Some of the fundy-types in our town are up in arms that a local pastor signed this petition. What has the fundies upset is that the pastor listed not only his church affiliation but also his title as "Director for Student Assessment" for the same school district (which he is).
I don't...
Speaking of AiG...
I had the "privilege" to attend an AIG seminar just yesterday, specifically Carl Kerby's talk called "Trusting the Boatman". About half the talk was essentially a regular pastor's sermon. The middle section dealt with how folded rock layers in the Grand Canyon prove a...
Well AV,
Athough Ohio and Michigan are close together on the map, I can see we live in totally different worlds. I ask for is tangible evidence of your claims and all you offer are bits o' wisdom from bronze age goatherders.
I'll tell you something, religion was off my radar in my 20s...
Many of the hard core fundies imply that the religious beliefs of the founding fathers would approve of a fundamentalist agenda. For me, showing that many of the FF were deist or atheists is hugely important. Otherwise, I could care less what George Washington did with his Sundays. Blacks were...
I find your ideas amusing and bit frightening.
Perhaps you'd like to consult with a climatologist or geologist before advocating idea of the entire earth being unchanging tropical paradise (or a global flood).
A race of Giants (Nephilim) cannot be dismissed out of hand. Do you have access to...
You're joking, right? :biglaugh:
Good thing that the issue of "sin" has been resolved or is the recent hurricane in New Orleans another instance of god's "intervention"?
I voted for others since I think the many books of the Bible was written by many people who *thought* they were inspired by god. Certain books were selected (or excluded) to be part of the canon by other folks who *thought* they were inspired by god.
I was always skeptical. During campouts in Cub Scouts if you didn't attend the camp "church service" on Sundays you ended up working in the kitchen. Normally, kitchen patrol (KP) was used as a punishment. Didn't go to that many weekend campouts but always did the KP duty on Sundays.
We...
It certainly looked like you were claiming to be able to play chess blindfolded in an earlier post and I remember it mentioned that Ken Ham does as well. Just checked and found out that Jonathan Sarfati plays chess blindfolded. I was wondering if "you" were "he". An amusing misunderstanding...
One of the "scientists" at AiG mentions hIs ability to play chess blindfolded, is AV1611 really Ken Ham?
I noticed Deut's list of biblical absurdities and was hoping you could answer this one as well.
Please explain how copulation in front of a shadowed fence results in spotted offspring...
Kent Hovind has argued that TIME is god of Evolution.
I do *not* regard evolution as a religion but in some very twisted way can see where a YEC might get that idea.
Here's a good link with side-to-side comparison of hominid skulls.
The problem with "missing links" is that as soon as you find one, you generate two more.
:banghead3
Transitional Hominid skulls
Joeboonda,
Maybe you should first check out the FAQ at the talkorigins website. They've dispatched with the young earth creationist points pretty effectively. If afterwards you still have a valid case then I strongly urge you to write your findings up and submit them to a peer-reviewed...
Belated welcome Joeboonda,
I too admire the complexity encountered in the environment. In my molecular genetics lab I have an old bottle of 5M NaCl that has formed huge crystals. I see no more intelligent design in this crystal formation than in the complexities of the trabecular meshwork that...
Yes! You have absolute dominion over the ant hill. You could smite them with fire, flood, or poison yet choose not to do it. Overall, it is just another anthill and you are just another human. No deity required.
I'll admit to setting the bar pretty high for belief in a god. The type of proof required for me to worship the creator is for me, non-sensical since I cannot comprehend why a creator requires worship. One could always respond that it is not within man to know the whims of god but then why...