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Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. (JN 8:32)
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And I have the right to laugh at the pope and his funny hat.
Obama wants to be the Preacher Man of the United States.
"gaps in fossil records"
So what? Don't you know anything about the molecular evidence? The fossils are not necessary!
"no evidence for one species evolving into another"
That's lying. Are all Christians compulsive liars?
Again, don't you know anything about the molecular evidence? Biologists can determine evolutionary relationships with 100% certainty. Your "no evidence for one species evolving into another" proves you are uneducated and/or dishonest.
Biological evolution, including our close relationship to the other ape species, is the strongest fact of science. Get used to it. Your lying and/or ignorance is not going to change reality.
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We shall therefore be in Darwin commemorative territory this next year or so. To the scientifically literate portion of humanity this will be an occasion to acknowledge with gratitude and respect one of the giants of our understanding, a figure to rank with Newton, Gauss, and Einstein. Darwins theory of evolution by natural selection supplied an elegant explanation for the great variety of living things on Earth. No alternative explanation (other than the miraculous) has ever been offered, and a century and a half of inquiry has produced not a single observation that contradicts Darwins basic principles. Those principles form the foundation of the life sciences. As the great biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky framed it: Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.
S. Michael Craven: "... it merely points out that scientific discoveries since the release of Darwins On the Origin of Species in 1859 reveal a growing number of 'holes' in the theory."
Mr. Craven, this really makes me mad. You have a lot of nerve to spread lies about biological evolution. In the past 150 years the evidence for evolution has become a mountain. All scientific discoveries since Darwin have made evolution stronger. Darwin would be amazed at how powerful the evidence for his natural selection idea is today.
Please believe in any childish nonsense you want, Mr. Craven, but stop being a compulsive liar. When you spread lies about science to defend your childish belief in magic, you make all Christians look bad.
S. Michael Craven,
Are you a biologist?
I didn't think so.
You don't even know what science is. (Hint, scientists don't invoke magic. That's what your religious creation myths are, magic.)
"The film doesnt really argue for intelligent design, as its critics claim, ..."
How could Expelled argue for Intelligent Design? Intelligent design means magically created. There's no evidence for it.
"... it merely points out that scientific discoveries since the release of Darwins On the Origin of Species in 1859 reveal a growing number of 'holes' in the theory."
S. Michael Craven, you are a LIAR. What holes? Let's have your holes Mr. Craven, and let's have some evidence for your holes.
You are extremely dishonest Mr. Craven, and you owe thousands of biologists an apology.
Perhaps you think on a Christian website you can spread lies about science and get away with it. Any educated person who read your nonsense knows you're a liar. You should be ashamed of yourself.
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Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles.
[Dr. James D. Watson, winner of the Nobel prize for his co-discovery of the structure of DNA]
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Einsteins latest words offer scant comfort to the traditionally faithful.
In the letter, according to the A.P. account, he wrote that the word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.
As for his fellow Jews, he said that Judaism, like all other religions, was an incarnation of the most childish superstitions.
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Today's news: From the grave, Albert Einstein poured gasoline on the culture wars between science and religion this week. A letter the physicist wrote in 1954 to the philosopher Eric Gutkind, in which he described the Bible as pretty childish and scoffed at the notion that the Jews could be a chosen people, sold for $404,000 at an auction in London.
I agree with Einstein. The stories in the Bible are fairy tales for children.
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The Rev. R. Whitfield Bass, pastor of St. John United, which combines Methodist and Presbyterian traditions, called the cross a "symbol of freedom."
The cross is the symbol of a death cult called Christianity.
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Praying is talking to yourself.
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The deniers of global warming should buy real estate near the ocean in South Florida if they don't think that real estate will be under water some day in this century.
"If God really does exist then its likely science will reveal evidence of His work."
No, that's not correct. Science exists to find natural causes for natural events. Science does not make guesses about supernatural ideas. Also, there could never be any evidence for anything supernatural. Your "If God really does exist then its likely science will reveal evidence of His work" is wishful thinking. It will never happen. Have faith in God if you want to, but don't expect science to support your faith. Science has absolutely nothing to do with any religious idea. That's why it's extremely dishonest to claim intelligent design creationism is scientific.
The Discovery Institute does not like to talk about who the designer is, because they are trying to disguise intelligent design to look scientific. They are not fooling anyone. Everyone knows intelligent design is a religious idea that has absolutely nothing to do with science. That's fine, but why be dishonest about it? Why not just admit intelligent design is religious and not scientific? Isn't there some Commandment that forbids lying?
"Because thats not the realm of science."
Then intelligent design is not the realm of science.
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Wilderness1, you quoted a reverend who criticized evolution. I would be more impressed if you quoted a biologist, preferably a biologist who doesn't work for the Christian organization called the Discovery Institute.
I would also be more impressed if you didn't quote the Bible as if the Bible had any science in it.
"ID makes no claims at all about who the Intelligent Designer is."
Why not?
"Since this page is a Billy Graham article I recall Mr. Graham once saying the only difference between himself and Charles Manson was the grace of God. That pretty much spells it right out!"
The only thing that kept Graham from murdering people for the fun of it was his belief in God? That's disgusting.
On our own we are little more than bits of stone and glass. Together we are the Body of Christ. Holy Bible: Mosaic is an invitation to experience Christ in His Word and in the responses of his people. Each week, as you reflect on guided Scripture readings aligned with the church seasons, you will receive a wealth of insight from historical and contemporary writings.