[Paved Paradise]

All I hafta say is that I am going back to school so I can change careers. I'm in an A&P class right now and we're discussing atoms, cells and cell division, etc. I asked the Prof the other day about the exchanging of electrons between atoms so one atom become stable and said it was like a mystery and he even acknowledged that "yes, a lot of this stuff is a mystery." The entire process of mitosis is so amazingly complex. If anything, my faith gets stronger and stronger every day while I learn more and more of life and how it works.

These bozos can believe whatever they want but boy are they going to be in for the shocker of their post-earthly lives when they get that little tap on the shoulder to come to the Principal's office.

[Mr. Silverback]

My wife is an RN. She was a committed creationist before that, but A&P and some of the chemistry classes opened up a whole new world for her. Just the (Boy I hope I'm not screwing this up) ATP cycle is too complex to be non-designed, in her opinion.

[Skywalk]

"These bozos can believe whatever they want but boy are they going to be in for the shocker of their post-earthly lives when they get that little tap on the shoulder to come to the Principal's office."

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I see a lot of comments like this on these threads. Lots of implied (or explicit) threats of Hell and certitude that the believer spouting that malicious nonsense is safe from said punishment.

I don't know, it always sounds petty, vindictive and born of a wicked malevolence. And I see it on SO many of these threads, as if someone not believing in something they don't have evidence of (remember that even if there is an Intelligence behind all creation, it doesn't equate to it being YOUR idea of Intelligence) is a reason for eternal damnation or, really, any judgment at all.

It's blaming someone who could very well be living a decent life for using their mind in a different way than you use yours. That's only a sin to believers who've constructed a God-figure who is hurt by the non-belief or skepticism of others. That's not MY idea of God.