Posted on 04/15/2009 10:52:09 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
The common thread throughout Darwins life was his continual struggle with the issue of death and suffering. He was never able to reconcile the existence of death, disease, and struggle with the character of a loving God:
I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidae with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars, or that a cat should play with mice.[1]
Darwin was unable to understand why a loving Creator God would allow the horrible things he witnessed in nature and everyday life. Animals fed on one another; creatures ripped each other apart; women died in childbirth, etc. The world seemed heartless and cruel. Darwins eventual expansion of the concept of evolution seemed to provide a somewhat positive purpose for the suffering and death he could not explain.
Two of Darwins biographers went so far as to imply that...
(Excerpt) Read more at answersingenesis.org ...
I have ready plenty of books purporting to demonstrate the validity of neo-Darwoodian ToE. In the end, all of them unwittingly provided yet more evidence for Creation/ID. You can’t be too careful if you’re a Darwinist. But again, let’s see your evidence in favor of Charlie’s fanciful creation myth. If the NDToE is so overwhelming, it shouldn’t be too much trouble.
Except my mind is backed up by evidence, whereas your mind is made up in favor of an increasingly discredited “theory” based on a “dearth” of evidence, that has only gotten worse for Darwood’s fanciful creation myth (not better!) with the passage of time.
There is no evidence supporting evolution.
None.
But if said diary described marching from Baltimore to Boston in 2 days and described camping on the Potomac along the way, I might reconsider its value as a geography book. And if I insisted that it must be correct so therefore the Potomac must have been north of Baltimore at the time, it wouldn't exactly be a scientific approach.
If you are Christian you really should not be spreading such falsehoods.
Not a scintilla.
Lame.
Deep.
Pithy.
Actually, Filo is quite right. Only a small band of Christians hold to the YEC view of things, and that’s probably more for the purpose of retaining social status within their churches.
Define what you mean by evolution and I will prove evidence.
You go first.
You made a claim now either support it or retract your original statement.
I rejected them.
Now, shut up and go find some fossils.
I will ignore your rude and disrespectful behavior but what sort of fossils would you like me to find?
Why am I not surprised that neither one of you know what the heck you're talking about? The following is a NATIONWIDE POLL, conducted over the course of two and a half decades. As you can see, YECers represent the largest group. And this number would go WAY UP if you just counted regular church attenders!
GALLOP POLL: Evolution, Creationism, Intelligent Design
Which of the following statements comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings -- [ROTATE 1-3/3-1: 1) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process, 2) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God had no part in this process, 3) God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so]?
|
Man |
Man |
God created |
Other/ |
% |
% |
% |
% |
|
2008 May 8-11 |
36 |
14 |
44 |
5 |
2007 May 10-13 |
38 |
14 |
43 |
4 |
2006 May 8-11 |
36 |
13 |
46 |
5 |
2004 Nov 7-10 |
38 |
13 |
45 |
4 |
2001 Feb 19-21 |
37 |
12 |
45 |
5 |
1999 Aug 24-26 |
40 |
9 |
47 |
4 |
1997 Nov 6-9 |
39 |
10 |
44 |
7 |
1993 Jun |
35 |
11 |
47 |
7 |
1982 |
38 |
9 |
44 |
9 |
The majority of people support pre-martial sex - does that mean we should say it is OK?
What about Obama? He won the election - does that mean we have to support him?
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