Churches urged to back evolution

British Broadcasting Corporation ^ | 20 February 2006 | Paul Rincon

[csense]

LOL...cute, I like that Elsie.

[Thatcherite]

Oscillating eye sizes, head shapes that shift back and forth, teeth that are large, then small, then large again.

Changes of that nature are commonly referred to by creationists as "microevolution", and accepted without demur. The significant "macro-evolutionary" changes are less obvious at a casual glance, but are explained in the text.

But then you've had that explained on several occasions in the past, but you still come back, dumb as a stump, with the "I believe this stuff" quip.

[Elsie]

But then you've had that explained on several occasions in the past, but you still come back, dumb as a stump, with the "I believe this stuff" quip.

And I'll do it EVERY time some of that Itchy stuff is posted!

Once again; you guys get your own INTERPRETATION of the data: NOT your own data!

[Paperdoll]

Take a look at my 1214 - he was a young priest. And tell me, what are they teaching in seminary these days? One world government includes one world religion, and by the look of all that's been happening in this country lately, it won't be the Christian religion.

[stands2reason]

It is a lifestyle that is supposed to prepare you for the afterlife.

Hence, religion. You don't have to have prayer for it to be a religion.

[csense]

...i also belive that this is a cancer that must be treated - not only for the conservative viewpoint but for the good of the country.

And you can support that notion using what principle(s) of Democracy or Conservatism?

[darbymcgill]

This is about a claim that any attempt at exposing a falsehood on pnsn's part, no matter what the subject or context, is tantamount to calling God a liar.

So rather than politely point out the actual flaws in the statement as you have many times before. You seemed in this case to find it more appropriate to defeat his argument by making the potentially false assumption that he claims to be God, then calling him an arrogant, delusional liar.

[BMCDA]

Fine, and preventing the ark from falling to the ground is a greater offense than simply letting it happen?

And as far as I know, the ark wasn't impaired by Uzzah's hand touching it. The ancient Hebrews still kept using it and didn't throw it away or asked their god to give them a new one because Uzzah, that stupid wretch, left his fingerprints on the gold plating since he forgot to put on gloves.

Furthermore, what I don't understand is that this omnipotent god, who allegedly created this vast universe with all the planets, suns, galaxies, galaxy-clusters, superclusters, etc. gets worked up about something petty like a guy inadvertently touching some wooden artifact. I mean what the...

[hail to the chief]

Look out, Junior; Elsie is going to send God after you.

[Dimensio]

So rather than politely point out the actual flaws in the statement as you have many times before.

I admit that I wasn't terribly polite, but it's really hard to be polite to someone who claims that they are either God or that every word they speak comes directly from God.

You seemed in this case to find it more appropriate to defeat his argument by making the potentially false assumption that he claims to be God, then calling him an arrogant, delusional liar.

Except that he wasn't making an argument. There was nothing for me to "defeat".

[Mamzelle]

Say, welcome to FR! I could swear I recognized you from your style of discourse, but I suppose that can't be the case. In your taxonomy you might want to include Those Who Must Not Be Spoken To. Since you are so new, you might not be familiar with the insouciantly deaf.

[Mamzelle]

Say, welcome to FR! I could swear I recognized you from your style of discourse, but I suppose that can't be the case. In your taxonomy you might want to include Those Who Must Not Be Spoken To. Since you are so new, you might not be familiar with the insouciantly deaf.

[hail to the chief]

You are saying that you will enjoy watching people be cast into hell for eternity?

[VadeRetro]

And as far as I know, the ark wasn't impaired by Uzzah's hand touching it. The ancient Hebrews still kept using it and didn't throw it away or asked their god to give them a new one because Uzzah, that stupid wretch, left his fingerprints on the gold plating since he forgot to put on gloves.

He was lucky his head didn't melt. I saw a movie about that once so it must be true.

[hail to the chief]

His head didn't melt? God dropped the smite on him.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

[metmom]

Nice summary.

[Ken H]

Me: Are Jews who died without accepting Christ doomed to Hell?

Elsie: Yes

Me: I guess those Jews got a nasty surprise after they perished in the Holocaust.

Elsie: No more than Joe Blow when he wrecked his car last week!

Suppose Joe Blow was your son. Wouldn't it torment you that he was suffering in Hell forever?

[darbymcgill]

Nothing like that can be read into what I wrote. Hell, I'm arrogant and delusional, but I make logical arguments.

Well there you go then, we're in agreement. We both agree that calling someone arrogant and delusional is a fallacious way to defeat a logical argument... and makes perfectly my point in reference to the "I defy you to find a single Evo post that contains either a purposeful logical fallacy or flat out lie." post...

excellent... I'll score you an assist...

[The_Reader_David]

Actually, God didn't get worked up at all to kill Uzzah. He did, however, give instructions to build His Ark in such a way that it was a capacitor.

If you duplicate the instructions, your simulated Ark of the Covenant can store quite a hefty electric charge.