Creationism vs Evolution thread.

[The Ancient and Orthodox Potato Church]

If every person has only one sex partner in life, specifically their spouse, of an opposite sex, to which they are lawfully wedded with both parents' permissions, horizontal transmission of HIV will be near eliminated.

How exactly does that utilise biblical wisdom in any way? The nuclear family structure is not really based on the bible, it is a regional/culture thing. The bible only directly addresses polgyamous marriage. There are men in the bible with only one spouse, but that is never labelled as the 'correct' form of marriage. Biblical wisdom and the teachings of contemporary Christians arent the same thing.

And nuclear marriage is very recent too, only really catching on with the stiffening morality of Victorian times.

[The Ancient and Orthodox Potato Church]

Evolution may disprove the bible, so creationism is wrong. No doubt. However, it does not cast doubt on Intelligent Design, so it is still a viable theory.

ID was something cooked up by creationists to get around the ban on teaching religion in class imposed by the First Ammendment. The only difference between ID and Creationism is instead of "god did it" it is said "a god did it".

[The Ancient and Orthodox Potato Church]

If you're talking the monotheistic god laid out in the torah, bible, and qu'ran, then physics disproves god. You cannot have both that god and a universe obeying physical laws. Seeing as we exist in a universe obeying physical laws, we can safely say no god. The fact that we have exactly zero evidence for god helps too.

Except god is explicitly stated to be omnipotent, which tends to mean he doesn't care for physical 'laws' that bind mortals. Physics would only disprove god if we presumed god had to obey physics, but his omnipotence would indicate otherwise.

Why do you think physics breaks him. We either can have omnipotency or physics. Take your pick, but the fact of the matter is that we can't have both and we live in a universe governed by physical laws.

[Yandere Schoolgirls]

What thread will be next? Spherical earth vs Flat-earth theory

[Farnhamia]

What thread will be next? Spherical earth vs Flat-earth theory

We did actually have a flat-earther here last year, Tom Bishop, I think he called himself. He was rather adamant in his beliefs.

[No Water No Moon]

To the people who say "we haven't found the aliens yet because they're too far away":
Convenient fallback. You can't prove they exist, you merely assert they do without evidence to back it up.

Except that I'm not asserting they exist. I'm saying that IF they exist, there's no likely to be no local evidence because things in space are really, really far away.

When we get to the point where we can even examine where our nearest 'alien' neighbours might be - and that's something like four years distant, IF we could travel at the speed of light, which we can't - then we will have our first real opportunity to look for 'alien' life.

On the other hand - if we're looking for an interventionist god that allegedly is active in this world's affairs - the evidence would be HERE, not four light-years away.

[Immoren]

What thread will be next? Spherical earth vs Flat-earth theory

Bah! Everyone knows that Earth is really dodecahedron shaped.

[The Alma Mater]

What thread will be next? Spherical earth vs Flat-earth theory

Bah! Everyone knows that Earth is really dodecahedron shaped.

No, earth is a Mobius strip.
And yes, I guess that makes it flat as well.

[Big Jim P]

Bah! Everyone knows that Earth is really dodecahedron shaped.

No, earth is a Mobius strip.
And yes, I guess that makes it flat as well.

Flat, but with some really sexy curves.

[Divair]

What thread will be next? Spherical earth vs Flat-earth theory

We did actually have a flat-earther here last year, Tom Bishop, I think he called himself. He was rather adamant in his beliefs.

I miss him. He was hilarious.

[Big Jim P]

How exactly does that utilise biblical wisdom in any way? The nuclear family structure is not really based on the bible, it is a regional/culture thing. The bible only directly addresses polgyamous marriage. There are men in the bible with only one spouse, but that is never labelled as the 'correct' form of marriage. Biblical wisdom and the teachings of contemporary Christians arent the same thing.

And nuclear marriage is very recent too, only really catching on with the stiffening morality of Victorian times.

Hur hur hur.....

[Big Jim P]

We did actually have a flat-earther here last year, Tom Bishop, I think he called himself. He was rather adamant in his beliefs.

I miss him. He was hilarious.

Too bad more crackpots aren't as funny.

[Farnhamia]

We did actually have a flat-earther here last year, Tom Bishop, I think he called himself. He was rather adamant in his beliefs.

I miss him. He was hilarious.

I can't recall him ever laughing at himself, which made him tiresome after a while.

[Forster Keys]

What thread will be next? Spherical earth vs Flat-earth theory

This. Why is this thread still going?

[Condunum]

What thread will be next? Spherical earth vs Flat-earth theory

This. Why is this thread still going?

Determined satire.

[Farnhamia]

This. Why is this thread still going?

Determined satire.

And it keeps us off the streets. Think about it.

[Big Jim P]

Determined satire.

And it keeps us off the streets. Think about it.

It's A government plot!

