Principia

Gladly.

I cannot help if you feel insulted by the truth, Rick, that you rarely contribute anything of substance to a thread.

DNAunion

DNAunion: Great, so you admit to being a arshole! I don't think you'll get much contradiction from any one :-)

DNAunion: And your throwing this whole thread off onto an irrelevant tangent because of your longstanding personal vendetta against me? How exactly does that add a whole lot of substance to this thread?????

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Jeremy Pallant

I guess not.

Jeremy Pallant

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DNAunion, Principia, keep it civil, please.

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Frivolous

It makes logical sense and has reason and specific details. Whereas the big bang theory has no reason and is very sketchy.

Life came from nothingness. How can the mechanisms of even simple life arise from nothing more than dirt and sunlight? Are you saying that we are just an evolved complex response to sunlight?

Jeremy Pallant

That's only your opinion, and does not involve evidence, whereas there is evidence behind big bang theory.

Besides, I don't find stories involving talking snakes to be very believable for the simple reason it violates reality as we know it.

Life did not come from nothingness. That's your belief.

Sakpo

Jeremy,

Frivolous has stated in another thread that his sole purpose is to come here, annoy people, and waste their time for his own selfish entertainment. Don't waste too much time debating with him.

Edited to add:

From origins of your online name thread in MD, page 6.


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Ernest Sparks

It has already been adumbrated here: the miraculous bondings of the element Carbon. By the way, 'miracle' means 'wonderful thing'; forget the 'magic talk'.
Here are a few links about Carbon:

<a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon" target="_blank">Carbon- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>

<a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covalent_bond" target="_blank">Covalent bond- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>

<a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochemistry" target="_blank">Biochemistry- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>

Carbon belongs to a subgroup of elements called 'non-metals', also including Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, Sulfur and Selenium. They are also very important.

Carbon and its pals heavier than Hydrogen originate from nuclear processes in stars.
More links:

<a href="http://astrosun.tn.cornell.edu/courses/astro201/evol_sun.htm" target="_blank">The Evolution of the Sun- from Cornell U. course</a>

<a href="http://astrosun.tn.cornell.edu/courses/astro201/helium_burn.htm" target="_blank">Helium Burning- from Cornell U. course</a>

<a href="http://astrosun.tn.cornell.edu/courses/astro201/carbon_fusion.htm" target="_blank">Carbon Burning- from Cornell U. course</a>

'God' is no answer to the life question, except in the sense that it stops all questioning. The proponent of 'God' can then segue to something else considered more important, such as 'the need for personal salvation' and 'getting a relationship with Him'. Also, never ask anyone to 'prove' anything like that. The answer will be pretty dumb anyway. Instead, keep your own mind about the matter and decide if and when anything has been 'answered'. Don't be surprised when you pursue the subject of life that more and more new questions arise along the way. That's a good sign!
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Jeremy Pallant

Ah. I did not know that. Thanks for the heads up, Sakpo.

Sakpo

No problem.