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Percy Member Posts: 22479 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 4.7 |
Stile writes: Words like "objective" or "honest" or "true" simply do not have the same meaning to us as they do to Faith. In the way I use the word "honest", it has exactly the same meaning to me, to Faith, to everyone. When Faith says, "I already showed that," and she obviously hasn't, then she is not being honest. "I already showed that" and its variations ("I already explained that," etc.) seems to be Faith's favorite way of carrying out discussion lately. An honest statement is that Faith has no evidence for almost all her claims, that almost everything she has claimed has been immediately rebutted, and that she almost always abandons discussion before any issues are resolved. --Percy
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Phat Member Posts: 18298 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
NN writes: Perhaps some believe that the existence of a global flood Had to have happened and therefore spend a lot of time and energy constructing alternate facts and scenarios. Personally, I would go bonkers trying to do this... The existence of God is not provable or disprovable by philosophy or science. But I have to hand it to Faith that she puts so much time into it. She once claimed that she no longer had the energy to do certain things, but the voluminous quantity of sentences that she puts out would compile several term papers per year! Again, in a larger context, this is also what is happening to us politically. There is always now an alternate view and another side to reality. Im still waiting for the alternate explanation of the evidence, however.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith "as long as chance rules, God is an anachronism."~Arthur Koestler
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Percy Member Posts: 22479 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 4.7
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Faith writes: I don't have the patience to read through the last day's posts... You don't have the patience to read the recent messages? Aw, that's such a shame. Here, let me help you out by providing a short summary of the high points. In Message 346 NoNukes wrote:
NoNukes in Message 346 writes: ...does not excuse the lying about her posting history, the insults, the expressions of hatred, and then leaving in a huff. Regardless of the truth, there is no way that Faith's posts are anywhere near an argument, let alone proof for her position. Telling people they would believe what she believes is they would "think harder", or if they weren't Marxists is pretty insulting. In Message 352 PaulK wrote in reply to Stile:
PaulK in Message 352 in reply to Stile writes: That hardly fits her behaviour. It doesn't explain why she maintains that "honest seeing" would confirm that her arguments are correct when anyone who does look honestly at the evidence and her arguments can see that she's ignoring massive amounts of evidence that she can't reasonably explain - and bad as her arguments for the Flood are, her arguments against mainstream geology are often even worse.... Admitting that the geological evidence is against the Flood would mean admitting that she doesn't have her boasted "discernment" (and we know for a fact that she doesn't so she's only fooling herself there) and that would be a big blow to her false pride. So she can't do it. I guess that Christian humility is just beyond her. In Message 357 and Message 358 Taq wrote:
Taq in Messages 357 and 358 writes: What evidence? All you have presented thus far are bare assertions.... Faith writes: It's a matter of honest seeing, as I said But that isn't going to happen is it? The question is, can you honestly see? In igneous rocks found above dinosaur fossils we find that the 40K/40Ar ratio is no more than 27.47 and the 238U/207Pb ratio in zircons is no more than 15.22. How does your model explain this? How does your flood sort rocks and fossils so that we always get this relationship between the isotope ratios in rocks and the fossils we find below them? Until you answer this question, you can't claim that you are looking at things honestly. You have to explain the correlation we see between ratios of isotopes in rocks and the species of fossils we see associated with them. In Message 362 Stile wrote:
Stile in Message 362 writes: Honest discussion should hold "mutual understanding" as a high priority (perhaps the highest?) Faith's discussions don't seem to move in this direction. Faith seems to hold "unquestioningly agreeing with Faith" to be one of her high priorities. In Message 364 PaulK wrote:
PaulK in Message 364 writes: Instead she insists that the [fossil] order is somehow not real - despite two hundred years of research confirming it. She can give no reason why it should be considered an "illusion" other than her other "evidence" for the Flood, which would be a weak argument even if she had solid evidence - the fact that she does not makes that argument worse than useless. So really all we have is Faith making obvious excuses - which an honest assessment would see as hopelessly implausible - to reject a very strong piece of evidence against her views. In Message 367 Stile wrote:
Stile in Message 367 writes: Faith's ideas are not reasonable, or logical nor do they align with what we know of reality in any way. You're welcome! I'll reply to the rest of your message in another post. --Percy
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jar Member (Idle past 414 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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Evidence is something that can be shown to exist.
For example Bible stories are evidence that at some time in the past someone collected, recorded and complied those stories. Bible stories are NOT evidence that they are true, reflect reality or are historical. Witness testimony is evidence that the witness claims to have knowledge of something, but it is not evidence that what is claimed is true or false. Faith's testimony that the strata and fossils are evidence of the flood is only evidence that Faith makes that claim, not that strata and fossils are evidence of the flood. For it to be evidence of the flood she needs to provide the model, method, mechanism, process or procedure for a flood to sort objects in the order found in reality AND be able to show that such sorting actually happens during floods. On the other hand, the claim that the Green River Varves are evidence of an old earth actually has outside support. The varves exist. We can see similar varves being produced at other locations even today. The varves count also is corroborated by other methods such as index fossils, radiometric dating as well as newer dating technologies. Faith's testimony is evidence but only evidence that she is making such a claim, not evidence of a flood or young earth.
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Phat Member Posts: 18298 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
Perhaps Faith has an alternative definition of evidence.
Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith "as long as chance rules, God is an anachronism."~Arthur Koestler
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jar Member (Idle past 414 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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Phat writes: Perhaps Faith has an alternative definition of evidence. I can call an apple a butterbean but it is still an apple. Faith can make up whatever definitions she wants. That is called fantasy at best, dishonest in most cases.
