Indeed, the wee ones will be running the biogeochemistry of this  
gorgeous Planet long after Homo sapiens sapiens (wise, wise--we named  
ourselves) are extinct.

I'm sorry for insulting the anerobes... the foundation of  
"directionality" ...not to mention methane.

Cheers
On Jun 2, 2005, at 12:44 PM, Mark Janzen wrote:

> 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
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> Um, and just how did the atmosphere come by all this purposeful  
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> Hello.
> On Jun 2, 2005, at 7:52 AM, L Dewey wrote:
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>        the high oxygen content of the atmosphere, a condition that  
> also is
>       needed for complex life.
>
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>       While the theory does argue for intelligent design, it is not an
>       argument for or against Darwin's theory of evolution.
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>       "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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