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Dr. Massimo Pigliucci French, Collin Dec 19, 2004

You might already be familiar with his work. He's a Prof. at the University of Tenn. and a strong evolutionist and skeptic. A firm atheist as well. Anyways, he has a few ID rebuttals on his web page. http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/~massimo/default.htm

Thank you for your time.

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Seems we're in the same boat Aaron , Mike Nov 16, 2004

In 1971, Charles-Dominique and Hladik posited that lemurs practice coprophagy. This was challenged by Russel(1975) on the basis of data collected from the same fieldsite. The claim of coprophagy in lemurs was not subsequently repeated.

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Dating the Israelite Exodus Tuesday, Monday Nov 04, 2004

Greetings All,
Below is a chart showing some interesting and relevant information (with appropriate references given, of course) which places the Israelite Exodus from Egypt in 1536 BCE. The anchor for deriving this date is Pharaoh Shishak's invasion of Judea in 925 BCE, some 41 years after construction on the First Temple was begun. This late 16th century date for the Exodus means that the Pharaoh confronted by Aaron and Moses must have been a Hyksos Pharaoh of the 15th dynasty (possibly Apophis), and not Rameses II as is usually assumed. Perhaps some here would like to research this possibility further.

THE ERA OF THE JUDGES: 1536 - 1051 BCE
NAME OF JUDGE NON-JUDGE SUM OF DATE JUDGE ERA ERA YEARS BCE REFERENCES
(Exodus) - - - 1536 Deut. 12:40-42
Moses 40 0 40 1496 Deut. 8:2; 34:7
Joshua 251 0 65 1471 Jew. Ant. 5.1.29
Anarchy 0 18 83 1453 Jew. Ant. 6.5.4
Cushan-rishathaim 0 8 91 1445 Judg. 3:8
Othniel 40 0 131 1405 Judg. 3:11
Eglon/Moabite 0 18 149 1387 Judg. 3:14
Ehud 80 0 229 1307 Judg. 3:30
Shamgar 0¼ 0 229 1307 Judg. 3:31
Jabin/Canaanite 0 20 249 1287 Judg. 4:3
Deborah/Barak 40 0 289 1247 Judg. 5:31
Midianites 0 7 296 1240 Judg. 6:1
Gideon 40 0 336 1200 Judg. 8:28
Abimelech 3 0 339 1197 Judg. 9:22
Tola 23 0 362 1174 Judg. 10:2
Jair 22 0 384 1152 Judg. 10:3
Ammonites 0 18 402 1134 Judg. 10:8
Jephthah 6 0 408 1128 Judg. 12:7
Izban 7 0 415 1121 Judg. 12:9
Elon 10 0 425 1111 Judg. 12:11
Abdon 8 0 433 1103 Judg. 12:14
Samson (20) (0) 433 1103 Judg. 16:31
Philistines 0 40 473 1063 Judg. 13:1
Samuel 12 0 485 1051 Jew. Ant. 6.13.5
Subtotal 356¼ 129 - - Saul 183 224 525 1011 Acts 13:21
David 40½ 0 565¾ 970 2nd Sam. 5:4, 5
First Temple 3¼ 0 569 967 1st Kings 6:1
Total 418 151 - -

There is a total of 569 years between the Exodus and the fourth year of Solomon's reign when construction on the First Temple was begun. Assuming that Pharaoh Shishak (Shoshenq I) invaded Judea in 926/5 BCE in Rehoboam's 5th year, some 41 years after construction had begun on the First Temple, we have: 926 + 41 + 569 = 1536 BCE as the year of the Israelite Exodus from Egypt.

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Fossils Voron, Der Dec 05, 2004

Dear TalkReason:

How are you doing? We have got the following original fossils (not
replicas):

A large meteorite found in 19th century;
A rare trilobite from Ordovician period;
Rare previously undescribed early eels, Jurassic period;
Saltasaurus dermal scute (skin armor) -- largest ever found,
Cretaceous period;
Ankylosaurus dermal scute (skin armor) -- largest ever found,
Cretaceous period;
Long-snouted crocodile's skull, Cretaceous period.

Any interest?

Regards,

Der

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Seems we're in the same boat Daniel Apr 21, 2004

Dear Mr. Zeligman,

Based on what you've written, it would seem that you and I share similar problems with Judaism. I had done my own research over the past number of years and have come to across many of the problems you mention. As well as a number you do not. I was raised Orthodox, and presumably, like you, I still continue to outwardly perform the rites and rituals that go along with an Orthodox life.

I was just wondering if you had indeed sent this letter to a rabbi of yours. And if so, how did he respond?

Also, I hope this is not too invasive, but I share a similar problem, so what are you planning on doing in case your faith does turn out to be irrational? Continue the charade? Seems like a problem without any good solution.

-Daniel

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