Do we humans disprove evolution?

[AV1611VET]

Buddhists believe that Christianity has some redeeming points.

Buddhism was used in the mid 1800's as a breakaway religion from Hindu's extremely oppressive caste system.

 

[AV1611VET]

No problem. My graduate degrees are in psychology, my main work interests are addictions and mediation. At one time I was interested in modern psychoanalysis and had a supervisor who has done groundbreaking work on "evil."

Okay.

Thank you for the answer.

I have an associate's degree in Business Administration.

ETA: Are you familiar with the Bobgans?

 

[Frank Robert]

Okay.

Thank you for the answer.

I have an associate's degree in Business Administration.

ETA: Are you familiar with the Bobgans?

I am not. I looked up the name and looks like an interesting author who writes from his Christianity. That is not a criticism, I believe that all major religions have much to offer. This is well expressed in poem by a 13th century Sufi.

Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen.

Not any religion or cultural system. I am not from the east or the west, not out of the ocean or up from the ground, not natural or ethereal, not composed of elements at all.

I do not exist, am not an entity in this world or the next, did not descend from Adam and Eve or any origin story.

My place is the placeless, a trace of the traceless. Neither body or soul.

I belong to the beloved, have seen the two worlds as one and that one call to and know, first, last, outer, inner,

only that breath breathing human being.

~ jelaluddin rumi​

 

[Frank Robert]

Buddhism was used in the mid 1800's as a breakaway religion from Hindu's extremely oppressive caste system.

Yes, breakaway from the caste system was a practical effect of Buddhism but the Buddhist main objective is enlightenment that ends the cycle of birth and rebirth.

 

[AV1611VET]

Yes, breakaway from the caste system was a practical effect of Buddhism but the Buddhist main objective is enlightenment that ends the cycle of birth and rebirth.

Speaking of rebirth, you do know that Jesus Christ came to seek and to save that which was lost; and if you recognize that you are a sinner by birth, repent of your condition, and put your faith in Him, you will become a child of God?

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

And the world is not the world that a 70 year old observes either. We are coloured by our perceptions and our perceptions colour the world around us. You choose to view the world as some sort of nihilistic ruin that has no good people in. I choose to see the world as a place with as much good as there is sadness in it.

Yes; it's interesting that the public perception of crime is that it's getting worse with time, whereas the statistics suggest it's getting better. I suspect it's partly due to the ability of the media to report every crime and partly due to media emphasis biases, e.g. political.

 

[Astrid]

Yes; it's interesting that the public perception of crime is that it's getting worse with time, whereas the statistics suggest it's getting better. I suspect it's partly due to the ability of the media to report every crime and partly due to media emphasis biases, e.g. political.

It may be apocryphal but I read that a cuneiform tablet
translated as saying, something about how the kids of today
are disrespectful, don't study, etc.

 

[AV1611VET]

Yes; it's interesting that the public perception of crime is that it's getting worse with time, whereas the statistics suggest it's getting better.

Based on what formula?

If, for example, you use P/C (population ÷ crime), then as the population increases, the crime rate will drop (if it doesn't "keep up" with the increase).

So I have to ask: what is the formula being used?

 

[AV1611VET]

It may be apocryphal but I read that a cuneiform tablet translated as saying, something about how the kids of today
are disrespectful, don't study, etc.

Bye Bye Birdie:

 

[Occams Barber]

Based on what formula?

If, for example, you use P/C (population ÷ crime), then as the population increases, the crime rate will drop (if it doesn't "keep up" with the increase).

So I have to ask: what is the formula being used?

The only sensible way to look at crime comparatively is to measure it in proportion to population. Absolute crime numbers don't allow you to compare time periods or places.

OB

 

[Frank Robert]

Speaking of rebirth, you do know that Jesus Christ came to seek and to save that which was lost; and if you recognize that you are a sinner by birth, repent of your condition, and put your faith in Him, you will become a child of God?

That is a Christian belief, it it helps you lead a useful (moral) life then it is a good belief.

 

[AV1611VET]

The only sensible way to look at crime comparatively is to measure it in proportion to population. Absolute crime numbers don't allow you to compare time periods or places.

OB

So what's the formula?

 

[AV1611VET]

That is a Christian belief, it it helps you lead a useful (moral) life then it is a good belief.

That's an invitation from me to you ... via the Great Commission ... to join the family of God.

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

Based on what formula?

If, for example, you use P/C (population ÷ crime), then as the population increases, the crime rate will drop (if it doesn't "keep up" with the increase).

So I have to ask: what is the formula being used?

There is a variety of measures; most commonly, crimes per head of population, or the % of individuals who are victims of crime in any year (in particular, violent crime). Of course, crime rates will vary between different areas over time.

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

It may be apocryphal but I read that a cuneiform tablet
translated as saying, something about how the kids of today
are disrespectful, don't study, etc.

That's attributed to Socrates:

“The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.”​

 

[AV1611VET]

There is a variety of measures; most commonly, crimes per head of population, or the % of individuals who are victims of crime in any year (in particular, violent crime). Of course, crime rates will vary between different areas over time.

Would I be correct if I said they pick (or make up) any formula that challenges every jot & tittle of the Bible?

Such as the Bible verses that speak of evil increasing as the time draws near?

 

[Frank Robert]

That's an invitation from me to you ... via the Great Commission ... to join the family of God.

Thanks for the invitation but I have doubts. All religions have numerous contradictions which is good for the apologetic industry. If there is a God he/she would be close to what the mystics describe as most if not all primitive and present religions have a mystical tradition. In Christianity the idea of the beatific vision is a mystical view, Islam and Jewish religions have mystical traditions also. Even shamans have theirs.

 

[AV1611VET]

Thanks for the invitation but I have doubts.

 

[Larniavc]

The only true morality is God's standard.

Can you define that standard? I’ll get you started if you can’t.

Is killing children and babies outside of God standard of morality?

 

[driewerf]

When Islamic extremists detonate a bomb in a school yard. In my book that is sin. An offense to both God and man.

In my book it's a crime. Sins are indeed imaginary offenses to an equally imaginary deity.