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I'm interested in your questions regarding the Theory of Evolution. [Spirituality & Religion]

Evolution is the best, most comprehensive, consistent and predictive theory that exists to explain the diversity of life on this planet...and yet there exists a fringe group who reject it. It is my opinion that this is largely due to ignorance.

With an eye to that, i'd like to answer your questions and criticisms about evolution, layman though i am. 馃榾馃憤
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Speedyman70-79, M
I think this is a pretty ignorant statement you have made, typical of a fundamentalist who believes everything he wants to believe. Are we actually talking about natural selection here in which case I think you'll find most people will believe in it . Or are we talking about the idiotic nothing created something argument which is so beloved of fundamentalist atheists ? You are typical of the sort of people who think they know the answer yet don't even understand the question
MarmeeMarchM
@Speedyman This little freak is the king of the morons here on SW
Speedyman70-79, M
Well he believes that nothing made something so it says it all! @MarmeeMarch
@MarmeeMarch

lol [i]damn[/i] am i ever under your skin 馃槒
@Speedyman

Well...there was a lot of criticism jammed in there and i'm not even sure exactly what i'm being criticized for lol
So let's take a couple steps back and you can make explicit what is ignorant about my statement or what is idiotic about my beliefs.

At first blush, it appears that you're getting upset at me for something i don't believe.
Speedyman70-79, M
I'm not upset with you - why should I be upset with someone on sight? I am just pointing out your opinions are ignorant , which of course they are to any thoughtful person. I think actually you're projecting your own annoyance on to me that someone dares to call you what you are @Pikachu
@Speedyman

[quote] - why should I be upset with someone on sight?[/quote]

Don't ask me! lol.
But saying things like ignorant, idiot and typical lack of understanding don't strike me as someone who's approaching the subject calmly馃槈
Keep that in mind for future reference.

[quote] I am just pointing out your opinions are ignorant [/quote]

Now, i [i]did[/i] ask you to explain what was ignorant about my opinion, not repeat that it's ignorant.
I was also hoping you wouldn't ignore the strawman you criticized.
See, i'm not projecting anything onto you because when you "dared to call me out" i didn't respond (unlike some) by calling you ignorant or idiotic. I asked you to clarify your position.
I think that currently gives me the intellectual high ground 馃榿

So let's try this again.

Tell what about my statement is ignorant and explain why my opinion is idiotic.
Speedyman70-79, M
Frankly if you think that gives you the so-called intellectual high ground then you are totally missing the point and you simply don't know what you're talking about . All quite pathetic really@Pikachu
@Speedyman

Cute.

But did you [i]really[/i] think that would distract us from how you very obviously failed to answer my question? Did you honestly think that, little buddy?

Hmmm you know what? It's almost as if you don't like me or what i say and so you lash out even though you can raise no logical or intellectual objection....

lol stay mad, kiddo馃榿

redredredM
What sort of simpleton accepts a bronze age myth simply because he doesnt undertand an origin mechanism?@Speedyman
Speedyman70-79, M
What sort of simpleton thinks we can dispense with the agency because we know (or think we know) the mechanism? You really need to learn to think rather than blindly accepting every bit of piffle that comes on the Internet . @redredred
Speedyman70-79, M
@Pikachu A typical example of someone who has no argument calling someone else a troll . In all your posts I've not seen one credible argument get you keep on putting these idiotic posts on the board. Why? You'll only convince those as gullible as yourself. Anyone who is thought about these things and thought these things through will know that you are wrong. As I have said because we think we know the mechanism we cannot dispense with the agency. This is just common sense, something you seem to be very lacking in
@Speedyman

Nah. I call you a troll because you're so desperate to put me in my place that you just regurgitate a scattershot of insults with no ability to actually make and intelligent, meaningful rebuttal to anything i've said.

