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Coyote
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Message 3 of 382 (496768)
01-30-2009 12:37 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Percy
01-30-2009 10:02 AM


Radical "religion"
I disagree with Creationists because they are wrong, deeply and fatally wrong. It has nothing to do with atheism.
You are correct. It has nothing to do with atheism.
That's because, as Agobot hinted on another thread, and I have seen consistently elsewhere, you are a member of a radical "religion" -- presumably evolutionism or Darwinism or some such!
Humor aside, I find it telling that some creationists accuse scientists in general, and evolutionary scientists in particular, of alternately being atheists or of adhering to some fundamentalist "Darwinist" religion.
Some go even further. From another website:
quote:
Let’s call [Darwinism] what it is, Satanism. That’s where it comes from - Satan- and he’s who they will spend eternity with for blaspheming against God.
I’m saying that evolution is not science and is of Satan.
I guess, when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail, eh?

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.

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Message 162 of 382 (498075)
02-07-2009 10:56 PM
Reply to: Message 161 by Buzsaw
02-07-2009 9:10 PM


Re: Harmful Doctrine
And what about the Rigveda?
How do your points #1 through #4 also apply to that document?

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Coyote
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Message 165 of 382 (498082)
02-08-2009 1:01 AM
Reply to: Message 163 by Buzsaw
02-07-2009 11:53 PM


Re: Harmful Doctrine
Perhaps you would be interested in opening a thread on the Hindu Regvida religion relative to the above criterion. These criterion have been debated relative to the Bible. Why not subject some of the pagan religions to comparison with the Bible relative to the above criterion if you think you have a case. (ABE: Imo it would be like pitting a Model T Ford against a 2009 Porsche 911 GT3. )
The Rigveda is not a religion, but rather a sacred text.
The reason for my post was that your points #1 through #4 apply equally to that text as to the Bible. But because you are a true believer in the Bible (e.g., you called other religions "pagan"), you won't, indeed can't see the parallels. A true believer in the Rigveda might feel the same way.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.

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