A few questions for atheists...

[Abraxos]

Hydras don't biologically age.

That is interesting. Give me some links, I want to know more.

 

[dysert]

That is interesting. Give me some links, I want to know more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_(genus)

 

[AirPo]

Atheists are certainly experts at jargon.

the irony! Theists are certainly experts at double speak.

 

[[serious]]

That is interesting. Give me some links, I want to know more.

and some more:
http://www.devbio.biology.gatech.edu/?page_id=491
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26163368

 

[Loudmouth]

It essentially means a universal tendency toward dissipation, degeneration, decay, and death. And it's not something you need to read in a book, it's something we all experience everyday.

Entropy = gradual decline.

Except that we don't. You started out as a single cell. Over a period of 9 months, you developed into a complex multicellular organism. That is not a gradual decline.

What are you dealing with is a false representation of actual entropy. In the real world of physics, entropy can decrease if energy is added to a system.

 

[Loudmouth]

Truth is we grow, we age, we die.

Jargon merely spin that to mean something else.

The only spinning being done is by creationists.

 

[DogmaHunter]

hydras are biologically immortal. They do not age or break down.

All hail the 7-headed immortal beast!

 

[Kylie]

I'd like to ask the atheists here a few questions, one at a time, and get your responses to them. I have no "agenda" or big buildup to a "gotcha" at the end, I would just like your responses to each of the questions in this thread if you don't mind. I won't be arguing/debating what you say; they're just questions. Ok? Let's start...

Question 1: Do you believe that there was a chance merging of organic materials necessary at just the right time, circumstance, and environment to produce a living entity?

You make it sound like it was a bunch of things that needed to come together all at once and BAM there was a life form. I personally think that the ancestor of life was just a self replicating molecule. We have molecules like that today, and we know that they can be formed from simple ingredients.

 

[AdamSK]

Entropy is an explicit mathematical quantity. Please don't make claims about it that you can't back up with calculations.

It is as silly as me making claims about temperature increasing while being unwilling to use a thermometer or say how much.

 

[[serious]]

All hail the 7-headed immortal beast!

 

[Nicky Blass]

hydras are biologically immortal. They do not age or break down.

Hydras are biologically immortal and mythical.

 

[46AND2]

Hydras are biologically immortal and mythical.

He wasn't referring to the mythical hydras. You should check out his links. Pretty interesting.

 

[[serious]]

Hydras are biologically immortal and mythical.

Not this one:

This one:

 

[Moral Orel]

In the real world of physics, entropy can decrease if energy is added to a system.

Okay, but if that is what's happening on Earth, then there would have to some giant outside source of energy supplying the Earth with huge amounts of energy. If there was such a source, scientists would certainly know about it.

 

[Dave RP]

I'd like to ask the atheists here a few questions, one at a time, and get your responses to them. I have no "agenda" or big buildup to a "gotcha" at the end, I would just like your responses to each of the questions in this thread if you don't mind. I won't be arguing/debating what you say; they're just questions. Ok? Let's start...

Question 1: Do you believe that there was a chance merging of organic materials necessary at just the right time, circumstance, and environment to produce a living entity?

1. I believe that life evolved on earth as a result of pure happenstance and that is why life may be very rare in the universe, but we just don't know how often and in what circumstances life can start, therefore we cannot know how prevalent (or not) it may be outside of earth.

 

[Dave RP]

Thanks to everyone for your replies. As promised, here's question 2. I've also included Google's definition of homeostasis to ensure we're all talking about the same thing...

homeostasis -- the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes. (Google)

Question 2: Do you believe in the existence of some form of intelligence that controls homeostasis in organisms?

No

 

[Larniavc]

I'd like to ask the atheists here a few questions, one at a time, and get your responses to them. I have no "agenda" or big buildup to a "gotcha" at the end, I would just like your responses to each of the questions in this thread if you don't mind. I won't be arguing/debating what you say; they're just questions. Ok? Let's start...

Question 1: Do you believe that there was a chance merging of organic materials necessary at just the right time, circumstance, and environment to produce a living entity?

Yes

 

[Larniavc]

Thanks to everyone for your replies. As promised, here's question 2. I've also included Google's definition of homeostasis to ensure we're all talking about the same thing...

homeostasis -- the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes. (Google)

Question 2: Do you believe in the existence of some form of intelligence that controls homeostasis in organisms?

No

 

[Larniavc]

Question 3: Do you believe that following the initial spark of life, that homeostasis took over from there?

No.

 

[Larniavc]

Here's the last question. It's a "why" question so I won't be surprised to see a variety of answers. It's also obviously an essay question, so knock yourselves out. Thanks.

Question 4: After evolving for hundreds of millions of years, why does a life form start to degenerate just after birth only to destroy itself in a short period of time?

It doesn't.