From: martinharran@gmail.com   
      
   On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:32:10 -0800, John Harshman   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 1/13/26 6:30 AM, Martin Harran wrote:   
      
   […]   
      
   >>> The question remains why you brought up Y-Adam and mt-Eve in the first   
   >>> place. Are you unwilling to say?   
   >>   
   >> Err ... it was because you asked me for examples from the book and   
   >> that was just one of them.   
   >>   
   >> Senior moment?   
   >   
   >I didn't ask for examples from the book. I asked for examples. But I see   
   >how you could have construed it that way.   
      
   And *you* criticise *me* for lack of clarity in what I write, LOL.   
      
   >Can we agree that that example   
   >from the book is bogus?   
      
   No   
      
   >Are there in fact any true examples, from the   
   >book or otherwise, of scientists first resisting and then coming to   
   >accept a biblical or religious claim? Arguably the big bang is one, but   
   >are there any others. I suppose that if archaeologists are scientists,   
   >the existence of the Hittite Empire might be another. But are there more?   
   >   
   >And does the book have any more invalid claims of such cases, other than   
   >Adam and Eve?   
      
   Your a priori dismissal of claims as invalid, before they are even   
   expressed, shows the futility of trying to have a rational discussion   
   with you.   
      
   […]   
      
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