Christian Explanation

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It is not something we observe today.

Life > Domain > Kingdom > Phylum > Class > Order > Family > Genus > Species > Sub-species > Organisms.

My very individuality from you is an equivalent case to a worm's individuality from you. What's the difference? We're more related genetically, which genes (and deeper down, DNA and RNA) are responsible for life's evolution in the first place. Unless you are trying to make the case that I am exactly the same as you: you accept evolution. Known to you or not: evolution is an indisputable fact of life

Based on this fact

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(((never once has a decent evolutionary disproof been discovered... and all these 'missing links' are just like you and me today: organisms part of a larger subspecies part of a larger species, which is part of a larger genus still. You and me are the products of evolved life... we are the simplest evidence of evolution [beyond all of that scientific proof]. I'd say you should stop denying that evolution is a fact, and realize exactly what it means.)))

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... How could you *NOT* expect the fossil record to show exactly what we see around us today? If you dropped dead today, we can prove that you didn't die 100 years ago (aside from the obvious reasons) via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiometric_dating .

It's really pretty damn impressive that we can achieve a 2-5% margin of error over 2 1/2 BILLION years... I'm impressed, and I'm not even trying to return our civilization to the Christian Dark Ages What serious flaw do you see in radiometric dating? It works AMAZINGLY... I would have called it magic a few years ago We're listening, if chortling ^_^

Just saying the flood did not happen doesn't make it so. No matter how many times you say it. Again, if you want to discuss specifics, I am happy to do so but the generalizations are not helpful to either of us. So many of the people here say they are skeptics and freethinkers but never want to question current scientific thought, only Biblical thinking. Interesting.

Here is what it takes to 'prove' something as fact in science: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method Long story short: it takes a hell of a lot of critical review before something is fact... scientists don't just go "Yeah man, that sounds right... you wanna pass me another beer?"... they TEST things RIGOROUSLY... to the point that there is no REASONABLE doubt that it is fact.

Why don't we even for a moment believe the flood... because there is a hell of a lot of EVIDENCE against it... and zippo on the evidence for it. It is probably a fact that the level of the sea was at one time in the past higher than it is now (By a lot perhaps)... but it was due to completely logical natural causes... not a ridiculous rainstorm that rose water levels over the friggin mountains and wiped out all life on earth except for 2 of every animal (and 7 of some) and some humans all loaded on an ark that was fucking tiny (which is just fucking ridiculous anyhow!). The Bible earned it's 'reputation' itself... the current scientific world has been 'SHATTERED?' so many times in the past and present (And will continue to be in future)... how can you even THINK that skeptics and freethinkers don't want to / don't question scientific thought?

Hell, I even questioned .9^ = 1... An established mathematical FACT since the greeks have been around! 2000+ some years ago! Every one of us gains by questioning everything (ESPECIALLY science)... it is ridiculous to state that we only question ridiculous biblical thinking.

I mean this entirely with good humor