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Anonymous Coward User ID: 73269883 Belgium 02/07/2018 07:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Also firstly, he was a philosopher, not a biologist. Secondly, I found this quote from him.... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76218092 “I now realise that I have made a fool of myself by believing that there were no presentable theories of the development of inanimate matter up to the first living creature capable of reproduction.” I also found some quotes from him, following your posted quotation. "the latest work I have seen shows that the present physical universe gives too little time for these theories of abiogenesis to get the job done." He added: "The philosophical question that has not been answered in origin-of-life studies is this: How can a universe of mindless matter produce beings with intrinsic ends, self-replication capabilities, and 'coded chemistry'? & "I have been denounced by my fellow unbelievers for stupidity, betrayal, senility and everything you can think of and none of them have read a word that I have ever written." What if he was a rocket scientist? What if he was the smartest man on the planet? Does it even matter? No it does not, because in the end, you'll just move the goal post and say it's not good enough, ergo however powerful or weak an argument is you will not accept. I have come to understand this, it is a common trait of people believing in evolution theory and the likes. You don't know what 'moving the goal post' means. For starters, Flew believed in evolution, and even if he didn't, it wouldn't matter in the slightest. Flew isn't a prophet, atheists don't have to accept what he says as dogma, the way you do with the prophets of your religion. Einstein was smart, and he said the Bible was childish and that he didn't believe in a personal God, like you do. Does that make you wrong? This is an appeal to authority fallacy. Something isn't correct just because some smart/popular person says so, arguments stand on their own merit. You might blindly accept what you're told by your religious authorities, but in Science, only evidence matters. You haven't made a single argument for Creationism. Every example can be an appeal to authority fallacy. Everything can be a fallacy. Can you stick to the subject at hand? Can you admit that richard dawkins is the current topdog of atheism and evotardism? Can you at least admit to that? Or is this just 'an opinion' in 'your reality' and not our shared reality of current world affairs? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 73269883 Belgium 02/07/2018 07:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | you know, some people are NOT religious Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72138947 AND don't believe in evolution as currently defined. i too am very curious to know what other possibilities are out there, please share with the group, please don't say x the process of evotardism. x created the process of evotardism |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75814481 Australia 02/07/2018 10:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Also firstly, he was a philosopher, not a biologist. Secondly, I found this quote from him.... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76218092 “I now realise that I have made a fool of myself by believing that there were no presentable theories of the development of inanimate matter up to the first living creature capable of reproduction.” I also found some quotes from him, following your posted quotation. "the latest work I have seen shows that the present physical universe gives too little time for these theories of abiogenesis to get the job done." He added: "The philosophical question that has not been answered in origin-of-life studies is this: How can a universe of mindless matter produce beings with intrinsic ends, self-replication capabilities, and 'coded chemistry'? & "I have been denounced by my fellow unbelievers for stupidity, betrayal, senility and everything you can think of and none of them have read a word that I have ever written." What if he was a rocket scientist? What if he was the smartest man on the planet? Does it even matter? No it does not, because in the end, you'll just move the goal post and say it's not good enough, ergo however powerful or weak an argument is you will not accept. I have come to understand this, it is a common trait of people believing in evolution theory and the likes. You don't know what 'moving the goal post' means. For starters, Flew believed in evolution, and even if he didn't, it wouldn't matter in the slightest. Flew isn't a prophet, atheists don't have to accept what he says as dogma, the way you do with the prophets of your religion. Einstein was smart, and he said the Bible was childish and that he didn't believe in a personal God, like you do. Does that make you wrong? This is an appeal to authority fallacy. Something isn't correct just because some smart/popular person says so, arguments stand on their own merit. You might blindly accept what you're told by your religious authorities, but in Science, only evidence matters. You haven't made