I'm sure there's more to it in the book than that. I'm just curious about the book because I am not a very religious person and it was a hardcore christian that told me about the book.
I'm sure there's more to it in the book than that. I'm just curious about the book because I am not a very religious person and it was a hardcore christian that told me about the book.
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And here we have the answer to the OP's post without getting into any debate about anything else.
He asked about A BOOK.
The book in question is crap - poorly researched, poorly documented, if you handed it in as a thesis, you'd be failed.
End of discussion - let's not argue questions unrelated to the original post.
Do you know what nucleotides are? Are you familiar with the Miller-Urey experiment? Do you actually know anything about biochemistry?
I wouldn't say that. I would say comets brought the precursors of life to earth billions of times and those precursors combined to form more complex structures maybe a few times over a couple billion years. To me it would be impossible for life not to form in an enviroment capable of supporting it.
Hell there may be "aliens" here now or new ones forming as we speak.
Don't even bother. Most of the people arguing against evolution don't have the slightest clue or background.
Look up the Miller-Urey experiment and subsequent "origin of life" experiments. It is likely that the processes were much less complex.
BTW, it is pretty easy to explain why God doesn't and cannot exist. Philippine Mango. Were God to exist, he certainly wouldn't have allowed such a person to exist.
Believing in a god is fine, but believing that people will spend eternity in hell for not believing a bunch of loony ancient stories that contradict logic and science is cruel.
You can make a case for a creator all day, but you'll never make a valid case for Christianity.
You can make a case for a creator all day, but you'll never make a valid case for Christianity.
DivideBYZero
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DivideBYZero
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Point seven is just for you:
Debating on the Internet:
1. Turn someone?s generality into an absolute. For example, if someone makes a general statement that Americans celebrate Christmas, point out that some people are Jewish and so anyone who thinks that ALL Americans celebrate Christmas is stupid. (Bonus points for accusing the person of being anti-Semitic.)
2. Turn someone?s factual statements into implied preferences. For example, if someone mentions that not all Catholic priests are pedophiles, accuse the person who said it of siding with pedophiles.
3. Turn factual statements into implied equivalents. For example, if someone says that Ghandi didn?t eat cows, accuse the person of stupidly implying that cows deserve equal billing with Gandhi.
4. Omit key words. For example, if someone says that people can?t eat rocks, accuse the person of being stupid for suggesting that people can?t eat. Bonus points for arguing that some people CAN eat pebbles if they try hard enough.
5. Assume the dumbest interpretation. For example, if someone says that he can run a mile in 12 minutes, assume he means it happens underwater and argue that no one can hold his breath that long.
6. Hallucinate entirely different points. For example, if someone says apples grow on trees, accuse him of saying snakes have arms and then point out how stupid that is.
7. Use the intellectual laziness card. For example, if someone says that ice is cold, recommend that he take graduate courses in chemistry and meteorology before jumping to stupid conclusions that display a complete ignorance of the complexity of ice.
Very familiar. Do you know what happens to nucleotides in a puddle in the sun?
Do you know anything about the fossil record? Or how long life has existed on planet earth according to scientists? Do your homework and get back to me on this subject and until then you get an F. :laugh:
The experiment was flawed (Miller-Urey). Got any others?
Anyway there is no need to create building blocks.......they are already out there:
http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_shostak_020404.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/12/051229112518.htm
I must disagree... Philippine Mango is proof that God has a very perverted and disturbing sense of humor. :laugh:
DivideBYZero
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Until you can tell me what happens to a grape eaten by a mango that misguidedly visits the sun to buy a condo, then you have no place speaking.
DivideBYZero
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Do you have any idea about Planetery Visits? Have you not even heard of the Electroweak theory? Do you know what happens to a Mango that is left in a puddle of internet? Do you actually know anything about Fruit?
Obviously people will believe what they believe, whether or not there is evidence to the contrary staring them right in the face. Just look at the president of Iran's belief that the halocost never happened. If someone thinks and believes that the moon is purple, and that is their committment, you will not change their mind. 
To disrupt their paradigm would put them so far into cognitive dissonance, they may never recover, so they will go about in denial, with huge barriers against any sort of intrusion into their beliefs.
To disrupt their paradigm would put them so far into cognitive dissonance, they may never recover, so they will go about in denial, with huge barriers against any sort of intrusion into their beliefs.
Because discussing the complexity of ice is the equivalent of discussing how DNA is formed. Fascinating.
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: The Linuxator
Intercepts pass, takes 1 bite of popcorn, hands bag to Evadman, turns to Linux and says, "WTF? No butter???" :|
/quickly erects stands capable of holding a whole host of ATOTers. Hires beer man and cheerleaders. Sits back and enjoys the show.
One of the great foundations of the US culture is freedom of religion. It is okay if you want to believe that Harvey the Pukka created the world. But you believing that Harvey is the "creator" does not make it science.
Evolutin was Darwin's description of the processes that generated all diversity he saw. You can produce a species by implementing, genetic variability and selection. Yes there are still unanswered questions concerning how life started. A better explanation than Evolution may come out. That is the way science works.
Evolutin was Darwin's description of the processes that generated all diversity he saw. You can produce a species by implementing, genetic variability and selection. Yes there are still unanswered questions concerning how life started. A better explanation than Evolution may come out. That is the way science works.
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