Actually I can top that people everywhere know smoking increases the chance of cancer, but for many of them the belief that they cannot quit supercedes their knowledge that they should.
In this instance we are not talking "belief", but "addiction". All the "I know I should quit"'s don't mean anything to one of the most addictive substances on earth.
Try again.
Okay here is a better example which would you rather have serving under you a soldier who serves becuase he knows if he doesn't you will shoot him or a soldier who believes that you are doing the right thing. If you chose the first congratulations you are a moron.
Although I fail to see it's relevance to my quote, I will answer:
Answer: Neither, I see no point whatsoever in dying for a bit of rock. Come near me or my family, I'll shoot you dead - but otherwise I don't really give a shit. The soldier who is under threat is at least preserving his life, the latter is being naive.
Actually it is a statement said by the wise and accepted by those who know the difference between knowledge and wisdom.
Actually no, it's a statement made by idiots and accepted by idiots. I'm sorry, did you think the "actually" actually meant something?
The point is if you cannot disprove something you cannot make the claim it is not there.
And when someone said it was, you'd say "prove it". So, as a believer in invisible floaty space beings.. "prove it".
From his limited experience he can certainlu believe this. However those of us who have seen sodium or greek fire know different.
Ok, so you're saying you've seen a god? What does it look like?
but the point against you is that the genes must come together some way when a person is born. It is not like if that combination wasn't hit there would be no baby. The take a look at the myriad of things that could have happened with the universe everything form still being collapsed matter to just a sprinkle of dust everywhere
I agree. Look at all those billions upon billions of planets that don't contain life. If you don't believe me, ask a Jupiterian what he thinks of the matter. Oops, no babies there..
That his planet came about in this condition is nothing short of astounding.
Nonsense. Ok sure, it beat Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Xena, u1193, and a few trillion other planets currently who's names slip my mind right now. Some of them go round their sun in a few days, some in a few thousand earth years, some have days longer than years, some turn upside down, some have moons, some don't have moons, some have rings, some don't have rings, some would incinerate a human at a thousand paces, some are, or once were, habitable. Some, like Mars, have remnants of water, some don't.
What you're saying is that Jupiter coming about in the condition it did is nothing short of astounding. I agree, it is rather marvellous - but not an indication of gods, goblins, ghosts or ghouls.
That life spontaneously started is even more astounding.
Spontaneously? Hmm...
Can we first have a quick discussion as to what life is? What, to you, is life? Is Mycoplasma genitalium life? It is certainly considered so with a genome of only 400 units. What if it had 200 units? 100? 50? Where is the line between life and chemical reaction?
So, that 200 unit "chemical reaction" becomes 400 units. You now define it as life. Is that spontaneous or miraculous?
Biblic creation in genesis goes by days, but this is not mans days but gods. At one point in the Bible god mentions that ten thousand years is but a merest moment to him.
Alas this doesn't work. It is oft mentioned that 1 day to man is a thousand years to god. In this instance the 7 day creation actually means 6000 years and 1000 years rest, (7000 years). But then that would also mean that Noah was at sea for 40,000 years, and Adam lived for 339450000 years. You
cannot just switch between dating systems. A day is either a day or it's a thousand years. Which is it? The same guy that said Adam lived for 930 years is the same guy that said god created the world in 7 days. Was he talking in god years, human years or perhaps dog years?
A smart christian like myself realizes that God created the universe and all the laws and chaos that goes into it.
While you self admiration is wonderful, there doesn't seem to be much logic mixed in with that intelligence.
Evolutions exists and has existed, it is just the tool god used to get life to the point he wanted it.
You're right, evolution does exist. You guys weren't saying that 50 years ago. The more we "know" the further your god vanishes into the void. You just steal reality and give the kudos to god.
No need to be insulting about your ignorance.
Well, you trying to insult me because of my apparent insulting is hypocricy. It makes you look like a twat. If that is what you wanted, congratulations, you passed with flying colours.
Some bibles claim 7000 years. Well they all do, but they have been rewritten and rewritten and edited and changed so much in some cases
So, bibles are untrustable?
Of course the beginning got cloudy over the years, translations and oral traditions, so to put a date on things they went with most verifiable and consistant dates.
Consistant dates heh.. So either the planet was made in 7 days or Adam lived for 339450000 years. Which was it?
And by the way I'd like to see you survive in the wilds of africa after we drop you off in the buff.
I probably wouldn't, what was the point?
