RE: [ZION] No biological basis for race

2002-12-18 Thread John W. Redelfs
Stephen Beecroft favored us with: It's one thing to say that current racial classifications are imprecise, or getting blurred, or not useful for this or that purpose. All such proclamations may or may not be true. But to say that race doesn't exist is to be tautologically incorrect -- people

Re: [ZION] No biological basis for race

2002-12-18 Thread Elmer L. Fairbank
At 14:45 12/17/2002 -0700, M Marc St Stephan wrote: to play the fool. Stephen Play the fool is not a scientific concept either ;-) Hey, wait, that's my part! You'se guys can't be stealing my part ... Till who even got a new costume for the next show

Re: [ZION] No biological basis for race

2002-12-18 Thread Mark Gregson
Hey, wait, that's my part! You'se guys can't be stealing my part ... Till who even got a new costume for the next show In the spirit of Christmas, Till, I forgive you for tempting me to the utmost with your provocative statements. That's a most humble forgiveness, too. =

Re: [ZION] No biological basis for race

2002-12-18 Thread Marc A. Schindler
After all, it doesn't say the elect (like, say, a tall, young good-looking bishop) *will* be deceived, it only says they *could* be. Mark Gregson wrote: Hey, wait, that's my part! You'se guys can't be stealing my part ... Till who even got a new costume for the next show In the

Re: [ZION] No biological basis for race

2002-12-17 Thread Marc A. Schindler
Stephen Beecroft wrote: -Marc- A new study of Brazilians confirms what biologists have always known (but maybe not anthropologists?): namely, that there is no genetic basis for determining race: