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That's because science is myopic.
God doesn't showboat; neither do His angels.Bugeyedcreepy said:
"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - Jesus ChristBugeyedcreepy said:
Correct, science is merely a tool. a screwdriver is myopic.
that's my observation too. So much so in fact, that it's almost as if they weren't real, or something...
A screwdriver doesn't use its myopia to determine what we should believe though.
Merry ChristmasBugeyedcreepy said:
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge and wisdom." - SolomonBugeyedcreepy said:
Nor is a screwdriver the most demonstrably reliable way to come by the truth of something either, it's rather best for use at driving screws into place.
You seem out of place, are you okay? Perhaps a better greeting this time of year might be for the Baha'i "Martyrdom of the Báb" – which began at sunset on 9 July, or perhaps you want to celebrate the Mandaeans new year’s eve, also known as the eve of Dehva Rabba, which was on the 19th, or perhaps you'll look forward to Asalha Puja (Dhamma) Day on the 27th of July, when the Bhuddists all over the world commemorate the first sermon delivered by the Buddha after his enlightenment, or maybe you'd like to look forward to August, when Islamic adherents commemorate Eid Al Adha - The Feast of Sacrifice which commemorates the ordeal of Ibrahim (Abraham) who was asked to sacrifice his only son to prove his faith to Allah on the 21st (after all, you do accept Abraham is real and that God forced him to confront the ordeal of killing his Son in his honour, right?), Hindus will also enjoy the festival of Raksha Bandhan on the 26th of August, "Raksha Bandhan" means bond of protection. This Hindu festival honours the love between brothers and sisters and is marked by the tying of a rakhi thread by the sister on the wrist of her brother. Hindus are pretty awesome humanists, you know...
And I have already explained why DNA does not fit such definitions of information. If you have counters to my specific arguments, feel free to actually quote them rather than making mentions of me in your posts.
-_- does a waterfall have purposeful information because water is going from one place to another, and travelling would inevitably result in more plants benefiting from the water than if it just stayed in one spot? If you would conclude that this constitutes a purpose, I have to wonder what you would actually think doesn't have a purpose.
1. It isn't random. Function is naturally favored over no function or dysfunction because sequences which are functional are better at persisting than those which aren't. That is, sequences that can repair themselves persist and replicate better than those that can't.
Remember the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War?Is an imaginary war still a war?
So do Christians.
My pastor says Israel is currently an atheist country; and it has to be in order to fulfill prophecy.Speedwell said:
Does he know that there is a difference between a secular state and an atheist country? Do you expect any of us to care about his eschatological fantasies?
I would add that DNA is also unlike language in that duplicating a gene can absolutely alter the 'information' of the genetic system of the organism, whereas duplicating a word in a sentence (or duplicating a sentence) generally does not add anything to the story. I have, in fact, on several occasions had creationists professing in-depth knowledge of both genetics and information science insist that duplicating genes cannot possibly add information, since when you duplicate a word in a sentence you make it nonsensical. Another failure of using analogies as evidence.
