(July 8, 2013 at 5:16 am)catfish Wrote: My borrowed line > "From the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment (a period of well over two centuries) to today (or ever), a non-living piece of matter (or conglomeration of matter) has never once created an organism. If you have evidence of this, please bring it forward."Really? You're going with our present inability to produce a simple living organism from building blocks?
I'll let you do an experiment: take a piece of dirty clothing... throw it in a corner... wait a few months... you'll see life sprouting from it!
Just messing!
So yes, mankind hasn't managed to create life from lifelessness... but we've found hints as to how that could happen...
goddidit is not a valid hint....
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...151856.htm
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/06/tpna/
besides, why would the guy just create the spark and then see how it evolves? Why don't we see new animals/plants being spontaneously created by this god, nowadays?
What's the deal with dinosaurs? And trilobytes?
(July 8, 2013 at 5:16 am)catfish Wrote:(July 8, 2013 at 5:15 am)pocaracas Wrote: Well, how about you create a new thread exposing those?
I was under the impression that this thread was about exposing the creationist agenda/propaganda... like it says in the title.
Really? I'm a creationist, but not a "Young Earth Creationist".
So which propaganda is he exposing? I have no dispute with evolution, just the origin of life. His entire premise is a strawman...
He's not arguing the origin of life though, is he? No, he's attacking creationism with his opening line...
"Creationism, as all rational human beings know, is a global scam just like Scientology or the dumb conspiracy theories about John Kennedy's assassination"
Yes, he is... and you then want him to examine other conspiracy theories... why? Let's stay on the topic of creationism... and do note that he mentioned Ray, so I'm guessing he's going after YECs in particular.
