(September 22, 2010 at 8:23 am)DeistPaladin Wrote:(September 21, 2010 at 6:57 pm)theVOID Wrote: No, i mean what is it you are referring to as your 'believing heart' - you'r heart doesn't think, so what are you actually attributing this phenomenon to? Is it an emotional need for purpose?
It's called a metaphor.
You know exactly what i'm talking about, your hesitance to answer is bemusing, i hadn't thought of you as the type of believer that would so blatantly dodge questions.
What do you mean (or what exactly are you referring to) when you use the metaphor 'believing heart'?
Quote:Quote:Where did the deity tweak? Assuming that such deistic action is necessary you must have an example of a biological process you believe is not accounted for with natural selection?
Quote:Setting things up for our more evolved brains and civilization.
Quote:Such as...
How should I know?
Deist Paladin: Oh hey guys, there is a deity going around tweaking things to make us smart!
Spectator: Like what?
Deist Paladin: How should i know?
Quote:Actually, there's some evidence that homo sapians and neanderthal coexisted and may have blended together.
Right, cross breeding did happen in Europe with a small portion of the human population that's true, but it's no answer to my question. Neanderthals were by all accounts smarter, stronger and more creative than comparative man, so why did your tweaking deity neglect them and leave them to extinction?
I also noticed you dropped the rest of the argument, why?
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