Comments on: The support is starting to roll in http://www.flascience.org/wp/?p=439 Defending and promoting sound science in Florida Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:59:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: S.Scott http://www.flascience.org/wp/?p=439#comment-42271 S.Scott Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:31:26 +0000 http://www.flascience.org/wp/?p=439#comment-42271 Orange guy must have seen this video :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-OLG0KyR4 Orange guy must have seen this video :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-OLG0KyR4

]]> By: firemancarl http://www.flascience.org/wp/?p=439#comment-42057 firemancarl Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:10:17 +0000 http://www.flascience.org/wp/?p=439#comment-42057 C'mon Volusia County! Lets support the proposed changes! C’mon Volusia County! Lets support the proposed changes!

]]> By: S.Scott http://www.flascience.org/wp/?p=439#comment-41996 S.Scott Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:55:18 +0000 http://www.flascience.org/wp/?p=439#comment-41996 I just checked the petition - 1825! Cool! :-) I just checked the petition - 1825! Cool! :-)

]]> By: MaryB http://www.flascience.org/wp/?p=439#comment-41987 MaryB Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:25:40 +0000 http://www.flascience.org/wp/?p=439#comment-41987 Oops! I use the fact that 25% of our DNA is identical to that of a banana and always thought it would be a great response to that good old inanity "Did humans descend from monkeys?" - much more humbling in my mind. But the kids do get what I am saying when we study genetics and I use this fact about how all like forms on Earth are connected. Don't know where I got that fact. Maybe we should show up at our next meeting with bananas! ;-) Oops! I use the fact that 25% of our DNA is identical to that of a banana and always thought it would be a great response to that good old inanity “Did humans descend from monkeys?” - much more humbling in my mind. But the kids do get what I am saying when we study genetics and I use this fact about how all like forms on Earth are connected. Don’t know where I got that fact. Maybe we should show up at our next meeting with bananas! ;-)

]]> By: JB http://www.flascience.org/wp/?p=439#comment-41983 JB Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:52:55 +0000 http://www.flascience.org/wp/?p=439#comment-41983 Orange guy was arguing for the proposed standard- he just didn't realize it. Apple guy is funny- paraphrasing- "we can't go back and observe so it can't be true science" yet we can teach creationism.....why? Orange guy was arguing for the proposed standard- he just didn’t realize it. Apple guy is funny- paraphrasing- “we can’t go back and observe so it can’t be true science” yet we can teach creationism…..why?

]]> By: S.Scott http://www.flascience.org/wp/?p=439#comment-41951 S.Scott Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:52:14 +0000 http://www.flascience.org/wp/?p=439#comment-41951 1 hour 52 minutes we see a guy saying that he has found scientific evidence for ‘Creation” - liberal media disregarded him. 1 hour 52 minutes we see a guy saying that he has found scientific evidence for ‘Creation” - liberal media disregarded him.

]]> By: S.Scott http://www.flascience.org/wp/?p=439#comment-41949 S.Scott Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:42:09 +0000 http://www.flascience.org/wp/?p=439#comment-41949 We have an "apple" guy on part 1 at 1 hour 42 minutes too! (No fair Pete ... I was googling 'percentage of DNA that humans share with 'oranges' ... - same thought, different path-I think!) :-) We have an “apple” guy on part 1 at 1 hour 42 minutes too!
(No fair Pete … I was googling ‘percentage of DNA that humans share with ‘oranges’ … - same thought, different path-I think!) :-)

]]> By: Pete Dunkelberg http://www.flascience.org/wp/?p=439#comment-41946 Pete Dunkelberg Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:14:24 +0000 http://www.flascience.org/wp/?p=439#comment-41946 From the United Church of Christ Pastoral Letter on Faith Engaging Science and Technology http://ucc.org/not-mutually-exclusive/pdfs/pastoral-letter.pdf Evolution helps us see our faithful God in a new way. Our creator works patiently, calling forth life through complex processes spanning billions of years and waiting for us to awaken and respond in conscious participation in God’s own overarching dream for all living things. Evolution also helps us see ourselves anew, as creatures who share a common origin with other species. Today we know that human bodies and brains share the same genetic and biochemical processes with other creatures, not just mammals but insects, plants, and bacteria. How then should we understand ourselves as evolved creatures, sharing much of our DNA with other species, and at the same time as distinct creatures in the image of God? From the United Church of Christ

Pastoral Letter on Faith
Engaging Science and
Technology
http://ucc.org/not-mutually-exclusive/pdfs/pastoral-letter.pdf

Evolution helps us see our faithful God in a new
way. Our creator works patiently, calling forth
life through complex processes spanning billions
of years and waiting for us to awaken and respond in conscious participation in God’s own overarching dream
for all living things. Evolution
also helps us see ourselves anew,
as creatures who share a common
origin with other species. Today
we know that human bodies and
brains share the same genetic
and biochemical processes with
other creatures, not just mammals
but insects, plants, and bacteria.
How then should we understand
ourselves as evolved creatures,
sharing much of our DNA with other species, and at the same time as distinct creatures in the image of God?

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