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Old 06-07-2002, 07:27 AM   #21
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<strong> However, I think that the spelling was much too good and you didn't use caps a single time. Those two points meant that it didn't ring true for me.</strong>
Ah. So it would be more like this...

SATAN, the LORD OF THE FLIES, has used his sinister WILES to lead teh SECULAR EVOLUTIONIST SCIENTISTS in a conpirascy of GODLESSNESS, spreading an ANTI-GOSPEL thru teh PUBLIC SCHOOLS in clear volition of the FRIST AMENDMENT!!!!!

Something along those lines?

That almost sounds like "leet" hacker speak... I AM TEH 1337 EVILUTONIST WITH TEH MASTAR DABATING SKILLZ!!!!! PHEAR MY MAD TURKANA BOY JPEGS!!!!!
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Maybe in Britain they do... You need to move to California, or as it's sometimes called, "Silicon valley."
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Old 06-07-2002, 07:39 AM   #23
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You didn't know about the Evil atheist conspiracy? A group bent on world dominion, using evolution as it's tool. ALL scientists, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, etc. have combined together in this cabal designed to rid the world of Gawd forever and ever. Muwahahahahahaa! I should know, I'm a card carrying member....
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I should know, I'm a card carrying member....
Is yours laminated like mine, with the cool hologram of Darwin's face, that turns into a demon when you hold it up to the light just right?
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Old 06-07-2002, 08:29 AM   #25
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<strong>Actually, if my own high school experience is any indication, it was part of a conspiracy to make me flunk the AP Bio test...

But evolution didn't give me the hardest time, come to think of it. I kept getting "xylem" and "phloem" cells confused. Worse than stalactites and stalagmites...</strong>
Come on guys, use your phonetics.

Pholem = Food;
Which leaves xylem = water.

Stalactite = ceiling;
Stalagmite = ground.

[Nick burns] Was that so hard? [/Ņick burns]

BTW Iesus, I liked your anti-evilutionist rant. However, you forgot to blame evolution for the crimes of the Nazis and Communists. You also forgot to explain how it's simultaneously responsible for both lassie-fair capitalism and socialism; feminism and sexism; racism and liberalism; New Age spiritism and materialism; the stock market crash and bad breath. Remember, it's not the evidence, but what bad philosophies do to our youth that matters.

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Is 'Is "evolutionist" even a real word?' a real sentence?

(Sorry, couldn't resist a shameless plug for Hofstadter and Quine.)

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Old 06-12-2002, 05:21 PM   #27
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Hey everybody!

It's been a while since I've posted, being tied up with finals as I am. Anyways I was just probing to see if anyone knew of alleged reasons for the "evolution indoctrination". Apparently nothing very creative.
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<strong> Apparently nothing very creative.</strong>
Damn!

The only reason I joined this conspiracy was so that I could have my own hi-tech lair, protected by beautiful ladies in bikinis as bodyguards and lots of henchpersons to act as bullet blotters when double-oh-whatsit turns up and says, "The name's Gish, Duane Gish".
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<strong>Evolution is a bit more credible than Creationism, my friend. Plus, it's more practical for school. Due to separation of Church and State, one really can't teach ANY creation at all, really, under the Constitution. Moreove,r if you were to teach Biblical Creation, you'd then need to teach Creation under All recognized religions. That would be time consuming.

Moreover, there's, yaknow, actual evidence of Evolution. And as for Creation, if you want to argue Holy Writ is evidence, there's way too much conflicting evidence (other scriptures) for it to be feasible. There's no *real* proof.

Ulterior motive? None. It's science. Science belongs in science class. Religion does not. Next?

[ June 06, 2002: Message edited by: Vorador ]</strong>
First of all, how is evolutionism more credible than creationism? How is it more believable that our entire universe with it's complex make-up formed out of gases? And just exactly where did these gases come from? Didn't something or someone have to create them? If so, WHAT created these gases if God didn't? And just what or who is this "what"? If a ball rolls down the stairs, you have to come to the conclusion that something or someone set it into motion. What if there was no one except you, home? What conclusion would you come to?

The funny thing is, Creationism is A LOT easier to believe than Evolutionism. Creationism supports science in more ways just because it ADMITS that nothing can be formed from nothing. Nothing can come from nothing. Something that is created must first have a creator, an architect, even if it just happens to be a bunch of gases.

Tell me where these gases came from.

Here's another thought...you are looking at "GOD" as "religion". God is not religion. God is not a denomination. I am not religious, and do not affiliate myself with any religion. My belief is in a relationship with my creator, who I am in awe of. So you see, creationism has nothing to do with religion, for religion is created by humans.

I can understand why people are turned off by creationism only by one observation: They have connected it with man's formation of religion. Open your mind, take away the "man-made religion", and focus a little harder on what this all means. When you do that, you will see God as he truly is. Not a police officer who gives you a moral "ticket" everytime you do wrong. Not a Santa Claus who is a celestial, grandfatherly type who smiles at everything we do then pats us on the head while giving us whatever we want. Not a tyrannical ruler who demands us to bow before him in fear. Not a "Big Man" John Wayne-type figure. Not "The Force" which would be characterized by all of nature and everything in it being God. You have to look at God as he really is: Our awesome creator who loves us and wants us to return to him for guidance. He's our Father.

Your parents created your body through human biology. Now, I can't speak for everyone, I'm sure, but when I was a child, I was in awe (relatively speaking) of my parents. I feared them in a healthy way (please keep in mind that I had great parents) and listened when they told me the basics of how to live a good life. "Don't run with that scissor! You'll poke your eye out!", or "Eat all of your vegetables so you'll be healthy and strong". I look at God as my father, my creator. He is my guide to life on this earth. He is my "spiritual parent" who shows me the right path.

Once you begin to look at God in THAT way, the way that man-made religion blacks out at times, you will see creationism in a new light. Maybe you will believe it, maybe you won't. But you need to open your mind to that possibility of "God the Father" before you can dismiss any of it.

Okay, I'm off on a tangent. Sorry.

Oh, one more thing...you guys need to not only read evolution literature, you need to read creation literature. I have read many books on evolutionism so that I could understand what it was that I needed to debate against. I suggest you do the same. You will find that there are MANY, MANY more holes in evolution than creation. Remember, Carbon Dating has now proven to be totally inconclusive. I'll comment on that later, since this is getting way, way too long.

Ciao for now,

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Old 06-12-2002, 08:27 PM   #30
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Feisty when you do come back to demonstrate that carbon-dating is inconclusive(good luck your going to need it) please start a new thread.

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