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RE: Aren't Science vs. Creation Debates......rather pointless?
March 26, 2016 at 10:50 am
(March 26, 2016 at 2:25 am)maestroanth Wrote: (March 20, 2016 at 7:10 pm)IATIA Wrote: Birds? Whales?
They can't name notes......
Do we know that for a fact?
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RE: Aren't Science vs. Creation Debates......rather pointless?
March 26, 2016 at 11:10 am
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RE: Aren't Science vs. Creation Debates......rather pointless?
March 26, 2016 at 6:07 pm
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RE: Aren't Science vs. Creation Debates......rather pointless?
March 27, 2016 at 6:44 pm
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yes. "science" is not a "thing". so it can't debate anybody. What we need is rational atheist and rational theist to say it is ok to believe god did it through evolution. As an atheist, I say, I don't believe in your god, but if he's there he did it through evolution. The debate point becomes "god" again and not evolution. But only the top 15%ers would understand that. and the other 85% think we are odd. As a point of fact the numbers say they are correct.
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RE: Aren't Science vs. Creation Debates......rather pointless?
March 27, 2016 at 7:38 pm
Evolution vs creationism debates are very important! We may all know that evolution is right, but we do need to know why it is right. The best way to learn about that is to hear someone challenge it. Most of us don't want to be believing in things without knowing why those things are true. I know that some theists showed up to watch Ham wipe the floor with Nye, and left shaken, and at some point I'm going to be that theist. Not with evolution, but maybe with something else I believed to be true. Putting beliefs through the test is fun, and at the very least it's entertaining and informative to know why I'm right.
Being right and not knowing why is about as useful as being wrong.
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RE: Aren't Science vs. Creation Debates......rather pointless?
March 27, 2016 at 9:27 pm
(March 27, 2016 at 7:38 pm)Meandering Atheist -J- Wrote: Evolution vs creationism debates are very important! We may all know that evolution is right, but we do need to know why it is right. The best way to learn about that is to hear someone challenge it. Most of us don't want to be believing in things without knowing why those things are true. I know that some theists showed up to watch Ham wipe the floor with Nye, and left shaken, and at some point I'm going to be that theist. Not with evolution, but maybe with something else I believed to be true. Putting beliefs through the test is fun, and at the very least it's entertaining and informative to know why I'm right.
Being right and not knowing why is about as useful as being wrong.
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Hahahahahahaha! Who was "left shaken" by that "debate"?
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RE: Aren't Science vs. Creation Debates......rather pointless?
March 29, 2016 at 7:37 am
(March 27, 2016 at 9:27 pm)The_Empress Wrote: (bold mine)
Hahahahahahaha! Who was "left shaken" by that "debate"?
I think you overestimate how much people know about evolution and creationism. I know of people (adult people) who when asked if they believe in evolution respond "I don't know - I just haven't thought about it I guess." There are plenty of people who's first experience outside of their echo-chamber was that debate, and I'm sure some of them now have doubts.
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