Atheism requires as much faith as religion?

[Hidingfromyou]

timn17 wrote:

<quoted text>Oops.. Yeah. What she said.

Ha! Ninja'd!

[RiversideRedneck]

Hidingfromyou wrote:

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F*ck! Finally! It takes you like 3 or 4 posts, some time in between, and thinking about it to come back to reality.
:)
(remember, before, you claimed that Catholics weren't Christian)
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Well, there you go. Is the above a Wikipedia quote?
Ok, so why did your Pope side with the Nazis in WWII?!?
(teasing!)

biz to the nich....

Just flash me & get it over with.

[RiversideRedneck]

Tide with Beach wrote:

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Examples of what?

Examples of something you don't have free will in.

[Hidingfromyou]

Eagle12 wrote:

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Evolution is a, he said, she said, we think, possibly could have science or so called science. There is a mountain full of evidence (imaginary).
I can see the correlation of evolution and the children’s book,

That's because you're uneducated about biological science, apparently cannot learn so well, quite clearly do not want to learn how biology really works, and have delusions of grandeur in believing you have something interesting to say about evolution.

[RiversideRedneck]

timn17 wrote:

<quoted text>There was no technology used in the test, it was a study of complications after heart surgery. The methodology was sound, and they had a large sample size. Look it up yourself if you want, it's all over the internet.
Also, don't you think that way of thinking is a problem? You absolutely will not even consider any evidence that conflicts with your beliefs. That's not good.

'round and 'round we go.....

[Hidingfromyou]

timn17 wrote:

<quoted text>Good lord. Ok. This is going no where. The tests were no inconclusive. The results were very clear, the methodology was sound - therefore the only way to explain the results without discounting the power of prayer is to invoke a trickster god. Is your god a trickster?

Da tests we no inconcrusive!

no inconcrusive!

No!

[RiversideRedneck]

scaritual wrote:

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I think you're having difficulty in understanding that, although they are different in practice, they are still versions of Christianity.
"Worldwide, the three largest groups of Christianity are the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the various denominations of Protestantism.
The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox patriarchates split from one another in the East–West Schism of 1054 AD, and Protestantism came into existence during the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century, splitting from the Roman Catholic Church." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity
Versions of Christianity.

ugh to the nth degree....

Would you consider a cheeseburger & a hamburger the same thing?

[RiversideRedneck]

Hidingfromyou wrote:

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No.
Yes, evolution is a belief system, too. Well...not a whole system by itself, but one that pertains specifically to biological phenomena. Some social scientists try to stretch it waaaaaaaaaaaaay beyond its parameters, though. So, in the sense that it is misused, it becomes akin to an ideology.
Evolution is the framework theory for all biological sciences. Biological sciences are one way of understanding biological phenomena - through the scientific paradigm, as it is envisioned in Western science (in Western nations). Because it rests on disproving hypotheses and not proving them, and often deals with non-directly observable phenomena, and because it is understood through the social (learning involves being taught, disseminating data involves all kinds of social conventions, etc), it is a cultural way of understanding biological phenomena.
There are other ways to understand such phenomena; other cultures do "biology" differently.

You had 16 too many big words in there. That's beyond your allowed big word usage.

[Hidingfromyou]

Eagle12 wrote:

The theory of evolution is like clothes made of invisible fabric. Just get all dressed up in those invisible clothes and take a stroll.

Eagle...Eagle...<shakes head>...you're the high priest of delusional proclamations. The king of ignorance about evolution. The godly godfather of willful stupidity.

Questions:

1. Why do you persist in making yourself out to be the above?

2. Why don't you actually learn about how evolution works so you can produce useful comments on the subject?

3. Failing 2, produce an academic paper that supports your absurd position.

(well, you won't be able to do #3...but I might as well goad you on)

[RiversideRedneck]

Hidingfromyou wrote:

<quoted text>
Da tests we no inconcrusive!
no inconcrusive!
No!

I crearry tord him that. He didn't risten.

[timn17]

Hidingfromyou wrote:

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Hey! What do you mean "anthropologist sites"???

Huh?

[timn17]

Hidingfromyou wrote:

<quoted text>
Ha! Ninja'd!

Yep, you ninja'd me good there. I didn't even see it coming - the mark of a master ninja.

[Hidingfromyou]

blacklagoon wrote:

<quoted text>Education is the key here. Educating yourself on the FACTS of evolution will help you better understand how the process works. Could it be that you are misinformed about what constitutes evolution. Please don't tell me you belong to that camp of nutbags that hold to the belief that millions of scientists are part of a conspiracy to provide false information to the masses. I'll be very disappointed if thats the case. Do you really believe that hundreds of thousands of biologists, and evolutionary scientists could be so wrong about the process of evolution? You do know that evolution is present in todays medical science. That mainstream science accepts evolution as factual, and you do not, may have a lot to say for the religious blinding that has afflicted you. Its always very sad to see.

I've tried to explain it to him in very, very simple terms. He either is incapable of learning or doesn't want to.

For example, he reposts stuff about "living fossils" every now and again. As in "why are horseshoe crabs still around???" Then I explain to him how the "species concept" works and how he's not invoking it at all.

Then he screams and cries out "why don't chimpanzees drive???" And I explain the concept of "niche" and "adaptive peak" but...but...I might as well be teaching a crocodile to sing.

[timn17]

Hidingfromyou wrote:

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And his signature!
<trembles>

I have a pretty elaborate picture in my mind of Dave's life. I recently found out he takes care of stray cats - this was very good fodder for my fantasies. I'm pretty ashamed of myself.

[timn17]

RiversideRedneck wrote:

<quoted text>
'round and 'round we go.....

I know. We can drop it, as long as you accept my conviction that voodoo works because one day I smacked around a George Bush doll and the next day he choked on a pretzel. Deal?

[timn17]

Hidingfromyou wrote:

<quoted text>
I've tried to explain it to him in very, very simple terms. He either is incapable of learning or doesn't want to.
For example, he reposts stuff about "living fossils" every now and again. As in "why are horseshoe crabs still around???" Then I explain to him how the "species concept" works and how he's not invoking it at all.
Then he screams and cries out "why don't chimpanzees drive???" And I explain the concept of "niche" and "adaptive peak" but...but...I might as well be teaching a crocodile to sing.

I love it when he talks about horseshoe crabs.

[Givemeliberty]

Still making a complete jackass out of yourself I see. LMFAO!

This reject doesn't know that catholics are christian :))

Wow loser even the theists are cringing at your stupidity!

RiversideRedneck wrote:

<quoted text>
ugh to the nth degree....
Would you consider a cheeseburger & a hamburger the same thing?

[Givemeliberty]

http://www.youtube.com/watch...

Dave's world.

timn17 wrote:

<quoted text>I have a pretty elaborate picture in my mind of Dave's life. I recently found out he takes care of stray cats - this was very good fodder for my fantasies. I'm pretty ashamed of myself.

[scaritual]

RiversideRedneck wrote:

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ugh to the nth degree....
Would you consider a cheeseburger & a hamburger the same thing?

Variations on the sandwich, yes I would.

[timn17]

RiversideRedneck wrote:

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I crearry tord him that. He didn't risten.

That's not...

Ah nvm..