NATION

PASSWORD

Evolution (and abiongenesis, Cosmology, etc) vs ID, again

For discussion and debate about anything. (Not a roleplay related forum; out-of-character commentary only.)

Advertisement

Remove ads

User avatar
The Orson Empire
Post Czar
 
Posts: 31412
Founded: Mar 20, 2012
Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Orson Empire » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:03 pm

I believe in evolution, but I believe that God caused it to happen.

There is simply too much scientific evidence to deny that evolution exists, and anyone that does so is being willfully ignorant.

User avatar
Geilinor
Post Czar
 
Posts: 41328
Founded: Feb 20, 2010
Ex-Nation

Postby Geilinor » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:03 pm

Killdash wrote:
Geilinor wrote:DNA and RNA are like any other molecule, only larger.



Completly ignoring their mind boggling complexity.

Hence "larger".
Member of the Free Democratic Party. Not left. Not right. Forward.
Economic Left/Right: -1.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.41

User avatar
Neutraligon
Game Moderator
 
Posts: 40533
Founded: Oct 01, 2011
New York Times Democracy

Postby Neutraligon » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:03 pm

Killdash wrote:
Geilinor wrote:DNA and RNA are like any other molecule, only larger.



Completly ignoring their mind boggling complexity.


molecules can be very complex...and? They are still simply chemical reactions.
If you want to call me by a nickname, call me Gon...or NS Batman.
Mod stuff: One Stop Rules Shop | Reppy's Sig Workshop | Getting Help Request
Just A Little though

User avatar
Russels Orbiting Teapot
Senator
 
Posts: 4024
Founded: Jan 20, 2015
Ex-Nation

Postby Russels Orbiting Teapot » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:03 pm

Killdash wrote:Completly ignoring their mind boggling complexity.


DNA and RNA are actually very simple in their basic structure. The complexity comes from the pattern formed through the strand of DNA.

User avatar
Killdash
Minister
 
Posts: 3249
Founded: Feb 03, 2014
Ex-Nation

Postby Killdash » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:05 pm

Neutraligon wrote:
Killdash wrote:

Show me an example of life appearing from non living chemicals, in direct violation of biological standards.


We can show that the building blocks of life are capable of coming from non-living material. And no abiogenesis is not the same thing as spontaneous generation. Give me evidence that an intelligent designer made everything.


Show me this evidence.

My personal viewpoint is that no origins theory can be proven correct. It's more a case of looking at the available evidence and interpreting it.
How do you take your tea?: Seriously, very seriously.
Who the hell do you think you are?: I see myself as a mix of Don Quixote, Stephen Fry and 12 year old boy mixed into one very strange mind.
Are you always so modest?: Yes, though it takes a man of some character to pull it off.
Hey, your insensitive remark/insult/racial slur has me in a tizzy: Well, if you wish to cyber insult me, then do your worst.
Auremenas bitch
Roguishly good looking gentleman
Nationstates premier assassin for hire
For a small fee, of course.
5th spouse of Kannap (for 48 hours, but still counts)

User avatar
Mavorpen
Khan of Spam
 
Posts: 63266
Founded: Dec 20, 2011
Ex-Nation

Postby Mavorpen » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:05 pm

Killdash wrote:
Geilinor wrote:DNA and RNA are like any other molecule, only larger.



Completly ignoring their mind boggling complexity.

But it isn't mind boggling complex. I mean, I literally memorized the structure for an exam.
"The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders. raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did."—former Nixon domestic policy chief John Ehrlichman

User avatar
Killdash
Minister
 
Posts: 3249
Founded: Feb 03, 2014
Ex-Nation

Postby Killdash » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:06 pm

Neutraligon wrote:
Killdash wrote:

Completly ignoring their mind boggling complexity.


molecules can be very complex...and? They are still simply chemical reactions.



Complexity doesn't arise from nothing. You have to explain how it got there.
How do you take your tea?: Seriously, very seriously.
Who the hell do you think you are?: I see myself as a mix of Don Quixote, Stephen Fry and 12 year old boy mixed into one very strange mind.
Are you always so modest?: Yes, though it takes a man of some character to pull it off.
Hey, your insensitive remark/insult/racial slur has me in a tizzy: Well, if you wish to cyber insult me, then do your worst.
Auremenas bitch
Roguishly good looking gentleman
Nationstates premier assassin for hire
For a small fee, of course.
5th spouse of Kannap (for 48 hours, but still counts)

User avatar
Securitan
Diplomat
 
Posts: 954
Founded: Jun 21, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Securitan » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:06 pm

DNA and evolution are created by Satan to confuse us.
"All war is deception" - Sun Tzu

User avatar
MERIZoC
Postmaster of the Fleet
 
Posts: 23694
Founded: Dec 05, 2013
Left-wing Utopia

Postby MERIZoC » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:07 pm

Killdash wrote:
Neutraligon wrote:
We can show that the building blocks of life are capable of coming from non-living material. And no abiogenesis is not the same thing as spontaneous generation. Give me evidence that an intelligent designer made everything.


Show me this evidence.

