From: 69jpil69@gmail.com   
      
   On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 22:23:20 -0400, Chris Thompson   
    wrote:   
      
   >Alas, at the risk of passing irrevocably through the gates of Old    
   >Fartdom, I have to inform you that talk.origins is a pale shadow of its    
   >former self. The halcyon days of moonstones, the felt effect of gravity,    
   >and woodpecker tongues are never to be revisited. So don't get your    
   >hopes up.   
   >You are correct that Ron tends to view everything through the lens of,    
   >as he puts it, the ID scam. To give Ron his due, Mark E sometimes posts    
   >material that doesn't contain overt religious assertion, but fear not:    
   >they're almost certainly lurking just below the surface. The stuff above    
   >is a fair example: Peltzer IS an accomplished chemist. But he's also an    
   >IDist, and his testimony in Kansas really was (again Ron is correct    
   >here) a God of the gaps argument.   
   >   
   >One thing you might do, is look at the TO website (talkorigins.org).    
   >It's not been updated since the Permian, but there are a bunch of    
   >excellent articles there under "Post of the Month".   
   >   
   >Now get off my lawn!   
   >   
   >Chris   
      
      
   Thank you for saying what needed saying.  I acknowledge that RonO's   
   posts about ID scams can be long-winded and obtuse, but he does limit   
   those rants to replies to topics which deserve them, such at the OP.   
      
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