Posted on 08/24/2005 10:47:29 AM PDT by joyspring777
When you can't deal with an argument...
call them dumb, then dumber...
It didn't work on Reagan, Bush 1, Bush 2?
It doesn't fly anymore in this sphere either!
Indeed, this is simply an argument from astonishment. This is, of course, a logical fallacy.
Guy:
The fossil record is your biggest problem!!!!!!!
Fool! It's all a single work. Large parts have been proven true. Scientifically proven! If you doubt some of it, you doubt it all. Woe unto you. Zeus doesn't like being mocked.
Check out my Denton link
http://home.wxs.nl/~gkorthof/kortho29.htm
Once again, you might want to actually research the answer to your questions before asking them. Five minutes on Google will save you lots of embarrasment.
Nope. We have writings that claim they existed. We also have writings that claim Circe existed.
So you think...I suggest you just not post responses to me!
Consider yourself on Virtual Ignore.
"You've just paraphrased the old "watch on the beach" analogy. However, there is nothing in DNA, or anywhere in any biological construct discovered so far that says, "I've been created.""
Nor was there anything in my hypothetical message on the beach that says, "I've been created." In fact, the basic laws of physics do not preclude the message from occurring by random chance, with no intelligent design. Does that prove that it happened that way? Of course not.
After all is said and done, the argument for evolution boils down to this: the seemingly intelligent message on the beach *could have* happened by random chance, therefore we have no need for an intelligent writer of the message. He is superfluous.
By the way, the last time I got hooked into one of these evolution debates I posed a question for the evolutionists, but it was never answered. I'll pose it again, but I do not expect it to be answered this time either.
Evolution supposedly works by the effect of "natural selection" on random mutations. Here's the $64,000,000 question: What is the approximate ratio of harmful to beneficial mutations (for any species at any time anywhere)?
If you can't answer that question, then your theory doesn't have a leg to stand on. And if the answer is something like 1,000,000:1, it still doesn't have a leg to stand on.
I hardly feel trounced, I just think you play too much, and your arguments are silly.
I wouldn't say it publicly...but you asked for it lightweight!
Later gator!
You asked for a Denton Link.
http://home.wxs.nl/~gkorthof/kortho29.htm
Creosote bush and Aspen
Botanical Record-Breakers (Part 1 of 2)
Address:http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0601.htm
see also post 274
meant to ping you to post 293
Evolutionist "reasoning":
On Monday: The Theory of Intelligent Design is not falsifiable, therefore it is not a valid scientific theory.
On Tuesday: The Theory of Intelligent Design has been disproven and discredited.
Premise: If any God or any "intelligent designer" exists, He/It is beyond the realm and scope of science.
Conclusion: The existence of an intelligent designer is unnecessary to explain life.
Hey, wait a minute! The premise and the conclusion look suspiciously alike!
Something I've alwas suspected is that evolution opponents lack imagination and playfulness. At least some are willing to admit it.
To the extent that ID has made actual claims -- irreducible complexity -- they have been disproven.
The persistence of the claim for irreducible complexity suggest that nothing can falsify ID.
Comparative anatomy might be out too.
Could the "errors" be preparation for a future step in evolution? Rhetorical question, as neither evolution, nor ID can make that prediction. The designer could be prepping life for a future change on earth. After the change comes life will be able to adapt to it, instead of getting wiped out and/or having to start over at all "lower" forms.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.