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RE: Creation/evolution3
February 8, 2015 at 1:51 pm
"Dear Pope"
Yep, there's absolutely no way that won't work.
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: Creation/evolution3
February 8, 2015 at 1:52 pm
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(February 8, 2015 at 1:49 pm)Drich Wrote: (February 8, 2015 at 5:16 am)Norman Humann Wrote: I want to read Drich's email to the pope.
Dear Pope,
I was recently made aware of the Catholic Church's position (I am Christian not a catholic) and I agree. I have observed that between the end of creation and the fall of man, there is no time line in the Genesis account. This would allow the whole fossil record that science places under the 'evolution' title quite nicely. Thus allowing for a literal 7 day creation (in that the Genesis account describes what was done from a garden perspective/created to reflect the evolutionary progress of the world at the fall of man 6000 years ago.)
Meaning God created the garden to look like the world would when He knew man would fall from grace. This would account for the city Cain fled to and the wives the sons of adam took.
I have posted this theory in much greater detail on several different forums from Christians to atheist if your interested to see how different people have responded to this.
Proper salutation:
Your Holiness -or- Most Holy Father
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Science is not a subject, but a method.
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RE: Creation/evolution3
February 8, 2015 at 2:05 pm
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From Hancock's Half Hour:
Sid: How would you write a letter to, say, an archbishop?
Tony: Let's see - "Dear Archie..."
Sid: No, no!
Tony: Ah, right then - "Dear Mr Bishop..."
Sid: No, no, no!
Tony: Oh, well I don't know him.
Sid: No, well don't write to him until you do!
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: Creation/evolution3
February 8, 2015 at 2:07 pm
I don't see the issue. I would address my letter to the Pope with "Yo, Pope! 'Sup!"
"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: Creation/evolution3
February 8, 2015 at 2:16 pm
Just don't call him Poppy and you should be fine.
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RE: Creation/evolution3
February 8, 2015 at 2:17 pm
Pope you goat fucking son of a dildo.
Shut up with your crap alright.
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RE: Creation/evolution3
February 8, 2015 at 2:23 pm
(February 8, 2015 at 2:17 pm)Drich Wrote: (February 8, 2015 at 1:52 pm)Chas Wrote: Proper salutation:
Your Holiness -or- Most Holy Father
Yeah...
What do you call him when those won't work?
I assumed it would be like addressing a Doctor or Lawyer even if you don't nessarily buy into their specific fields.. You still respect or address their title. Pope, is frances' title.
How is it that your responses so often make no sense?
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