I mean, look at the thread your in, champ.
All i've done in this thread was assert that evolution is the best explanation for diversity of life on this planet and [i]your[/i] response was "I think this is a pretty ignorant statement you have made, typical of a fundamentalist who believes everything he wants to believe" 馃槀

I invited questions and you called me ignorant. [i]That[/i] is why i'm calling you out, troll.

But prove me wrong.
Go on and make a rational criticism of my position. And no "dispense with the agency." is not my position.
If the best you find yourself capable of is attacking a straw man then you're not ready to take me on馃槒
Pherick41-45, M
@Speedyman [quote] This is just common sense, something you seem to be very lacking in[/quote]

LOL this from the KING of BullShit himself ... 馃ぃ馃ぃ
redredredM
Ill admit i cannot explain the origin of life. That inability will not drive me to accept an absurd, bronze age myth for an answer. I question the intellectual rigor of anyone who would@Speedyman @Speedyman
Speedyman70-79, M
Yet you accept a nineteenth century myth? @redredred
Speedyman70-79, M
As you have no sense whatever and your mind is a chance happenning of particles how can you think straight? Or perhaps is that you are notably unintelligent@Pherick
Speedyman70-79, M
You have explained nothing and just shown your utter ignorance. I'm just pointing it out to you. The problem is with you guys that you want to live in a dream world where you think you're being intellectual when in fact all your showing Is ignorance. Act I say, I don't want to argue with a fool, but just point out to you that your statements are misguided and uninformed. But then as you live in a world of delusion I can expect no other @Pikachu
Pherick41-45, M
@Speedyman Perhaps you are just long winded and have NEVER posted even the tiniest bit of fact or evidence to back up any of your claims? All you can do is insult people and I honestly think that YOU think it means your winning when in reality all of us just laugh at your postings.
Speedyman70-79, M
I'm not insulting people I'm just telling you the truth of how ignorant your statements are. As far as I can see no atheist here has backed up any proof whatsoever there isn't a God. When we see all the design around about nobody but a fool surely believes it happened of its own accord. I'm not insulting anyone personally I'm just telling you how pathetic these statements - backed up with no arguments - are@Pherick
redredredM
What nineteenth century myth? Please provide any quote from the nineteenth century regarding the origin of life that doesnt start with the god fairy tale. Evolution from earlier species is a proven scientific fact supported by a study of endogenous retroviruses. That study proves the humans and chimps had a common ancestor.@Speedyman
redredredM
Ill try to work with your obvious intellectual disabilities. No one has to prove the non-existence of invisible sky friends. If you want to assert the existence of invisible entities that control and create our world, its up to you to prove that. I dont have to prove theres no invisible elephant in my living room. Anyone asserting that, needs to prove it. Have a grownup read this to you and explain it.@Speedyman
@Speedyman

[quote]You have explained nothing[/quote]

lol how's your reading comprehension, champ?
No, i [i]didn't[/i] explain anything. If you were paying attention (instead of trying to save face) you would notice that what i [i]said[/i] was that i "assert that evolution is the best explanation for diversity of life on this planet ".

Did that go over your head in your eagerness to type a scathing reply?馃槒

I didn't explain why i think that or even how evolution accounts for the biodiversity. I made a statement and invited questions.

That was embarrassing for you...

Aaanyway, it's pretty clear that you're just going to keep repeating your accusation without having the balls or the intellect to actually make a specific criticism of anything i said.

That's because you're a dishonest, petty coward. Or so i must assume based upon your behaviour lol

Hit me up when you grow a pair, ok sport?馃榿馃憤
You may be excused...
daisymay51-55, T
@Speedyman [quote]I'm not insulting people[/quote]

Thou shall not bear false witness.

Enjoy burning in Hell, liar!
@Pherick

Oh i love this guy though!
He seems to believe that calling one's opponent stupid or ignorant is all the argument one needs.
It's a nice little break from actually having to debate people who have some understanding of the subject and the ability to construct a coherent argument.

Bless his little boots lol
Speedyman70-79, M
It always amuses me that atheists think they can say anything about faith but when someone tells them how illogical they are they get offended! 馃槃@daisymay