Argument #2: Evolution Of Species

[The Valkyrie]

Tune in next month for Argument number 3 - once Rev's pastor or person of similar distinction has told him what it is.

Either, "monkeys give birth to monkeys, not humans" or "tide comes in, tide goes out. You can't explain that!"

[Crossless2.0]

I'm going with "How Can Something Come From Nothing?".

[Rampant.A.I.]

"Gravity is Just A Theory"

[Anomalocaris]

Thank you for your post. I would enjoy a conversation with Sir Francis Collins.

What is this Sir?

[Cyberman]

I'm going with "How Can Something Come From Nothing?".

For evidence, he could always use his own "Argument" threads.

[Anomalocaris]

My child is too young for school but I will teach Him God created this great planet.

Just because you utterly failed to evolve beyond moronic primitivism, that's no excuse to try to foreclose any possibility of your children evolving.

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"Gravity is Just A Theory"

I urge all christians to verify that gravity is not true by jumping out of tall buildings.

[LostLocke]

I'm going with "How Can Something Come From Nothing?".

If this is the something that comes from The Nothing....


...I'm outta here.

[Clueless Morgan]

Tune in next month for Argument number 3 - once Rev's pastor or person of similar distinction has told him what it is.

Oo, oo, oo!!! Can I make another prediction for the outcome of Argument #3???

Okay, here we go:

[Cyberman]

Based on his track record, more like this:



(Apologies to m'colleague Kaye for pre-emptive pigeon rotating.)

[Whateverist]

Yep. It's a transparent one and extremely dishonest.

Part of the problem is that there is a pressure in the scientific community to fall in line with evolution or jeopardize your credibility, lose your funding, and be ostracized.

Well the pressure is coming from the evidence and the fact that the theory of evolution better describes and explains it. Creation isn't an alternative theory of science. It may seem that way from the number of batshit-crazy xtian missionaries who sign on to bring the gospel to science. But all that amounts to is an exercise in xtian apologetics. If you sign up to do science but then spend your time trying to line up evidence to argue for a fundamentalist reading of the bible, you are not being honest and you're not doing science.

God it must suck to be you. May your delusions compensate you for the loss of respect you will always encounter in any legitimate field of inquiry.

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Just because some things are old doesn't necessarily mean that it is untrue.

Likewise just because some people are bat-shit crazy doesn't mean everything they say will be false. But it still pays to consider the source.