RE: A question about the flood myth, baraminology, and Pangaea
February 25, 2016 at 8:33 pm
(This post was last modified: February 25, 2016 at 8:38 pm by Simon Moon.)
(February 25, 2016 at 10:36 am)Drich Wrote:(February 25, 2016 at 9:18 am)RobbyPants Wrote: I think I've figured out why the flood gets Christians worked up into such a tizzy. It's because it's one of their few claims that's actually 100% falsifiable (and guess what: it turns out to be false). We can actually evaluate their claims and prove them wrong, and saying "but I just have faith" makes them look even more crazy. I imagine this is why most Christians I know in person either say that this story didn't actually happen, or they are much quicker to invoke magic, instead of trying to keep this story all within the realm of science.
Really?!?!?
Because you all came hard with science just one or two pages back, and now for some reason have abandoned it for name calling...
Yes, that "some reason" you allude to is your complete dependence on justifying your unsupported beliefs, that you are willing to go through some really impressive mental gymnastics in order to continue to believe them.
So, sometimes, all that's left is just to point and laugh.
It's not our fault that you are the 10 year old on the school bus, being ridiculed by his or her peers for still believing in Santa Claus.
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.
