Should evolution be taught in schools?

[GrayMouser]

Originally posted by RÃ*an
*why do I feel like I'm looking down the barrels of about 20 shotguns?*

OK, but first, GrayMouser, since you're online, did you read my post on quote-mining, and would you agree that Morris is NOT quote-mining in this example?

I will await your answer, then start with evidence

(believe it or not, I was JUST getting to your posts, and there's something else there I want to cover while you're responding to this)

Don't worry, with the way you post you've got a Gatling gun waiting in reply

OF COURSE I read your post on quote-mining; I read everything you write- I just can't possibly keep up with the pace of reply!

And no, I don't agree- in fact, I've seen this one so many times that it's a red rag to a bull.

What Darwin has done in the first bit you quoted is, with a somewhat dramatical flourish, pose a rhetorical question, which he then proceeds to answer.

Let's say, to quote a hypothetical situation, you were posting on Divine Justice, in response to a savage attack based on Numbers 31

You might say, "When we see the terrible events which occur here, we can hardly help but agree that there is no Divine Justice or Good . However, when we look at this in light of what we know about God, we can see how this is justified by etc. etc."

If I quoted only your first sentence "Rian herself says: ..."
you would quite rightly accuse me of distorting your meaning.