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Old 12-17-2007, 05:20 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Evolution magically 'knew' to come up with a claw and a brain. Evolution has the powers of a god.
But religion does not believe in evolution even though it's happening before our very eyes through mutations and ressive genes.
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Old 12-17-2007, 05:31 PM   #32 (permalink)
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But religion does not believe in evolution even though it's happening before our very eyes through mutations and ressive genes.

Of course religion believes in evolution. Evolution can be equated with learning. Say I'm a caveman. I start a fire and think it's pretty cool. I reach out to touch this thing I think is really cool, and I get burned. Guess what? My ass just evolved pass touching fire.
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Old 12-17-2007, 06:55 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Of course religion believes in evolution. Evolution can be equated with learning. Say I'm a caveman. I start a fire and think it's pretty cool. I reach out to touch this thing I think is really cool, and I get burned. Guess what? My ass just evolved pass touching fire.
I think all children should be educated that way
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Old 12-19-2007, 08:36 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Of course religion believes in evolution. Evolution can be equated with learning. Say I'm a caveman. I start a fire and think it's pretty cool. I reach out to touch this thing I think is really cool, and I get burned. Guess what? My ass just evolved pass touching fire.
That's a good one. My son learned about hot things the same way. He put his hand on the oven door when he was a baby still in his walker. Same thing with biting. He bit me but good one day so I went to the kitchen, put some pepper on my finger and rubbed it on his lips. He never bit again and to this day he loves pepper!
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That's a good one. My son learned about hot things the same way. He put his hand on the oven door when he was a baby still in his walker. Same thing with biting. He bit me but good one day so I went to the kitchen, put some pepper on my finger and rubbed it on his lips. He never bit again and to this day he loves pepper!
It's not Evolution though. There's something like evolution that occurs in the brain but it's not based on natural selection...and thus not Evolution.

Evolution is much more expensive, hense why brains evolved. To "learn" to avoid fire Evolution has to go through several stages of selection by death. Simply put, those mutations that avoid fire live while those that don't, don't. Those that live get to have babies, who vary with regard to the parent and live or die in statistical purpotion to their tendency to avoid fire. It takes several generations for the fire avoidance algorithm to get programmed into the genes this way. Brains are much faster.
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Old 12-20-2007, 10:33 AM   #36 (permalink)
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It's not Evolution though. There's something like evolution that occurs in the brain but it's not based on natural selection...and thus not Evolution.

Evolution is much more expensive, hense why brains evolved. To "learn" to avoid fire Evolution has to go through several stages of selection by death. Simply put, those mutations that avoid fire live while those that don't, don't. Those that live get to have babies, who vary with regard to the parent and live or die in statistical purpotion to their tendency to avoid fire. It takes several generations for the fire avoidance algorithm to get programmed into the genes this way. Brains are much faster.
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The only way any life is anywhere else in the universe is if God put it there. Our science so far proves me out. Our space vehicles have found no life anywhere. Nor a signal. Nothing. Nada. So science supports God as the initiator of life.
do you think God created life elsewhere? the universe is so large, it is difficult for me to believe we are alone
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do you think God created life elsewhere?
No. This guy doesn't think.
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Old 12-20-2007, 08:09 PM   #39 (permalink)
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Fool.
Interesting. You are a Christian, correct? Thus you claim to follow Christ's teachings? Or be Christ-like?

At any rate, I find your habbit of calling everyone a "fool" very interesting seeing as the religion you claim to follow tells us that doing so risks hell fire. If I were as superstitious as you seem to be, "fool" is about the LAST thing I'd call anyone. Dickhead, idiot, dumb-fuck, ass-monkey, piece of shit, or any other title I might give someone wouldn't bother me...but calling someone a "fool" seems to carry a sentence I wouldn't be willing to pay.

So, what...are you tempting God to throw you into the pit? I have to say, that's gutsy. Frankly, if I believed as you believe...I don't think I'd have the balls. I just don't believe God exists...you're sitting there saying, "Fuck you!!" and spitting in his eye. It's awesome! You deserve much respect.
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