RE: Argument #2: Evolution Of Species
May 7, 2014 at 8:19 pm
(This post was last modified: May 7, 2014 at 8:35 pm by Mister Agenda.)
(May 7, 2014 at 12:30 am)Revelation777 Wrote:(May 7, 2014 at 12:06 am)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: Why should any of us here be respectful of your beliefs when your beliefs are not respectful to us as atheists? Do you have any idea what the people says to do to people that leave the religion? Well the first the old testament tells us that you should burn down the whole fucking town if someone is a atheist in another town, it says that if your ducking mother or wife deconverts you should stone them to death,
So no, your pitiful beliefs do not deserve respect.
In 1999, Dr. Stephen Taylor wrote,
The Creation Research Society currently has a membership of 650 scientists, each one holding a Master’s degree or above in a recognized field of science. In a recent article Dr. Russell Humphreys, physicist at Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, estimates that there are around 10,000 practicing professional scientists in the USA alone who openly believe in a six-day creation.
1 Ashton, In Six Days (1999) Page 284
See evolution is not as clear cut as you think.
Science is determined by evidence, not consensus, but if were determined by consensus, 10,000 scientists on your side vs. a couple of million on ours would mean the science is on our side. Your own arguments work against you.
(May 6, 2014 at 11:35 pm)Revelation777 Wrote: In fact if you read the book, "In Six Days" you may be left with more questions about your beliefs than ever before. So please be open minded to creation.
Have YOU read it?
(May 6, 2014 at 11:35 pm)Revelation777 Wrote: "Several of the scientists who wrote chapters for In Six Days say they were once atheistic evolutionists who didn’t accept Christianity and creation until after they realized that the theory of evolution is scientifically bankrupt. Their rejection of evolution did not come from some Christian brainwashing which prevented them from thinking rationally. They rejected the theory because science evidence is overwhelmingly against evolution." http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~do_while/sa...#footnote1
Science is something you can demonstrate, not just assert. If the science was actually against evolution, they could demonstrate it, and collect their Nobel prizes in short order for overturning a foundational scientific theory and altering the course of biological science profoundly.
(May 7, 2014 at 10:33 am)Revelation777 Wrote: I just want you to know there are and were brilliant men and women who embrace a God. That is all from those quotes.
Nobody here didn't already know that, and your use of such quotes has been addressed before, so you KNOW we already know that. Still mystified about why we think you're dishonest?
(May 6, 2014 at 11:35 pm)Revelation777 Wrote: What if there is dishonesty among atheists?
When we discover an atheist being dishonest, we call them on it. When you discover a Christian being dishonest, you pretend it didin't happen, make excuses for it, or distance yourself from it.
(May 7, 2014 at 5:45 pm)Revelation777 Wrote: My name is Stephen and I am not part of this group.
Are you a scientist in a field relevant to evolution? If not, you don't belong on the list.
(May 6, 2014 at 11:35 pm)Revelation777 Wrote: You'll been saying that numbers of people who believe something doesn't count for anything.
And you keep saying it does...except when it's inconvenient. Your own arguments working against you would cause an honest person to either realize they're wrong or that the argument is invalid, but a dishonest fuck will blithely carry on.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.