[Farnhamia]

And it keeps us off the streets. Think about it.

It's A government plot!

That, too, but almost everything is these days.

[Ifreann]

Ability to do well in IQ tests.

So... why is it used to test intelligence, then?

It isn't. Not really.

Haha. But you assume I was intelligently arranging the cards. Personally I'm a fan of a riffle shuffle, but you could just as easily throw all the cards on the ground and pick them up in the order that a beetle runs over them and the numbers would be the same. There's no reason that such unlikely things need intelligent input to occur.

No, that would not produce a particular order. That would produce a random order.

Creating life from atoms is akin to stacking an 8-deck shoe such that the sequence of cards produces the exact sequence of the digits of Pi in triskadecimal.

And there's no reason that such a thing couldn't happen randomly. It's no more or less likely that any other order.

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If god wanted us to be creationists, you think he would have mentioned "Kill Darwin" somewhere in the book of revelations.

It's probably in there, you just have to read between the lines.

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To prove it, just to prove it.
If it never catches anything - then either the collider wasn't large enough or the hardons weren't hard enough.

Hardon? Are you trying to be funny?

He's been trying to be funny this entire time.

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1. Sin
2. Die
3. Go to Hell

You are NSG's most successful satirist. Good job.

Nonsense, there's no satire on NSG.

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In the "battle" between fairy tales and scientific theories backed by evidence, the second has to win.

Otherwise it's back to the caves.

I would call dibs on the cave I grew up in but I think it has a mall on it now.

How convenient.

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What thread will be next? Spherical earth vs Flat-earth theory

We did actually have a flat-earther here last year, Tom Bishop, I think he called himself. He was rather adamant in his beliefs.

Tom Bishop is kinda internet famous for being a flat-earth proponent.

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And it keeps us off the streets. Think about it.

It's A government plot!

Don't be ridiculous. *mutters into sleeve*

[Big Jim P]

It's A government plot!

That, too, but almost everything is these days.

I guess the time is right for my tinfoil hat store then.

[Farnhamia]

So... why is it used to test intelligence, then?

It isn't. Not really.

No, that would not produce a particular order. That would produce a random order.

Creating life from atoms is akin to stacking an 8-deck shoe such that the sequence of cards produces the exact sequence of the digits of Pi in triskadecimal.

And there's no reason that such a thing couldn't happen randomly. It's no more or less likely that any other order.

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If god wanted us to be creationists, you think he would have mentioned "Kill Darwin" somewhere in the book of revelations.

It's probably in there, you just have to read between the lines.

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Hardon? Are you trying to be funny?

He's been trying to be funny this entire time.

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You are NSG's most successful satirist. Good job.

Nonsense, there's no satire on NSG.

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I would call dibs on the cave I grew up in but I think it has a mall on it now.

How convenient.

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We did actually have a flat-earther here last year, Tom Bishop, I think he called himself. He was rather adamant in his beliefs.

Tom Bishop is kinda internet famous for being a flat-earth proponent.

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It's A government plot!

Don't be ridiculous. *mutters into sleeve*

*dials a phone* Hey. Good, you? Great. Listen, Ifreann's lost the two-way up his sleeve again. Would you, please? And yes, charge him this time. Right, bye.

[Ifreann]

It isn't. Not really.


And there's no reason that such a thing couldn't happen randomly. It's no more or less likely that any other order.

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It's probably in there, you just have to read between the lines.

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He's been trying to be funny this entire time.

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Nonsense, there's no satire on NSG.

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How convenient.

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Tom Bishop is kinda internet famous for being a flat-earth proponent.

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Don't be ridiculous. *mutters into sleeve*

*dials a phone* Hey. Good, you? Great. Listen, Ifreann's lost the two-way up his sleeve again. Would you, please? And yes, charge him this time. Right, bye.

Snap, caught again.

[Desperate Measures]

*dials a phone* Hey. Good, you? Great. Listen, Ifreann's lost the two-way up his sleeve again. Would you, please? And yes, charge him this time. Right, bye.

Snap, caught again.

I finally understand. The two of you. This whole internet thing. The reason why I'm not a raging activist in the streets. The two of you. You're in cahoots! Cahoots, I tell you!

[Ifreann]

Snap, caught again.

I finally understand. The two of you. This whole internet thing. The reason why I'm not a raging activist in the streets. The two of you. You're in cahoots! Cahoots, I tell you!

I think the employee handbook says I'm not supposed to get into cahoots with my colleagues, especially not my superiors.

[Condunum]

I finally understand. The two of you. This whole internet thing. The reason why I'm not a raging activist in the streets. The two of you. You're in cahoots! Cahoots, I tell you!

I think the employee handbook says I'm not supposed to get into cahoots with my colleagues, especially not my superiors.

It does mention how to deal with those who find out about your activities, however.