Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Ravi Zacharias is one of 3 people asked to ever speak in a Mormon temple who was not a Mormon. His writings and apologetic speeches are on par with CS Lewis. That is the right debate.
If you watch debates with people who indeed live by faith and take from the Bible accurately, then they disassemble evolutionists views in seconds. It happens every time.
There has most definitely been evidence for it since the Bible was written. I believe there was a bone found recently from a dinosaur that was a couple thousand years old based on the place it was found in the rock.
How can you say that Creationism isn't on par with evolution. Years ago we thought that the world was flat and that was wrong. What makes a series of coincidences (And by coincidences things that have <1% chance of happening, much less simultaneously) so infallible? The answer is nothing... yet Christianity who has been around for many centuries before that, and has been ripped apart, still remains and still cannot be disproven.
-Kevin
Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Why are they fairy tales? You do know that scholars and skeptics have torn the Bible apart of the centuries and they STILL cannot find evidence to disprove it.
That's like saying he was 1 of only 3 "Magic: The Gathering" players invited to speak at a "Dungeon's & Dragons" convention. It doesn't make him an expert on anything important.Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Ravi Zacharias is one of 3 people asked to ever speak in a Mormon temple who was not a Mormon. His writings and apologetic speeches are on par with CS Lewis. That is the right debate.
There is no debate about evolution anymore. There hasn't been for decades.If you watch debates with people who indeed live by faith and take from the Bible accurately, then they disassemble evolutionists views in seconds. It happens every time.
Please, please, please provide me a reference for this ridiculous claim. I beg of you.There has most definitely been evidence for it since the Bible was written. I believe there was a bone found recently from a dinosaur that was a couple thousand years old based on the place it was found in the rock.
Creationism does not provide a viable error theory, nor a viable replacement theory. Creationism simply is not science. At all. Period.How can you say that Creationism isn't on par with evolution. Years ago we thought that the world was flat and that was wrong.
Who said anything about infallibility?What makes a series of coincidences (And by coincidences things that have <1% chance of happening, much less simultaneously) so infallible?
If you think it hasn't already been scientifically demonstrated that the earth and universe are much, much older than 10,000 years and that biological organisms are related by common anscestry, you have much deeper problems than the fact that you take your bedtime stories literally.The answer is nothing... yet Christianity who has been around for many centuries before that, and has been ripped apart, still remains and still cannot be disproven.
Originally posted by: MegaVovaN
Destroy all STDs so I can bang any chix I like.
Find cure for Cancer.
Tell us more about universe and prove it (is there and end to Cosmos? what does it look like?)
Originally posted by: FeuerFrei
Originally posted by: BoomerD
Originally posted by: AlienCraft
Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
This is the beauty of the word faith...
and the irony at the same time.
If they were truly "faithful", they would find peace in that alone, and not be dragged into the turmoil of conflict that the non believers seem to be able to embroil them in.
Heh-heh...yeah, let's go kill the unbelievers for Jeezus...:roll:
Funny that doctrine is totally absent from Christianity. You don't even have to visit church to notice that. If there was such a doctrine, this country would have been a blood bath ever since it's inception. Plus, we'd even have laws in the US allowing us to persecute and kill unbelievers.
Don't believe all the baseless fear-mongering of anti-Christian types. Sadly, truth doesn't always catch up with the lies.
Originally posted by: Jeff7
I thought the Bible was God's divine inspiration, not the creative writing of humans. Shouldn't God's word be independent of the state of human technology and culture?
Originally posted by: Gibsons
Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Originally posted by: Modelworks
On the whole creation, 7 days, Adam and Eve thing.
Guys you need to think like the people with the knowledge they had then would think.
Your thinking about it based on what you know now. These people didn't know the earth was round and your expecting them to say things like, well there was this big bang, and he used dna and spliced it......
If some supreme being created you and you only had the knowledge they would have had at the time before Noah, how would you describe creation and where you came from ?
I would really love to read some of your attempts at describing it.
Remember God , nor Jesus, never wrote a single word in the bible, with the exception of the ten commandments. Thats the only text directly attributed to God.
I thought the Bible was God's divine inspiration, not the creative writing of humans. Shouldn't God's word be independent of the state of human technology and culture?
We must be watching very different debates. The usual argument is, "If you scientists can't explain it, then it's God, and God doesn't need to follow your logic, and is thus exempt from scientific proof."Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
We are human-- of course we are going to strive to understand that which does not need explanation, nor can we ever explain. However; a person who is truly living by faith is never scrabbling for validation. Have you ever watched a debate between a Creationist and otherwise... the Creationist absolutely dismantles any and everything the other says. That is not scrabbling for validation, that is putting the word of God in blunt fashion...
-Kevin
It's throwing in a get-out-of-jail free card in a game of chess.
Watch well respected Christians not ones who try and make excuses for what they/we do not understand-- Ravi Zacharias for instance. One of the best speakers I have ever heard...
He uses the same tired and rebutted creationist arguments as all the others, if this is any indication.
