Talk:RationalWiki (en)/Archive2: Difference between revisions

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:::What is more important or effective, Huw Powell and his friends emphatically stating their opinion, or this, "a statement by 68 national and international science academies lists the following as facts, established by numerous observations and independently-derived experimental results from a multitude of scientific disciplines, without any contradiction from scientific evidence: that the Earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old and has shown continuing change; that life appeared on Earth at least 2.5 billion years ago, and has subsequently taken many forms, all of which continue to evolve; and that the genetic code of all organisms living today, including humans, clearly indicates their common primordial origin.[10]" [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism] [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 00:31, 21 September 2009 (EDT)
:::What is more important or effective, Huw Powell and his friends emphatically stating their opinion, or this, "a statement by 68 national and international science academies lists the following as facts, established by numerous observations and independently-derived experimental results from a multitude of scientific disciplines, without any contradiction from scientific evidence: that the Earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old and has shown continuing change; that life appeared on Earth at least 2.5 billion years ago, and has subsequently taken many forms, all of which continue to evolve; and that the genetic code of all organisms living today, including humans, clearly indicates their common primordial origin.[10]" [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism] [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 00:31, 21 September 2009 (EDT)
:::[http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Evidence_against_a_recent_creation This article] has numerous sources listed. Do you believe this information could not be imported into the Wikipedia? For example in https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Age_of_the_earth ? Where do you think it would be more effective at '''refuting''' YEC (not just affirming what you already believe)? Then all you have to do is link https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism#Age_of_the_Earth to that article or you could work that information into the YEC article. [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 00:31, 21 September 2009 (EDT)
:::[http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Evidence_against_a_recent_creation This article] has numerous sources listed. Do you believe this information could not be imported into the Wikipedia? For example in https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Age_of_the_earth ? Where do you think it would be more effective at '''refuting''' YEC (not just affirming what you already believe)? Then all you have to do is link https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism#Age_of_the_Earth to that article or you could work that information into the YEC article. [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 00:31, 21 September 2009 (EDT)
::::No, it couldn't, because WP has a neutral point of view, and taking that page would violate it. [[User:Phantom Hoover|Phantom Hoover]] 06:45, 21 September 2009 (EDT)


== Put a comparisons of wikis section in the RationalWiki article ==
== Put a comparisons of wikis section in the RationalWiki article ==

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