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I can support what I claim. I seriously doubt that you can do the same. There were no slips, though it does irritate me a bit when people lie about others.
Just out of curiosity, what kind of antique stained glass windows? Have you ever worked on any by Louis Comfort Tiffany? I got into glass a bit when I used to sell reproduction Tiffany lamps. I sold ones that were definitely higher end than those on TV. The closest that I ever got to a real Tiffany is when a customer brought in a Tiffany base. Not a reproduction. He did not like any of the Tiffany reproduction shades that we had but he did go for a Duffner and Kimberly repro.
I might do that. There really is no "controversy". There is only misrepresentation of science by creationists. It is rather strange that there are still literalists in this day and age. They appear to fear that accepting that the Bible cannot be literally true leads to atheism. For their children what often leads to atheism are there obviously wrong beliefs. There are a ton of Christians that went from literalists to atheists.
I would usually limit it to cases where there is doubt about either side being right. There was no doubt about the election, there is no doubt about evolution. Only deniers that oppose the two events.
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I agree with you. What controversy exists is based on nonsense. It's like the "controversy" over the election results. It doesn't matter that every single court that a suit was brought to dismissed the suit for lack of foundation. Some people just can't let go of the over-valued idea that Trump couldn't lose. It's really a religious belief that defies the facts, rather than a legitimate controversy. Same with the creationist objection.
A parable can be an illustration using metaphorical symbols. Not a myth.
No. Evolution is only concerned with a best explanation of how life progresses and adapts. It has nothing to do with where it came from or how it all started.
Correct. The fact of evolution does not refute Christianity.
There are "all or nothing" Christians out there. Some of them believe that if anyone refutes any part of the Bible that it is all refuted. I think that is rather foolish belief since there are parts of the Bible that clearly never happened. The still work as morality tales, but that is not good enough for literalists.
What do you mean by Christianity?
Christianity is a big tent. There are all sorts of Christians. A Christian is anyone that claims to follow the teachings of Jesus.
That is not the definition of creationism. Creationism espouses that God created the wolrd in six days, either literal or figurative, as described in Genesis 1. There are many people who believe in a Creator, but who nevertheless still accept evolution. and they are not considered Creationists. The pseudo-science of Creationism was developed for the sole purpose of opposing evolution.
They cannot both be true. However, it is not the OBJECTIVE for evolution to "debunk" Creationism. Rather, science simply goes wherever the evidence leads. If the evidence indicated a creative event like in Genesis 1, that is what scientists would promote.
Absolutely.