(May 3, 2016 at 2:34 pm)Godschild Wrote: So now we're up to two years in a controlled lab, no outside influences in nature that has proven itself to be destructive to all things organic. Now all we have to do is wait another 99, 999, 998 years to see if the blood will last the required 100,000,000 years.
GC
1) I hardly think "left at room temperature" is "in a controlled lab", but whatever. They were studying a phenomenon, to see if their ideas were valid. It's called an experiment (testing a hypothesis), and is part of how science works. Where else would you have had them conduct that experiment?
2) You clearly have not bothered to read anything about what Schweitzer and her crew found. They demonstrated a mechanism by which the cells could last, preserved enough for the DNA to be partially protected until the slow process of fossilization could finish protecting them from degradation.
3) The experiment was directed at demonstrating that it's possible for a natural action to protect against nature's "destructive to all elements" tendency, and it did so. The discovery was shocking, because we all thought what you apparently still think, that it's impossible for tissues to be preserved for that long... but when new evidence was discovered, they investigated to figure out why/how it happens, and we updated our knowledge. That's also how science works. You should try updating your knowledge, some time. It's refreshing.
Finally, how dare you say I was never a Christian? I certainly thought I was, as you do. I certainly believed and practiced (most of) the things you believe and practice. I proclaimed Jesus as my Lord and Savior, studied the Bible fervently, prayed constantly, and in all other ways endeavored to obey what I believed to be the desires of God. Is it really that incomprehensible to you that a person can change their mind, given new information they did not previously have? Perhaps so... you've demonstrated an astounding (to me, anyway) degree of thick-headedness when confronted with new information. The only difference between my Christianity and yours is that it did not successfully insulate me from learning.
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.
