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Doddy Member (Idle past 5910 days) Posts: 563 From: Brisbane, Australia Joined: |
This may lead the thread off topic, but if need be either WS-JW or I will 'take it outside'.
WS-JW writes: Did he tell you that under the bottom skin of a snake there are tiny tiny legs? written up in it's genetic code, that do no good to the snake? But why? natural selection some how thinks and keeps the good parts and disregards the bad parts? some unexplainable evolution? or the fact that when God told the devil in the form of snake that he would crawl on his belly he lost his legs? The bible never says the snake had legs. The bible says that the snake was punished as follows:
quote: For all we know, the snake could have had wings. Plus, if the snake didn't have rudimentary legs, would that disprove the Bible? If the snake had rudimentary wings, would that disprove the Bible? Nope, creationists can accept any outcome as proof of the bible. Evolutionary biologists, on the other hand, predict that snakes evolved from walking reptiles, and thus will retain some of the characters of their predecessors. If snakes had rudimentary wings, this would be a damaging blow to the evolutionary history of Squamates. Edited by Doddy, : bbcode Contributors needed for the following articles: Pleiotropy, Metabolism, Promoter, Invertebrate, Meiosis, DNA, Transcription, Chromosome, Tetrapod, Fossil, Phenotype, Messenger RNA, Mammals, Appendix , Variation, Selection, Gene, Gametogenesis, Homo erectus and others. Registration not needed, but if desired, register here!
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Doddy Member (Idle past 5910 days) Posts: 563 From: Brisbane, Australia Joined: |
shiloh writes: do you think the people hearing these words or reading them understood it to be an aniaml (snake) Maybe they did, I don't know. Certainly there are many today who still think this, because they like to read literally. But in fact, the entire first few chapters of Genesis can't be read like that, because they just don't make any sense if you do. Contributors needed for the following articles: Pleiotropy, Metabolism, Promoter, Invertebrate, Meiosis, DNA, Transcription, Chromosome, Tetrapod, Fossil, Phenotype, Messenger RNA, Mammals, Appendix , Variation, Selection, Gene, Gametogenesis, Homo erectus and others. Registration not needed, but if desired, register here!
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Doddy Member (Idle past 5910 days) Posts: 563 From: Brisbane, Australia Joined: |
Chiroptera writes: And don't forget the different versions of Judas' death in Matthew 27:5 and Luke 1:18. So much for literal inerrancy. Acts 1:18 Edited by Doddy, : No reason given. Contributors needed for the following articles: Pleiotropy, Metabolism, Promoter, Invertebrate, Meiosis, DNA, Transcription, Chromosome, Tetrapod, Fossil, Phenotype, Messenger RNA, Mammals, Appendix , Variation, Selection, Gene, Gametogenesis, Homo erectus and others. Registration not needed, but if desired, register here!
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Doddy Member (Idle past 5910 days) Posts: 563 From: Brisbane, Australia Joined: |
Jon writes: We cannot disprove Y. If Y = the existence of an absolute disproof of Y Thus, "We cannot disprove the existence of an absolute disproof of Y." Which, to me, simplifies to (given that if a disproof of Y exists, we can disprove Y): "We cannot disprove that we can disprove Y." Which essentially means that your initial statement is unfounded by the conclusions of that self-same statement. Edited by Doddy, : fixed logic Contributors needed for the following articles: Pleiotropy, Metabolism, Promoter, Invertebrate, Meiosis, DNA, Transcription, Chromosome, Tetrapod, Phenotype, Messenger RNA, Mammals, Appendix , Variation, Selection, Gene, Gametogenesis, Homo erectus and others. Registration not needed, but if desired, register here!
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Doddy Member (Idle past 5910 days) Posts: 563 From: Brisbane, Australia Joined: |
IamJoseph writes: The text says this garden was not located on physical earth. Let us consider the scripture for a moment. Genesis 2:8-14 (KJV)
quote: Now consider the signs that this was on earth. There is an easterly direction, which indicates it was on a planet. Also, earthly rivers are mentioned to flow out from Eden. Don't these seem to indicate that the garden was supposed to be on earth, considering the chapter is about the creation of the earth? Added by edit: Actually, never mind. I see above you have refuted my claim with the utmost clarity.
