Moontanman

Classic Christmas songs... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn6HI5JQBhQ

God and hero are not the same thing Alan...

Alan, I know you understand this concept, in the face of a lack of any evidence the default position is that what ever is being asserted doesn't exist. Sure there is a possibility, there is a possibility there is a tea pot orbiting Uranus but until evidence of that tea pot is provided the default position is that there is no tea pot..

I am not completely sure what you are asserting but atheist is not against believing it just means I don't buy what theists are selling. When something is not supported by evidence the default position is that it doesn't exist, do you require proof invisible unicorns do not exist?

It has progressed to the person on the other end of this computer... There is considerable evidence of how life started, no where near as much as supports evolution but quite a bit, sadly most of the evidence is quite complex and boring chemistry but I have three lectures by Jack Szostak that make it pretty clear, ask and i will direct you to them. Science does not deal in proof God is not an answer, it raises more questions that cannot be answered and stifles any further inquiry.

Merry Christmas to you too Alan...

I second his findings, the burden of proof lies with the person making the positive claims, the default position is not you can't prove so it might be true but you have no evidence so until you do it's not true...

Actually it was a dull gray but a little polish/elbow grease and it came off, still puzzling...

cats... https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PKffm2uI4dk

What could discolor a platinum ring? My wife's wedding band was discolored by something when she was cleaning up, she said she thought it was chlorine bleach, would that be reasonable?

That is because saying hydrogen atoms spontaneously generate anything is disingenuous at best. Order can arise from chaos in energy rich environments but the steps from hydrogen to you are nothing like wool giving rise to mice or mud giving rise to frogs...

BAH Humbug...

Your lack of understanding of science and evolution is stunning, I suggest you do a little bit of research some place other creationist web sites. talkorigins.org would be a good place to start...

Life is what happens while you are making other plans... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life Science doesn't prove things as absolutely true or false... No, while not as overwhelming as the evidence for evolution the evidence for abiogenesis is quite robust and in no way a faith based system... Again science doesn't deal in proof but evidence and the evidence for abiogenesis is quite strong but more importantly there is no evidence that life is anything other than chemistry

I'm not sure those salamanders do crawl upstream, the only really large salamanders I am familiar with are hell benders and they spawn in the streams where they live. If the description in wiki is accurate that would seem to be the case with the giant Asiatic salamanders as well. Living on the bottom in fast flowing streams I am sure does influence the shape of the animals that live there. A flattened shape and muscular body would seem to be necessary but they also spend considerable amounts of time under large rocks to shield themselves from the current as well.. Swamp dwelling mudpuppies do have to contend with currents, yes swamps do have areas of high currents, at least where I live and that is where the swamp dwelling mudpuppies live as well. In fact those swamp dwelling mudpuppies are only found in areas of tidal flux... I'm not sure what you are getting at here, you seem to be fishing for something, what is it you want to know? I happen to be well acquainted with the aquatic salamanders of the south eastern US, I await your next question...

The real reason we didn't go back to the moon... https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=286013904886779

I can't get this to play on SFN but if you go to the link it is well worth a big laugh... https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=286013904886779 It's the real reason we never went back to the moon...

I'm not so sure about ancient aliens but no doubt some inexplicable things have been seen even by astronomers and nuclear physicists working on the Atomic bomb at Los Alamos, they created quite a stir and have never been given explanations. Although some said they must be natural phenomena they remain unexplained... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_fireballs The concentration of these "fire balls" over Los Alamos was never explained by any hypothesis...

You have been getting kind and well reasoned answers What is that? I don't know that they do but hellbenders do crawl around on the bottom of swift mountain streams... I am aware of axolotls, but no one has mentioned them but you... _____________________________ You're welcome... It works for hellbenders It works for alligators... and mudpuppies... I don't but I don't see your point either..

That would indicate it's not true... Buddhism, spiritualism, shamanism...

Wind is the movement of Earth's atmosphere due to the Earths rotation and solar heating, the atmosphere is mostly nitrogen with a lesser amount of oxygen and some trace gases...

Evidently you do not, why would you deny evidence of evolution but accept creation when it has no evidence whatsoever.. Evolution has nothing to do with seeing over the horizon but science has allowed us to develop technology to do so... You are already obviously brainwashed by theology... Evidence of this assertion please.. Are you a marine biologist? Can you give us some evidence of the claim you make? So what?

That's what it is, I have had my coffee yet...

The number of people who believe something has nothing to do with it's veracity... How is it wishful thinking, evolution has more evidence than virtually any other theory and nothing in biology makes sense except by applying the theory of evolution. The details are being worked out but to make the claim you're making is a falsehood... Again, no, to figure out who committed a crime without does not require exact knowledge, the preponderance of the evidence points to evolution via natural selection and how life began is a different issue that has quite a bit of good evidence to support it but it is still not required to know exactly how life began to study how it evolved...