Short facebook debate for other people's amusement
April 21, 2010 at 11:59 am
(This post was last modified: April 21, 2010 at 12:01 pm by EggSpurt.)
Below is a short back and forth that I had with a creationist on facebook. For privacy issues I've marked her as XXXXXXXXX. Enjoy.
XXXXXXXXX If we've really evolved, we've done one hell of a shitty job.
Yesterday at 10:37pm
Patrik - Oh we've evolved. We just haven't progressed in the way most would like.
Yesterday at 10:56pm ·
XXXXXXXXX Eh..nobody's ever gonna convince me.
Yesterday at 11:04pm
Patrik - ? Convince you of what? Evolution? As in, you don't believe in evolution? As in you're a creationist? You can't be serious.
11 hours ago ·
XXXXXXXXX - 100% serious. Sorry to burst your bubble. We're still out here. In very large numbers.
11 hours ago
XXXXXXXXX - Don't worry though, I have a feeling you'll be okay,just thank god that you've evolved past that..oh, wait.
11 hours ago
Patrik - Look, i'm not attacking your personal faith in god, it's just the creationist thing. You gotta let that go. We're 500 years into the scientific era. Even the former Pope, John Paul II had enough sense to accept evolution. If you won't take it from me, a godless unevolved heathen, take it from the pope.
9 hours ago ·
XXXXXXXXX - Eh, the pope has no authority in my life, nor any effect on my beliefs. Look at the example he has set, and anyway I'm not catholic. I don't believe in blind obedience of another flawed human like that, or that we need a middleman between us and God. I have a mind of my own, and I'm not attacking your beliefs either. I'm sure we both have reasons ...
3 hours ago
Patrik - Ms. XXXXXXXXX, I'm gonna blame this one on the Sanford public school system.
54 minutes ago ·
XXXXXXXXX - You can do that if you wish, but for the first half of my schooling, I was taught on various military bases. Nice to see that my intelligence is in question because of my faith though.
41 minutes ago
XXXXXXXXX - Nevermind the fact that I have known how to read since I was 3, and that I was supposed to skip 2 grades in school.
37 minutes ago
Patrik - I'm not saying you're stupid. You might be much smarter than I am for all I know. But somewhere down the road you've been greatly misinformed. I'm certain you didn't start out as a believer of evolution and then in adulthood through careful analysis decided that the garden of eden and a talking snake were the better way to go. You were probably born into the faith through family and community, and Sanford schools didn't exactly do much to convince you otherwise.
19 minutes ago ·
XXXXXXXXX - Again, my beliefs have valid reasons. If you believe in God, then you believe the explanation that he gave as to how we came into existence. He is either telling 100 % truth, or he is a liar. And as far as talking animals go, I'm sure you've seen talking birds haven't you? Why is that easier to believe than any other animal talking. Afterall you believe, as an evolutionist that we evolved from animals don't you? And I believe we do talk.
15 minutes ago
XXXXXXXXX - For what it's worth, I wasn't born into my faith. It's not something I had crammed down my throat from childhood. It's a decision I made. And considering all of the explanations we've been given, yes, the one I chose made the most sense to me. I'm sure your process was similar. There are things out there, in my opinion, that point more to a creator, than just happenstance. And I will gladly agree to disagree.
3 minutes ago
Patrik - Lady, um... wow. You win this one. I'm gonna go out for some fresh air.
about a minute ago ·
My favorite part is the one in which she says "if birds can talk, why can't snakes?" I swear. Why do I even bother? How do you educate a grown, "educated" person? So funny, and yet so sad...
XXXXXXXXX If we've really evolved, we've done one hell of a shitty job.
Yesterday at 10:37pm
Patrik - Oh we've evolved. We just haven't progressed in the way most would like.
Yesterday at 10:56pm ·
XXXXXXXXX Eh..nobody's ever gonna convince me.
Yesterday at 11:04pm
Patrik - ? Convince you of what? Evolution? As in, you don't believe in evolution? As in you're a creationist? You can't be serious.
11 hours ago ·
XXXXXXXXX - 100% serious. Sorry to burst your bubble. We're still out here. In very large numbers.
11 hours ago
XXXXXXXXX - Don't worry though, I have a feeling you'll be okay,just thank god that you've evolved past that..oh, wait.
11 hours ago
Patrik - Look, i'm not attacking your personal faith in god, it's just the creationist thing. You gotta let that go. We're 500 years into the scientific era. Even the former Pope, John Paul II had enough sense to accept evolution. If you won't take it from me, a godless unevolved heathen, take it from the pope.
9 hours ago ·
XXXXXXXXX - Eh, the pope has no authority in my life, nor any effect on my beliefs. Look at the example he has set, and anyway I'm not catholic. I don't believe in blind obedience of another flawed human like that, or that we need a middleman between us and God. I have a mind of my own, and I'm not attacking your beliefs either. I'm sure we both have reasons ...
3 hours ago
Patrik - Ms. XXXXXXXXX, I'm gonna blame this one on the Sanford public school system.
54 minutes ago ·
XXXXXXXXX - You can do that if you wish, but for the first half of my schooling, I was taught on various military bases. Nice to see that my intelligence is in question because of my faith though.
41 minutes ago
XXXXXXXXX - Nevermind the fact that I have known how to read since I was 3, and that I was supposed to skip 2 grades in school.
37 minutes ago
Patrik - I'm not saying you're stupid. You might be much smarter than I am for all I know. But somewhere down the road you've been greatly misinformed. I'm certain you didn't start out as a believer of evolution and then in adulthood through careful analysis decided that the garden of eden and a talking snake were the better way to go. You were probably born into the faith through family and community, and Sanford schools didn't exactly do much to convince you otherwise.
19 minutes ago ·
XXXXXXXXX - Again, my beliefs have valid reasons. If you believe in God, then you believe the explanation that he gave as to how we came into existence. He is either telling 100 % truth, or he is a liar. And as far as talking animals go, I'm sure you've seen talking birds haven't you? Why is that easier to believe than any other animal talking. Afterall you believe, as an evolutionist that we evolved from animals don't you? And I believe we do talk.
15 minutes ago
XXXXXXXXX - For what it's worth, I wasn't born into my faith. It's not something I had crammed down my throat from childhood. It's a decision I made. And considering all of the explanations we've been given, yes, the one I chose made the most sense to me. I'm sure your process was similar. There are things out there, in my opinion, that point more to a creator, than just happenstance. And I will gladly agree to disagree.
3 minutes ago
Patrik - Lady, um... wow. You win this one. I'm gonna go out for some fresh air.
about a minute ago ·
My favorite part is the one in which she says "if birds can talk, why can't snakes?" I swear. Why do I even bother? How do you educate a grown, "educated" person? So funny, and yet so sad...
The cosmos is also within us. We're made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself - Carl Sagan
