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1 posted on 02/02/2015 12:07:49 PM PST by Oldpuppymax
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My late uncle the Jesuit could have spoken ad-nauseum on this topic for several hours.


2 posted on 02/02/2015 12:09:09 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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Sex and the Existence of God

Well there is certainly a connection, God is often invoked during sex!

3 posted on 02/02/2015 12:11:04 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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4 posted on 02/02/2015 12:11:25 PM PST by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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“70,000 gene pairs in the average chromosome and 12 different protein”

This is biological gibberish.


5 posted on 02/02/2015 12:14:03 PM PST by ifinnegan
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Complexity, among other things, argues against pure evolution. However it is disingenuous to tack reproduction on as a secondary trait. Reproduction would, and must be, primary, by definition. All other developments are additional to reproduction by necessity, and are seen as ways to improve the chance of reproduction. So the argument presented in this article is silly, because it places the cart in front of the horse.


6 posted on 02/02/2015 12:17:31 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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Science doesn’t do “God”. Among the base assumptions of science is methodological naturalism. That is, material effects must have material causes. The methods of science simply do not work otherwise. Supernatural causes cannot be falsified, they do not follow natural laws. God can’t be limited to following the lakes of nature. Science by design must be agnostic, not atheistic but agnostic. Questions outside the realm of science, in addition to the existence of God, include values, aesthetics and moral judgements.


8 posted on 02/02/2015 12:27:27 PM PST by JimSEA
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I think that the existence of organic life logically suggests the existence of a something beyond organic life. A life force a priori. If the complexity of life were a readily emergent phenomenon then unique forms should still be emerging on earth and if macro evolution is common as suggested it should be occurring fairly regularly and just saying that something happens over millions of years is not a sufficient scientifically viable explanation. There are plenty of examples of micro adaptation but nothing to satisfy macro evolution and there should be examples of clear macro evolution at least at a bacterial level that doesn’t involve merely hybridization but the actual production of new and novel traits. The complexity of multicellular life and even single cell life is undeniable and for us to make the outrageous claim based on virtually no testable evidence that this hyper complexity arose spontaneously is no better than a purely religious belief akin to believing a lightening bolt striking a mud puddle produced it.


9 posted on 02/02/2015 12:28:54 PM PST by Maelstorm ("I would rather die standing than to live on my knees" Stephane Charbonnier cartoonist Charlie Hedbo)
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And how ‘bout this bit of intelligence... Asked if evolution has been observed, Richard Dawkins said, “Evolution has been observed. It’s just that it hasn’t been observed while it’s happening.”

Brilliant, no?


10 posted on 02/02/2015 1:24:29 PM PST by Lake Living
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