Please define 'tail posting'.

When you post without reading the previous posts in the thread.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...TailPoster.jpg

Gods, not the God of the Hebrews.

I checked twice, and I can't find the chapter in Genesis where Romulus and Remus were suckled by the She-Wolf.

I still don't get it, but I really don't give a shit.

A tail-poster is someone who comes in and posts something which has already been resolved, showing that they, obviously, have not read previous posts.
Tail-posting onto the thread instead of reading the whole thing first.
In this case I had already changed my view on the subject and moved-on, in the other camp... then V comes along and starts arguing with me, quoting an old post, not having read the ones that came after it.
Tail-posting onto the end of the thread.
It is just how it sounds.

Message board posting is just like that ... it's not a linear conversation. People come into a thread at different times, and even if you consider some point resolved, they may not, or just want their two cents heard, or to support another poster with whom they are in agreement.

You just don't get it. Don't worry about it.

The Stirring On The Mount
St. Helens used in drive to prove biblical creation with science

Who says that genetic isolation or environmental changes only last a few decades? And you don't need any particularly "great" pressure for speciation, just the separation. Both groups are then under their own normal pressures, and there is no pressure to keep them in synch if they aren't interbreeding, so they diverge.

Yes, it would have been nice if he could have explained that, but it's a question that is worded in a way that might trip up someone without a good grasp of the material, and as you say:
Nothing else in the textbook has organizations arming students with tricky questions to stump the teacher. My guess is you would have found him just as "dogmatic" with any other chapter if subjected to the same level of questioning.

Yes, but
 

I understand that there might be stories in the bible that relate to actual events, perhaps even a boat with animals, but the problem is that many creation scientists DO take the Noah story literally, so much so that they create Noah's Ark Feasibility Studies! You guys gotta check this out:

http://emporium.turnpike.net/C/cs/ark/index.htm

What are you talking about? Feasibility studies? They found the thing!

Tail Posting
 

I will state, without shame, that I absolutely do not feel any moral obligation to always read an entire thread before posting - especially if the thread is running up to multiple pages. I am at work. I am here, at this site, for light entertainment. In the interest of moving a conversation along, I do make an attempt to gather the context of the discussion, and not waste time re-hashing tired subjects. Unless I have something new to add, that is. Ultimately the decision is mine, and the decision is up to every user as to how they want to use the site, as long as they are following the rules. Now of course we would not enjoy the site if total anarchy erupted and every thread became a string of selfish stream-of-conciousness rants. But, there is a middle ground. For instance, I have not read much of this thread, but I am responding to a particular aspect of it. I may go back and read more if I choose to devote my time to a deeper level of participation. Or, I may post a one-off observation. It is really up to me.


I think wolf gets it just fine. Maybe you don't get what she is saying.

Nice... waste management

Isn't God responsible for ALL things? Didn't He design our universe so that Romulus and Remus founded Rome? And since he did, is it not right and righteous to give Him credit and worship Him through Jeeeezusss Christ, our Lord and Savior? *genuflects*[/sarcasm]

I think Jesus' philosophy on how to live your life is a good way to live your life. I try to live my life that way, and I think I do a fairly good job of it. But the whole magic aspect of the Judeo-Christian God is just a little too far-fetched for me. Raising from the dead? Pu-leeze! If "God" was the name of the alien leader, in the mother ship named "Heaven", the bible stories would make as much sense. A bright light shines down on Saul? Boy, that doesn't remind you of Close Encounters, does it? (I know - it's a movie).

The site starts with which sends up the red flags for me. :headshake

And because the turkish goverment says, Yup, it's an old boat, that makes it the Ark.