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Phat Member Posts: 18298 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
jar writes: Evidence is something that can be shown to exist.For example Bible stories are evidence that at some time in the past someone collected, recorded and complied those stories. Bible stories are NOT evidence that they are true, reflect reality or are historical. Some of the Pastors that I know would likely claim that since the Bible is true, God by definition through Jesus is evident. They would then probably quote Romans. quote:Now I don't want to get too far off topic here...our discussion is on evidence, the definition of evidence and the Biblical Flood. If we can agree on what evidence is, maybe we can wrap this thread up. Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith "as long as chance rules, God is an anachronism."~Arthur Koestler
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PaulK Member Posts: 17825 Joined: Member Rating: 2.2 |
quote: Faith, you do realise that - as I pointed out earlier the Green River varves are rock - they are a part of the Green River formation, not sediment as in the other examples. So your claim here contradicts itself.
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jar Member (Idle past 414 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Phat writes: Some of the Pastors that I know would likely claim that since the Bible is true, God by definition through Jesus is evident. They would then probably quote Romans. Yup, some would. But when they say silly stuff like that and fall back on quote mining and proof texts it is time to chuckle, pat them on the head, tell them that is interesting and send them back to the kiddie table.
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Phat Member Posts: 18298 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
Yup, some would. But when they say silly stuff like that and fall back on quote mining and proof texts it is time to chuckle, pat them on the head, tell them that is interesting and send them back to the kiddie table. keep in mind the possible audience that this thread attracts. If a young student who leaned towards creationism were to see that you insult their pastor, they might take offense. Perhaps my question is this: Is there more than one definition of evidence, and is it possible that reality is not what it seems? I may have mentioned my facebook exchange with one of my friends here in town. He says: quote:My approach to him is not to insult him nor disparage his belief. (though it is tempting) There are some people who actually believe what Faith and my friend believe. In addition, they likely conflate belief as evidence. Edited by Phat, : No reason given.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith "as long as chance rules, God is an anachronism."~Arthur Koestler
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jar Member (Idle past 414 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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Phat writes: In addition, they likely conflate belief as evidence. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ It's too bad more pastors are not insulted. They need to be insulted.
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Stile Member Posts: 4295 From: Ontario, Canada Joined:
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Phat writes: Perhaps my question is this: Is there more than one definition of evidence, and is it possible that reality is not what it seems? Absolutely there's more than one definition of evidence.That is, in the sense that there's more than one definition for every word. Jar's point stands though.It doesn't matter how many definitions exist for evidence. The idea is to have a word to describe objective, verifiable (against reality) information that can be relied upon to make tentative conclusions.Things that have been tested. Things that work for you, me and everyone or anyone. The word originally intended for this sort of idea, and used by scientists everywhere, is "evidence." However, colloquial usage of the word in everyday contexts has sort of shifted it slightly more to the realm of "anything that supports an intended goal." That is, Joe Blow might say that gum on his shoe is evidence that he's having a bad day.Where a scientist would say that gum on his shoe is evidence that he stepped in gum earlier. Regardless of the bastardized everyday usage of the word, though... when we're talking about something like the possibility of the flood, and you're trying to understand the reality behind something... the word evidence really should only be used in the scientific sense. If not, it only adds confusion, and now we need another word to mean "objective, verifiable (against reality) information that can be relied upon to make tentative conclusions." The word 'evidence' itself (like most words) is merely a placeholder short-form for a specific idea. It's the idea that's important. It's just much more efficient to say the word "evidence" then writing all that out every time.Alternative definitions for the word 'evidence' are irrelevant. There is no "alternative idea" that replaces "objective, verifiable (against reality) information that can be relied upon to make tentative conclusions" which is the best way we have currently been able to come up with to understand reality as best we can. Any prolonged contention about the definition of "evidence" is really a discussion about the method in which we use to understand reality as best we can. If you think "science" is second place to... anything... in this sense, then the computer you're using to read this says hi.
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PaulK Member Posts: 17825 Joined: Member Rating: 2.2
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Observable facts ?
quote: The scientists who have actually studied the fossils disagree. Without further argument, taking into account the actual observed variations this must be classed as just an opinion. No observable facts to support it are mentioned.
quote: No great leap is proposed, so this claim must be dismissed as a fabrication.
quote: This is just another ignorant fabrication - misrepresenting mainstream geology.
quote: I think the claim is more that the varves indicate - at least - tens of thousands of years of continuous deposition with no sign of the Flood. However we do find such deposits as rock in the Green River formation and if they were deposited in the same way - as the evidence indicates (and you seem to have conceded as much, but perhaps without understanding that) - then it would be rather odd to insist that modern deposits couldn't be added to the geological column in the same way.
quote: Three ignorant opinions - two of them strawmen - and a confused argument which is contradicted by evidence you claim to accept (even if that was a mistake). Not a case worth mentioning.
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Aussie Member Posts: 275 From: FL USA Joined:
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Evidence of God is the Bible. Evidence of Allah is the Koran."...heck is a small price to pay for the truth"
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1464 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
Evidence of God is the Bible. Evidence of Allah is the Koran. Actually not. The Bible gives evidence galore throughout, historical accounts of God's doings in the world, as witnessed by many people who are named, and much of the gospels describes Jesus' miraculous doings to verify His deity; but the Koran just assumes the existence of Allah and doesn't give one iota of evidence. Edited by Faith, : No reason given. Edited by Faith, : No reason given.
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