It's pretty clear exactly where you're coming from here. No use arguing with this kind of mentality. But hey, enjoy your Jesus.
That's like saying he was 1 of only 3 "Magic: The Gathering" players invited to speak at a "Dungeon's & Dragons" convention. It doesn't make him an expert on anything important.
There is no debate about evolution anymore. There hasn't been for decades.
Please, please, please provide me a reference for this ridiculous claim. I beg of you.
Creationism does not provide a viable error theory, nor a viable replacement theory. Creationism simply is not science. At all. Period.
Who said anything about infallibility?
That seems to me like he believes that this is true with absolute certainty. If there is no debate anymore, according to him, there is no way it is fallible.The intellectual debate is already won
If you think it hasn't already been scientifically demonstrated that the earth and universe are much, much older than 10,000 years and that biological organisms are related by common anscestry, you have much deeper problems than the fact that you take your bedtime stories literally.
Originally posted by: Modelworks
Originally posted by: Jeff7
I thought the Bible was God's divine inspiration, not the creative writing of humans. Shouldn't God's word be independent of the state of human technology and culture?
The bible is a book that is written by the account of people.
Its no more than you or I writing down what we saw or heard.
And when we write that, we write it based on how we understand things at the time.
Of course the churches that placed the term "holy" on the bible would think the accounts were something supernatural. Again, its based on what they understood at the time.
I'm not a member of any religion.
But I do believe in intelligent design.
Looking at the universe and how it works, I can't see how someone wouldn't.
I don't think God is walking around with angels with wings and floating on clouds somewhere.
But again, that was the limit of understanding at the time.
Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Originally posted by: RedArmy
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That is horribly inappropriate and I wish you would argue in a civil manner and not bash something which I care about.
-Kevin
Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
The gospels were an account of people (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John). The Pauline letters were actual letters written by Paul to the appropriate Society/Person. The rest is God inspiring people to write what they wrote.
It is different from you and me writing because nothing has been proven false yet! That book is over 2000 years old and STILL has not been proven false. Not only that, the Old Testaments predictions CAME TRUE. They said a savior would come, and Roman Manuscripts, dated to the exact time, have a Jesus being crucified on a hill called Skull Hill.
-Kevin
As the argument usually goes though, if there was a creator more complex than the Universe, who or what created the creator?Originally posted by: Modelworks
Originally posted by: Jeff7
I thought the Bible was God's divine inspiration, not the creative writing of humans. Shouldn't God's word be independent of the state of human technology and culture?
The bible is a book that is written by the account of people.
Its no more than you or I writing down what we saw or heard.
It was even edited for content by the church upon its formation in Carthage.
If it was the word of God himself, I doubt they would have thought to take the liberty.
And when we write that, we write it based on how we understand things at the time.
Of course the churches that placed the term "holy" on the bible would think the accounts were something supernatural.
Again, its based on what they understood at the time.
I'm not a member of any religion.
But I do believe in intelligent design.
Looking at the universe and how it works, I can't see how someone wouldn't.
I don't think God is walking around with angels with wings and floating on clouds somewhere.
But again, that was the limit of understanding at the time.
Originally posted by: RedArmy
Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Originally posted by: RedArmy
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That is horribly inappropriate and I wish you would argue in a civil manner and not bash something which I care about.
-Kevin
I'm sick and tired of all these religion threads always popping up on here. In every thread I've ever gone in I've never once seen someone say "You know what? You're absolutely right, I completely understand what you're saying". No one will ever admit defeat online, especially in a religious type of argument that this has already devolved into long ago.
Therefore, I think it's within my rights to say I don't really care what you think, since that appears to be the trend on here anyways.
Accounts of people.
How is that any different than you or I writing what we see or hear ?
Saying God inspired the people that wrote to write what they say ?
I don't believe that.
If that was true then who gave the people at Carthage the right to exclude or include anything ? I don't recall anything in history that says they all got together and God told them what was God inspired writing and what wasn't.
Instead it was all politics of the time.
You have powerful people deciding what was and was not to be heard by the public.
Rather than leaving people to make up their own minds, they dictated what they should believe.
Originally posted by: RedArmy
Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Originally posted by: RedArmy
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That is horribly inappropriate and I wish you would argue in a civil manner and not bash something which I care about.
-Kevin
I'm sick and tired of all these religion threads always popping up on here. In every thread I've ever gone in I've never once seen someone say "You know what? You're absolutely right, I completely understand what you're saying". No one will ever admit defeat online, especially in a religious type of argument that this has already devolved into long ago.
Therefore, I think it's within my rights to say I don't really care what you think, since that appears to be the trend on here anyways.
I saw no such argument supplied in this thread, and the fact remains, that there is no debate about evolution anymore. The scientists do not investigate its reality anymore, but rather they investigate the details of its reality, since its reality is no longer a question.Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
There is no debate about evolution anymore. There hasn't been for decades.
