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Christian Churches Celebrate Darwin's Birthday
kthejoker writes "Today is the 197th anniversary of the great biologist Charles Darwin's birth. In response, some 450 Christian churches are celebrating Darwin's birth, saying, 'Darwin`s theory of biological evolution is compatible with faith and that Christians have no need to choose between religion and science.' There's also an interesting perspective on Darwinism and Christianity in the San Jose Mercury News."
How about the idiots who, for example, think Bush is comparable to Hitler
I drive an SUV -- and I'm actually pretty proud of the fact. says it all. SUV driving bush supporter. fuckwit all round
Oh please. Are you calling fundamentist Christians the "American Taliban" simply because they have an opinion contrary to yours? You state that they "have taken over any kind of discussion of religion in this country". If your side is correct, don't you trust the rational average American to judge for themselves? Exactly how have they "taken over the discussion" in America? Certainly not at the point of a gun, as did the actual Taliban.
You sound like the crowd that equates G.W. Bush with Hitler.
Sounds like you are scared of people having alternative ideas, other than your own. People are won over with words, not force, and definitely not with name-calling. That's why Creationism is gaining ground and your side is losing ground in public opinion.
Oh please. Are you calling fundamentist Christians the "American Taliban" simply because they have an opinion contrary to yours? You state that they "have taken over any kind of discussion of religion in this country". If your side is correct, don't you trust the rational average American to judge for themselves? Exactly how have they "taken over the discussion" in America? Certainly not at the point of a gun, as did the actual Taliban.
You sound like the crowd that equates G.W. Bush with Hitler.
Sounds like you are scared of people having alternative ideas, other than your own. People are won over with words, not force, and definitely not with name-calling. That's why Creationism is gaining ground and your side is losing ground in public opinion.
Wow that would make you about seventy. And your posting on Slashdot. You must be one hip grandpa judging from your posting history. You know about wikipedia to Civilization.
Ooo man the floppy drive is broken. No wait. The computer is just upside down.
Churches...churches where a Bible is actually *used* will not take this position. Suspect any church, claiming to be Christian, taking this stances; it's not compatible.
:)
No, not because I think being descended from apes is embarrasing- God could have squirted us into being as "hyperintelligent shades of the color blue"; it's because the science doesn't match up.
I'll be first to admit that The Big Bang is described in Genesis 1, but the origins of man can't be plainer. Even today, Darwin's attempt to explain the origins of man aren't very accurate with his book, Origins_of_Species.
I'm also very quick to agree that while the animals may have been created by a long, *seemingly* random process of natural selection, it's clear to modern science that mankind just didn't happen that way:
1. Everywhere in nature, the double helix DNA works the same way. To mate, animals must have the same number of 'rungs'. But man has 46, and ape has 48; humans have #2 & #3 bonded together. Nowhere else in nature are rungs "bonded" like this. We're just not the same, but we appear similar, visually.
2. Muscle tissue, not to mention details of the (physical) heart vary greatly between man an primates.
The whole Intelligent Design concepts is based on these differences...but because it merely comes to the conclusion that "we don't know how we came to be, but it must have been something bigger than ourselves" the people so quick to accept Darwin are not supporting ID, at all.
I'll betcha that when it's all over, Darwin will explain animals, and ID as a general concept will be proven correct for man. But that's my hunch.
Any church taking this position is not trying to get you into heaven. Satan works by offering you many, many distractions: some so completely different (UFO, ghosts, etc) that you won't hear the word and investigate it for yourself, and the other so close that it appears to be the same thing (mormons, etc). I had been a skeptic for decades, looking for answers to Big Foot, ghosts, you-name-it. But the Christian explanation of the big picture makes the most sense, with the least anomalies. Yeah, even with the flood, and other miracles. If you get curious, drop me a line.
AND JUST SO I CAN BE ONCE AGAIN MODDED "OFF TOPIC"....
Have you heard, as I have, that the pyramids, as explained by the eqyptoligists, would have meant dropping a 100+ ton block in place every 8 seconds, continuously, for 100 years?
I've also heard that "No dead body has ever been found in the pyramids". Can anyone verify this for me?
(The point being, scientists don't always get it right, from looking at ruins....)
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Cause and effect doesn't work?? WTF.
//step 1 //step 2 //step 3 - PROFIT!!! ! ! ! !! ! THE GNOMES WERE RIGHT
Cause: I want/need money.
Effect: Create huge scam. Call it religion.
Elaboration: Exchange promise of afterlife for collection basket donations. Who's gonna come back from the dead and sue? No one. DEATH = END; no accountability = perfect legal scam. Call the people sheep - insult them but let them love you for insulting them. Oh yeah, tell them they are sinners once they are born. Being slaves to their own bodies isn't enough. They will have to make their children join too.
For you code monkeys, here is the linear model code form of religion:
Notice how its recursive.
bool DoReligion()
{
while(death == end)
{
CreateSoulMisconception();
PromiseAfterlifeForSoul();
PassCollectionBasket();
}
if( ModifyBeliefs() ) return DoReligion();
else return AbortAndRun();
}
Im not a sheep. I can accept that death is the end of life. That my personailty is a product of being human and the numerable (but not yet measurable) chemical reactions throughout my body. That, by being human, I am manipulated by my own body to ensure survival and procreation. I can even understand why closed-minded people are intrigued by religion - because its designed to manipulate the weak-minded.
Religions will always change their beliefs to match scientific progress - they need followers(sheep) for money. Thats why evangelists dont want science and evolutionary theory taught in school. Humans(general case iq >= 100) have a nack for accepting teachings that are likely to be true and are less likely to join a religion that believes in genesis if a better theory exists. Religion requires sheep for the flock - sheep only bah and follow, they dont speak. Good sheep - let me lead you to the afterlife its just over this cliff...
I could go on.. but this topic upsets me too much.