From: 69jpil69@gmail.com   
      
   On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:00:03 -0700, Bob Casanova    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 21:21:45 -0600, the following appeared   
   >in talk.origins, posted by Pro Plyd   
   >:   
   >   
   >>Bob Casanova wrote:   
   >>> On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:41:22 +0000, the following appeared   
   >>> in talk.origins, posted by Martin Harran   
   >>> :   
   >>>    
   >>>> On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 22:24:23 +1100, MarkE  wrote:   
   >>>> [...]   
   >>>>> As I said, "This post is not an opportunity to dive down the hundred   
   >>>>> rabbit holes that this overview touches on." The micro/macro question is   
   >>>>> _the_ evolution debate.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Simply clarifying whether you accept that humans are members of the   
   >>>> ape family, all evolved from a common ancestor, or whether you think   
   >>>> humans were created separately as a standalone species doesn't involve   
   >>>> any rabbit holes.   
   >>>>   
   >>> Of course it doesn't. If this discussion were a football   
   >>> game (US type), he'd be a star receiver; he can weave and   
   >>> dodge with the best of them.   
   >>>    
   >>> (Still waiting for that info regarding the "Increased   
   >>> traction" for ID...)   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>Here it is:   
   >>   
   >Yeah, that was my take, too:   
   >   
   >1) Assert.   
   >2) When asked for evidence, ignore or waffle.   
   >3) Reassert.   
   >   
   >Lather, rinse, repeat.   
      
      
   To give the devil his due, MarkE clarified that the "increased   
   traction" to which he referred is not among scientists or science but   
   instead is among the general population in the U.S.   
      
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