religion

[capco]

There is so much win in this thread but it still makes me sad.

Someone explain?!?!!?!!

[Eliseus]

Originally Posted by capco [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There is so much win in this thread but it still makes me sad.

Someone explain?!?!!?!!

It's win because the discussion can be pretty interesting and fun. It's sad because EVERYONE FUCKING SUCKS!

[RobotElvis]

Originally Posted by paulgiamatti [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Eliseus, RobotElvis and G13 are disqualified from this discussion. They can't even differentiate between the ideas of belief and atheism, or religion and evolution. If you want to be caught in their web of circular logic and unfalsifiable claims, then by all means go right ahead. They are not approaching this conversation from a rational standpoint and are therefore removed from consideration for any semblance of rational debate.

I do have a response for Toofliss though, but I don't think I have time to get around to it today.

"Neither lastly would our observer be driven out of his conclusion, or from his confidence in its truth, by being told that he knows nothing at all about the matter. He knows enough for his argument; he knows the utility of the end; he knows the subserviency and adaptation of the means to the end. These points being known, his ignorance concerning other points, his doubts concerning other points, affect not the certainty of his reasoning. The consciousness of knowing little need not beget a distrust of that which he does know."
Paley's '_Natural Theology_,' chap. i

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

Originally Posted by Glenzig [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I believe this particular logical fallacy is called "the appeal to authority".

By the way, theologians have PHD's also. Does that qualify them to decide for everyone what is correct or incorrect?

Mail order PHDs don't count. A PHD in religious education is not a PHD in education.

[Estolcles]

Time to create a new religion.

[leewong]

Originally Posted by G13 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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"Evolution is when one species changes to an entirely different species."

No, that is called speciation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speciation

"99.9999999999999999999999% of mutations are harmful."

Please sight a source for this amazing insight! Fascinating! Oh wait, it isnt even remotely true and you just pulled the number from your ass?

"powered by complex little motors"

Lol, too funny not to quote.

"..."

Anyone who wants can simply look up your claims and within 30 seconds see they have all been debunked.

[Eliseus]

Originally Posted by KagatobLuvsAnimu [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Mail order PHDs don't count. A PHD in religious education is not a PHD in education.

http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/programs...y/religion.php

I don't know what you are referring to as PHD in education, because any PHD is a PHD in education.

schools like Harvard offer

http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/programs...y/religion.php

and actually have a pretty extensive requirement and learning required for this field.

I feel the implication you are trying to imply is that someone with a PHD in religion is a retard, when that is on the contrary.

[Whirled]

Originally Posted by Estolcles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Time to create a new religion.

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[Eliseus]

Originally Posted by leewong [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

"Evolution is when one species changes to an entirely different species."

No, that is called speciation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speciation

"99.9999999999999999999999% of mutations are harmful."

Please sight a source for this amazing insight! Fascinating! Oh wait, it isnt even remotely true and you just pulled the number from your ass?

"powered by complex little motors"

Lol, too funny not to quote.

"..."

Anyone who wants can simply look up your claims and within 30 seconds see they have all been debunked.

"Evolution is the change in the inherited characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution

Look at me, I can link Wikipedia articles too, and that wasn't even anything of my views, that is your own view.

[leewong]

Originally Posted by Eliseus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/programs...y/religion.php

I don't know what you are referring to as PHD in education, because any PHD is a PHD in education.

schools like Harvard offer

http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/programs...y/religion.php

and actually have a pretty extensive requirement and learning required for this field.

I feel the implication you are trying to imply is that someone with a PHD in religion is a retard, when that is on the contrary.

Way to miss his point. There is that pesky reading comprehension again.

He was referring to PHDs from religious institutions that teach things like creationism. A PHD in religious studies from Harvard or Yale is a completely different animal than a PHD in truthology from Patriot University.