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From: Jim Henderson
Date: 15 Sep 2011 22:30:09
Message: <4e72b4b1$1@news.povray.org>
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:13:45 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> Which is /obviously/ what I asked in the first place, to anybody who
>>> actually understands how evolution works.
>>
>> When you start throwing around the word 'design', you start
>> demonstrating a lack of understanding of how evolution works or even
>> what it is.
>>
>> Evolution *is* *not* *design*.  Not even remotely.
> 
> *sigh*
> 
> Yes, and when I say "Word 2003 doesn't understand files saved by Word
> 2010", I do not for one minute intend imply that Word is actually a
> concious, thinking, comprehending entity. Of course I *know* that Word
> is merely a construction of op-codes, a sequence of instructions blindly
> executed by a mindless automaton, an inanimate machine. I know that
> there is no "thinking" or "understanding" involved. IT'S A FIGURE OF
> SPEACH!!!
> 
> Sheesh...

It's not a figure of speech, it's an inaccurate statement that those 
proponents of so-called "intelligent design" latch onto like leeches and 
say "see, see, there IS a creator!"

Jim


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