I we were made out of dirt...

[Ingledsva]

The Russians were created from vodka.

I think you are right.

I was invited to a party when I was in Moscow. The whole long table was covered in chocolates, sweets, thick coffee, and a LOT of Vodka. LOL!

The lady sitting next to me actually slid off her chair and under the table.

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[DavidFirth]

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No. We all did.

 

[DavidFirth]

What on Earth are you talking about? What the heck does atheism have to do with evolution and cancer?

Also I am not a big fan of atheism either, it is a bit better than theism because it lacks the whole "divine" knowledge aspect, but it is still often just ridiculous. -isms overall are just a joke.

Atheism teaches that there is/was no creator. So if you're an atheist you're forced to conclude that cancer and death are just naturally what happens along with abiogenesis.

 

[Polymath257]

No. We all did.

I was going to label that as 'funny' to show disagreement. But it really isn't. It is demented.

 

[Polymath257]

Atheism teaches that there is/was no creator. So if you're an atheist you're forced to conclude that cancer and death are just naturally what happens along with abiogenesis.

Yes, they are natural processes. Just like many other diseases we have figured out how to cure. Smallpox, polio, all those covered by antibiotics, etc. Yes, cancer is a scourge, but we are making progress. Many types of cancer (it isn't a single disease) already have treatments that work most of the time.

But these treatments didn't happen because people were praying. They happened because people were looking at the natural world, learning how it works, have doing the hard job of figuring out how to better this world rather than pining for the next.

So, while they are 'natural', they can also be fought with 'natural' methods and we can learn these methods by studying the natural world.

 

[Polymath257]

Nonsense. Genesis explains that men messed up, not God. You imply that you're not familiar with Genesis and what it says.

Some of us don't think Genesis is a valid account of history.

Nobody 'messed up'. Diseases have been around since long before the dinosaurs (we see evidence of them in the bones we discover).

As for water (also known as dihydrogen monoxide):

Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division - dihydrogen monoxide info

It really is found in all cancer cells!

 

[Ponder This]

How come our bodies are mostly water?

*Some assembly required, batteries not included.

It seems there is no end to the desire to interpret religious text as scientific treatise. Am I right?

Religious text: "By the way, you have a soul. It's sort of important to know that you aren't just dirt."
Reader: "This passage clearly indicates we were made from dirt and not water. Science is a lie."

Yup. Pretty much every religious text everywhere should've just been a science textbook. Besides, no proof for the soul can be found anywhere using any material science we've developed. So it's clearly not important to tell anyone about that...

 

[Jeremiahcp]

Atheism teaches that there is/was no creator. So if you're an atheist you're forced to conclude that cancer and death are just naturally what happens along with abiogenesis.

I am fairly sure magical unicorns are the cause of cancer; they are mad that we gave Christmas to Santa Claus.

Not only do you seem to not even have a basic understanding of evolution or cancer but you also don't seem to understand atheism. It is no surprise you are so deeply fooled by such a silly religion as Christianity.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

And both God and me are in the real world ...

^ too easy ...

 

[Skwim]

No. We all did.

Well of course,

because that's what good and all loving beings do.

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[columbus]

Atheism teaches that there is/was no creator.

No, it doesn't. Atheism doesn't teach anything.

Atheists are the people who realize that religion is fiction, created by humans. Religions are ideologies invented by humans, who have no way to Know the Truth, to convince each other of things that make them feel better. Religions are not about Truth. They are not about Reality. They are about Humanity, and human weakness and ignorance and neediness. Not about The Creator.
Tom

 

[Jainarayan]

No, that's because of our sin.

A two year old with cancer has sin?

 

[Jainarayan]

Well of course,

because that's what good and all loving beings do.

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Beat me to it. And that's what I get for not reading all the way.

 

[ChristineM]

Nonsense. Genesis explains that men messed up, not God. You imply that you're not familiar with Genesis and what it says.

So you are saying your god is not omniscient?

 

[ChristineM]

Atheism teaches that there is/was no creator. So if you're an atheist you're forced to conclude that cancer and death are just naturally what happens along with abiogenesis.

No it doesn't, atheism is simply "disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods." Nothing more nothing less, no tuition involved.

However, yes cancer and death are natural, cancer by errors in cell division, (you could blame your omniscient god for screwing up there). Death by the cessation of biological function (what god creates worshippers that conk out just when the veneration is getting good?,)

You may be interested to know, who knows if you'll ever need it but medical science is making progress to a/ reduce cancer and b/ prolong life.

 

[ChristineM]

A two year old with cancer has sin?

Childhood leukemia always had me wondering about the merits of religious dogma.

 

[DavidFirth]

A two year old with cancer has sin?

No. Because of OUR sin.

 

[DavidFirth]

Well of course,

because that's what good and all loving beings do.

.​

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There is none good, but one, that is, God.

 

[ChristineM]

How come our bodies are mostly water?

Both hydrogen and oxygen are abundant in the in the universe and highly reactive. Makes more sense than rare gasses

 

[DavidFirth]

Some of us don't think Genesis is a valid account of history.

Nobody 'messed up'. Diseases have been around since long before the dinosaurs (we see evidence of them in the bones we discover).

As for water (also known as dihydrogen monoxide):

Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division - dihydrogen monoxide info

It really is found in all cancer cells!

I'll go with what God knows over what you or anyone thinks every time.