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Darwin
Feb 13, 2009 0:34:28 GMT
Post by stoneage on Feb 13, 2009 0:34:28 GMT
Today is the 200th birthday of Darwin's "On The Origin of Species". There are more then 300 birthday celebrations in Britain alone. Darwin's face graces the 10 pound bill along with Queen Elizabeth II. Shrewsbury, the central England town where Darwin was born and raised, is holding a month long festival. Down House his former home near London has a permanent exhibition of his most famous experiments. Paul Taylor, a spokesmen for Answers in Genesis, a prominent group that rejects Darwin's theory of evolution in favor of a literal interpretation of the Bible says, " We disagree with his conclusions, with the way he made extrapolations, but he was a very careful observer, and we've got a lot to be grateful for." Bob Bloomfield, special projects director at London's Museum of Natural History, said" He knew he had to make an absolutely iron-cast case for his theory. He was one of the earliest true scientists where everything he was prepared to write about had to be based on evidence." Darwin's wife Emma was deeply religious. She claimed he was putting God furthur and further off. But she said " Don't change any of your ideas for fear of hurting me."
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Darwin
Feb 13, 2009 0:36:22 GMT
Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Feb 13, 2009 0:36:22 GMT
Go darwin!! One of the first people to make any sense about anything...
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Darwin
Feb 13, 2009 0:41:18 GMT
Post by kentrosaur on Feb 13, 2009 0:41:18 GMT
I had a birthday cupcake in his honour lol, I wish we had some celebration type things happening here in australia - would be fun
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Darwin
Feb 13, 2009 0:52:07 GMT
Post by Ajax on Feb 13, 2009 0:52:07 GMT
I had a birthday cupcake in his honour lol, I wish we had some celebration type things happening here in australia - would be fun Its Friday the 13th, Celebrate that!. ;D I will be drunk as a skunk tonight like every friday night, watching the Friday the 13th series AGAIN. ;D I love those movies,
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Darwin
Feb 13, 2009 1:03:13 GMT
Post by kentrosaur on Feb 13, 2009 1:03:13 GMT
I had a birthday cupcake in his honour lol, I wish we had some celebration type things happening here in australia - would be fun Its Friday the 13th, Celebrate that!. ;D I will be drunk as a skunk tonight like every friday night, watching the Friday the 13th series AGAIN. ;D I love those movies, Lol, I'm a wuss - so no horror movies for me. Although the drunk idea seems tempting
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Darwin
Feb 13, 2009 5:12:44 GMT
Post by Tyrannax on Feb 13, 2009 5:12:44 GMT
Poor Darwin, you know on this day you are being insulted by creationists and others who hide from the truth of life.
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Darwin
Feb 13, 2009 10:29:34 GMT
Post by sid on Feb 13, 2009 10:29:34 GMT
Poor Darwin, you know on this day you are being insulted by creationists and others who hide from the truth of life. Yeah...d**n creationists Anyway,happy B-day,Charles
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Darwin
Feb 13, 2009 10:43:18 GMT
Post by Tyrannax on Feb 13, 2009 10:43:18 GMT
^ ;D I like your tone!
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Darwin
Feb 13, 2009 11:40:38 GMT
Post by sid on Feb 13, 2009 11:40:38 GMT
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Darwin
Feb 15, 2009 5:15:17 GMT
Post by itstwentybelow on Feb 15, 2009 5:15:17 GMT
Go darwin!! One of the first people to make any sense about anything... So then Plato, Socrates, Galileo, and Newton had all just been making up a bunch of nonsense? But yes, go Darwin! We're gonna be having a bunch of lecturers coming to my school here to give talks about Darwin and evolution next week.
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Darwin
Feb 15, 2009 5:29:25 GMT
Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Feb 15, 2009 5:29:25 GMT
Go darwin!! One of the first people to make any sense about anything... So then Plato, Socrates, Galileo, and Newton had all just been making up a bunch of nonsense? But yes, go Darwin! We're gonna be having a bunch of lecturers coming to my school here to give talks about Darwin and evolution next week. I said ONE OF THE FIRST!!! ;D Who was the guy who thought the megalosaurus bone was a fossil scrotum?
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Darwin
Feb 15, 2009 5:43:31 GMT
Post by Tyrannax on Feb 15, 2009 5:43:31 GMT
Man itstwentybelow, why so snippy? ;D Obviously CT didn't mean it like that..
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Darwin
Feb 15, 2009 10:42:06 GMT
Post by itstwentybelow on Feb 15, 2009 10:42:06 GMT
Heh, don't worry guys it's no big deal.
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