I know I haven't posted to this in while but I just couldn't resist posting again. Wow, this has gotten to be Really long. I think this is the first one that we haven't had locked before it got to page 20! LOL
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]And if you want to bring this ingroup-outgroup bias into the mix
... enemies of those regions would easily start to conclude very confidently that God was punishing those "wrong/evil/lesser" people. If the earthquake had occurred in the Middle East I have no doubt I'd be hearing this from people in my neighborhood even.
some extremists would say that that's proof god was punishing US and that he favors animals.
I absolutely HATE it when people say God is punishing another religion because it is "wrong" even if is right or wrong.
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]I decided to start learning a little about politics this year, and quickly discovered I just couldn't stomach it. The political world is an unabashedly unsound place when it comes to logic and conclusion-making. So few people in politics seem to see any value in intellectual accountability... I don't get it. The fact that they have so much influence in the workings of the world scares me.
Ah politics. The definition of politics: many bloodsucking creatures, poly meaning many, and tics mean blood sucking creature.... I really hope there aren't any politians here....
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And to those of you who keep calling religion evil, i say you are the ignorant, evil people, since you do not respect peoples rights and can only site a few instances where religion has been misused to base your accusation on
Maybe you're a fool for beliving something that was written by man.
Many Many things that were written were written by a man... but some things were written by women! I couldn't resist!
But Seriously everything that was written was written by a human, so would that make everything uncrdedible because it was written by a human being? That would nulify all biographies as being fiction.
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]I won't accept a quote from the bible. i want proof that the information in it is sent from our creator. Faith isn't an answer either.
There is proof, the prophecies that have been tested by atheists have been shown to be impecible. The ones that predicted stuff in the near future were thought to be wrong until the same prophecy went into more depth and further into the future.
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]If you want me to give you physical proof and facts that evolution is a true, i can give it to you. There is so much that i could be posting here all night.
There is SOOO much that we could be posting.
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]of course the "missing link" has been found.
several of them in fact.
Australopithecus afarensis being the most obvious.
those who say "there is no missing link" or "transitional fossils have never been found" are simply ignoring reality, because it conficts with their views..
Scot
And 3/4 of them have been shown wrong, or to be hoax.
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]atoms came together and formed RNA like molecules (they where not living) all they could do was copy themselves (the copying process was sort of like a "reaction", if they where in the right conditions (correct temperature, pH etc) they copied themselves. These RNA molecules evolved to be more complex and came bacteria (the first cells).
Anything else?
Wow, I don't think I have enough faith to believe that life came from the unliving. We have done experiment after experiment trying to get life the way evolution says it happened, and we have nothing to show for it. We may get all the protiens and stuff but no life. If so, it would be everywhere, and the Bible would have ceased to exist hundreds of years ago.
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]This is science, not science fiction. You will never have a turtle suddenly be born with wings
What about the koopa troopers in Mario? Dang those guys are cool!
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]It's not just words, unlike the bible, you can experiment and prove. a bunch of lunatics could of written it for all you know.
Religion has no proof, only some book that could have been writtne by idiots for all we know.
I sated above atheist historians have tested the Bible and it has been shown to be the most consistant book ever written. I know you'll say I'm wrong, but I have seen demonstrations using atheist books to back up the Bible. And pleas don't accuse me of not really seeing it. That would be testing my cedibility, and it would be rude to call me a liar if you've never even met me in person.