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RE: Problems with the theory of evolution.
July 11, 2013 at 1:54 pm
(July 11, 2013 at 1:04 pm)CleanShavenJesus Wrote: To be fair, I didn't know what they meant when I first joined.
But then again you screwed your head on straight faster than I've seen anyone else do it before 
(That, and you're probably able to use Google too..)
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
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RE: Problems with the theory of evolution.
July 11, 2013 at 2:09 pm
(July 11, 2013 at 1:43 pm)Rahul Wrote: Fine. Well, I hope you guys are correct in your assumptions no matter how many justifications you guys have to back it up.
Here's the thing, in the off chance that this was real, it will be a learning moment and a reason for self-reflection due to the fact her legitimate ignorance was indiscernible from denigrating satire.
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RE: Problems with the theory of evolution.
July 11, 2013 at 2:25 pm
(July 11, 2013 at 7:42 am)little_monkey Wrote: (July 11, 2013 at 3:07 am)jamie_russels Wrote: Atheist scientists believe that we evolved from stardust (even just saying it in a sentence sounds silly lol) You need to add: it took 13.7 billion years for that to happen.
*twirls hair* but that just makes it sillier!
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
-Stephen Jay Gould
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RE: Problems with the theory of evolution.
July 11, 2013 at 2:41 pm
(July 11, 2013 at 1:43 pm)Rahul Wrote: Fine. Well, I hope you guys are correct in your assumptions no matter how many justifications you guys have to back it up.
If you're wrong we just lost this one from ever speaking to atheists ever.
The last forum I was on several years ago a young Christian girl in high school came onto the forum and everyone went apeshit on her just like this. So she bailed. I sent her my personal email address and I had a back and forth, very productive conversation with the girl (with her mom premonitoring my responses first for obvious reasons) where we discussed a lot of things relating to why a person who was raised Christian later turned to Atheism and my justifications for doing so.
I think I did more good than everyone on the forums throwing continuous rancorous insults at her.
Did your young Christian girl say anything like this?
"Also, I did some research on something else. Apparently the total amount of water on earth is "1.386x10^21 liters", whatever that means. I don't know what the X and the ^ is for, but I'll continue anyways."
She...doesn't...know...what the 'X' is for. But she'll continue anyways. If we're wrong, why would we want her talking to atheists?
However, you make a good point about dogpiling on people for mere ignorance. If I thought that was the case here, I would be agreeing with you.
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RE: Problems with the theory of evolution.
July 11, 2013 at 3:13 pm
At least she used Google for something good: she used it to find her way here. As for everything else? She's doing it wrong.
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RE: Problems with the theory of evolution.
July 11, 2013 at 3:18 pm
(July 11, 2013 at 1:43 pm)Rahul Wrote: If you're wrong we just lost this one from ever speaking to atheists ever.
If she was genuine, then that is probably a good thing.
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
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RE: Problems with the theory of evolution.
July 11, 2013 at 3:19 pm
Quoth the Raven, Nevermore!
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RE: Problems with the theory of evolution.
July 11, 2013 at 3:22 pm
(This post was last modified: July 11, 2013 at 3:22 pm by pocaracas.)
Oh dear girl... this just means you are just ignorant of the world.
If that ignorance is self afflicted or parental I can't tell...
Make the best of your 2 weeks with access to the internet to educate yourself.
Just today I posted a link to a site that has a lot of books in pdf about basic sciencee
Read a few of them:
https://atheistforums.org/post-475906.html#pid475906
But I still think you may be a Poe. I thank you, on behalf of everyone on this forum, for the entertainment you're providing!
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RE: Problems with the theory of evolution.
July 11, 2013 at 3:22 pm
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(July 11, 2013 at 3:19 pm)JesusHChrist Wrote: Quoth the Raven, Nevermore!
I see what you did there!
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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RE: Problems with the theory of evolution.
July 11, 2013 at 3:30 pm
(July 11, 2013 at 3:07 am)jamie_russels Wrote: Hi. I'm new here so this will be my first post. I'm Jamie from Alabama. I'm a proud Baptist and I'd like to point out a few inconsistencies I found in the theory of evolution.
I don't know who you actually are, but your avatar is of one Patricia Kelly from southern California, who apparently really is quite the Jesus freak, but I'm guessing she would not appreciate her likeness being stolen and used as a disguise.
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