My personal viewpoint is that no origins theory can be proven correct. It's more a case of looking at the available evidence and interpreting it.

Therefor: God. :roll:

User avatar
Russels Orbiting Teapot
Senator
 
Posts: 4024
Founded: Jan 20, 2015
Ex-Nation

Postby Russels Orbiting Teapot » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:07 pm

Killdash wrote:Show me this evidence.
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/wells/iconob.html#Miller-Urey

My personal viewpoint is that no origins theory can be proven correct. It's more a case of looking at the available evidence and interpreting it.


Nothing can be 'proven correct', ever. Everything is a case of looking at the available evidence and interpreting it.
Last edited by Russels Orbiting Teapot on Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.

User avatar
Godular
Postmaster-General
 
Posts: 11902
Founded: Sep 09, 2004
New York Times Democracy

Postby Godular » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:07 pm

Killdash wrote:
Neutraligon wrote:
We can show that the building blocks of life are capable of coming from non-living material. And no abiogenesis is not the same thing as spontaneous generation. Give me evidence that an intelligent designer made everything.


Show me this evidence.

My personal viewpoint is that no origins theory can be proven correct. It's more a case of looking at the available evidence and interpreting it.


http://people.chem.duke.edu/~jds/cruise_chem/Exobiology/miller.html

Is just the one I can think of off the top of my head. There are several others that I'm sure one could hunt down given sufficient inclination.
RL position
Active RP: ASCENSION
Active RP: SHENRYAX
Dormant RP: Throne of the Fallen Empire

Faction 1: The An'Kazar Control Framework of Godular-- An enormously advanced collective of formerly human bioborgs that are vastly experienced in both inter-dimensional travel and asymmetrical warfare.
A 1.08 civilization, according to this Nation Index Thingie
A 0.076 (or 0.067) civilization, according to THIS Nation Index Thingie
I don't normally use NS stats. But when I do, I prefer Dos Eckis I can STILL kill you.
Post responsibly.

User avatar
Solaray
Senator
 
Posts: 3878
Founded: Jun 05, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Solaray » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:07 pm

I've always been a fan of theistic evolution myself.

Isn't intelligent design just a slightly more subtle way of saying creationism?
Sig closed for construction.

Est. completion date: Summer 2054

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

User avatar
Alyakia
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 18422
Founded: Jul 12, 2011
Democratic Socialists

Postby Alyakia » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:08 pm

Killdash wrote:
Neutraligon wrote:
molecules can be very complex...and? They are still simply chemical reactions.



Complexity doesn't arise from nothing. You have to explain how it got there.


mutations/fall of man.
pro: good
anti: bad

The UK and EU are Better Together

"Margaret Thatcher showed the world that women are not too soft or the weaker sex, and can be as heartless, horrible, and amoral as any male politician."

User avatar
Mavorpen
Khan of Spam
 
Posts: 63266
Founded: Dec 20, 2011
Ex-Nation

Postby Mavorpen » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:08 pm

The fuck does abiogenesis have to do with evolution?
"The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders. raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did."—former Nixon domestic policy chief John Ehrlichman

User avatar
Killdash
Minister
 
Posts: 3249
Founded: Feb 03, 2014
Ex-Nation

Postby Killdash » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:08 pm

Mavorpen wrote:
Killdash wrote:

Completly ignoring their mind boggling complexity.

But it isn't mind boggling complex. I mean, I literally memorized the structure for an exam.



When stranded together to create for than single celled organisms, DNA is so complex, that a single pinhead contains the Libary of Congress.
How do you take your tea?: Seriously, very seriously.
Who the hell do you think you are?: I see myself as a mix of Don Quixote, Stephen Fry and 12 year old boy mixed into one very strange mind.
Are you always so modest?: Yes, though it takes a man of some character to pull it off.
Hey, your insensitive remark/insult/racial slur has me in a tizzy: Well, if you wish to cyber insult me, then do your worst.
Auremenas bitch
Roguishly good looking gentleman
Nationstates premier assassin for hire
For a small fee, of course.
5th spouse of Kannap (for 48 hours, but still counts)

User avatar
Forsher
Postmaster of the Fleet
 
Posts: 21516
Founded: Jan 30, 2012
New York Times Democracy

Postby Forsher » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:08 pm

I have a vague interest in evolution, accept its truth and spend very little time worrying about it (which is to say, I spend no time worrying about it).

Merizoc wrote:Show me an example of a bearded sky fairy.


Ah, a trick questions. There are floating sky beards, smiles and fairies. However, sky fairies are hairless and, so, don't grow beards.

Geilinor wrote:
Killdash wrote:

As well as in integral part of ID. In ID, it is used as evidence of a thinking designer, who added a adaptation toggle to his species. Note that variation in a species does not prove species changing into other species, a concept that has never been observed.

Speciation follows from adaptation.
Image


So, polar bears are a result of allopatric speciation?
That it Could be What it Is, Is What it Is

Stop making shit up, though. Links, or it's a God-damn lie and you know it.

The normie life is heteronormie

We won't know until 2053 when it'll be really obvious what he should've done. [...] We have no option but to guess.

