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Author Topic:   Which animals would populate the earth if the ark was real?
subbie
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Message 47 of 991 (578831)
09-02-2010 7:36 PM
Reply to: Message 46 by mignat
09-02-2010 7:09 PM


Re: Ark contents
mignat, welcome to E v C!
I can't speak for Dirk, but to me the question is interesting to see what kind of mental gymnastics one will be willing to engage in to justify an obviously impossible story, and one that contradicts volumes of evidence in multiple scientific disciplines.
It's an example of the kind of thing that Dr. Adequate was talking about in the quote of his that I include in my signature:
It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened.
Emphasis in original
You are quite right, of course, about one thing. If the flood was orchestrated by a supreme being who is capable of overcoming known laws of the universe and leaving no evidence behind, then anything is possible and the story is consistent with any and all evidence. If the religious left their response at that, most of us would have very little to say to them. Instead, they insist on trying to make the story consistent with physical evidence on earth. This they cannot do without doing great violence to the evidence, the scientific method, rational thought or all three.
I hope you enjoy your time here, however long you choose to stay

Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson
We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat
It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate
...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist

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Message 83 of 991 (655034)
03-06-2012 3:26 PM
Reply to: Message 80 by foreveryoung
03-06-2012 3:17 PM


Re: The key is "if the ark was real." It isn't.
I am not ignoring real scientifically determined facts.
Other than radiometric dating, I see no evidence that demands an earth that is older than 1 million years.
quote:
Your facts are uncoordinated.
Nomad, The Changling

Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson
We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat
It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate
...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist

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Message 92 of 991 (655044)
03-06-2012 3:44 PM
Reply to: Message 85 by foreveryoung
03-06-2012 3:29 PM


Re: The key is "if the ark was real." It isn't.
Since you provided nothing but unsubstantiated opinion, I see no need to offer anything in rebuttal.

Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson
We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat
It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate
...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist

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Message 99 of 991 (655053)
03-06-2012 4:01 PM
Reply to: Message 95 by foreveryoung
03-06-2012 3:45 PM


Re: The key is "if the ark was real." It isn't.
Project much?
I was simply meeting the standard you set; no facts. You are demanding that I present facts where you have none. If there's any hypocracy here, it's yours.

Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson
We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat
It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate
...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist

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