Indeed! Good call Lois. We should all be careful not to get on their bad
side. They are still cleaning out lots of the nasty stuff we spew into the
air, and continuing to give us a large percentage of our oxygen.
Mr. Gonzales is simply following the ID party line, which is generally to
try and force scientific theory to fit their philosophical mold. Most of
his scientific suppositions and presumptions are seriously flawed as a
result. The rest are generally non-sequiturs, in relation to the argument
he hopes to make.
A good example... The Earth's atmosphere is NOT clear because of its
average sea level oxygen content of 20%. It is clear because all of the
gasses that compose it are clear within the average temperature range of
the planet. It is 79% nitrogen as well. Oxygen content can drop to 7% or
less at high altitudes, yet strangely there is still lots of life. Hmmmm, I
wonder if that should make the atmosphere more or less clear. A relatively
high oxygen content is required for our particular form of life to
flourish, but certainly not all. Plants breath carbon dioxide, which of
course kills us in high enough concentration. Habitability is a very
relative term, unless you mean habitable by humans. Why he considers it
non-coincidental that we can now look up to view the stars through said
clear atmosphere is an utter mystery to me, scientifically speaking.
Mark Janzen
Registrar/Collections Manager
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art
Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection
Wichita State University
(316)978-5850
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Um, and just how did the atmosphere come by all this purposeful oxygen?
Hello.
On Jun 2, 2005, at 7:52 AM, L Dewey wrote:
the high oxygen content of the atmosphere, a condition that also is
needed for complex life.
While the theory does argue for intelligent design, it is not an
argument for or against Darwin's theory of evolution.
"It has absolutely nothing to do with biological evolution," Richards
said. "We are talking about the things that you need to produce a
habitable planet, which is a prerequisite for life. It doesn't tell
you anything about how life got here."
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