a single argument for Creationism. Every example can be an appeal to authority fallacy. Everything can be a fallacy. Can you stick to the subject at hand? Can you admit that richard dawkins is the current topdog of atheism and evotardism? Can you at least admit to that? Or is this just 'an opinion' in 'your reality' and not our shared reality of current world affairs? Everything can be a fallacy? That's complete nonsense. You're saying that logic itself doesn't exist. Some arguments are fallacious, some aren't. I am on the subject at hand. You implied that 'evolutionists' shift the goal posts, shifting the goal posts is a logical fallacy. You fail to understand that no matter how smart someone is, their argument stands on its own merit. If an idiot is right, they're still right. Some rocket scientists are atheists, some are religious. I would say most of them accept evolution. And Dawkins? Dawkins passed the height of his popularity years ago in my opinion. He was made famous by 'the God Delusion.' He might be the most famous evolutionary biologist, but what you don't get is that most Scientists accept evolution, and if Dawkins suddenly said 'I was wrong, evolution doesn't exist,' scientists wouldn't just change their mind. Unless he had compelling evidence. There is no 'top dog' of Atheism. I personally enjoy watching debates with Matt Dillahunty, and I'd say he's the best debater I know of when it comes to the subject of theism. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72138947 United States 02/07/2018 10:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Both creationism and evolutionary theory as they stand leave more questions than they answer. I just don't know how life began, or how a totally new life form emerges. I'm not afraid to say so. It irks me that other people feel that THEY know. Although, I do have some of my own theories. I don't KNOW that they are true. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 73269883 Belgium 02/08/2018 08:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73269883 I also found some quotes from him, following your posted quotation. "the latest work I have seen shows that the present physical universe gives too little time for these theories of abiogenesis to get the job done." He added: "The philosophical question that has not been answered in origin-of-life studies is this: How can a universe of mindless matter produce beings with intrinsic ends, self-replication capabilities, and 'coded chemistry'? & "I have been denounced by my fellow unbelievers for stupidity, betrayal, senility and everything you can think of and none of them have read a word that I have ever written." What if he was a rocket scientist? What if he was the smartest man on the planet? Does it even matter? No it does not, because in the end, you'll just move the goal post and say it's not good enough, ergo however powerful or weak an argument is you will not accept. I have come to understand this, it is a common trait of people believing in evolution theory and the likes. You don't know what 'moving the goal post' means. For starters, Flew believed in evolution, and even if he didn't, it wouldn't matter in the slightest. Flew isn't a prophet, atheists don't have to accept what he says as dogma, the way you do with the prophets of your religion. Einstein was smart, and he said the Bible was childish and that he didn't believe in a personal God, like you do. Does that make you wrong? This is an appeal to authority fallacy. Something isn't correct just because some smart/popular person says so, arguments stand on their own merit. You might blindly accept what you're told by your religious authorities, but in Science, only evidence matters. You haven't made a single argument for Creationism. Every example can be an appeal to authority fallacy. Everything can be a fallacy. Can you stick to the subject at hand? Can you admit that richard dawkins is the current topdog of atheism and evotardism? Can you at least admit to that? Or is this just 'an opinion' in 'your reality' and not our shared reality of current world affairs? Everything can be a fallacy? That's complete nonsense. You're saying that logic itself doesn't exist. Some arguments are fallacious, some aren't. I am on the subject at hand. You implied that 'evolutionists' shift the goal posts, shifting the goal posts is a logical fallacy. You fail to understand that no matter how smart someone is, their argument stands on its own merit. If an idiot is right, they're still right. Some rocket scientists are atheists, some are religious. I would say most of them accept evolution. And Dawkins? Dawkins passed the height of his popularity years ago in my opinion. He was made famous by 'the God Delusion.' He might be the most famous evolutionary biologist, but what you don't get is that most Scientists accept evolution, and if Dawkins suddenly said 'I was wrong, evolution doesn't exist,' scientists wouldn't just change their mind. Unless he had compelling evidence. There is no 'top dog' of Atheism. I personally enjoy watching debates with Matt Dillahunty, and I'd say he's the best debater I know of when it comes to the subject of theism. Then why do you write, 'yeah but he is not a biologist'? What is the point? He studied the subject and concluded naturalistic philosophy (such as evolution theory) was true. He later realized it was not true, for very valid reasons. Again this is all just perception, in the end where one sees design, you just see evolution, whatever the rational is behind that reasoning, it is not science, it is inference. Which characteristics does design require for you to be accepted as an example of design? