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@OogieBoogie [quote]Show me where I said I was a creationist[/quote]

Oh, you never have.

So you’re not a creationist?

No silly talk about some or other creator?

Well, that makes it easier... we can toss that postulation into the bin 👍

@OogieBoogie Did you mean that Thornton's reply to Zimmer supports your contention that
[quote]natural selection is just chance .[/quote]
It doesn't say anything of the kind. The word [i]chance[/i] is used in connection with [i]genetic drift[/i] and [i]contingency[/i] not selection.

@ninalanyon my bad.

@ElwoodBlues [quote]Evidence has history[/quote]

the evidence I am showing you... the evidence you’re trying to ignore... has a 3.5 billion year history

Is that long enough for you?

Now, do you have a philosophical explanation for that evidence?

@ElwoodBlues [quote]Trying to change the definition of the word[/quote]

Whose definition are you talking about ? And who made it finite to say it's definite .. when we are dwelling in infinity ?

And why should I accept or adhere to your finite ?

So fuck all to your definitions ..

@in10RjFox Thanks for the weak sophistry about the definition of "definition," the weak attempts to change the subject, and your introduction of the f-word; it's all pretty cute coming from someone with your pretensions of piety!!

[quote]for I do have a different hypothesis for the whole thing[/quote] Why don't you share that "different hypothesis" you promised us? Are you afraid the "Flying Spaghetti Monster" hypothesis will make your hypothesis look ridiculous?? If so, your fear may be justified, [b]LOL!!![/b]

Or maybe you should just demand that tuition money back from your "Bible School." They told you they had prepared you to debate about science, and that is, [b][i]provably,[/i][/b] a lie!!

@in10RjFox [quote]victimising passersby[/quote]

????

[b]specifically?[/b]

@in10RjFox [quote]so it's vitamin C that's master of evolution ?[/quote] [b]DUUUDE!!![/b] That's just [i]one example![/i] There are hundreds or thousands spread across our DNA!!

@newjaninev2 also gave you variations in cytochrome c encoding. She also gave you centromeres & telemeres on chromosome 2. @in10RjFox your continued evasion of the question does you no credit whatsoever.

Remember: [quote]@newjaninev2 since you insist .. I am all game for it .. let the show begin ..[/quote]
You asked for evidence, you've been provided with evidence, and now you're just ducking and weaving and playing word games. You bring discredit on your entire enterprise here!!

@ElwoodBlues Unfortunately, it’s SOP for creationists

@BlueSkyKing [quote]some religious people find evolution unacceptable[/quote]

That’s hilarious. They’re offended by anything that invalidates their unsupported claims. Do they really need to be catered to, patronised, and afforded special treatment?

@Emosaur I also note the false dichotomy. If not creationism then evolution, and if not evolution then creationism.

What does evolution have to do with creationism?

@SW-User Evolution is change in the frequency and distribution of alleles.

That’s it. That’s evolution. Nothing extra... that’s all it is.

Are you saying that the frequency and distribution of alleles never changes?

@DeWayfarer If only it weren’t for all that pesky evidence which needs to be completely, consistently, and coherently explained

Not interpreted.

Explained

Science is a methodology... a set of methods through which we can ask questions of the universe and know how much confidence to place in the answers. It’s the best way we have to keep from fooling others and, more importantly, to keep from fooling ourselves (as Richard Feynman pointed out)

It’s difficult to see why anyone would object to that

@newjaninev2 because the methodology contradicts their beliefs. They assign science as a whole as a "belief". And justify it as it's own contradiction.

"Belief" is its own contradiction. You can not, not believe in anything.

Science: you can not prove a negative!


Yet belief negates itself!

@newjaninev2 And divided the animals into many different species overnight when he made the Cretaceous explode.

@Bushranger Yes, I read on a website how he and Alfred Nobel were involved in a conspiracy to make the Cretaceous explode. Apparently Nobel invented dynamite specifically for that purpose, and then Darwin arranged for it to be placed correctly, and Nikola Tesla supplied the detonation system.

The website author, Divine Knuckledragger, became aware of all this when he deciphered a prophecy concealed in the bible, and he wrote about it in a book, which (conveniently) you can order from his website for only $99.99

@newjaninev2 Yes, fantastic book. I bought several copies because it was so good.

The Cretaceous explosion was pretty good, but nowhere near as good as their Big Bang. If it wasn't for Darwin [i]et al[/i], there'd be nothing at all in the whole universe.

@Laffytaffy so the entire universe should be in the 'spirituality and religion’ section?

@newjaninev2 no only in the science section

@LeopoldBloom Eventually, yes

Have you heard that beautiful, quite haunting Icelandic song ‘everything is gonna be like everything, anyway’?

@newjaninev2 I had not, until now. I just looked it up. Thanks for sharing that.

@PhaqueYou why would christians and atheists fight?

There are no common points on which they can disagree

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow No. You mean [b]you[/b] don't know what religion or cult is. 🙂

@Zonuss 🤦‍♂️

@Zonuss [quote]A religion[/quote]

What are its tenets, and what is its doctrine?

@SW-User What tenets and doctrine does an atheist follow?