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Is Evolution a science or a faith?

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Is Evolution a science or a faith?
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RE: Is Evolution a science or a faith?
August 14, 2014 at 4:12 am
(August 14, 2014 at 3:51 am)whateverist Wrote: Really? Like what?

Eh... I dunno... maybe all of it for being ignorant? Can that be posted on the AF Wall of Shame?
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RE: Is Evolution a science or a faith?
August 14, 2014 at 5:52 am
A wall of text on the wall of shame? Kind of appropriate, I suppose.
"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."

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RE: Is Evolution a science or a faith?
August 14, 2014 at 7:50 am
How to see whether a creationist argument is worth looking at 101:

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if ( $quotes > $restoftext )
echo "[Insert Creationist Name Here] is an idiot and is probably quote-mining.";

if ( $quotes =< $restoftext )
echo "Hm... Might take a look...";

?>

P.S. I haven't done PHP in a while so don't blame me if I have got it wrong. Tongue
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RE: Is Evolution a science or a faith?
August 14, 2014 at 8:27 am
(August 14, 2014 at 7:50 am)OfficerVajardian Wrote: How to see whether a creationist argument is worth looking at 101:

<?php

if ( $quotes > $restoftext )
echo "[Insert Creationist Name Here] is an idiot and is probably quote-mining.";

if ( $quotes =< $restoftext )
echo "Hm... Might take a look...";

?>

P.S. I haven't done PHP in a while so don't blame me if I have got it wrong. Tongue
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#285
RE: Is Evolution a science or a faith?
August 14, 2014 at 8:46 am
(August 14, 2014 at 8:27 am)bennyboy Wrote:
(August 14, 2014 at 7:50 am)OfficerVajardian Wrote: How to see whether a creationist argument is worth looking at 101:

<?php

if ( $quotes > $restoftext )
echo "[Insert Creationist Name Here] is an idiot and is probably quote-mining.";

if ( $quotes =< $restoftext )
echo "Hm... Might take a look...";

?>

P.S. I haven't done PHP in a while so don't blame me if I have got it wrong. Tongue
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#286
RE: Is Evolution a science or a faith?
August 14, 2014 at 10:26 am
Oh, also, to Harris.

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RE: Is Evolution a science or a faith?
August 14, 2014 at 5:11 pm
(August 14, 2014 at 4:12 am)OfficerVajardian Wrote: Eh... I dunno... maybe all of it for being ignorant? Can that be posted on the AF Wall of Shame?

Feel free to nominate a few examples of the breed. Probably not everything, though - just a few choice nuggets.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Is Evolution a science or a faith?
August 17, 2014 at 2:58 pm
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RE: Is Evolution a science or a faith?
August 17, 2014 at 3:25 pm (This post was last modified: August 17, 2014 at 3:34 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 17, 2014 at 2:58 pm)Harris Wrote: Although the dabs in the painting appeared to be random if someone closely analyse them however they are not. In the painting, behind every single dab is the hand of an intelligent mind.
Oh, lol? I think that's definitely the sort of self serving thing that the random flinger of paint might -want- us to buy....especially if he's selling us something. Seems like an even more apt analogy now...lol. Is Allah an incompetent flinger of paint positively tickled that some rube such as yourself has "discovered" intelligence where he employed none? I'd love to be the broker on that deal, what are you offering, submission perhaps?

Sold (please refer your friends and family).

Leonardi Da Vinci was an ape, btw, and so are you. A "Great" Ape, but an ape nonetheless. So yes, hand an ape a brush, and he'll paint you a picture.
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RE: Is Evolution a science or a faith?
August 17, 2014 at 3:40 pm
So much fail.
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain

'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House

“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom

"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
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