[friendly hardline atheist]

Hello Someday,

Originally Posted by Someday

You said that the Vatican was against any and all genetic manipulation. I think I have shown that this is not, nor has it ever been the case.

You have indeed shown that, as I acknowledged a few posts back. If you had left it that, I would have thought 'Ok, I stand corrected as far as support for GM food is concerned'. However, your insistence on trying to squeeze the cases where you went wrong diminishes the credit gained. You produce two more urls that point to a pdf and science article that add exactly nothing relevant. After a thread full of out-of-date, mixed-up or otherwise irrelevant urls that serve primarily to underpin some bits of misunderstanding on your part and a persistence to cling to erroneous positions once taken.

Originally Posted by Someday

I would give you the same advice I would give the three main apostles of militant atheism. If you wish theists (or unbiased weak atheists for that matter) to take you seriously, deal with facts, not media sensation and half truths.

Honestly, after squandering much of the credit gained by demonstrating you didn't know the difference between genetic manipulation and stem cell research (your post 10 in this thread), bringing up out-of-date info (Wired article in your post 12), bringing up the mixing of animal and human DNA in a case where that was not involved (your post 12), bringing up viable human embryos when none are involved (your post 12), explaining that skin cell experiments involve genetic manipulation when I never said anything opposite (post 22), it's a bit rich for you to preach to me about being more facts-based. One good bit of info for a handful of misses is not a good score.

greets,
Peter