IamJoseph writes: The historical references relate to earth when adam is represented as a name, outside of the paradisical garden, which is not on earth It's all clear to me now. When Adam is a name, rather than a person, you can have an easterly direction and refer to other nations! But if those verses above, none of which actually mention Adam by name, refer to the garden, then the whole thing doesn't make any sense at all! Edited by Doddy, : abe (+ sarcasm) Contributors needed for the following articles: Pleiotropy, Metabolism, Promoter, Invertebrate, Meiosis, DNA, Transcription, Chromosome, Tetrapod, Phenotype, Messenger RNA, Mammals, Appendix , Variation, Selection, Gene, Gametogenesis, Homo erectus and others. Registration not needed, but if desired, register here!
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Doddy Member (Idle past 5910 days) Posts: 563 From: Brisbane, Australia Joined: |
sidelined writes:
No, because magic man (aka God) performed it as a miracle, so Newton's laws of motion did not apply. If they did apply, it wouldn't be a miracle. This is planetary destruction unlike anything ever described before. This is why science can't disprove the Bible, because the Bible appeals to the supernatural - a topic on which science can't make comments. Contributors needed for the following articles: Pleiotropy, Metabolism, Promoter, Invertebrate, Meiosis, DNA, Transcription, Chromosome, Tetrapod, Phenotype, Messenger RNA, Mammals, Appendix , Variation, Selection, Gene, Gametogenesis, Homo erectus and others. Registration not needed, but if desired, register here!
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Doddy Member (Idle past 5910 days) Posts: 563 From: Brisbane, Australia Joined: |
IamJoseph writes: Humans were not yet created - the heavens were: who does 'US' refer to? Well, it could be that God was talking to his angels (for example, his assistant Larry). It could also be that God was conspiring with Satan to make the earth (thus explaining all the volcanoes, earthquakes, viruses etc). It could also be that God is more than one person (i.e. the Trinity), and so when He talks to himself He has to use plural form. Lastly, and this is what I would say, He is only a single being, but is using plural as a figure of speech. As in "Let's (a contraction of 'Let us') just have some light so I can see what I'm doing....Let there be light!". Edited by Doddy, : capitalise pronouns for magic man Contributors needed for the following articles: Pleiotropy, Metabolism, Promoter, Invertebrate, Meiosis, DNA, Transcription, Chromosome, Tetrapod, Phenotype, Messenger RNA, Mammals, Appendix , Variation, Selection, Gene, Gametogenesis, Homo erectus and others. Registration not needed, but if desired, register here!
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Doddy Member (Idle past 5910 days) Posts: 563 From: Brisbane, Australia Joined: |
sidelined writes: When you hear the sound of hoofbeats think horses before zebras. Yes, but it doesn't disprove zebras though, does it? Contributors needed for the following articles: Pleiotropy, Metabolism, Promoter, Invertebrate, Meiosis, DNA, Transcription, Chromosome, Tetrapod, Phenotype, Messenger RNA, Mammals, Appendix , Variation, Selection, Gene, Gametogenesis, Homo erectus and others. Registration not needed, but if desired, register here!
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Doddy Member (Idle past 5910 days) Posts: 563 From: Brisbane, Australia Joined: |
sidelined writes:
Which means that, as I said, science then doesn't disprove the Bible, it just offers more parsimonious explanations for some things (that the Bible wasn't true but is a myth). Of course it does not. It merely points out that one should focus on the ordinary first to eliminate the mundane answers first since they are the most likely source. We check out the known and mundane first as an answer before we check out the exotic unknown. However, for a Bible-believer, this is no big deal because they know it was a miracle anyway, and thus outside of the laws of science and parsimony. Contributors needed for the following articles: Pleiotropy, Metabolism, Promoter, Invertebrate, Meiosis, DNA, Transcription, Chromosome, Tetrapod, Phenotype, Messenger RNA, Mammals, Appendix , Variation, Selection, Gene, Gametogenesis, Homo erectus and others. Registration not needed, but if desired, register here!
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