(August 18, 2013 at 3:47 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote: Isn't there a South Park episode where the boys prove cash money is a cure for AIDS?

Yep

(August 18, 2013 at 1:36 pm)Minimalist Wrote:

Quote:Spontaneous remission happens in almost every condition there is.

So if it recurs will you tell your 'god' to go fuck himself, Drippy?

Maybe we'll get lucky?

After accepting death I am reminded that everyday from then to now has been a bonus. So whether The Lord gives or The Lord takes away, I can truly say blessed be the name of The Lord.

Drich Wrote:Hell got me to church. This woke me from following empty religious practices, and to seek The God of the bible.

So, god gave you a wakeup call for false practices, but others who seek him just as earnestly but falsely get nothing and end up losing their faith and going to hell?

Well, aren't you the teacher's pet.

(August 18, 2013 at 3:33 pm)Drich Wrote: The primary rule in evolution is the survival of the fittest. So if this is true then how is it possible for a weaker strain to over take a previously impervious strain?

"Survival of the most adaptable" is the primary rule of evolution.

(August 18, 2013 at 4:26 pm)Faith No More Wrote:

Drich Wrote:Hell got me to church. This woke me from following empty religious practices, and to seek The God of the bible.

So, god gave you a wakeup call for false practices, but others who seek him just as earnestly but falsely get nothing and end up losing their faith and going to hell?

Well, aren't you the teacher's pet.

Not all are called to teach, and of those who are not all heed the call.

Those 'non-heeders' sound purdy smart.

(August 18, 2013 at 5:02 pm)Ryantology Wrote:

(August 18, 2013 at 3:33 pm)Drich Wrote: The primary rule in evolution is the survival of the fittest. So if this is true then how is it possible for a weaker strain to over take a previously impervious strain?

"Survival of the most adaptable" is the primary rule of evolution.

Again a less potent strain of the virus developing after a previously impervious had been established is not consistent with what you just said. Or if you prefer, a less 'adaptable' strain develops after a documented history of a pervious indestructible strain has been established is not consistent with the primary rule of evolution.

You are a classic example of the adage "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing" Drippy.

Why don't you read Dawkins' "The Greatest Show on Earth" and then get back to us in 25 years when you finally understand it?

(August 18, 2013 at 7:41 pm)Drich Wrote:

(August 18, 2013 at 5:02 pm)Ryantology Wrote: "Survival of the most adaptable" is the primary rule of evolution.

Again a less potent strain of the virus developing after a previously impervious had been established is not consistent with what you just said. Or if you prefer, a less 'adaptable' strain develops after a documented history of a pervious indestructible strain has been established is not consistent with the primary rule of evolution.

Drippy, let me give you the correct mental strategy, adapted to your level of intellect, for how to approach evolution. Think of evolution as god. Think of evolution as working in mysterious ways, think of evolution as omnipresent and always working even if with your intellect you have no hope of ever grasping where and how, think of evolution as something you just have to accept, because its workings, although comprehensible to persons of normal intellect, is just supernaturally beyond your grasp.

You can do at least that, can't you?

Now burn the bible and go read origin of species. It is full of divine wisdom beyond your understanding. But if you perform the proper penitence and go through the sort of mental contortions to convince yourself it is true despite limits of your intellect, the true god Darwin will command his angels, that is us, to come onto you and pretend you are some one worth talking to.

May Darwin bless you.

(August 18, 2013 at 7:41 pm)Drich Wrote:

(August 18, 2013 at 5:02 pm)Ryantology Wrote: "Survival of the most adaptable" is the primary rule of evolution.

Again a less potent strain of the virus developing after a previously impervious had been established is not consistent with what you just said. Or if you prefer, a less 'adaptable' strain develops after a documented history of a pervious indestructible strain has been established is not consistent with the primary rule of evolution.

A polar bear needs thick insulation to survive in an arctic climate. If you transport a polar bear to a tropical climate, it will have to adapt many of its habits to survive, and if it reproduces (ostensibly with other, similarly-afflicted polar bears), attributes such as coloration and insulation will necessarily alter over generations to better suit the environment. This produces polar bears much less capable of surviving polar climates, not only because certain attributes making life possible in the arctic are a drawback in the tropics, but because the bears will have to come up with a different diet which is probably much lower in fat and, therefore, unable to sustain fatty insulation anyway. That's how evolution works. It can also be the result of a random mutation which leaves the organism more vulnerable in some way, but because they are lucky enough not to face the specific threat, they may pass on a lack of protection for several generations, adapting to its absence. Which may come back to hurt it later if the threat really isn't gone. Evolution does not necessarily produce improvements all the time, nor are all of its adaptations beneficial or guaranteed to work.

Evolution is far more complicated than you obviously think.