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Creationism vs. Evolution

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Postby Yaie » Mon May 20, 2013 11:55 pm

Need a name wrote:so life is an accident? produced from "unstable" nothing? :rofl: sorry but nothing being unstable is hilarious. at least God gives purpose to our lives, and DNA is WAY to complex to come from unstable nothing :rofl:

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Postby Enadail » Mon May 20, 2013 11:55 pm

Need a name wrote:so life is an accident? produced from "unstable" nothing? :rofl: sorry but nothing being unstable is hilarious. at least God gives purpose to our lives, and DNA is WAY to complex to come from unstable nothing :rofl:


So now you're an expert on theoretical physics? Claiming to understand and being able to refute the notion of "nothing being unstable"? Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean its magic. How well do you understand the internet? Lasers? Nuclear power plants?

God may give you purpose, but plenty of people do just fine without God, and plenty without your God.

And DNA didn't come from unstable nothing. Again, just proving how little you know.

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Postby Oceasia » Mon May 20, 2013 11:55 pm

Need a name wrote:
Individuality-ness wrote:... wat? O_o


is my grammar that bad or are you surprised that bugs aren't the only thing around

It happened 500 million years ago. Bugs are dominating at the time
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Postby Enadail » Mon May 20, 2013 11:56 pm

Need a name wrote:
Anachronous Rex wrote:You realize that nothing that lived in the Cambrian lived on land, correct?

This is an era dominated by bugs, living in the sea.


no this is a world with fish human animals birds and so on, do you know what is in the cambrian explosion? not only bugs


At that time, it started as mostly bugs.

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Individuality-ness wrote:... wat? O_o


is my grammar that bad or are you surprised that bugs aren't the only thing around


Yes, your grammar is horrendous.

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Postby Individuality-ness » Mon May 20, 2013 11:56 pm

Need a name wrote:
Individuality-ness wrote:... wat? O_o

is my grammar that bad or are you surprised that bugs aren't the only thing around

No, I'm surprised that you're still scientifically illiterate, to say little about your lack of grammatical abilities.

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Postby Need a Name » Mon May 20, 2013 11:58 pm

busy looking up the cambrian explosion?
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Postby Need a Name » Mon May 20, 2013 11:59 pm

Individuality-ness wrote:
Need a name wrote:is my grammar that bad or are you surprised that bugs aren't the only thing around

No, I'm surprised that you're still scientifically illiterate, to say little about your lack of grammatical abilities.

Read, it's good for your health.


ya, animals, somebody said there was only bugs
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Postby Oceasia » Mon May 20, 2013 11:59 pm

Need a name wrote:busy looking up the cambrian explosion?

Who TF are you talking too? :eyebrow:
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Postby Lemanrussland » Tue May 21, 2013 12:00 am

Need a name wrote:busy looking up the cambrian explosion?

Are you?

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Postby Enadail » Tue May 21, 2013 12:00 am

Need a name wrote:
Individuality-ness wrote:No, I'm surprised that you're still scientifically illiterate, to say little about your lack of grammatical abilities.

Read, it's good for your health.


ya, animals, somebody said there was only bugs


Did you even read the link?

Before about 580 million years ago, most organisms were simple, composed of individual cells occasionally organized into colonies.


Hell, that's less then bugs.

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Postby Anachronous Rex » Tue May 21, 2013 12:01 am

Need a name wrote:
Anachronous Rex wrote:You realize that nothing that lived in the Cambrian lived on land, correct?

This is an era dominated by bugs, living in the sea.


no this is a world with fish, humans, animals, birds, and so on, do you know what is in the cambrian explosion? not only bugs

Dominated by bugs, not only bugs. There were no birds, and nothing that walked on land. There were a few "fish" if by fish you mean jawless chordates that resemble worms with their back end flattened.
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Postby Mike the Progressive » Tue May 21, 2013 12:01 am

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Mike the Progressive wrote: I was a Southern Baptist

I am so sorry. :hug:


lol I'm not. I lost my virginity on a Baptist missionary trip, and I had sex in a very large Baptist church. God bless the Baptists!

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Postby Individuality-ness » Tue May 21, 2013 12:01 am

Need a name wrote:
Individuality-ness wrote:No, I'm surprised that you're still scientifically illiterate, to say little about your lack of grammatical abilities.

