Flametrooper

Exactly. I'm trying to talk sense into the insane Christians. I never attacked people reasonable enough to support evolution, like yourself. I'm just trying to show the Christians who totally disregard evolution - micro and/or macro - that their worldview and a scientific worldview don't have to clash but can coincide. It takes some degree of intelligence, maturity, and a good bit of taking-your-blinders-off, but it can be done.

The reason religion and science can't work together sometimes is because people on both sides (especially the religion side) keep going "No, I'm right! And you're not! So nyaahhh!" Hardcore atheists go, "Look, you're stupid for believing in God, because there's no evidence/facts/proof/logic/reason for God or for religion or stuff, so you're a moron because you accept the possibility of supernatural things." But then religious people say, "You're an evil unbeliever for not following the Word of God like a blind sheep and for using that brain God gave you, so you're gonna burn in hell." This also applies to evolution. Religious people go, "No d00d, God made the world and God made Adam and God made this and God made that, so obviously there's totally no such thing as Evolution." What if God made evolution? You say, "God made Adam in his own image", using that for evidence that humans were created as humans rather than evolving. But, you don't consider that "image" might mean something other than physical appearance. It could be that God gave the newly evolved humans, once they'd reached enough mental capacity, the superior intelligence to make fire, worship God, use tools, etc. above other animals. God could well have made things which then evolved into other things, and made primates evolve into humans; but he could have given humans His attributes of kindness, compassion, intelligence, mercy etc., thus the "in his own image" bit. The Bible does not need to be taken litereally; stories may likely be either A) Metaphors. B) Truths, at the start, that got muddled and exaggerated in the retelling; humans are like that, especially when some several hundred years pass between the occurrence of an event and when it's written down. C) Allegories, analogies, fables (like Aesop) or similar things; D) Simply fiction. This does NOT mean it's not the word of God, though! God could simply have decided to write it like that. After all, He works in mysterious ways :wink: Just trying to further the view of how you shouldn't go to too far of an extreme, and how religion, God, and science could and should go together.

Please, don't think this guy is a representative of his age group. Some of us, for instance, can type better. Anyways, I think that some kids I know could have done with a damn great deal more discipline when they were little. I never had any harsh discipline, my mom was always soft on me, and still is, and I turned out okay so far - I'd never do drugs, or tear down a bathroom, or anything like that. Really, it depends on the kind of kid you've got. Some are O:) and some are :twisted: and you need, I think, to discipline/reward them depending on what they're like.

I Wave-board. That's pretty fun, sorta unusual and hard to get the hang of, a good workout. I enjoy it though.

Dogmatic evolutionist... Dogmatic? You're the dogmatic one. You're the one so hung up on your own dogma that you just totally disregard everyone else, and insult those people who oppose you.

The desert is still, oddly still, and though he looks around with his sword at the ready for any strange occurence, nothing happens. Then suddenly, a crazy guy in robes, holding a staff with a cross-in-a-circle icon atop it, appears out of nowhere and says, "Lolz i pk u now". :P

Never Inhale Cigarette (smoke) Or Tobacco - It's Nasty Excretement Now, let's see someone manage to do "excretement". :P

Well, for one, Evolution has way way way way more proof, evidence, facts, and educated guesses behind it then this does. You made that up. Darwin didn't make evolution up, he arrived at it after a series of observations and the use of logic to draw conclusions. That's this thing that scientists do. Secondly, you people seem to think that evolution and God are incompatible. They're not. I think I said this on another thread. Third, though evolution is only a theory, so is God, you could say. Evolution is pretty close to the truth. it may not be the whole, absolute, total truth, but it's pretty close. Think of this: The red circle in the center is the Truth. Each blue dot is a person. Each person can only see part of the truth. Person A sees part of the turth, but person B sees a totally different part, and person C sees a part similar to, but different from, person A's. Now each person says "My view's right!" and more people come and look at it from their point of view and think this little part of the truth is, in fact, the Truth. But it's not. The person on the other side of the room sees part of the Truth too, he's not "wrong" just because this part is different from someone else's part. See what I'm saying?

Why does everyone think science and God are incompatible? They're not. Science and religion, now, those two clash a little more, but with a little intelligence and a little less blindness, the two can go side by side. Faith and Reason - very different, but each one without the other is only an incomplete half of a greater whole. If only everyone could realize it's best to reconcile religion and science, then people would stop arguing and fighting about such silly issues and work together to use both science and faith to make the world better.

