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RE: It's Always Sunny - evolution versus Christianity
February 26, 2016 at 12:09 am
Eh, I'm a Christian. I accept evolution.
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RE: It's Always Sunny - evolution versus Christianity
February 26, 2016 at 1:46 am
(February 26, 2016 at 12:09 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Eh, I'm a Christian. I accept evolution.
At what point did Genesis stop being figurative and start being literal?
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RE: It's Always Sunny - evolution versus Christianity
February 26, 2016 at 10:23 am
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(February 26, 2016 at 1:46 am)Nihilist Virus Wrote: (February 26, 2016 at 12:09 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Eh, I'm a Christian. I accept evolution.
At what point did Genesis stop being figurative and start being literal?
As far back as I can remember, in my Catholic grade school, we were taught evolution in science class, and we were taught the symbolic interpretation of Genesis in religion class. It is what is generally accepted.
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RE: It's Always Sunny - evolution versus Christianity
February 26, 2016 at 10:44 am
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It is now, as the Catholic church has enough smarts not to fight science on battles it can't possibly win.
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RE: It's Always Sunny - evolution versus Christianity
February 26, 2016 at 12:46 pm
(February 12, 2016 at 4:13 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: (February 12, 2016 at 3:49 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: Huh? Have you forgotten that humans are the only animals on Earth that have chins? So when you see space aliens in movies if they have chins they are most likely related to us. None of the apes have chins. Neanderthals didn't have chins. So how did humans get chins?
What do you think constitutes a chin? All apes have the same skeleton, only the proportions differ.
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RE: It's Always Sunny - evolution versus Christianity
February 26, 2016 at 12:49 pm
(February 12, 2016 at 10:15 am)Huggy74 Wrote: It is my position that life never had a beginning, it's always existed.
Since it is demonstrably false that it always existed on Earth, where did it exist before that?
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RE: It's Always Sunny - evolution versus Christianity
February 26, 2016 at 12:52 pm
(February 26, 2016 at 10:23 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: (February 26, 2016 at 1:46 am)Nihilist Virus Wrote: At what point did Genesis stop being figurative and start being literal?
As far back as I can remember, in my Catholic grade school, we were taught evolution in science class, and we were taught the symbolic interpretation of Genesis in religion class. It is what is generally accepted.
At what point in evolutionary history did 'souls' show up?
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RE: It's Always Sunny - evolution versus Christianity
February 26, 2016 at 1:18 pm
(February 26, 2016 at 12:49 pm)Chas Wrote: (February 12, 2016 at 10:15 am)Huggy74 Wrote: It is my position that life never had a beginning, it's always existed.
Since it is demonstrably false that it always existed on Earth, where did it exist before that?
I believe I've answered that already...
(February 26, 2016 at 12:52 pm)Chas Wrote: At what point in evolutionary history did 'souls' show up?
About the same time the ability to reason did.
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RE: It's Always Sunny - evolution versus Christianity
February 26, 2016 at 1:29 pm
(February 26, 2016 at 1:18 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: (February 26, 2016 at 12:49 pm)Chas Wrote: Since it is demonstrably false that it always existed on Earth, where did it exist before that?
I believe I've answered that already...
(February 26, 2016 at 12:52 pm)Chas Wrote: At what point in evolutionary history did 'souls' show up?
About the same time the ability to reason did.
By "reason" do you mean problem-solving ability?
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RE: It's Always Sunny - evolution versus Christianity
February 26, 2016 at 1:40 pm
(February 26, 2016 at 1:29 pm)Crossless1 Wrote: (February 26, 2016 at 1:18 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: I believe I've answered that already...
About the same time the ability to reason did.
By "reason" do you mean problem-solving ability?
If by "problem-solving" you mean logical, rational, and analytic thought, then yes.
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