Read, it's good for your health.

ya, animals, somebody said there was only bugs

No birds. No reptiles. Nothing like that. Only marine animals, I think these are all mollusks and echinoderms?
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Postby Enadail » Tue May 21, 2013 12:02 am

Individuality-ness wrote:
Need a name wrote:ya, animals, somebody said there was only bugs

No birds. No reptiles. Nothing like that. Only marine animals, I think these are all mollusks and echinoderms?


I don't think that's quite true, almost all the phyla appeared by the end of the explosion.

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Postby Individuality-ness » Tue May 21, 2013 12:02 am

Enadail wrote:
Need a name wrote:
ya, animals, somebody said there was only bugs

Did you even read the link?
Before about 580 million years ago, most organisms were simple, composed of individual cells occasionally organized into colonies.

Hell, that's less then bugs.

You misread that part, Cambrian explosion occurred 542 million years ago. That sentence was describing life prior to the explosion.
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Postby Need a Name » Tue May 21, 2013 12:02 am

Charles Darwin considered this sudden appearance of many animal groups with no known antecedents to be the gravest single objection to his theory of evolution. how about this?
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Postby Calixs » Tue May 21, 2013 12:02 am

Need a name wrote:
Regnum Dominae wrote:The big fucking bang.


OK where did that come from, where did the components for the big bang come from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmQZ4f9f_Yw

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Postby Individuality-ness » Tue May 21, 2013 12:03 am

Enadail wrote:
Individuality-ness wrote:No birds. No reptiles. Nothing like that. Only marine animals, I think these are all mollusks and echinoderms?

I don't think that's quite true, almost all the phyla appeared by the end of the explosion.

But not in the beginning. I'm basically refreshing my memory right now, so sorry if I make mistakes.
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Postby Enadail » Tue May 21, 2013 12:04 am

Individuality-ness wrote:
Enadail wrote:Did you even read the link?

Hell, that's less then bugs.

You misread that part, Cambrian explosion occurred 542 million years ago. That sentence was describing life prior to the explosion.

Ah, then that's just my general confusion on the time period. I was under the impression the explosion is classified as starting at 580mil and going till about 500mil.

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Postby Oceasia » Tue May 21, 2013 12:04 am

Need a name wrote:Charles Darwin considered this sudden appearance of many animal groups with no known antecedents to be the gravest single objection to his theory of evolution. how about this?

Chemicals can change the biology of animals
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Postby Need a Name » Tue May 21, 2013 12:04 am

Calixs wrote:
Need a name wrote:
OK where did that come from, where did the components for the big bang come from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmQZ4f9f_Yw


i am not watching a 3 hours lecture
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Postby Page » Tue May 21, 2013 12:04 am

Need a name wrote:Charles Darwin considered this sudden appearance of many animal groups with no known antecedents to be the gravest single objection to his theory of evolution. how about this?


Yes, a good scientist who puts forth a theory points out where the theory needs further explanation/clarification/testing so that scientist's colleagues and successors can expand knowledge.
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Postby Individuality-ness » Tue May 21, 2013 12:04 am

Enadail wrote:
Individuality-ness wrote:You misread that part, Cambrian explosion occurred 542 million years ago. That sentence was describing life prior to the explosion.

Ah, then that's just my general confusion on the time period. I was under the impression the explosion is classified as starting at 580mil and going till about 500mil.

It's the first sentence in the article, Enadail. :P
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Postby Anachronous Rex » Tue May 21, 2013 12:05 am

Need a name wrote:Charles Darwin considered this sudden appearance of many animal groups with no known antecedents to be the gravest single objection to his theory of evolution. how about this?

Quote mine, and you didn't even bother to provide the quote.

Charles Darwin accounted for this apparent problem within his own lifetime. We're now several generations past Darwin, and evolution is no longer, "his."
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Postby Enadail » Tue May 21, 2013 12:05 am

Need a name wrote:Charles Darwin considered this sudden appearance of many animal groups with no known antecedents to be the gravest single objection to his theory of evolution. how about this?


Thankfully, this is not the 1800's, and things have changed since then. Such as a ton more information. Darwin wrote the basic framework for evolution, and its been refined and expanded since then.

Are you just pulling talking points off a creationist website?

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