*sits at a distance, laughing and eating popcorn whilst watching the chaos*
Man, you monkeys are so funny!
Last I knew it was called the theory of evolution...not the fact of evolution.
There is a difference between "evolution" and "adaptation". Animals do "adapt" to thier surounding there is scientific evidence of this. But there is NO concrete evidence that evolution ever occured. (That is the transformation of one spiecies into another totally different spiecies over a long period of time) DNA makeup in itself is a barrier, humans have 26 chromosomes unlike an ape. Do they sell chromosomes someplace?
An earlier post is quite accurate in saying "it takes more faith to believe in evolution than it does to believe in God."
You see, this is what's funny! You don't even know what the word theory means in a scientific context. It doesn't mean "guess," the fact that the Earth revolves around the Sun? That's a theory too. And that theory is also contradicted by the Bible.
Where are all the nuts claiming the religious merits of a geocentric universe?
Also, the nature of god bits that fell into the conversation. God doesn't care what religion you are or what you believe in at all! God created Man with free will. Why would he want us to follow him and give us that gift at the same time? Surely if God wanted followers he would have just created more angels.
The fact that we have Free Will negates the concept of Sin and Hell. To think that God would be an indian giver and give us free will while simultaneously telling us not to exercise it is ludicrous at best. There is only one thing in the world that could be considered a sin: Fear.
Fear prevents us from understanding the nature of God. Fear keeps us from exploring the concepts of God on our own. Fear keep us in neat little rows in Churches while we eat a wafer that the Padre is telling us is the Body of Christ.
Do you know what Christ is? Christ means "Messiah," and that isn't Jesus' last name. Jesus doesn't have a last name. He's another prophet like Moses. He was killed for proclaiming the Kingdom of God in a land that already had a King. Christ isn't a person, he's an idea. That idea lives in the heart of every person on Earth. Every Christian, Every Pagan, Every Atheist, Every Agnostic, Every Satanist, Every Jew, etc.
To deny this is to deny God's place in the world.
God's place is not in the Church nor the Classroom. God's place is in the hearts of everyone, whether they be believers or not.
To quote Bill Hicks:
"Today a young man on acid realized that matter is merely energy at a slow vibration, we are all of one Consciousness experiencing itself subjective, we are all God's children and his love is unconditional."
Suck on that Fundies!
Initiate discovery! Fire the Machines! Throw the switch Igor! THROW THE F***ING SWITCH!
