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preslove

preslove

Lifer
Sep 10, 2003
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ShawnD1

Lifer
May 24, 2003
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JulesMaximus said:
I don't get why creationists want to debate scientists in the first place? Science didn't set out to disprove the existence of God, science set out to explain the world around us using empirical evidence. So, why is it that creationists are so threatened by science that they feel the need to debate?
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They want to follow all of the racism and sexism in the bible, so they need to justify its existence. If parts of the bible are proven wrong, such as creationism, then all that other stuff about taking slaves and allowing genocide might be wrong as well.

Most reasonable people take the bible with a grain of salt. They see it as a bunch of stories that you can learn something from, and that's it. If some of the details are wrong, it's not really a big deal because the story is still there. As you can probably guess by now, creationists are not reasonable people. They can't let plot holes slide. They're those assholes who yell at the movie YOU CAN SEE THE STRINGS and THATS NOT HOW A CAR WORKS IN REAL LIFE. Everyone just wishes they would shut the hell up and stop ruining it for everyone else.
 
zinfamous

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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sandorski said:
Ooh, gonna go Fap in the Ocean to create the next Cambrian Explosion!
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BeauJangles

BeauJangles

Lifer
Aug 26, 2001
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PhineasJWhoopee said:
1) Check. Spot on the money. It focuses on very early experiments that have been addressed and readdressed many times over.

If that's the case, why do modern biology books keep misrpresenting these topics?

2) Check. A rating of "C-" is given despite the information including a full caveat about the experiment having been discredited by later evaluation simply because the caveat is given after talking about the experiment rather than before.

Why even bother presenting expreriments that have been discredited? If they have been discreditied, make it patently obvious.

3) Check. The provided quotes from the textbooks are uniformly short, often not even comprising full sentences, let alone proper quotations of entire paragraphs which would permit an honest evaluation of the tone of the textbook.

Easy, get the texts to see if the quotes were taken out of context. You are assuming that they were taken out of context. Guessing and assuming = poor argument.

4) Check. Includes citations of such scientific paragons as "Time" magazine, and the quotations selected from reputable sources are chopped and intentionally misrepresented. Evidence counter to their claims is ignored.

Red herring. You're going to discard the whole study because of a reference to "Time"?

Looks to me more like you chose not to address my "guesses" because they turned out to be uncomfortably accurate.

Looks to me like you're showing your bias.
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Because it's a massive conspiracy by science, originally conceived by that evil-doer Darwin, to besmirch God's good name on this planet and if it wasn't for you and your fellow Creationists, they would have gotten away with it. After they had ruined God's good name, the atheists would have found new 'evidence' that pointed to the fact that we were actually created by Xenu, evil lord of the universe, and that we should bow to his omnipotence. After submitting, earthlings would be subjected to thousands of years of torture and slavery until another Prophet rose from the grave to save us.

Thankfully, that has all been averted thanks you, Mr. Super Sleuth and now, as your ideas are spread among the masses we can finally do away with things like cures for diseases, new forms of transportation, power, electricity, water, and television. Good riddance!
 
preslove

preslove

Lifer
Sep 10, 2003
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zinfamous said:
You should go with the Gilligan's Island Boticelli, instead! :D

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Fuck Boticelli. Venus/aphrodite is the goddess of fucking, for fucks sake. Why the fuck would she cover herself up? Bouguereau got it right. She should be shown exalting in her beauty, not covering it up. Boticelli's BoV is just christian bullcrap.
 
zinfamous

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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preslove said:
Fuck Boticelli. Venus/aphrodite is the goddess of fucking, for fucks sake. Why the fuck would she cover herself up? Bouguereau got it right. She should be shown exalting in her beauty, not covering it up. Boticelli's BoV is just christian bullcrap.
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yeah, I'm no fan of Boticelli, either. but the Gilligan's Island version is win! ....except that Mary-Anne should be Venus, obviously. :hmm:
 
preslove

preslove

Lifer
Sep 10, 2003
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zinfamous said:
yeah, I'm no fan of Boticelli, either. but the Gilligan's Island version is win! ....except that Mary-Anne should be Venus, obviously. :hmm:
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You must be really old :p. To me, and my generation, GI is so lame that it's not even fit for ironic kitsch.
 
zinfamous

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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preslove said:
You must be really old :p. To me, and my generation, GI is so lame that it's not even fit for ironic kitsch.
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eh, I never found it funny. But Mary Anne was always super hot. it was only on reruns for me.

...is 31 old? :hmm:


look man, all i did was google "birth of Venus" and this image popped up. I simply couldn't ignore it! :D
 
preslove

preslove

Lifer
Sep 10, 2003
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zinfamous said:
eh, I never found it funny. But Mary Anne was always super hot. it was only on reruns for me.

...is 31 old? :hmm:


look man, all i did was google "birth of Venus" and this image popped up. I simply couldn't ignore it! :D
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Heh, I'm 29. I guess you're just lame. You should have just rolled your eyes when you saw it :p

Ironic GI references are about as cool as Spam irony. As in, not.
 
JohnOfSheffield

JohnOfSheffield

Lifer
Jun 26, 2007
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PhineasJWhoopee said:
For some reason they only want to present one POV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3fNbRGWdEw
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I ... i can't believe people believe this utter shit in this day and age?

This isn't the dark ages, we have the facts, evolution is real, it's predictions match the evolutionary traits of viruses (and if someone says that viruses are not living then fucking shoot them in the head and end their misery) and bacteria, over billions of years even a retard can understand that if a bacteria can change species (macro evolve) in a lab in a matter of days then it can change even more in a few BILLION years.

Restore my faith in mankind and tell me you are fucking kidding me!
 
JulesMaximus

JulesMaximus

No Lifer
Jul 3, 2003
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JohnOfSheffield said:
I ... i can't believe people believe this utter shit in this day and age?

This isn't the dark ages, we have the facts, evolution is real, it's predictions match the evolutionary traits of viruses (and if someone says that viruses are not living then fucking shoot them in the head and end their misery) and bacteria, over billions of years even a retard can understand that if a bacteria can change species (macro evolve) in a lab in a matter of days then it can change even more in a few BILLION years.

Restore my faith in mankind and tell me you are fucking kidding me!
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He's not kidding. He really believes this nonsense...
 
zinfamous

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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JohnOfSheffield said:
I ... i can't believe people believe this utter shit in this day and age?

This isn't the dark ages, we have the facts, evolution is real, it's predictions match the evolutionary traits of viruses (and if someone says that viruses are not living then fucking shoot them in the head and end their misery) and bacteria, over billions of years even a retard can understand that if a bacteria can change species (macro evolve) in a lab in a matter of days then it can change even more in a few BILLION years.

Restore my faith in mankind and tell me you are fucking kidding me!
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I believe you are posting in the wrong thread.

This one is about Greek goddesses and Gilligan's island.
 
sandorski

sandorski

No Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
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Jeff7 said:
Little buddy!
Skipper!
Fried chicken made of coconuts?


That's most of the plot. :p
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Professor putting MacGuyver to shame, the Howells living it up, Ginger Starring it up, and Mary Anne being super sexy yet Innocent.

You missed a few parts.
 
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