From: wolverine01@charter.net   
      
   On 8/25/2025 9:23 PM, Chris Thompson wrote:   
      
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   > 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   
      
   I shall find time to go to talkorigins.org.  Thank you.   
   I'll also keep an eye out for those references to the God of the Gaps to   
   see how specifically it is referred to in this group.  It seems people   
   view this concept differently.   
      
   BTW, I'm back on the sidewalk now.   
      
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