RE: Creationist offers $10,000 to anyone willing to challenge literal interpretation of Genesis in court
March 26, 2013 at 5:38 pm
Well, damn. I'll take his money.
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March 26, 2013 at 6:22 pm
This observation from Matt Dillahunty's Facebook wall:
Quote:Regarding legal challenge to disprove literal Genesis: Courts don't allow spectral evidence. Thus, he loses by default. Where's my $10,000?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
 RE: Creationist offers $10,000 to anyone willing to challenge literal interpretation of Genesis in court
March 27, 2013 at 6:34 am
Isn't this guy picking the list of potential judges himself? I mean, kinda poisoning the well, there...
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March 28, 2013 at 2:08 pm
It's almost as if he's scared of a real debate, isn't it?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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March 28, 2013 at 7:53 pm
(March 26, 2013 at 4:18 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: He thinks that evolution has a direction!Evolution does have a direction. Simple --> More Complicated. It doesn't go the other way...
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The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK "That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke 
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March 28, 2013 at 7:59 pm
(March 28, 2013 at 7:53 pm)Aractus Wrote:Sure it does. If external circumstances favor a return to simpler forms, then simpler organisms will have a higher chance of reproducing.(March 26, 2013 at 4:18 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: He thinks that evolution has a direction!Evolution does have a direction. Simple --> More Complicated. It doesn't go the other way... RE: Creationist offers $10,000 to anyone willing to challenge literal interpretation of Genesis in court
March 28, 2013 at 8:22 pm
If there was an "equal" chance of going up or down, then life could never get as complicated as it is, thus it certainly can be said that evolution is directional.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK "That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
Sagasa
Newbie Religious Views: I guess I'd classify as an agnostic atheist leaning towards apatheism. RE: Creationist offers $10,000 to anyone willing to challenge literal interpretation of Genesis in court
March 29, 2013 at 2:11 am
(March 28, 2013 at 8:22 pm)Aractus Wrote: If there was an "equal" chance of going up or down, then life could never get as complicated as it is, thus it certainly can be said that evolution is directional.But it's not equal. It's not a 50/50 chance that a species would evolve to be either more complex or simpler, it depends on the pressures that the environment puts on the species and thus, only the ones that are able to adapt best will be able reproduce. Kind of like how the snakes lost their legs when they didn't need them anymore, or other examples of unneeded appendages withering away.  RE: Creationist offers $10,000 to anyone willing to challenge literal interpretation of Genesis in court
March 29, 2013 at 3:43 am
(March 29, 2013 at 2:11 am)Sagasa Wrote: Kind of like how the snakes lost their legs when they didn't need them anymore, or other examples of unneeded appendages withering away. Are you fucking kidding me? Snakes aren't lacking appendages because of evolution. Genesis is quite clear about this. Serpents only lost appendages as divine punishment after convincing Eve to eat from the tree of knowledge. Fact. Genesis says so.
Sagasa
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March 29, 2013 at 4:19 am
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