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I’d have done better to make the
question about a literal reading of
noahs ark, and the ethics of using
falsehoods to try to show the flood
really happened.

Same ethics question, simpler topic.

But Astrid, part of the problem here is in the way that literalist Christians conceptualize the operative principles of "how to know."

In some cases, literalist Christians may not be unethical so much as they are either uninformed or misguided (or uneducated).

Moreover, even though I agree with you that they are epistemically wrong in the way in which they evaluate the story of Noah's Ark, I'm going to go with Basil Mitchell's assertion that many Christians are caught in what he called the "Layman's Predicament," which is where the typical laymen has neither the resources, whether those resources are psychological or financial in nature, or the time to figure out fully who among leaders or scholars to trust in applying principles of "knowing."

Reference

Mitchell, Basil. (1990). How to Play Theological Ping-pong: Essays on faith & reason. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdman's Publishing Company.
 
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I’d have done better to make the
question about a literal reading of
noahs ark, and the ethics of using
falsehoods to try to show the flood
really happened.

Same ethics question, simpler topic.
It can still be possible if the flood was regional, and not global, and that's unfalsifiable right now, etc. Same with a literal Garden of Eden, and a literal Adam and Eve. Not that you really care anything at all about that though, etc. But it's not lying or dishonest yet, because it's unfalsifiable, and doesn't contradict all the other knowledge we right now know, or right now currently have right now, etc.

God Bless.
 
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Show me an example of arguments consisting of things I make up.
You cannot.

Show me yec argument against evolution thst is not made up.
You cannot.

But my topic is the ethics of using falsehoods.
The Ethics of Arguments in Support of Evolution:

We observe that virtually all such arguments are simply​
falsehoods, either made up by the poster, or, borrowed​
from someone else who made them up.​
How can this behaviour be consistent with​
any moral code?​

See, I can do it too.
 
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Dreadfully clever! But no examples so….
 
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Dreadfully clever! But no examples so….
Just returning tit-for-tat. Your OP caught my attention because it offered no evidence in support of your postulate. It only contained accusations against those who hold a different view than yours. When you asked for evidence that your accusations were wrong, I noticed that your original arguments could just as well be made against your POV.

Do I care to argue against evolution? Not really. Other people have made it their life's work to do that (it's called apologetics). To me the real issue is not evolution, it is placing one's trust in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins. If evolutionary theory is preventing you from finding God's forgiveness in Christ Jesus, I would recommend putting evolution aside until you have found what you need the most.
 
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Estimates are as you know 15-30bn years , but to put that into context requires understanding Hubble-lemaitre which at best is a very long extrapolation based on assumptions. So, it is indicative not definitive .
Better informed persons would know the range as 13.5-14.0 Gyr. 15-30 Gyr hasn't been on the table for a couple decades.
considering other long extrapolations like gravity over 100s bns light years ,
which is larger than the cosmic horizon
the diameter of galaxies, doesn’t work very well on galax rotation with an error term expressed in mass ten times the visible matter ( the origin of the dark matter question) all extrapolations need taking with a pinch of salt.
you seem to be talking of DM w/ the galaxy rotation bit, but DM isn't 10x regular matter.

I thought you might know better mr ex-tech director.
All so called laws are emperiometric not ontological. That is the view of even hawking!
I doubt (Stephen) Hawking has much of a view about anything these days.
spot the one time tech director of an astrophysics facility.:me.
Was it just the IT, or were you also in charge of the maintenance of the telescopes?

What was the point of these (incorrect) claims about cosmology in a thread about ethics?
 
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“ Tit for Tat” could be called a dodge, but never mind that.

I provided one example of a false argument to disprove
evolution, the fake human footprint with dinosaur footprint.

i could list them to the limits of patience.

More simply, all such are false. Else someone
would have a Nobel, among many many other result.

Would you deny that any are false? What “ accusation” might
suit those who deliberately or negligently sponsor such?

That is a real question, I would appreciate an answer!
it would be the first on topic response I’ve gotten.


To your last comment-
Educated Christians have no issue with evolution.
 
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That the purpose of the theory of evolution is to deny the existence of God. The rest follow from it.
I do not know why would you want to accuse Darwin of such dishonesty. If you read his diary, you would know that he went on his journeys as a YEC Christian, looking for the global flood signs. But he could not find any.

Instead, he noticed that species living on isolated islands developed specific features and even speciation. He had to change his natural science view based on what he discovered. And because he, as todays YEC Christians, did not know how to keep the Christian faith without believing that Genesis is a literal dictation from God, it seems he later became just a theist, though some sources say he remained a Christian.

In other words, Darwin changed his view after his journeys and discoveries, not before.
 
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He is stating that is the foundational falsehood that other anti evolution arguments stem from. He is claiming that to be his own understanding.
 
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Yes the effect of the theory of evolution is to deny the existence of God for those who are convinced that a belief in a literal Genesis is required for faith in God. But is that the purpose of the theory? To follow Morris's argument further, have evolutionary biologists intentionally crafted a false theory in order to deny the existence of God?
 
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Would anyone here like to say that it’s ethical to
spread Morris’ lie?
 
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Why are you talking of origin of cells with origin of life? I have heard that Darwin evolution theory is based on that all life on earth today is a product of millions years of evolutionary process start from a single cell called Luca formed by a chance from abiogensis but still don't know how life originated because all abiogensis experiments were a big flops.
 
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You heard wrong
 
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Nope, I have heard correctly, this is also written on Wikipedia page of Abiogenesis page.

Ah, so sorry, you remembered wrong.
Cut n paste from wiki and let’s count
all the ways you falsified the original.
 
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Hai sentito male
No, ho sentito bene, questo è scritto anche sulla pagina di Wikipedia di Abiogenesis pa
Ah, mi dispiace tanto, ricordavi male.
Taglia e incolla da wiki e contiamo
tutti i modi in cui hai falsificato l'originale.
Abiogenesis is a process in which life arise from non living matter as organics compound
 
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You'd have a point if evolution was a fact. But TOE is not, so you don't
Like gravity, evolution is a term used both for a fact of nature and the scientific theory that best explains it.

In context, the previous use of fact referred to a fact known by professional creationists, but denied as a deceptive rhetorical gambit, e.g. "there are no transitional fossils".
 
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