed research journals exist for   
   >>>>>>>>>>> paleoanthropology.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> 4) Few, if any, scientists dispute the fact that   
   >>>>>>>>>>> paleoanthropology is a valid science.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> In spite of all that you say above, it is noted that   
   >>>>>>>>>> you are at a complete loss of words when I ask   
   >>>>>>>>>> you to tell us about any specific paleo-anthropological   
   >>>>>>>>>> discovery that shows that they have enlightened   
   >>>>>>>>>> us about ~anything~...in your own words.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> And you are a "complete loss of words"   
   >>>>>>>>> to tell us the age of the earth, or even   
   >>>>>>>>> us your opinion of it.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> The earth as you know it was not until it was called earth on the   
   >>>>>>>> 3rd day of this realm. The planets stars, etc were not until the   
   >>>>>>>> 4th day of this realm. All this occurred around 6,000 years ago. In   
   >>>>>>>> literal time, not figurative nor theoretical.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Why 6,000?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> How do you determine that date?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> What date? I mentioned time approximate.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> OK, "time approximate"   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Why 6000 years?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> What happened then?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> And are their so called ""discoveries"" built upon   
   >>>>>>>>>> scientific method, or are they built upon fantasy?   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Those who want the truth do not accept stories that   
   >>>>>>>>>> are built upon fantasy.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Modern Christian: Someone who believes   
   >>>>>>>>> in dragons, unicorns, talking snakes and   
   >>>>>>>>> transmutation (all mentioned in the Bible)   
   >>>>>>>>> but accuses those citing scientific data   
   >>>>>>>>> of "indulging in fantasies".   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Then I do not fit your daffynition.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Scientific data only recounts what is reversed engineered, and from   
   >>>>>>>> that understanding, some try to create variations based on the same   
   >>>>>>>> things that always existed in the time of man, reshape, and reuse,   
   >>>>>>>> and most generally it all contaminates the earth and its   
   >>>>>>>> environment.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> What other data is there to   
   >>>>>>> measure time but scientific data?   
   >>>>>>> The universe expands at a known   
   >>>>>>> rate, the continents move at a   
   >>>>>>> known rate, starlight reaches our   
   >>>>>>> eyes at a known rate. If those   
   >>>>>>> known rates are wrong what rates   
   >>>>>>> are right?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> If the continents moved at a known rate then there would be no   
   >>>>>> earthquakes. All volcanos would erupt and known cycles and explosive   
   >>>>>> rates.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> If such massive errors are made then what credibility does the rest of   
   >>>>>> your statement have.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Science has recently recognized another light form, one that was   
   >>>>>> spoken of near 5,000 years ago + or - and they have yet to determine   
   >>>>>> its parameters.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Where was this "spoken of" 5000 years ago?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Oh, the memories of my fundamentalist Christian childhood! Of course,   
   >>>> my childhood occurred back in the 1980s, which, someday, may become   
   >>>> known as the end of the "Information Dark Ages".   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Dawn   
   >>>   
   >>> Or more likely the beginning of the end of this age.   
   >>   
   >> you mean zombie Jesus?   
   >   
   > Actually it started in the 70’s when reconsidering the events of the day.   
   > It was the beginning of the rise of greater evil under the guise of free   
   > love. LSD, and other drugs came in like a flood. It was a counter movement of   
   > the Evil one against the rise of the youth turning to Jesus. Some called it   
   > the Jesus Movement. IIRC.   
   >   
      
   soo... like the counter movement age is ending, which started in   
   the 70s? ohhh you are referencing the woke is dead stuff??   
      
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