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menacetosobriety · 02-18-2002, 07:12 AM

So. You believe that a couple hundred thousand years ago a random explosion happened, and somehow, molecules collided and *whoosh!* over the course of a few years, somehow, some way, this big, huge, beautiful Earth was created as it stands today. Of course it's just a co-incindence that the Earth's scientific measuerments are made exactly to fit mankind's need. It's just a coincidence that, oh look! If you moved the Earth just a teensy bit to the left or right, *say, .001%*, we'd either, freeze completely over from being too far away from the sun, or burn to a crisp from being to close. It's also just a coincidence that the Bible seems to know more about early science than we did, that there has never been anything in the Bible that has been proven wrong, aaaaaaaaannnnnndddd..... the weird thing is, the chances of molecules bonking together to form life is comparable to the chances that somebody will find the winning lottery ticket on the street, then finding another one every day for the rest of his life. So do it. Challenge me. Tell me I'm wrong. I dare you.

gallo · 02-18-2002, 07:25 AM

How hot should the flames be when cooking troll?

hezekiah jones · 02-18-2002, 07:28 AM

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Originally posted by menacetosobriety:
It's also just a coincidence that the Bible seems to know more about early science than we did ...

wtf?

notto · 02-18-2002, 07:28 AM

You're wrong.

It was several billion years ago.

You seem suprised that life suited to the environment presented arose in the environment that suits it. Why do you think there is not life found on other plantes? Maybe because they are not suited for life to start?

There must be millions of planets in the universe. The earth is nothing special. Given the size of the universe and the number of planets, life was bound to start on at least one. The statistics become insignificant if you look at the time frame and the number of tries that could occur in that time frame on all the different planets.

Coragyps · 02-18-2002, 07:36 AM

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that there has never been anything in the Bible that has been proven wrong,

Oy, veh! It makes my teeth hurt!

Oolon Colluphid · 02-18-2002, 07:43 AM

Hmmm... "menace to sobriety"... yep, he's clearly pissed.

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Originally posted by menacetosobriety:
<strong>So do it. Challenge me. Tell me I'm wrong. I dare you.</strong>

Okay: you're wrong. Happy now?

Since I can't actually spot anything to do with evolution in your post, I'll do better than that. I'll send it to <a href="http://iidb.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=47&t=000118" target="_blank">Rants, Raves, Preaching Etc</a>, where it belongs.

Oolon

[ February 18, 2002: Message edited by: Oolon Colluphid ]</p>

02-18-2002, 07:12 AM	#1
menacetosobriety New Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1	creation vs evolution... the battle begins So. You believe that a couple hundred thousand years ago a random explosion happened, and somehow, molecules collided and whoosh! over the course of a few years, somehow, some way, this big, huge, beautiful Earth was created as it stands today. Of course it's just a co-incindence that the Earth's scientific measuerments are made exactly to fit mankind's need. It's just a coincidence that, oh look! If you moved the Earth just a teensy bit to the left or right, say, .001%, we'd either, freeze completely over from being too far away from the sun, or burn to a crisp from being to close. It's also just a coincidence that the Bible seems to know more about early science than we did, that there has never been anything in the Bible that has been proven wrong, aaaaaaaaannnnnndddd..... the weird thing is, the chances of molecules bonking together to form life is comparable to the chances that somebody will find the winning lottery ticket on the street, then finding another one every day for the rest of his life. So do it. Challenge me. Tell me I'm wrong. I dare you.

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02-18-2002, 07:25 AM	#2
gallo Regular Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Houston, TX, US Posts: 244	How hot should the flames be when cooking troll?

02-18-2002, 07:28 AM	#4
notto Regular Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Minneapolis, MN US Posts: 133	You're wrong. It was several billion years ago. You seem suprised that life suited to the environment presented arose in the environment that suits it. Why do you think there is not life found on other plantes? Maybe because they are not suited for life to start? There must be millions of planets in the universe. The earth is nothing special. Given the size of the universe and the number of planets, life was bound to start on at least one. The statistics become insignificant if you look at the time frame and the number of tries that could occur in that time frame on all the different planets.

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