:shock: That one dude has two giant missles aimed right at his knee. ...I dunno, I'd probably never be in the Military simply because I have too much aversion to order and establishment and authority. I'm not a total anarchist, but order and authority on a military level is an unappealing concept to me. That's the only thing about the military I'm averse to. Oh, and the getting body parts blown off :P

Nice username. Seriously, it's very...original, and I like it. :D I also like your signature.

A life without curiousity and questions is a wasted life. I believe the quote you are looking for is: "The unexamined life is not worth living." -Socrates I've never heard that. Thanks for the info; he put it much better than I did :-k :lol: . Q-F-T, if I may say so.

After thinking about it, my conclusion is that the purpose of ourlives is to be awesome. No, seriously. It doesn't matter how, just so long as you, in some way, achieve awesomeness. (The definition of "awesomeness" here may be subjective, but you generally know it when you achieve it.) Just try to do good, be awesome, somehow; enjoy life, help people; and never, ever chicken out of the great roller-coaster ride of Life before it's over, just because you're scared of the drops.

Defender still hasn't addressed Assassin's point - that the moral of the story is that his kind, loving God decided to kill everybody on Earth, and every animal on earth (WTF? The animals did nothing wrong, that was people...), because he gave some people free will and then they used it, but it didn't go how he wanted. The Flood story makes God sound like a 6-year-old child prone to hissy fits and tantrums to me, which is sort of a blasphemy, isn't it?

What stands without feet And breathes with no lungs Whose arms are so many And legs are but one? [hide=Go on, take a wild guess.]Tree.[/hide] EDIT: aw, dang, the hide didn't work at first.

The person above is stupid. The person below gets a cookie.

You still haven't. (Oh and P.S. I do believe in God. I don't believe in religious dogma however. I'm more into individual spiritualism.)

Well, America has a good founding idea, was the first and is still among the best good working democracy, and has a good human-rights system as compared to other countries. Also, it has a good industry, is situated in a good land environmentally, and is one of the world's greatest military powers. On the downside, it's education is going down the toilet, Right-wing Christians are in control, we keep being too arrogant and getting involved in foreign stuff too much (against the ideas of the founding fathers, btw) obesity becomes a problem, and a large number of Americans continue to subscribe to the "my country, right or wrong" philosophy. it has it's good and bad - on the whole, I'm happy to live here, a decent place, but it's not as good as the propaganda makes it out to be. ("Land of freedom and opportunity" my arse, even seen the lot immigrants get?)

well, then, how can you say Santa doesn't exist, yet God does? Both have no real "evidence" - and God is harder to believe then Santa. Why do you believe in one, but not the other? Answer This Question. Directly. Don't beat around the bush. Answer it. Then maybe people will get off your case. Just a thought. ~Flametrooper~

Long hair's against the rules? I wouldn't fight for socks, but I would fight for my hair. "Shakespeare had long hair - The Beatles had long hair - Even Jesus had long hair! WHY CAN'T I?" Might make a good sign... "My head, my hair, my freedom to wear" What's wrong with long hair anyways? I love my hair.

*spotlight on* *Ringmaster appears in front of crowd, takes a bow* AAAAaaannnddd, LAdies and GENTlemen, WE present to you....... DEFENDER2516!!!!!! Dodging arguments, fact, logic, and reason, and simply REFUSING to ADMIT DEFEAT...... SINCE 15 Nov 2006!!!!! *applause*

That's how it is in my school. And some girls are happy enough to wear skirts that barely cover their arse I know, this chick came to school yesterday and I thought at first glance she wasn't wearing any pants, only her underwear - then I realized it was a skirt. :P

uuuh wat? lolz ur an idiot u dont beleeve in G0d so ur goin to hell kthxbai? n spellin deose'not mattr cuz ppl hoo cn spel r idiots. :P I personally think it doesn't matter. Jesus or no Jesus, divine or not, real or not...let's just accept for truth that A) Someone named Jesus was alive 200 years ago, B) Whether or not he was a Messiah, he definitely taught some good morals, and C) why don't people just follow these morals without worrying about his divinty and just live your life now.

Hmm. I see. Oops, my interest meter just flatlined. Catch you later! EDIT: dang, I forgot to add a new statement....hmmm....Chuck Norris rocks.

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