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Questions about origins of life timeline

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What reality?

Well, for starters, the reality that the theory of evolution is a scientific description of a process that occurs in nature, and not a philosophy that people live their lives based on.
 
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Well, for starters, the reality that the theory of evolution is a scientific description of a process that occurs in nature, and not a philosophy that people live their lives based on.

Evolution does occur in nature, I totally agree. That's a far cry from the guesses and suppositions of the pseudo-reality of Darwinist creation though.
 
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Some folks acknowledge reality based on verifiable facts. Other folks, don't care much for that type of reality, because it does not deliver what they need, so, their mind will manufacture their own reality, to give them what they need.

Some posters on this board, are text book examples of this psychological phenomenon.
 
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justlookinla

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Because atheism is simply the lack of belief in gods. Simply being an atheist means nothing for what one does or does not believe about the way the universe came into existence.

"What do atheists believe about how the world was created? Atheists tend to believe that the Earth was created during the Big Bang, a scientific event millions of years ago that caused the particles in the universe to become ordered. Through evolution, or the ability of creatures to gradually adapt to their surroundings biologically, we have seen the rise of a many different species of animal and plant life. "

Do you disagree with this view?
 
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"What do atheists believe about how the world was created? Atheists tend to believe that the Earth was created during the Big Bang, a scientific event millions of years ago that caused the particles in the universe to become ordered. Through evolution, or the ability of creatures to gradually adapt to their surroundings biologically, we have seen the rise of a many different species of animal and plant life. "

Do you disagree with this view?

Do you understand what the word ' tend' means?
 
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"What do atheists believe about how the world was created? Atheists tend to believe that the Earth was created during the Big Bang, a scientific event millions of years ago that caused the particles in the universe to become ordered. Through evolution, or the ability of creatures to gradually adapt to their surroundings biologically, we have seen the rise of a many different species of animal and plant life. "

Do you disagree with this view?
I do and I am not an atheist. The earth was not created in the Big Bang but later on.

Dizredux
 
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justlookinla

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I do and I am not an atheist. The earth was not created in the Big Bang but later on.

Dizredux

How did nothing happen to nothing which created something and then arranged itself into you and me?

This is much more than about the creation of the earth.
 
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Yes. Do you disagree with that view?

I don't, but it's not the same thing as your sig. Atheists tend to accept the big bang model and evolution, but it's not required. You could think the universe was made by the flatulence of a interdimensional squid, and you'd still be an atheist as long as you didn't believe in gods. Because that's all that's required to be an atheist.
 
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How did nothing happen to nothing which created something and then arranged itself into you and me?
How did nothing happen to nothing which created something and then arranged itself into your God?
You want your God to exist don't you? so anything that might suggest that he doesn't is wrong, not because it's wrong but because you don't want it to be right, you don't even know what I'm talking about do you?
 
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How did nothing happen to nothing which created something and then arranged itself into you and me?

This is much more than about the creation of the earth.
This seems to be more about you being a Johnny One Note, an uninformed one at that.

Dizredux
 
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justlookinla

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How did nothing happen to nothing which created something and then arranged itself into your God?
You want your God to exist don't you? so anything that might suggest that he doesn't is wrong, not because it's wrong but because you don't want it to be right, you don't even know what I'm talking about do you?

LOL. I don't even think you know what you're talking about.

Step back, take a deep breath and then come back and post something sensible. :thumbsup:
 
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