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73269883 Belgium 02/08/2018 09:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | DNA is information. Definition of information 1 : the communication or reception of knowledge or intelligence Which, we all know by now, due to a mountain of evidence, is the result of a random process leading to a working billion 4 letter code, roger that. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75814481 Australia 02/08/2018 09:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75814481 You don't know what 'moving the goal post' means. For starters, Flew believed in evolution, and even if he didn't, it wouldn't matter in the slightest. Flew isn't a prophet, atheists don't have to accept what he says as dogma, the way you do with the prophets of your religion. Einstein was smart, and he said the Bible was childish and that he didn't believe in a personal God, like you do. Does that make you wrong? This is an appeal to authority fallacy. Something isn't correct just because some smart/popular person says so, arguments stand on their own merit. You might blindly accept what you're told by your religious authorities, but in Science, only evidence matters. You haven't made a single argument for Creationism. Every example can be an appeal to authority fallacy. Everything can be a fallacy. Can you stick to the subject at hand? Can you admit that richard dawkins is the current topdog of atheism and evotardism? Can you at least admit to that? Or is this just 'an opinion' in 'your reality' and not our shared reality of current world affairs? Everything can be a fallacy? That's complete nonsense. You're saying that logic itself doesn't exist. Some arguments are fallacious, some aren't. I am on the subject at hand. You implied that 'evolutionists' shift the goal posts, shifting the goal posts is a logical fallacy. You fail to understand that no matter how smart someone is, their argument stands on its own merit. If an idiot is right, they're still right. Some rocket scientists are atheists, some are religious. I would say most of them accept evolution. And Dawkins? Dawkins passed the height of his popularity years ago in my opinion. He was made famous by 'the God Delusion.' He might be the most famous evolutionary biologist, but what you don't get is that most Scientists accept evolution, and if Dawkins suddenly said 'I was wrong, evolution doesn't exist,' scientists wouldn't just change their mind. Unless he had compelling evidence. There is no 'top dog' of Atheism. I personally enjoy watching debates with Matt Dillahunty, and I'd say he's the best debater I know of when it comes to the subject of theism. Then why do you write, 'yeah but he is not a biologist'? What is the point? He studied the subject and concluded naturalistic philosophy (such as evolution theory) was true. He later realized it was not true, for very valid reasons. Again this is all just perception, in the end where one sees design, you just see evolution, whatever the rational is behind that reasoning, it is not science, it is inference. Which characteristics does design require for you to be accepted as an example of design? I didn't write that he's not a biologist, that was someone else, but it should be obvious to you why they said it. Evolution is part of biology. Flew wasn't a biologist, meaning he was not an expert on anything related to evolution. It's difficult to express just how terrible your argument is. Not only is Flew's opinion irrelevant, but you don't even understand his opinion. Show me where Flew ever said that he didn't believe evolution and show me what those 'valid reasons' were. Abiogenesis is not evolution. I don't know why this is so hard for you to grasp, but you can believe in God and believe in evolution at the same time. It's not a naturalistic philosophy, it's a scientific theory. "Again this is all just perception, in the end where one sees design, you just see evolution, whatever the rational is behind that reasoning, it is not science, it is inference." You are in no position to tell anyone about science. It's not just perception, it's a matter of fact. Biological evolution is genetic change in a population over successive generations, which is an observable fact. You have mutations that are not present in your parents. We already know evolution happens, and is determined by natural laws. The only question is whether those natural laws were put in place by God, which would make evolution part of God's design. "Which characteristics does design require for you to be accepted as an example of design?" We recognize things that are designed by contrasting them against things that are created by natural processes. Reproduction is a natural process. