Posted on 12/17/2005 3:58:48 AM PST by PatrickHenry
I am not a Catholic...but I am willing to bet, that the Pope, has a much greater knowledge of the Bible, than you do(true, I dont know you or your background, but I do know that the Pope has studied the Bible in great remarkable detail, and no doubt has access to great Biblical scholars, as well as access of great scientific minds)...
If the Pope, with all his knowledge, with his access to experts, can say that the scientific evidence supports evolution, while still maintaining that it was God, who put the whole thing in motion, well, thats good enough for me...
You have your 'interpretation', of what certain Biblical passages say, and millions of others have a different 'interpretation' of those same passages...just take a look sometime on any of the religious threads that are on FR...sometimes those folks cannot even agree on the meaning of a simple word like 'brother', 'sister', 'all', 'day', 'year' and on and on...if people can honestly disagree about the meaning of a single word in the Bible, there will be even more disagreement on whole passages...
You cannot prove that your 'interpretation' of the Bible is correct and mine is wrong, nor can I prove that my 'interpretation' of the Bible is correct and yours is wrong...
But I do like to rely on scholars of the Bible, and even those scholars disagree...I believe the Pope to be a scholar of the Bible, and as such I stand with him on the ability of evolution and belief in God to be compatible...
You may not agree with that, and thats a choice you make...
What I detest, is when mere humans take it upon themselves to condemn others to hell, merely because they have a different 'interpretation' of what is said in the Bible...I am not saying that you yourself have done such a thing, but there are enough ID/Creationist posters who have done exactly that...in their pride and their arrogance, they have chosen to speak for God in deciding who goes to hell and who does not...I was not aware that God appointed special people on earth today, who can actually devine where my or anyone elses actual destiny after death may be...
ROTFLMAO!!!!
Just glad I didn't have fluid in my mouth when I read that.
You, ilk , you....
I don't hate evolutionist, I just think they been duped by a lie perpetrated by an illusion. Anything to take the eyes off the TRUTH.
And as I've stated, I don't really care if you want to make a choice to believe in evolution, but please call it what it really is as I argue from a LOGICAL point of view, it's FAITH.
You can "a maze" us with all your knowledge but bottom line is that
Evolutionists believe in spontaneous generation.
Or maybe biological substance came from another planet...yeah that's the ticket.
What logic? Give me an example.
Pasteur's a' comin' placemarker.
"Darwin lovers don't like to debate...every time they do, they lose. They would rather scream and yell and hide behind the status quo...hateful atheists ..."
They also love to digress and speak of things not germane to the discussion, eg, tax returns.
It's interesting to see evos' idea of having fun.
Thanks...I am usually a little timid to post, but what the heck...tonite I am sipping on spiked eggnog, and have let my guard down a little...
LOL. Bro, these guys are laughing all the way to the bank. It's like people who bray at the NYT, et al as if they are worthy of actual debate. At some point, you have to realize that operetors will fill a market niche if there is sufficient demand.
There are enough America haters for the MSM to serve an audience, and there are enough dunderheads for the crevo charlatans to cater to as well. Heck, given the free-market orientaton of this Web site, one would think that a few evo experts would jump in the fray try and write a breathless 'insiders' view of the horrible Darwin mandated curricula they are forced to follow.
The supreme irony would be that they could then take these ill gotten gains to finance further scientific study.
How many witnesses have there been that have seen and bird evolve into a dinosaur or a fish evolve into a man?
How many? I gotta try that time travel machine you've got! Again, ignor my argument all you want, it doesn't change evolution into a factual occurance.
Which is precisely why Hovind would NEVER agree to it. The fact of the matter is he could, anytime he wants, show up on FR, Panda's Thumb, or ony one of a dozen other websites that offer posting priviledges, and take on his detractors. The fact that he embraces the 30 second live soundbite "debate" format over a written format where BOTH sides would have the opportunity to do research before providing WRITTEN responses is very telling indeed: IOW, he's just a PUSSY.
If you are so sure that evolution is nothing but sci-fi, could you give me an example of which tenet(s) of the ToE you have trouble with.
What a racket evos have...when one theory is found to be false, another theory is quickly postulated to cover the first error.
Are you under the impression that life is just a meaningless chance? I won't guess where you must receive your knowledge...
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