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(Lot'sLot;51466) If you're so knowledgeable on the subject, mind explaining how a complex organ such as an eye could evolve?That's right, take any part of the eye, and on its own it does nothing. Nothing! Only fully-formed does it function as the visual aid which lets us see god's work as only...

(RaddSpencer;50496) If it isn't my two favorite skeptical atheists , Adrenaline and Lunar! Hi. (RaddSpencer) Old Testament Integrityhttp://www.biblestudy.org/basicart/how-was...-preserved.html The problem with this article is that it cites Old Testament passages to prove the validity of the Old...

(Shornaal;50335) I read through mony posts on the forum where people misunderstood or didn't believe in gravity. I don't think that anyone here actually doesn't believe in gravity; most mentions of it have been anecdotal (namely, as a reductio ad absurdum argument in discussions about evolution...

Why is it that the Dead Sea Scrolls are considered the end-all, be-all source of the accuracy of the Bible? The Dead Sea Scrolls only date to the second century BC, but the oldest parts of the Bible date back at least as far as the sixth century BC and possibly as far as the 10th. That's as much...

(RaddSpencer;49832) We have supercomputers you know, until he can show a simulation of how this small motor came together --- I say it is still up to debate. Yes, but I don't think they were using a supercomputer to run his PowerPoint presentation.I don't know how else to express this to you...

(RaddSpencer;49748) Pennock here tries a common Darwinist tactic (pioneered by Darwin himself) of reversing the burden of proof on to the opponent by making out that Behe is claiming that there are no "functional intermediates." Then all the Darwinist needs to do is point to some example...

(Alpha and Omega;49698) I'm not going to get into another debate on evolution (tireless debate on another board). but here are some problems with the theory...http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/short_history_01.html Frankly, that site is embarrassing. First, for committing the fallacy of...

(Letsgofishing;49586) Tell them you don't use marijuanna, tell them they shouldn't use marijuanna, If you ever start using the drug in front of you, or hanging around with people using the dream using the drug, get away ect. I have to recommend against this advice. If you straight up tell them...

I don't know how you are concluding this based on the fact that some atheists are unintelligent. Like I said, I think most atheists, intelligent or not, are using reason to justify their beliefs. Some just do it better than others. I don't know what morality has to do with it.

(BondiHarry;49573) Lunar, you have a penchant to mince words and throw out insults. No matter the terminology used, having a finch 'evolve' into another 'species' of finch only demonstrates micro-evolution. Your case for macro-evolution wasn't helped one iota by the example you provided and...

(tim_from_pa;49567) Well, Lunar, I read that other thread and whether one or several axioms, it's a matter of where one wants to draw the line. Actually, we assume a whole lot of axioms. The person next to you existing for example. It's like that bird analogy. Well, we aren't accepting "that...

(treeoflife;49582) If a person can be "as dumb as a box of rocks," and be an athiest... then what motive, apart from evidence or intellect, would such a person as this have to not believe in God? Since we would hope to at least arrive at this conclusion by some sort of thought, or intelligent...

First off, I'm quite certain that I made a response this afternoon. Where'd it go?(tim_from_pa;49540) I'm just curious, to Lunar or anyone claiming to be an atheist. What does it take to prove there's a God to you (if God exists)? Most, if not virtually all atheists, lay heavy credence on...

To answer the question: No, being an atheist does not automatically make you intelligent. Many atheists have a poor understanding of philosophy and theology just like many theists do, and some atheists have very bad justifications for being atheists.That being said, insofar as theism is...

(treeoflife;49522) You also believe these are "facts". The point is, if you are going to believe that we came to be, over a long drawn out period, of millions of years, then you are going to believe anything because anything (accept God) is possible. You've proved, once again, that you didn't...

Hopefully I'm not out of line in suggesting this as a non-Christian, but if you think that what your friends are doing is wrong (and if they are doing it to excess, I agree that it probably is destructive) then the last thing that they need is for you to abandon them as friends.I am sure you...

(treeoflife) Not name calling. It is what is is. Brainwashed. www.dictionary.com if you want a definition. Ha. That's cute.So you clearly think that it's "true" that adren@aline is brainwashed. Well, I will put it to you like this, treeoflife: If I started listing all the things that I thought...

(BondiHarry;49443) Then let's clarify what we are talking about. The example (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/01/6/l_016_02.html )you cite begins with a finch and ends with several other distinct groups ... OF FINCHES (and not robins or crows or any other type of bird). All this does...

You'll have to forgive me if I don't respond to your posts; I've got an entire page of them accumulated since my finals. Fortunately, most of them are the same arguments I've already responded to many times over, like fideism or quoting the bible to prove the bible, so there's no need.(Alpha and...

(BondiHarry;49310) Except that gravity is something that is readily observable and, in experiments, can be verified. Macro evolution has NEVER been observed and 'established facts that have been logically tied together' assumes a great deal from a species developing into another species (ie...