User avatar
Securitan
Diplomat
 
Posts: 954
Founded: Jun 21, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Securitan » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:08 pm

Solaray wrote:I've always been a fan of theistic evolution myself.

Isn't intelligent design just a slightly more subtle way of saying creationism?

Same thing, both truth.
"All war is deception" - Sun Tzu

User avatar
Confederate Ramenia
Ambassador
 
Posts: 1939
Founded: Mar 29, 2014
Ex-Nation

Postby Confederate Ramenia » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:09 pm

Killdash wrote:My personal viewpoint is that no origins theory can be proven correct. It's more a case of looking at the available evidence and interpreting it.

This is the only correct answer. No theory can be proven correct, and no theory is absolutely correct either. I personally believe in evolution happened, but I know it's false.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a genuine workers' state in which all the people are completely liberated from exploitation and oppression. The workers, peasants, soldiers and intellectuals are the true masters of their destiny and are in a unique position to defend their interests.
The Flutterlands wrote:Because human life and dignity is something that should be universally valued above all things in society.

Benito Mussolini wrote:Everybody has the right to create for himself his own ideology and to attempt to enforce it with all the energy of which he is capable.

I disown most of my previous posts

User avatar
Russels Orbiting Teapot
Senator
 
Posts: 4024
Founded: Jan 20, 2015
Ex-Nation

Postby Russels Orbiting Teapot » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:09 pm

Solaray wrote:I've always been a fan of theistic evolution myself.

Isn't intelligent design just a slightly more subtle way of saying creationism?

The way most people use it, yes.

ID is just a collection of arguments to use against evolution. There is no developed 'Theory of Intelligent Design'.

User avatar
Geilinor
Post Czar
 
Posts: 41328
Founded: Feb 20, 2010
Ex-Nation

Postby Geilinor » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:09 pm

Forsher wrote:
So, polar bears are a result of allopatric speciation?

Not an expert, but maybe.
Member of the Free Democratic Party. Not left. Not right. Forward.
Economic Left/Right: -1.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.41

User avatar
Mavorpen
Khan of Spam
 
Posts: 63266
Founded: Dec 20, 2011
Ex-Nation

Postby Mavorpen » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:09 pm

Killdash wrote:
Mavorpen wrote:But it isn't mind boggling complex. I mean, I literally memorized the structure for an exam.



When stranded together to create for than single celled organisms, DNA is so complex, that a single pinhead contains the Libary of Congress.

No it isn't. Four base pairs isn't complex at all.
"The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders. raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did."—former Nixon domestic policy chief John Ehrlichman

User avatar
Securitan
Diplomat
 
Posts: 954
Founded: Jun 21, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Securitan » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:10 pm

Confederate Ramenia wrote:
Killdash wrote:My personal viewpoint is that no origins theory can be proven correct. It's more a case of looking at the available evidence and interpreting it.

This is the only correct answer. No theory can be proven correct, and no theory is absolutely correct either. I personally believe in evolution happened, but I know it's false.

You believe in it even if you know it is false? This is Satan confusing you!
"All war is deception" - Sun Tzu

User avatar
Geilinor
Post Czar
 
Posts: 41328
Founded: Feb 20, 2010
Ex-Nation

Postby Geilinor » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:10 pm

Killdash wrote:
Mavorpen wrote:But it isn't mind boggling complex. I mean, I literally memorized the structure for an exam.



When stranded together to create for than single celled organisms, DNA is so complex, that a single pinhead contains the Libary of Congress.

Molecules are tiny.
...

No shit.
Member of the Free Democratic Party. Not left. Not right. Forward.
Economic Left/Right: -1.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.41

User avatar
Neutraligon
Game Moderator
 
Posts: 40533
Founded: Oct 01, 2011
New York Times Democracy

Postby Neutraligon » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:10 pm

Killdash wrote:
Neutraligon wrote:
We can show that the building blocks of life are capable of coming from non-living material. And no abiogenesis is not the same thing as spontaneous generation. Give me evidence that an intelligent designer made everything.


Show me this evidence.

My personal viewpoint is that no origins theory can be proven correct. It's more a case of looking at the available evidence and interpreting it.


So what is the evidence that there is an intelligent creator?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 162009.htm
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2 ... MbyZC5SKsA
If you want to call me by a nickname, call me Gon...or NS Batman.
Mod stuff: One Stop Rules Shop | Reppy's Sig Workshop | Getting Help Request
Just A Little though

User avatar
Securitan
Diplomat
 
Posts: 954
Founded: Jun 21, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Securitan » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:11 pm

Killdash wrote:
Mavorpen wrote:But it isn't mind boggling complex. I mean, I literally memorized the structure for an exam.



When stranded together to create for than single celled organisms, DNA is so complex, that a single pinhead contains the Libary of Congress.

Where is your source?

EDIT: For DNA existing, I mean.
Last edited by Securitan on Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.
"All war is deception" - Sun Tzu

PreviousNext

Advertisement

Remove ads

Return to General

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Dimetrodon Empire, El Lazaro, Enormous Gentiles, Eurocom, Forsher, Maryland-Delaware, Orcuo, Thermodolia

Advertisement

Remove ads