Tea Party GOP Senate Candidate: Evolution is a myth

[AAAintheBeltway]

Quote from bigdavediode:

Even after she clearly stated that she didn't know what was in the first amendment, you're relatively certain that she does.

Impressive.

She asked "where in the constitution is the separation of church and state?"

That's actually quite an intelligent question, because it isn't there. The actual phrase originated in a letter from Thomas Jefferson to some concerned church people who were worried about the potential for government intrusion into church matters. Hence, his reassurance that there was separation.

Religious observations at government events were commonplace for most of the country's history. I am quite sure Jefferson would have been astonished at the notion that the First Amendment somehow barred religious expression in schools or government. It was only in the past 40 years or so that anti-Christian bigots in the ACLU and federal judiciary twisted the obvious meaning of the Establishment Clause to justify a cultural purge of religion, particularly Christian religion, from public space.

But then, I'm quite sure you already knew all this and were just playing your tired game of making disingenuous comments to try to delegitimize conservative viewpoints.

 

[Free Thinker]

Quote from Lucrum:

I have no idea how old the earth is and don't claim to, I wasn't around 6000 years ago. Let alone 5 billion. So far as I know neither was anyone else alive today. For the record I do enjoy science, and even more so history.

how can someone claim they enjoy science the make a statement that indicates they have spent 0 time studying the subject. to even hint that they believe the earth could be 6000 years old tells me you have never read any science on the subject. there is no reason to be so willfully ignorant in the internet age.

here is work done by a christian geologist on the subject. prove that you really enjoy science and read some of his science:

http://home.entouch.net/dmd/search.htm#appalach1

 

[Lucrum]

Quote from Free Thinker:

how can someone claim they enjoy science the make a statement that indicates they have spent 0 time studying the subject. to even hint that they believe the earth could be 6000 years old tells me you have never read any science on the subject. there is no reason to be so willfully ignorant in the internet age.

I did NOT say or hint that the world is only 6000 years old non thinker.
In your unabashed haste to denigrate anyone that doesn't completely and immediately agree with you, or that you arrogantly presume to be religious. Apparently your reading comprehension skills, such as they are, were temporarily unavailable.

I only mentioned the 6K, because some do believe it, as part of a point I was making. The point being I make no claim to know how old the earth is simply because I wasn't around when it appeared/formed.



You are right about one thing, this is not a subject I've spent much time on. I'm not sure we'll ever know the our prehistoric origins with any real detail and certainty and even if we do. I don't think it's going affect my existence much one way or the other. For whatever reason I tend to prefer the science of things that are well known for a proven verifiable fact. I generally let all you Brainiacs argue over the theories.

 

[bigdavediode]

Quote from Lucrum:

I only mentioned the 6K, because some do believe it, as part of a point I was making. The point being I make no claim to know how old the earth is simply because I wasn't around when it appeared/formed.

I wasn't around when the first plane was created so can't know how it came into being. I think it was when large birds mated.

 

[Lucrum]

Quote from bigdavediode:

I wasn't around when the first plane was created so can't know how it came into being. I think it was when large birds mated.

That is a ridiculous comparison. There were plenty of other people who were around and witnessed it first hand. They even took photos and movies.

 

[trendlover]

Quote from Lucrum:

Oh I know organisms "evolve," mutate, change over time and in different ways in different environments.

It's the "we all evolved from space dust that spontaneously erupted from nothingness" THEORY that I have questions/doubts about.
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Lucrum, you are talking about the universe here, not evolution?





QUOTE]Quote from Lucrum:


In no small part because of the huge gaping holes in the fossil record where creatures supposedly evolved form earlier creatures that don't even remotely resemble one another. With no real evidence of any transitional creatures in between.
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Look at this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34eKAm48LfM

 

[bigdavediode]

Quote from Lucrum:

That is a ridiculous comparison. There were plenty of other people who were around and witnessed it first hand. They even took photos and movies.

The photos were put here by God to fool us about the birds. Plus we haven't seen any transitional planes -- you expect me to believe that a Cessna is similar to an Airbus A380? Anyway, the photos could be faked. I wasn't here, so I don't know.

Sorry. You can't convince me without evidence, and you have no true evidence.

Bye!

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

Quote from bigdavediode:

The photos were put here by God to fool us about the birds. Plus we haven't seen any transitional planes -- you expect me to believe that a Cessna is similar to an Airbus A380? Anyway, the photos could be faked. I wasn't here, so I don't know.

Sorry. You can't convince me without evidence, and you have no true evidence.

Bye!

I thought you didn't believe in intelligent design. A cessna didn't somehow morph into an airbus by accident or mutation. And of course we have detailed records of all the transistional planes from the Wright Brothers on.

You do better when you are quoting misleading stats that no one else has the time or interest to pore over.

 

[Lucrum]

Quote from bigdavediode:

Plus we haven't seen any transitional planes --

Really? Boeing 757, 767, 777.

you expect me to believe that a Cessna is similar to an Airbus A380?

Yes and no. They are different but fly for exactly the same reasons.

Anyway, the photos could be faked. I wasn't here, so I don't know.

Possibly, another right wing conspiracy that's all Bush's fault perhaps?

Sorry. You can't convince me without evidence, and you have no true evidence.

Bye!

Your "argument" is even more absurd than your first one. Maybe you should stick to MMGW and defending liberalism. At least there we expect this sort of thing.

 

[Eight]

Quote from Ghost of Cutten:

Anyone who has spent even 1 hour reading up on evolution can see plain as day that a creationist could only hold that view by deliberately ignoring an overwhelming mountain of evidence. Anyone who is still a creationist this late in the day is either just plain ignorant and uneducated, or wilfully ignoring the evidence in order to cling on to their beliefs for other reasons. After all, many people find it hard to accept that something they have believed all their life is totally false.

Not at all, it's fantasy land for sure... if somebody creates a universe and has their methods peer reviewed, that would be science... if somebody observed and recorded the creation of this universe, that would be science... using a lot of circular reasoning and piling on a lot of pseudo science does not make it science... I've examined the underpinnings of Evolution, examined the evidence that very directly contradicts the theory [it's massive] and concluded that "Creation by Evolution" is just about the biggest joke ever perpetrated... all it does is serve to remind me of just how stupid and evil this world really is..