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 76210958 Germany 02/09/2018 12:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | they all deny God till the day comes when something bad should happen to them and there's nobody to help, you can bet then they will turn to God and ask for help..seen it too many times Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75058263 None of which makes the existence of gods any more likely. Why do you knee-jerk like that? Evolution is absurd. Begin there. Acknowledge that. So a Sky wizard takes a rib from a man sleeping under a tree and then all of a sudden; Eve! How is this not absurd... wait, Magic right? Actually if you lose a rib your body can regenerate it. And bone marrow from ribs can also be worth checking out. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73269883 Belgium 02/09/2018 01:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73269883 Every example can be an appeal to authority fallacy. Everything can be a fallacy. Can you stick to the subject at hand? Can you admit that richard dawkins is the current topdog of atheism and evotardism? Can you at least admit to that? Or is this just 'an opinion' in 'your reality' and not our shared reality of current world affairs? Everything can be a fallacy? That's complete nonsense. You're saying that logic itself doesn't exist. Some arguments are fallacious, some aren't. I am on the subject at hand. You implied that 'evolutionists' shift the goal posts, shifting the goal posts is a logical fallacy. You fail to understand that no matter how smart someone is, their argument stands on its own merit. If an idiot is right, they're still right. Some rocket scientists are atheists, some are religious. I would say most of them accept evolution. And Dawkins? Dawkins passed the height of his popularity years ago in my opinion. He was made famous by 'the God Delusion.' He might be the most famous evolutionary biologist, but what you don't get is that most Scientists accept evolution, and if Dawkins suddenly said 'I was wrong, evolution doesn't exist,' scientists wouldn't just change their mind. Unless he had compelling evidence. There is no 'top dog' of Atheism. I personally enjoy watching debates with Matt Dillahunty, and I'd say he's the best debater I know of when it comes to the subject of theism. Then why do you write, 'yeah but he is not a biologist'? What is the point? He studied the subject and concluded naturalistic philosophy (such as evolution theory) was true. He later realized it was not true, for very valid reasons. Again this is all just perception, in the end where one sees design, you just see evolution, whatever the rational is behind that reasoning, it is not science, it is inference. Which characteristics does design require for you to be accepted as an example of design? I didn't write that he's not a biologist, that was someone else, but it should be obvious to you why they said it. Evolution is part of biology. Flew wasn't a biologist, meaning he was not an expert on anything related to evolution. It's difficult to express just how terrible your argument is. Not only is Flew's opinion irrelevant, but you don't even understand his opinion. Show me where Flew ever said that he didn't believe evolution and show me what those 'valid reasons' were. Abiogenesis is not evolution. I don't know why this is so hard for you to grasp, but you can believe in God and believe in evolution at the same time. It's not a naturalistic philosophy, it's a scientific theory. "Again this is all just perception, in the end where one sees design, you just see evolution, whatever the rational is behind that reasoning, it is not science, it is inference." You are in no position to tell anyone about science. It's not just perception, it's a matter of fact. Biological evolution is genetic change in a population over successive generations, which is an observable fact. You have mutations that are not present in your parents. We already know evolution happens, and is determined by natural laws. The only question is whether those natural laws were put in place by God, which would make evolution part of God's design. "Which characteristics does design require for you to be accepted as an example of design?" We recognize things that are designed by contrasting them against things that are created by natural processes. Reproduction is a natural process. I think the term he used was the obviousness of integrated complexity. You know, the stuff you think happened by itself or by random chance events and call it science. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 73269883 Belgium 02/09/2018 01:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The process isn’t entirely random though. The organic molecules were going to react with each other, one way or another. The Miller-Urey experiement already proved that the building blocks of life can arise naturally. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76230690 An experiment designed by intelligent agents that excluded oxygen. So stuff needs oxygen to evolve, but it all evolved without oxygen in the first place. Because science! |
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