RE: Atheism is unreasonable
November 20, 2014 at 9:10 pm
(This post was last modified: November 20, 2014 at 9:12 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(November 20, 2014 at 3:34 pm)His_Majesty Wrote:(November 20, 2014 at 7:27 am)Bad Wolf Wrote: Hey, His_Majesty. What 'kind' of animal is a platypus?
Maybe it is the only member of its "kind", whatever that is.
Or maybe you're just full of shit.
I'll take "Full of Shit" for $500, Alex.
(November 20, 2014 at 3:40 pm)His_Majesty Wrote: In other words, "time of the gaps" reasoning is being used. Once you start the "it took millions of generations", or "it took millions of years"...once you start to say that, you are leaving science and diving right into the portal of religion.
It happened that fast. You are relying on the unseen...and not only that, but the statement "it takes millions of years", that statement in itself cannot be scientifically validated. You cannot conduct an experiment to draw that kind of conclusion, can you? Nor can you conduct an experiment to predict when the next change would occur.
So you are basically not even using science!!!
You can, however, avail yourself of the fossil record, which supports exactly what he's saying, largely in the timescales he mentions.
Of course, you have to use science to understand the fossil record. Which means it's beyond the scope of your intellect.