C/E is the new GA

If you can tell me how would that say anything against creation, sure, I would try. Genetics is my weakest part. But I am learning.

Please share your scientific arguments with us, if your right you will become very famous indeed.

Here's a primer on comparative genomics for you then: PLoS Biology: Comparative Genomics. Have fun.

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Creationism has not made a single contribution to agriculture, medicine, conservation, forestry, pathology, or any other applied area of biology. Creationism has yielded no classifications, no biogeographies, no underlying mechanisms, no unifying concepts with which to study organisms or life. - Botanical Society of America's Statement on Evolution

Oh yeah, now I remember why I left here in the first place. There is no debating going on anymore. Creationists lost a long long time ago and don't realize it. They are followers of zombie science. I would say that we should aim for its head but it doesn't appear to have one.

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Hey Buddy, how have you been? Nice to see a post from you. You know the old saying, the more thing change, the more they stay the same!

For you:

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“The biblical story of the perfect and finished creation from which human beings fell into sin is pre-Darwinian mythology and post-Darwinian nonsense." -Bishop John Shelby Spong

"It is not the obligation of the State to reconcile various faiths with reality. Do it yourself." -Atomweaver

"We have designed our civilization based on science and technology and at the same time arranged things so that almost no one understands anything at all about science and technology. This is a clear prescription for disaster."
- Carl Sagan (Demon Haunted World)

Funny thing for atheists confronted by Christians.

1. Get an egg.

2. Ask them, "if you pray to God, will he stop the egg from breaking?"

3. Cite “Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son” (John 14:13) and "I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." Matthew 17:20

4. Remind them that God turned Moses' staff into a serpent, sent 10 plagues upon Egypt, parted the Red Sea, wrote on a wall, and even brought a dead army back to life. He should have no problem stopping an egg. Either you don't have enough faith or God doesn't exist.

5. Drop the egg.

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Slug's 1st Law of YECism- Genesis 1-9 must be interpreted literally.
Slug's 2nd Law of YECism- Any other verses can be interpreted liberally to support the 1st Law.
Slug's 3rd Law of YECism- Make up any extra-Biblical claim, no matter how wild, to wave-away evidence in violation of the 1st Law.

"If God sent a wind from space, and blew waters off the surface, for example, the waters would go down. Just as if you take a cup full of water over a sink, and blow hard on it, a lot will go out of the cup. Elementary." -dad
^This statement nullifies his own argument by comparing a "present state" event to a "past state" event!

Originally Posted by BananaSlug

5. Drop the egg.

Before you come to the wrong conclusion should the egg shatter and make a mess (assuming it isn't hard boiled), you may want to see how Jesus responded to a similar challenge:

Originally Posted by Matthew 4:5-7

5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

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“Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son” (John 14:13)

What could be more glorifying to God other than converting a staunch atheist? Should we not test God because he can't do it? Are you saying John 14:13 isn't true?

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Slug's 1st Law of YECism- Genesis 1-9 must be interpreted literally.
Slug's 2nd Law of YECism- Any other verses can be interpreted liberally to support the 1st Law.
Slug's 3rd Law of YECism- Make up any extra-Biblical claim, no matter how wild, to wave-away evidence in violation of the 1st Law.

"If God sent a wind from space, and blew waters off the surface, for example, the waters would go down. Just as if you take a cup full of water over a sink, and blow hard on it, a lot will go out of the cup. Elementary." -dad
^This statement nullifies his own argument by comparing a "present state" event to a "past state" event!

Originally Posted by BananaSlug

What could be more glorifying to God other than converting a staunch atheist?

Don't think you're any more dear to God than Agrippa:

Originally Posted by Acts 26:28

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

Whether you're one pixel away from getting saved, or whether you're the world's 'staunchest atheist', God is not a respecter of persons.

Note that in Hell, the rich man referred to Abraham as "Father Abraham".

He was probably more religious than I will ever be.

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Ah, so God really doesn't care about us. It is nice to know that an omnipotent God is too lazy to prevent an egg from breaking. My challenge still stands. If the egg breaks, either your faith isn't strong enough or God doesn't exist...

21 And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people answered him not a word. 22 Then Elijah said to the people, “I alone am left a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men. 23 Therefore let them give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other bull, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it. 24 Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD; and the God who answers by fire, He is God.”
So all the people answered and said, “It is well spoken.”
25 Now Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one bull for yourselves and prepare it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.”
26 So they took the bull which was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon, saying, “O Baal, hear us!” But there was no voice; no one answered. Then they leaped about the altar which they had made.
27 And so it was, at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened.” 28 So they cried aloud, and cut themselves, as was their custom, with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them. 29 And when midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice. But there was no voice; no one answered, no one paid attention.
30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down. 31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”[b] 32 Then with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD; and he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed. 33 And he put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and said, “Fill four waterpots with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood.” 34 Then he said, “Do it a second time,” and they did it a second time; and he said, “Do it a third time,” and they did it a third time. 35 So the water ran all around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
36 And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, “LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your word. 37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that You are the LORD God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again.”
38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!” 1 Kings 18:21-39

^So God can do all of this for Elijah but he can't stop an egg? How is Elijah's test of God any different?

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Slug's 1st Law of YECism- Genesis 1-9 must be interpreted literally.
Slug's 2nd Law of YECism- Any other verses can be interpreted liberally to support the 1st Law.
Slug's 3rd Law of YECism- Make up any extra-Biblical claim, no matter how wild, to wave-away evidence in violation of the 1st Law.

"If God sent a wind from space, and blew waters off the surface, for example, the waters would go down. Just as if you take a cup full of water over a sink, and blow hard on it, a lot will go out of the cup. Elementary." -dad
^This statement nullifies his own argument by comparing a "present state" event to a "past state" event!