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RufusAtticus · 06-16-2002, 11:07 PM

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RufusAtticus · 06-16-2002, 11:09 PM

<a href="http://www.christianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16181&perpage=10&displa y=&pagenumber=2" target="_blank">Creationist Mistakes</a>

For a little bit more with Celandine.

beoba · 06-17-2002, 12:14 AM

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The chances of the earth, much less the entire galaxy, being created by a chance explosion as the result of the collision of some floating space dust (where did the dust come from, anyway?) is the same as the chances of you taking a brand new watch, smashing it to pieces, putting it into a plastic bag and shaking it for a thousand years, and pulling out a brand new watch. It just isn't possible.

Um.. I'm not even going to start with whats wrong with that statement. I'm curious as to where the poster got their information.

Camaban · 06-17-2002, 02:20 AM

I've seen worse

man I feel depressed after typing that.

KC · 06-17-2002, 03:13 AM

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Originally posted by RufusAtticus:
<a href="http://www.christianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16181&perpage=10&displa y=&pagenumber=2" target="_blank">Creationist Mistakes</a>

For a little bit more with Celandine.

After reading your last post in there, I hope you have read Pygmalion. You have your work cut out for you.

Cheers,

KC

hezekiah jones · 06-17-2002, 05:34 AM

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Originally posted by RufusAtticus:
<a href="http://www.christianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16171" target="_blank">Something to think about</a>

<img src="graemlins/banghead.gif" border="0" alt="[Bang Head]" />

btw it was D. James Kennedy that put a watch in a plastic bag and smacked it with a hammer in his creationist video.

Rufus, have you read God's word, the Bible?!? rofl

MrDarwin · 06-17-2002, 06:38 AM

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The chances of the earth, much less the entire galaxy, being created by a chance explosion as the result of the collision of some floating space dust (where did the dust come from, anyway?) is the same as the chances of you taking a brand new watch, smashing it to pieces, putting it into a plastic bag and shaking it for a thousand years, and pulling out a brand new watch. It just isn't possible.

Clearly, pattern and complexity can never come from natural processes. That's why those rock formations or tree trunks that look like human faces or other parts of the human anatomy were designed to look that way, rather than occurring naturally by random chance. Heck, we can find the <a href="http://www.butterflyalphabet.com/Images/alpha01.jpg" target="_blank">entire alphabet on butterfly wings</a>: clearly a case of an intelligent designer putting them there for us to find.

[ June 17, 2002: Message edited by: MrDarwin ]

RufusAtticus · 06-17-2002, 08:01 AM

Remember those girls are in middle school. They probably haven't had much exposure to evolution.

They do show promise. It only took one try to get Celandine to realize the flaws in Pascal's Wager.

[ June 17, 2002: Message edited by: RufusAtticus ]

Coragyps · 06-17-2002, 08:09 AM

Rufus: I think you're doing an excellent job: Celandine seems bright enough, and just has never been exposed to things outside her little world. Now GunnySgt, on the other hand.....

MrD: hmm.. and you noticed that it's the English alphabet, and not any of them heathenish Arabic or Chinese or Hebrew or nuthin'.

[ June 17, 2002: Message edited by: Coragyps ]

06-17-2002, 08:56 AM

Rufus: I am immensely impressed by your patience!
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RufusAtticus Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NCSU Posts: 5,853	Remember those girls are in middle school. They probably haven't had much exposure to evolution. They do show promise. It only took one try to get Celandine to realize the flaws in Pascal's Wager. [ June 17, 2002: Message edited by: RufusAtticus ]</p>

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Coragyps Veteran Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Snyder,Texas,USA Posts: 4,411	Rufus: I think you're doing an excellent job: Celandine seems bright enough, and just has never been exposed to things outside her little world. Now GunnySgt, on the other hand..... MrD: hmm.. and you noticed that it's the English alphabet, and not any of them heathenish Arabic or Chinese or Hebrew or nuthin'. [ June 17, 2002: Message edited by: Coragyps ]</p>

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