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Would any of you drive a car made by Darwin's ideas?
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 (March 13, 2014 at 1:59 pm)Beccs Wrote: I think this post ends the discussion. Yes, but it would be nice for the "prof" to acknowledge evolutionary processes to solve problems, are used throughout the technological world. If he did, I missed it. Will you redeem yourself prof, or do you intend to be forever relegated to the ranks of ignorant Jesus shitheads? 
My initial thought with this post was, you guys would never use darwinian principles to go to grandma's house- you would never get there.
We would rather not buy a car assembled on friday (or is it monday?) in case there was any shortcuts in it's construction, and yet you think this whole shebang just assembled itself? I see a huge disconnect betweeen everyday life (including making very complicated machines) and the belief system that has become a dogma. 
I say that either the "Professor" acknowledges that he was wrong on the specific point of the OP, as well as stunningly ignorant of biological evolution, or a couple of his knee-slappers in this thread should be immortalized in the Hall of Shame.
 (March 13, 2014 at 9:48 am)professor Wrote: I build machines, am involved in design, and testing. Like, um, a horse?
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 Leader of the gang of jerkoffs(tm) Religious Views: L'Uomo verrà portato dalla sua creazione  (March 13, 2014 at 2:09 pm)professor Wrote: My initial thought with this post was, you guys would never use darwinian principles to go to grandma's house- you would never get there. You were just given evidence that this disconnect only exists in your imagination, including a listing of published engineering papers. Are you too dumb or to indoctrinated to acknowledge that?  RE: Would any of you drive a car made by Darwin's ideas?
March 13, 2014 at 2:27 pm
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(March 13, 2014 at 2:09 pm)professor Wrote: My initial thought with this post was, you guys would never use darwinian principles to go to grandma's house- you would never get there. "Thought" is probably too generous a word for what you spewed out. And then when you were shown that, in fact, grandma's house could be located through evolutionary principles, you threw a little bitch fit as each of your tired old arguments were debunked. Now you're reduced to this baffling, ranting nonsense. Quote:We would rather not buy a car assembled on friday (or is it monday?) in case there was any shortcuts in it's construction, and yet you think this whole shebang just assembled itself? Misinterpreting abiogenesis as evolution? That's a paddling. Quote:I see a huge disconnect betweeen everyday life (including making very complicated machines) and the belief system that has become a dogma. Can I ask you something? I mean, I know you're not actually forming coherent thoughts at the moment, but even if we didn't use evolutionary ideas in engineering, even if your initial point was exactly right, how would that invalidate natural, organic evolution? Manufacturing is very different to the natural world, in case you haven't noticed. You could use the same premises of your initial argument to say that, since you wouldn't want a car that poops, therefore defecation isn't real. You're just being stupid, now.
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March 13, 2014 at 2:27 pm
(This post was last modified: March 13, 2014 at 3:03 pm by Simon Moon.)
(March 13, 2014 at 2:09 pm)professor Wrote: My initial thought with this post was, you guys would never use darwinian principles to go to grandma's house- you would never get there. Yes, your straw man version of evolution does not hold up to scrutiny. What a shock. You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.  (March 13, 2014 at 2:27 pm)Esquilax Wrote: Misinterpreting abiogenesis as evolution? That's a paddling. Do you watch BionicDance too? She likes posting that clip from The Simpsons.
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