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Hoghead1

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Again, your post is all inappropriate inflammatory rhetoric.
 
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If you are saying I ever said humans evolved into daffodils I'd have to call you a liar.
The ToE SPECIFICALLY claims a common original progenitor; or do you wish to re-define evolution?
You did make a claim just like that in your recent post. Again, your posts are largely name-calling and wild accusations. Totally inappropriate here.
 
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And, as usual, ever more inappropriate inflammatory rhetoric and no insight on your part.
 
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Jesus didn't come to instruct people on personal hygiene and cleanliness. He came to save sinners, to tell them about God, and to die that we may have eternal life with Him forever if we believe in Him, repent and call upon His name to be saved.
What if you're wrong? after all Jesus had been dead for over 50 years before one word was written about him or what he was supposed to have said.
 
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What if you're wrong?

If you think I am, read the Bible for yourself. It is available for you just as much as for me.

I am not concerned that I am wrong about the foundation of my belief in Jesus Christ, though I admit I could be wrong in much lesser things, as I do not have all the answers in this life.
 
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Wolves were evolved by humans into dogs. There has been a long-term study going on in Russia to see if foxes can be turned into dogs. So far, the results are promising, with foxes taking on more and more dog traits, such as tameness. Bacteria has been evolved into a whole new species in the lab. And don't give me your argument this isn't evolution because the bacteria are still bacteria. That doesn't count. The point is a new species was developed. Almost all the domestic animals we know are designer animals; that is, they were created by us and are far from their feral ancestors. Now if we can do all that, think what God and a million years of evolution can do. Apparently your model of God is a bit limited in that respect.
 
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What if you're wrong? after all Jesus had been dead for over 50 years before one word was written about him or what he was supposed to have said.

And as for the 50 years, many of the early Christians and the original disciples were still alive when these things were written down for the first time. It could have been easily refuted. Yet absolutely no texts or evidence of such refutations has ever been found, even though extensive copies of ancient scripture have been found.

The Jewish people had a very well established oral tradition, and at first the stories were shared in this way.
 
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No one ever claimed that we are monkeys, except creationists who think that's how evolution is supposed to work. We share a common ancestor with monkeys. We are apes. We are primates. We are mammals. We are animals. We are chordates, and so on...
You say "no one ever claimed we are monkeys," they you say "we are apes." That's pretty contradictory, don't you think?
 
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Hell is NOT empty. There is room for more.
It's a big no-no in theological discussions to try and out power your opponents by condemning them to Hell. Also, when it comes to Hell, which is where Bible Belt Christians place anyone who disagrees with them, I've thought about it and decided that Hell might be the best place for me to be, then. After all, I'll be able to hobnob with a much more intelligent, more interesting, and better-educated clientele.
 
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There was nothing written to corroborate the stories in the Bible either, apart from the same stories that were written hundreds of years earlier about other Gods and Kings, every God, King and leader could do magic in those days it was expected of them.
There were at least 9 Gods born on Dec 25th of virgins before Jesus and a few of them were crucified. [it was common then]
 
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Since you are so fond of the school-girl style of writing, I wondered when you would go into more than one color. What next? Technicolor? If you want to be taken seriously in a theological discussion, you need to tone down the bombast and hooplah.
 
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You asked for an example of a beneficial mutation. I gave you one. You then tried to move the goalposts.

And it's a bacterial infection, not a virus
 
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I have encountered this view many times.
Where have you encountered this? I sure didn't and I don't know any one else who has. Granted, you may find something like that in the media. However, we are talking about classrooms. The teachers and professors I studied with and know all respect a division of labor in academia. When I was in bio lab, pithing a frog, I asked the professor if she thought frogs had feelings and felt pain when pithed, she said that is a question for philosophy. She was right. Any of the science professors I had would have immediately told you that questions about God belonged in the theology and philosophy classes, that science was neutral on the issue and so let's get back to science. Also, almost all the major colleges and universities have classes on religion, philosophy, theology, where questions about God can and should be addressed. Public schools are encouraged to keep religion out of the picture, largely due to the tension that would crate in the community. What if you talk about Christ and you have Jewish students, etc.? Parochial schools and youth programs in churches are intended to educate students about God. In the universities, it is a different story, as I just pointe out.
 
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And yet why haven't their stories continued on? Why haven't lives been changed by them? Why are they no more than distant myths now. I can't name even one of them without looking it up. Can you? And yet almost everyone, whether they believe in Him or not, knows the name of Jesus.

"The Bible is comprised of 66 Books written over a period of about 1,500 years by over 40 authors from all walks of life, with different kinds of personalities, and in all sorts of situations. It was written in three languages on three continents, and it covers hundreds of controversial subjects. Yet, it fits together into one cohesive story with an appropriate beginning, a logical ending, a central character, and a consistent theme."

"How does one begin to explain such historical, structural, prophetic, doctrinal, and spiritual congruency (harmony) apart from the fact that its real author was Divine?!"

http://christiananswers.net/q-aiia/biblecongruency.html

Why are there no similar writings about these other "gods"? Why are their not also hundreds of complete copies and fragments that have been found over the years, that despite different time and place have no major contradictions between them?

These other "gods" have come to nothing, Jesus has not.
 
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Well, how does someone committed to the school-girl school of writing evolve into a mature, serious author?
 
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You asked for an example of a beneficial mutation. I gave you one. You then tried to move the goalposts.
And it's a bacterial infection, not a virus
I asked for an example of a benevolent mutation advancing a species as evolution would require. Everyone knows that viruses and bacteria mutate and change. They still, however, remain viruses and bacteria.
 
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Dogs were evolved by us from wolves, however. In at least one laboratory study, bacteria were induced to evolve into a new species of bacteria. So, yes, the evolution of a new species has been brought about and observed in the lab. Foxes have been selectively bread to take on more and more dog traits. Plus, you have tons of evidence from fossils, which are like frozen snap shots of nature at work. Also, you are apparently going on the unscientific distinction of "micro" vs "macro" evolution. In science, the two are one. The laws of nature are universal, include all spaces. that means it is arbitrary to post some sort of Stop sign saying evolution can't occur between the species as well. The laws of nature apply to all spaces, including those between the species. In fact, as AR Wallace observed, you really can't find any sharp, hard-and-fast dividing lines between species. Here, you might want to look at his vast collection of insect specimens.
 
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