RE: Conflicting statements in the bible
April 30, 2013 at 4:57 pm
(This post was last modified: April 30, 2013 at 5:12 pm by Statler Waldorf.)
(April 30, 2013 at 4:33 pm)Ryantology Wrote: And the driver will claim that page 33 means that page 17 doesn't apply, for it is obvious that the creator of the car intends for you to never take the drain plug out.
Creator of the car? The driver obviously would never believe there had to be a creator or designer of the car. After all, the processes observed taking place inside the car are surely adequate to explain the cars existence. And to point to where these processes do not adequately explain the origin of the car is really just using a “creator of the gaps” style argument. It’s obvious to the driver (since he is a free thinker) that the specified complexity associated with the car’s appearance and operation was really just a result of natural selection acting upon random car parts over billions of years. He knows that cars can naturally evolve, after all just look at the Pepper Moths! Also take a look at the homology between a Porsche and a Volkswagen! It’s obvious that these two cars shared a common ancestor millions of years ago. And what about those engineers at Toyota who claim they in fact created his car? Well obviously they do not exist (since that would only give rise to the question, “who designed the designers at Toyota?”), and to use their words to prove they created the car would really only be begging the question since you cannot establish those are their words anyways (and who are they hiding from? Why don’t they make it evident that they indeed created the car to everyone who ever has lived and ever will live?). In fact, they probably just stole those words from other fictional car companies in order to appeal to Pagans. Let’s be serious here, can anyone point to one single peer-reviewed scientific journal that demonstrates that this particular car was created by engineers at Toyota? I didn’t think so. Yes, believing that cars need designers is irrational; in fact it really is a social construct in order to cope with what we used to not understand. It’s time to stop using it as a crutch, anyone who believes that cars were created and did not evolve through natural unguided processes doesn’t believe in science and is engaging in child abuse if they teach their kids such delusions!!
Did I miss anything? :-P