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I'd rather die believing in something, than live believing in nothing.

I agree furious

:thumbsup Evolution!!:)

Ignorance is bliss, eh? Not really a shock, coming from a republican pornographer :1orglaugh

LOL. Did you read that site?

I do absolutely everything I can. I help other people before I help myself, I go do crazy things, travel a lot, and learn as much as possible.

If you think you was a monkey back in a days then you probably still a monkey today!

If it floats your boat to believe in something with absolutely zero evidence and blind faith be my guest. It's your life and if it helps you rationalize things or get over hurdles in the road of life, more power to ya.

Many things don't have a reasonable explanation with facts, so you beleive in some things or you don't.

:2 cents:

Unlike some people, I can believe in things I have never seen or touched. If it makes you happy, it can't be that bad right? :winkwink: Once I die, it won't make any difference if I lived believing in an afterlife that didn't exist. I can't do anything about it then! :1orglaugh But for now... I am happy believing there's more than meets the eye.

And yes punkworld I am a Republican pornographer... with an open mind of my own. You should try having one someday :thumbsup

actually, you seem to be confusing alot of things... and you forgot to include people who just dont know what the fuck happened... How can you believe that EVOLUTION is a sure thing!? WHat makes you think that it is impossible for a greater power to have created us? Because that would be supernatural and not Rational? How sure are you that there's no such thing as supernatural? Have you made some investigations?



as for that quote,

"And STILL people fail to see the fundamental flaw in the idea that if you can't explain something, the big ghost in the sky must be responsible."

I can respond... And STILL people fail to see the fundamental flaw in the idea that if you can't explain something, there must be a scientific explaination!

Why? Is there scientific proofs proving that the millions who experience supernatural situations are crazy or liars !?

As long as one does not make it an unhealthy practice, it can't be that bad. A little odd, but not bad. Lot's of people need religion for various pure purposes such as healing or providing guidance under a moral set. Others need it to molest young boys or justify a war. Please be the former and don't push it on other people. :thumbsup

Actually there is scientific evidence.

:1orglaugh
Whatever professor :thumbsup

A creationist who apparently can't read. What a surprise.
Did I say evolution is a sure thing? No, I said that people who believe in evolution theory - of whom I am one - believe it or a variant of it to be the <b>most likely</b> theory. It may well be wrong, there might be a completely different explanation we haven't uncovered yet. Indeed, we don't know for sure. However, most evidence we have at this time seems to support evolutionary theory.

Now, saying that because we don't know it must've been the great spirit in the sky is just stupidity. Not because it's impossible, or the contrary has been proven, but because virtually no real evidence has been supplied to support the idea.
It's like the idea of the key-stealing leprechauns: you'll never be able to refute it, no matter how hard you try. Still, that doesn't make it any more likely, now does it?

As for:
So far, science has done a pretty good job explaining things. It gave us cars, computers, airplanes, space ships, nuclear bombs, photography, the internet, electricity, genetics, modern medicine, x-rays, particle accelerators, plastic, and a few million other things.

Religion and the supernatural, on the other hand, gave us... well, nothing. No conclusive evidence, no inventions derived from it, just an assload of dumb-ass theories. Religion told us earth was the centre of the universe and the solar system, religion told us the earth was flat, religion told us that disease was "punishment from the gods", religion told us that drought was caused by a lack of sacrifices, religion told us that earth is only a few thousand years old.

So far, in ALL cases, either science has already won or research is still pending. Not once did religion come out on top. If I'm mistaken, please do point me toward a serious experiment which can be replicated that shows the spirit in the sky is responsible for anything whatsoever.
And no, hicks claiming to have been anally probed by the virgin Maria is not evidence.

Some evolutionists practice a form of religion (look up the various definitions of religion) and in doing so...those that eliminate in their minds the possibility of a creator...take a giant leap of faith that abiogenesis actually happened. Thus they have a belief...not unlike those that believe abiogenesis did not happen...but instead believe there was a creator.

Surely you could tell us some?

lol ..
exactly ...
God created evolution & the stars.

The post after your original quote above is correct in that they were able to create the amino acids or more specifically the initial proteins necessary to build amino acids.

However, approximately a year ago it was announced on CNN that two chemists were able to create the polio virus chemically.
They chose the polio virus because it's DNA sequence is very well known.

I think these two will go down in History as having been the first to "create life". Yes - I know that most academics CURRENTLY do not think viruses are "life". I think that definition is changing as protoproteins and phages become more known.

By the time I had heard it on CNN and began as quick as possible to get the links and information - it had already been taken down. (Go figure in this world of terrorists.).