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by dhw, Friday, March 25, 2016, 13:30 (3165 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw: Please don't misunderstand me. I haven't read Adler, but you use him in order to bolster your case for your interpretation of God's evolutionary purpose, complete with your theory that God preprogrammed or personally organized every innovation in order to produce or feed man. I am merely pointing out that if Adler was not concerned with the purpose and mechanisms of evolution, then you are on your own when we are discussing your theory, and there is no point in constantly bringing him into the conversation.-DAVID: I don't misunderstand you. Adler's point is quite clear. Humans are a totally different breed of cat and a natural evolution should not have produced them. He is bedrock support of my thoughts. "Different in kind" speaks to this gap. You persist in using the word 'kind' in a diminished context of difference. If you will stop, I'll stop.-I like the different breed of cat! It is you who persist in emphasizing Adler's “difference in kind” during all our discussions on evolution, and I shall be delighted to put an end to this particular form of tail-chasing.