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I agree with Buzsaw. The user rating system here shouldn't bother you at all. Sooner or later you'll come to realize that it offers great convenience to highly biased, inconsiderate, and partial posters who hate who you are more than they disagree or dislike what you write. Keep posting well formulated, insightful, and rich posts and you'll be able to withstand the voices calling out against you. Become your own defense. Enjoy your time here, this forum is VERY worth attending.Welcome to EvC.-Dr. Sing

It is clearly noticeable that often posts are demeaned and laughed at just because they come from a creationist. When I said "who you are", I meant your position, whether you are creationist or evolutionist.Oh and if I had something Christian for my profile pic, I bet that would influence my post ratings.....even though, it really shouldn't.

Ah yes, and as if there's a dearth of rated 1 posts that have nothing to do the creation/evolution debate but are so by virtue of their "pitiful" origin. Right. But positions don't keep changing with every post. The preliminary conclusion that designates one as a creationist, is enough fuel to keep the 1s coming at him for a considerable period. Ask yourself if I would get the same rating if I was a theistic evolutionist. Most people would be like, so what if they're Calvinist? they're evolutionist.

And if I portrayed myself as a theist who thought the moon landings were faked, I argue that I not only would get a more detestable rating but comparatively more loads of "compliments". Message 13So, why a 1?The poster gives some sound advice. Furthermore, this situation is a perfect example to demonstrate that evolution is incapable of providing one with practical wisdom for life. Which you get only from religion. So instead of being appreciative of it, people rate it a 1? And corroborates the claim that religion is often a much more powerful player in these forums than pure ideology when it comes to ratings. Edited by Dr. Sing, : typosEdited by Dr. Sing, : No reason given.

Yes, Rahvin. What you say is true. But unfortunately your theory doesn't conform to your claims... So do scientific models deal with things like morality? Kindness, love, anger, guilt? When was the last time the theory of gravity or quantum theory told us that morality is a logical consequence of being human? Okay. And what do you rely on to make these decisions? Mutations? Obviously, your innate sense of morality, right? Which...is that the domain of science? No. Then why does evolution peek its ugly head into matters that are not its domain. If it wants to be called scientific, let it not deal with things for which it has no scientific evidence, like emotions.I don't mean to say that you use evolution (or that you need to) to make your decisions in life, I don't know what you use. You mention that you once believed, well, I'm lead to believe thatsomething has replaced that empty spot. But do you see my point? Any branch that cuts the cord between supernaturalism and man is doing injustice to the abstract qualities man possesses that are unique to him. And you seem to be using meaningless cartoons?Are you kidding me? Do you really think that this nation is mainly Christian? or that this world is? Really?? Fair enough. That's your opinion. However, it would be unreasonable for you to vouch for the thousands of posters here. ABSOLUTELY NOT, Granny M (if I may say this, you're getting worked up for no good reason) No scientific theory need ever give us advice for life. (such a claim is idiotic, to say the least) All I'm saying is that, it really would be nice if the very "scientific" evolutionary theory remained within the domain of science. Problem arises when evolutionists bring it into faith's domain and force it to incorporate an explanation for abstract entities such as human love and anger, to name just a few. Secular ethics is a feeble (and failed) attempt to hold on to your inner supernatural domain for fear of losing it altogether, IMO.But again, that's my opinion. You may not like it. I'm not trying to rub it on you. Thank you. I really appreciate it. It bothered me more than my own poor rating. (One considerate person on this forum, thank you) You might be saying this in all honesty, GM. But I doubt that everyone here here is as honest you. Edited by Dr. Sing, : No reason given.

Thank you, Rahvin.

Numbers can play nasty mental tricks. You do realize that not everyone who purports to be "Christian" is a true Bible-believing Christian, don't you?

Granny Mag,Why don't we do what you want in a different thread, another time? I think the topic you raise deserves much more space, time, and dedication. Before anyone throws a "ha! look, now she's ignoring the challenge and running away" at me, know that this topic interests me and I will surely get back to it. Just not at this moment...Plus, this is the suggestions and questions forum anyway... Take a chill pill, GM. I may not be as eloquent as you in saying things, but I do know one thing: Too many words make too little sense. Thanks, Bluejay. I'm not. Its more the others who are getting worked up. I was just giving Ichiban some words from personal experience. I never made any generalized statements in my original post. I only said that the rating sys is convenient for posters who are inconsiderate and biased. Does that mean that all here are biased?? No. There are honest, considerate people. And they just proved themselves by taking the time to rate up ICANT's post.Just wanted to say, Percy is great. Thank you for all you do! Kudos to you. Even though the rating system stinks, this forum is a much better, more professional and scholarly place than a LOT others.Ichiban, I didn't intend to sound like this is a inconsiderate and biased forum. This is by far the BEST creo/evo forum I've ever visited. The people here (a good number of them) are scholars. You proably will learn a LOT (like I am) through this forum. Just don't take the ratings to heart.Are you happy, Granny?

Science and emotions, is what I meant.-------And why would a real Christian not say that?

I never claimed that it tells us how to act. It can't. Fair enough, Rahvin. I don't blame you, the evolutionary theory (among others you hold on to) seems to have great success at eliminating the supernatural from your worldview. We'll see what real science has to say about this. Someday...I know we're discussing this right now in another thread, and I'll restrict my posts to that one....see you there.

Perfectly wrong, Rahvin.I delve into things I can't explain and research them myself. Once I have accurate knowledge and observable evidence, I am content. As opposed to saying the proverbial, goddidit. I never look at something mind-boggling and think, wow, I can never explain this--this is supernatural.Where faith plays its biggest role in my life is, practical living. Christianity influences my relationships, decisions, and convictions. It influences my ethics, lifestyle, conversation, vocabulary, attire, and in general who I am and what I do with my life. It never dictates how I should view science. When it comes to science, I'm one of those people who is ample content to know that my God created a beautiful universe, acknowledge this----and proceed to answer the how, why, what, and when questions.I love this quote by Galileo: Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.To me this is inspiring. While I acknowledge that God is the author of the universe, I endeavor to discover how He managed to do it and the intricacies therein.Heh. Too bad biological science doesn't want to make friends with its maker. Yep. And I would never be so foolish to claim "God" to be scientific.
When God transcends science, I see no need for me to justify Him scientifically.... By definition, God transcends science, observation, and empiricism. He's like the wind, which you cannot see but you "know" its there because of its effects. For one to capture God in scientific empiricism is farcical, IMO. You've gotta let apples be apples, and oranges be oranges. Edited by Dr. Sing, : No reason given.

Great. One more "scientific, empirical" evidence for evolution in action.Why don't you go publish a paper on "How creationist bullies prove evolution through their appalling behavior"? Hey, it kills time...Edited by Dr. Sing, : No reason given.

Well, have you seen the wind, then? I think that would strike only retards as humorous.Edited by Dr. Sing, : No reason given.Edited by Dr. Sing, : No reason given.

Oh. Uhmmmmmhh?wow, thank you for enlightening me. What would I do without you, bluejay?Haha. lol?

So, define a true christian in your own words, will you hooah? It would have been ironical had he not included the expression
"alas". That tells me that he feels sorry that deception is often powerful enough to fool even the intelligent ones...and that the phrase"I can't understand how..." is more of a expression of feeling sorry rather than lacking the mental intellectual capacity to understand how....