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The attempts of the atheists are only grotesque
RE: The attempts of the atheists are only grotesque
(December 9, 2013 at 7:09 pm)Beccs Wrote: Though it did shoot down my comparison rather well.

Not necessarily. The moth is trusting the light to guide it to its destination safely, but it cannot differentiate between a useful marker and a candle flame. In the end, its ignorance burns it. Not knowing that what you're following is not what you believe it to be? Hmmm...
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."

-Stephen Jay Gould
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RE: The attempts of the atheists are only grotesque
(December 9, 2013 at 7:09 pm)Beccs Wrote:
(December 9, 2013 at 7:06 pm)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Actually moths don't see something bright and head towards it. They are trying to fly in a straight line is all. Sadly, they evolved navigating with a light source at optical infinity (the moon). With that they have only to keep its light at a certain visual position (say 2 O clock) and they will fly in a straight line. But with a close light source like a candle, keeping it at 2 O clock causes then to fly in a spiral as the keep vectoring in to correct their course.

That's not relevant, I just thought it was interesting.

It is, actually. Something else I didn't know.

Though it did shoot down my comparison rather well.

Confusedhock:

Personally I hate it when those ignorant, knuckle dragging, theist bastards get one over on me. Lalalala .. didn't hear it .. lalalala.




[j/k]
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