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So you believe in evolution..
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RE: So you believe in evolution..
(December 23, 2011 at 6:12 am)aleialoura Wrote: Who says I haven't considered any alternatives? Do you think I would believe something without considering many options? Do I look like an apologist to you?

There is no viable alternative, so far.


Why is special creation not viable?

(December 23, 2011 at 6:12 am)aleialoura Wrote: Because it would be irresponsible to do so. There is no evidence for gods, besides the evidence people want to see. It doesn't make it true. What matters to me is what's true. It's my only commitment.

See my explanation to last poet.

(December 23, 2011 at 6:12 am)aleialoura Wrote: Because if you look at the world objectively, and without bias, it's plainly a bunch of made up fairy tales- especially when you combine those observations with scientific reasoning. Evolution is true. I'm sorry you can't handle it, but it doesn't make it any less true because it offends your religious sensibilities.

First, no one looks at the world objectively, and without bias. We are subjective beings with a limited sphere of awareness and knowledge base. You yourself have already demonstrated your bias by stating that you assume there will be a naturalistic explanation.

You are also demonstrating your faith here because there is no hard evidence proving macro evolution. Feel free to bring some in at any time.

Thirdly, none of this has anything to do with why God creating the Universe would be impossible

(December 23, 2011 at 6:12 am)aleialoura Wrote: Obviously not.


Feel free to refute any of my arguments at any time. Until then, I demonstratably know more about the subject than you do.

(December 23, 2011 at 6:12 am)aleialoura Wrote: No offense to you, I'm sure you're a very nice deluded person, but I have typed my fucking fingers to the bone in this forum, arguing with my own words about the very bullshit in your OP. That's why I made that thread, so when creatards like you come swizzling in here with you're "knowledge", asking for evidence, all my tired ass would have to do is shoot you a linky.

It gets pretty fucking old after a while.

You came to me, I didn't come to you. No one is forcing you to post in my thread. If you don't want to debate, you don't have to post here.

I also welcome insults, so please feel free to use them liberally. I know people who are on the fence probably read these forums, and I think your negative attitude is a great ambassador for atheism.

(December 23, 2011 at 6:12 am)aleialoura Wrote: I watched it when the last slow person... I mean, apologist posted it. You've got nothing new. Science discovers something new every day. How did a boring ass delusion like yours even make it past the 20th century? That's the burning question, I think.

The question is, what do you think about it?

(December 23, 2011 at 6:12 am)aleialoura Wrote: Yes. Science is out to get your dogma. Raawwwrrr.

Are all Christians paranoid schizophrenics?

Are you saying that 90 percent of the article isn't spent criticizing creationists?

(December 23, 2011 at 6:12 am)aleialoura Wrote: Sure it does, but just because something isn't readily explainable doesn't mean goddidit.

Anyway, you're hypothesis has been disproven:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/13/science/13dino.html

What does that disprove? The evidence is still the same. This is their explanation:

"Mr. Horner suggested that the size of the bone and the depth of its entombment accounted for the unusual preservation of the tissues. Thick bones, he said, afford interior matter more protection from environmental degradation. Another factor was that this particular dinosaur was buried in a virtually oxygen-free setting very soon after death. The depth may also have insulated it over time."

Which explains exactly zero.

(December 23, 2011 at 6:12 am)aleialoura Wrote: Thanks to this discovery, evolution now has a stronger case than ever.

Did you know it is considered to be a universal face among the scientific community at large?


This is exactly the kind of evidence the theory of evolution is based on. Nothing has changed..you have soft tissue from a 65 million year old fossil and speculation as to how it survived, and that's it. If you think that is science its no wonder you believe evolution is true.
Of all choices, atheism requires the greatest faith, as it demands that ones limited store of human knowledge is sufficient to exclude the possibility of God.

Francis Collins
Human Genome Project
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So you believe in evolution.. - by power - December 23, 2011 at 4:53 am
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RE: So you believe in evolution.. - by LastPoet - December 23, 2011 at 10:29 am
RE: So you believe in evolution.. - by Ace Otana - December 23, 2011 at 10:30 am
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RE: So you believe in evolution.. - by Erinome - December 23, 2011 at 6:55 pm
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