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Why do Evolutionists not like to actually debate Evolution and rely on personal attacks?
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Ouroboros
Coincidentia oppositorum
My path to understanding it began by being honest to myself. I realized that I had learned to lie to myself in the religious establishment. Instead of actually admitting to what I knew, I kept on "preaching" to myself what I was supposed to believe. But when I stopped doing that and began to be honest to myself, things changed. Truth begins with oneself.
Alceste
Vagabond
I feel fortunate that my father taught me how to think, as opposed to what to think. Thanks to him, I've never had to have this kind of struggle you describe. I admire those who manage to break free from indoctrination that leads to self-deception. For me, not being able to separate fact from fiction would be hell.
InformedIgnorance
Do you 'know' or believe?
Of course, after all humanity is a rather recent addition to the planet, therefore most specifes that have gone extinct have done so without human presence. On the other hand, currently we are going through a period of mass extinction - of which humans are the primary cause probably arising due to our deforestation and agricultural pursuits traditionally but now the effects of climate change have also begun to show.
I was a Muslim for the majority of my life; it was only about 3 years ago at age 19 where I discarded my religion completely. I didn't come from a particularly religious family but I grew up in a very religious environment as most my school mates were Muslim and most of my extended family are very religious. I started to doubt my religion at 16 but kept deluding myself until 18. From the age 18 to 19 I became a "Quran-only" Muslim (due to the things i was reading in the hadiths) in the hope that I could reconcile my present beliefs with Islamic teaching but enough was enough and I completely got out at around 19. It was a tough path but pursuing the truth is well worth it.
Enai de a lukal
Well-Known Member
Yeah, "creationist science" is an oxymoron if there ever was one.
McBell
mantra-chanting henotheistic snake handler
Well..?
Peed a little? Or, peed on it all from a considerable height? Which was it?
Species have been going extinct long long before humans were on the scene.
Extinction is part of the natural way of things.
The irony is that it is only so because what ended up being the Creationist movement defines itself not by faith in a creator (which would perhaps be unremarkable, and certainly not enough to fuel the depths of controversy that exist) but instead by a misguided "defiance" of science.
Freedomelf
Active Member
You mentioned the last universal ancestor in an earlier post, so I thought you might have a theory on LUCA. (Last Universal Common Ancestor)
I find it fascinating that the last universal common ancestor is now believed by some to have been much more advanced than previously thought. This article doesn't really attest to that, but it does give a good description. This is an area I once studied (although not for quite a while, so I'm not up on every latest development.)
What is the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA)? (ActionBioscience)
I'm excited by the new developments, particularly the gene swapping one that this article says "threatens to fell the tree of life." Although I'm still a firm evolutionist, it is something that no doubt will cause many to rethink the whole evolutionary theory.
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I.S.L.A.M617
Illuminatus
I've got a buddy named Luca; Italian guy...
In all seriousness though, that's a pretty interesting article.
In all seriousness though, that's a pretty interesting article.
Enai de a lukal
Well-Known Member
While its certainly true that creationism's thorough-going anti-intellectualism and mistrust of science makes the phrase even more ludicrous, the notion of ANY science of an act of divine creation is fairly absurd in its own right...
Alceste
Vagabond
I think they do that so they can keep claiming everyone who accepts evolution is sarcastic and condescending, and not at all interested in serious discussion.
Cognitive bias is a spectacular thing to behold sometimes. Almost magical.