This On-Line Poll was started on 16 March, 2001
History of the Debate Negotiations
The Great Creation/Evolution Debate
New Mexicans for Science and Reason (NMSR)
versus
Creation Science Fellowship of NM, Inc. (CSFNM)
NMSR Contact info: Dave Thomas, nmsrdaveATswcp.com (Help fight SPAM! Please replace the AT with an @ )
The first of six topics for debate between New Mexicans for Science and Reason (NMSR) and the Creation Science Fellowship of New Mexico (CSFNM) begins in June 2000. Topics are alternately proposed by CSFNM and NMSR. Two months are spent on each topic with a 1,000 word essay written by both organizations the first month and a 500 word rebuttal written by both organizations the second month. The essays will be posted near simultaneously on respective websites and printed in respective newsletters.
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RESOLUTION |
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1A JUNE 2000 |
Evolution is not science. |
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1B JULY 2000 |
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2A AUGUST 2000 |
Creationism does not meet the requirements of a scientific theory. |
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2B SEPT. 2000 |
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3A OCT. 2000 |
Genetics and biochemistry do not admit evolution as science. |
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3B NOV. 2000 |
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4A DEC. 2000 |
Current scientific dating methods are sufficient to establish the age of the earth as over four billion years. |
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4B JAN. 2001 |
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5A FEB. 2001 |
Information theory and Physics do not admit evolution as science. |
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5B MARCH 2001 |
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6A APRIL 2001 |
Biblical inconsistencies rule out a literal interpretation of the Genesis creation story. |
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6B MAY 2001 |
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This On-Line Poll was started on 16 March, 2001
History of the Debate Negotiations