*sigh* He's telling you that, once you understand the mechanisms at play, like genetics and geology, you don't *need* a time machine to study it. The evidence is preserved in the genome and in the rocks.
It's the same reason we don't need to be present at a murder to prove the guy did it. We examine the crime scene. We collect DNA. We look at the body to determine the details of what happened. We collect evidence. We formulate hypotheses about what happened and run tests to prove or disprove them. We build a case and present it to others for public examination.
The difference between a trial and science is that it's just two lawyers seeking to disprove the other one's claims about what the evidence suggests, while the entire scientific community works on the evidence for evolution.
It's the same reason we don't need to be present at a murder to prove the guy did it. We examine the crime scene. We collect DNA. We look at the body to determine the details of what happened. We collect evidence. We formulate hypotheses about what happened and run tests to prove or disprove them. We build a case and present it to others for public examination.
The difference between a trial and science is that it's just two lawyers seeking to disprove the other one's claims about what the evidence suggests, while the entire scientific community works on the evidence for evolution.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
