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Originally posted by Fidel:
I think this sort of subject material deserves a forum all on its own, since mainstream science isn't focused on proving or disproving the existence of god, whether he or she or it exists or not.

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Originally posted by M. Spector:
Scientific theories of human origins are not about proving or disproving the existence of god.

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Exactly, and so ...

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They are about using evidence to explain human origins without resorting to divine or supernatural intervention.

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Exactly, and which is why mainstream science isn't focused on proving the unprovable. Therefore, the thread subject isn't considered mainstream science, but the topic of evolution is. Maybe we can have a forum for tabloid journalism, like the recent AIDS conspiracy thread that was closed because people couldn't tell the real issues from journalistic sensationalism.

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Originally posted by M. Spector:
Scientific theories of human origins are not about proving or disproving the existence of god.

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Originally posted by remind:
Interestingly enough, scientific thought was started to prove the existence of God.

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Originally posted by Fidel:
Exactly, and which is why mainstream science isn't focused on proving the unprovable. Therefore, the thread subject isn't considered mainstream science, but the topic of evolution is.

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Maybe we can have a forum for tabloid journalism, like the recent AIDS conspiracy thread that was closed because people couldn't tell the real issues from journalistic sensationalism.

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Originally posted by M. Spector:
That would indeed be interesting if it were true.

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It is absolutely true.

And the sensational article about AIDS sourced by the poster June apparently didn't achieve its real purpose, because I fear most posters felt the thread was an odd commentary of anti-racism, instead believing it was all about two people's inane obsession over picking a fight with me instead of realizing that millions have died in Africa senselessly, and that millions more continue to endure meaningless suffering. Apparently virtual egos are larger than the suffering of millions, and that's sad.

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Originally posted by quart o' homomilk:
Asking who the first scientist was, is like asking who the first artist was.

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Originally posted by remind:

Again you are also wrong, there is a first scientist.

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