Posted on 12/10/2001 1:36:26 PM PST by Junior
(Sound of alarm clock ringing)
It's time!
I'm not sure why, but since 9/11 I don't have as much interest in these debates as I once had. But please! go ahead and have fun.
The thing I like best about these debates is that everyone wins. Don't believe me? Just ask them!
But has anyone ever changed any of his/her beliefs because of reading one of these "winning" arguments?
An idle mind is the devils workshop and this post is prime example.
My dear friend, if this thread is the result of an idle mind, can you imagine the damage I could do if I simply put some effort into it?
Nope. I'm strictly an evolutionist. This does not mean I don't believe in God (I do), it simply means that Biblical creationism has done nothing to explain the evidence, while evolution, even though an incomplete theory, comes closest to accounting for everything we see around us. Sometimes being "open minded" is synonymous with having a hole in one's head. Or, to borrow heavily from Rush Limbaugh, being open minded on the creation vs. evolution debate is a bit like being a "moderate" -- neither hot nor cold, pro nor con; existing in a state of eternal limbo ...
Note, however, that the Ultimate Creation vs. Evolution Resource contains pro-creationist websites (at least those I was able to find or which have been posted by others -- if you have any that are not present here, please post them and I will include them). This is because I believe the surest way to victory is to know your opponent's position as well as he does, and nothing is gained by hiding information or falsely representing the opposition.
As for the 2LoTD, the average creationist invokes this to refute the possibility that complex life can arise from simpler life -- the 2LoTD is the "entropy" law that everything is tending toward thermal equilibrium (entropy). Unfortunately, the average creationist fails to take into account that the 2LoTD only covers closed systems. The biosphere of Earth is an open system, receiving energy from outside (the Sun). Additionally, if the creationist view of the 2LoTD was correct, organisms could not perform the basic biochemical processes required to exist, nor could fetal organisms grow into adults, crystals could not form in solution, etc.
Works for me. :)
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