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Old 03-28-2003, 01:24 PM   #1
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Talking Socrates from TheologyWeb Strikes Again

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This because evolutionists are acting CONSISTENTLY with a world view that says we are just rearranged pond scum, so there is no transcendent source of objective morality. Therefore it is perfectly CONSISTENT with their world view to bear false witness. After all, morality is merely some chemical process in the brain that conferred some survival advantage on their alleged ape-life ancestors.

Conversely, creationists have strong motivation to be truthful, because Jesus is "the truth" (John 14:6). So on this grounds alone, it makes more sense to trust creationist websites like Answers in Genesis and Institute for Creation Research over the gutter sites run by the infudgels etc.
The irony is strong with this one... </Darth Vader>
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praise Jesus, winace. :notworthy

happyboy, glad to know that creationists can be depended on to look like morons no matter the time of day or night
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Socrates is a very interesting fellow. I would think from his name that he would be more interested in asking questions than making bold assertions.

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I wonder if he pronounces it "sew crates" a la "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure"?
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He was provoked. The previous poster had said something to the effect that Christians are liars. That may well be true of Kreationist Klutzes, but to say something like that on a Christian board is bad tactics and invites idiots to respond with remarks like the one above, generating a round of peer support and closing of ranks as well as minds. If it hadn't been the predictably intemperate Socrates, it would have been some other yammerhead. In my opinion, there is no point in posting over there if you are not going to stake out the moral high ground and patiently and politely defend it.

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Heyder!

There is no biologically hardwired morality, and yet, nearly every society has about the same set of rules that its members are expected to (mostly) follow.

There are two clues:

How do you keep a condemed murder/prisoner from misbehaving?

And, What is a meme?

The Code of Hammurabi from about 4,000 years ago has nearly all the 10 Commandments (Saturday/Sunday= Holy day off, is left out *1). Plus the Code is the original source of the famous "An Eye for an Eye" line. It is the oldest written law on earth.

*1) Why don't the fundies object to the days of the week names? Saturn Day, Sun Day, Moon Day, Fria's Day, Thor's Day, Woden's Day, and Tiu's Day.
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Who is "Tiu?"
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In my opinion, there is no point in posting over there if you are not going to stake out the moral high ground and patiently and politely defend it.

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I'm sorry, are you getting any results over there by being polite. I'm sure the heck not. :banghead:
Though I must say I am having a decent conversation over there with Captian Orche. Wienerdog is good too.

I went madly out of my way with Socretes to be nice, but once its indicated that you disagree with his religion you are a misotheist. I had never heard that term before meeting him. I still haven't looked it up, I'm sure it isn't nice.
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Who is "Tiu?"
Tyr is another name for that god.

"*1) Why don't the fundies object to the days of the week names? Saturn Day, Sun Day, Moon Day, Fria's Day, Thor's Day, Woden's Day, and Tiu's Day."

Fria=Frey
Thor=well, Thor
Woden=Odin
Tiu=Tyr
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The problem I have with Theology Web is that, as I stated in a thread I made there, no matter what you talk about in science, they always drag evolution into the fold. Even when I created a thread on the age of the planet, exclusively, I think it took 5 posts for a creationist to mention evolution.

Then they insist that the word evolution means evolution and only evolution. As in cosmology, they use the word evolution, so they say Biological Evolution is connected to Cosmology.
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