Thats weird... I could have sworn that someone just posted a very legitimate argument that no one here can prove otherwise. I would say that proves there is a debate, and that you were just proven wrong on many accounts.
Evolution is not the antithesis of Christianity, nor is the duration of a theory's existence any positive indicator of its correlation with reality.Not only that, Evolution came about in what 1850's? A good strong 158 years. Christianity and its derivatives 2000+ years and still have not been proven wrong-- 158 vs 2000+ Evolution seems pretty new to me compared to that...
Typical creationist claptrap, refuted time and again.
You do not understand what I meant by "error theory," and that is, an explanation why we must be so wrong in the face of the overwhelming evidence. We did have an error theory when we explained why people believed the earth to be flat, which is why your analogy is as inept as the rest of your "reasoning."Creationism does not provide a viable error theory, nor a viable replacement theory. Creationism simply is not science. At all. Period.
Why do you need a replacement theory? Why do you need error within something. I have always been taught that absolute certainty is for the most part more true than something with a 1% error margin![]()
It has become obvious to me that the way things "seem" to you rarely coincides with reality.Who said anything about infallibility?That seems to me like he believes that this is true with absolute certainty. If there is no debate anymore, according to him, there is no way it is fallible.The intellectual debate is already won
It's not that you have problems because you believe in God. Plenty of people believe in God and see no need to turn a blind eye to simple facts about reality. No, you have problems because you apparently cannot reason soundly, and it causes you to revel in ignorance.If you think it hasn't already been scientifically demonstrated that the earth and universe are much, much older than 10,000 years and that biological organisms are related by common anscestry, you have much deeper problems than the fact that you take your bedtime stories literally.
Prove me wrong... I still don't see any thing in support of your argument out here. All I see is you constantly claiming, sometimes discretely, that I have problems because I believe in God.
Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Originally posted by: RedArmy
Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Originally posted by: RedArmy
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That is horribly inappropriate and I wish you would argue in a civil manner and not bash something which I care about.
-Kevin
I'm sick and tired of all these religion threads always popping up on here. In every thread I've ever gone in I've never once seen someone say "You know what? You're absolutely right, I completely understand what you're saying". No one will ever admit defeat online, especially in a religious type of argument that this has already devolved into long ago.
Therefore, I think it's within my rights to say I don't really care what you think, since that appears to be the trend on here anyways.
There is a difference disagreeing and respectfully disagreeing. I have done the latter and would greatly appreciate it if you would remove that picture.
-Kevin
Originally posted by: Modelworks
Originally posted by: Jeff7
I thought the Bible was God's divine inspiration, not the creative writing of humans. Shouldn't God's word be independent of the state of human technology and culture?
The bible is a book that is written by the account of people.
Its no more than you or I writing down what we saw or heard.
It was even edited for content by the church upon its formation in Carthage.
If it was the word of God himself, I doubt they would have thought to take the liberty.
His first argument was about causes, where god gets a "get out of jail free card," as someone else put it.Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Prove him wrong... sounded like a rock hard foundation to me. I don't see how you can disprove what he stated...
Originally posted by: RedArmy
Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Originally posted by: RedArmy
Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Originally posted by: RedArmy
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That is horribly inappropriate and I wish you would argue in a civil manner and not bash something which I care about.
-Kevin
I'm sick and tired of all these religion threads always popping up on here. In every thread I've ever gone in I've never once seen someone say "You know what? You're absolutely right, I completely understand what you're saying". No one will ever admit defeat online, especially in a religious type of argument that this has already devolved into long ago.
Therefore, I think it's within my rights to say I don't really care what you think, since that appears to be the trend on here anyways.
There is a difference disagreeing and respectfully disagreeing. I have done the latter and would greatly appreciate it if you would remove that picture.
-Kevin
There, now it's the problem of the person who posted it on bbzzdd. You wouldn't shoot the messenger now would you?
Typical creationist claptrap, refuted time and again.
http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CD/CD011.html
http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CD/CD011_1.html
Evolution is not the antithesis of Christianity, nor is the duration of a theory's existence any positive indicator of its correlation with reality.
By the way, nobody has proven the Tooth Fairy wrong. Do you believe in it, too?
I saw no such argument supplied in this thread, and the fact remains, that there is no debate about evolution anymore. The scientists do not investigate its reality anymore, but rather they investigate the details of its reality, since its reality is no longer a question.
You do not understand what I meant by "error theory," and that is, an explanation why we must be so wrong in the face of the overwhelming evidence. We did have an error theory when we explained why people believed the earth to be flat, which is why your analogy is as inept as the rest of your "reasoning."
It has become obvious to me that the way things "seem" to you rarely coincides with reality.
It's not that you have problems because you believe in God. Plenty of people believe in God and see no need to turn a blind eye to simple facts about reality. No, you have problems because you apparently cannot reason soundly, and it causes you to revel in ignorance.
And all of the requisite "proof" you need can be found on any number of reputable websites. I suggest you educate yourself on http://talkorigins.org/
