The Problem with Christians

[AJW333]

Well that's an interesting argument but looking at a barren earth 4.5 billion years ago turning into a place that is literally teeming with incredibly complex life forms, it still represents a massive reversal of local entropy, especially considering that the contributions from outside the local system of the earth appear to be somewhat limited.

Somewhat limited?!  Do you not see that huge ball of light in the sky?

In full sun, you can safely assume about 100 watts of solar energy per square foot. If you assume 12 hours of sun per day, this equates to 438,000 watt-hours per square foot per year. Based on 27,878,400 square feet per square mile, sunlight bestows a whopping 12.2 trillion watt-hours per square mile per year.

With these assumptions, figuring out how much solar energy hits the entire planet is relatively simple. 12.2 trillion watt-hours converts to 12,211 gigawatt-hours, and based on 8,760 hours per year, and 197 million square miles of earth’s surface (including the oceans), the earth receives about 274 million gigawatt-years of solar energy, which translates to an astonishing 8.2 million “quads” of Btu energy per year.

In case you haven’t heard, a “quad Btu” refers to one quadrillion British Thermal Units of energy, a common term used by energy economists. The entire human race currently uses about 400 quads of energy (in all forms) per year. Put another way, the solar energy hitting the earth exceeds the total energy consumed by humanity by a factor of over 20,000 times.

http://www.ecoworld.com/energy-fuels/how...earth.html

Add as much heat as you want, that won't turn a random bunch of chemicals into a sophisticated self-replicating, error correcting code.

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The Bible correctly predicts that in the last days, the world will be affected by a system that is dedicated to the denial of Jesus as messiah. This will incorporate Islam which is openly anti-Christ, but is not limited to that religion. Interestingly, the reason I am on this forum is to investigate the rise in atheism - another anti-Christ belief system.

So you -are- the magic eight ball I asked you about.  You can tell me that these are the last days.  Why do I need magic book again?  

It is by studying the Bible that you realise these are the last days.

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The Bible correctly predicts the rise of an end-times antichrist system. Why would a ragtag bunch of Jews 2000 years ago have the audacity to predict that the entire world would end up engulfed in a battle between what they believed as Christians and the forces denying their beliefs. It's an outrageously unlikely prediction and yet here we are watching it unfold. Fundamental Islam is slaughtering people all over the world for simply refusing to submit to its totalitarian demands. How is my observation of the actions of Islam bigotry or ignorance?

If you despise the Christian faith, how on earth could you not feel the same way about Islam?

The only thing your bible correctly predicts is that humans will act according to their nature. Nature! It's something that really doesn't give a fuck about Jesus, Mohammad, Jehova, Brahma, Buddha, Zeus, Zoroaster, Ishtar, nor Thor.

Various researchers have concluded that it is a natural part of being human to acknowledge the existence of a deity. It is the atheists that are the tiny minority.

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AJW333

If it makes good sense to associate Islam with a worldwide and supernatural dictator, then it makes equal or better sense to associate evangelical Christianity with the same. If it's they who expect this, then it's they who will do their best to bring it.

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Are you saying that Christians wish to bring the antichrist?

Are you really ignorant enough to doubt that?

Christian deadbeats live far beyond their means on credit, betting that Jesus will return and set them free of their debt before it comes time to pay up.

Mega-church evangelical pastors are raking in billions of dollars while lobbying Congress to support Israel, which exists with our support specifically because American Christians, who are a bit more numerous than our US 1% Jewish population, want them to aggravate Muslim cultures into a conflict which will result in the next world war, which they presume will bring that final "Battle of Armageddon" which was "prophesied" in their bible. Idiots are raking in millions from writing fantasy books about the "Tribulation" which they say will come after the expected "Rapture" happens. It never will happen, but that won't deter people from engaging in an alluring and self-satisfying fantasy!

It's times like these when I'm glad I'm not an American Christian trying to defend the excesses of the various movements making a complete meal of the faith. We don't have anywhere near this kind of nonsense in Australia.