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Evolution or Creationism?

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Smidlee

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You claim that explaining where you came from is idolatry. Is it idolatry to be aware of your parents?
I wasn't referring to the city I was born in. Don't try to claim I wrote something I didn't. Just because I put in Windows 8 in my PC doesn't mean I created Windows 8.
 
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I didn't.

Did you not say that explaining your existence is a form of idolatry?
I don't worship my parent as my creator , all they did was to put in the software if you know what I mean. I do not use my parent to explain away my existence.
 
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I don't worship my parent as my creator , all they did was to put in the software if you know what I mean. I do not use my parent to explain away my existence.

I'm not talking about worship.

Understanding sexual reproduction, fetal development, and being aware that your parents had a relationship that resulted in a baby Smidlee would explain your existence.

According to you evolution is idolatry because it explains our existence.

So I'll ask again. Is being aware of your parents relationship, your mother's pregnancy, and your birth a form of idolatry?
 
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I'm not talking about worship.

Understanding sexual reproduction, fetal development, and being aware that your parents had a relationship that resulted in a baby Smidlee would explain your existence.

According to you evolution is idolatry because it explains our existence.

So I'll ask again. Is being aware of your parents relationship, your mother's pregnancy, and your birth a form of idolatry?
I never claimed my parent explain away my existence. Just because my wife can turn the key and drive a car doesn't mean she know anything on how cars works let along explain away how cars got here.
Scientists don't use evolution to "explain away" their existence.
Oh yes they do.
 
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I never claimed my parent explain away my existence.

Scientists never claim that evolution explains away their existence.

Just because my wife can turn the key and drive a car doesn't mean she know anything of how cars works let along explain away how cars got here.

How do you explain the origin of cars? Do you use your intelligence to "explain away" their human origin instead of a supernatural origin? Does that make it idolatry?
 
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Oh yes they do.

Show me a single example of a scientist explaining away their existence. Your vocabulary is completely backwards. Scientists explain their existence by pointing to natural processes, they don't explain it away. Do you understand the difference or not?

All you are upset about is that the evidence doesn't back your religious claims. That doesn't make it idolatry.
 
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Show me a single example of a scientist explaining away their existence. Your vocabulary is completely backwards. Scientists explain their existence by pointing to natural processes, they don't explain it away. Do you understand the difference or not?

All you are upset about is that the evidence doesn't back your religious claims. That doesn't make it idolatry.
Evolution is all about "bacteria to man". Oh please don't assume you are upsetting me in any way.
 
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Evolution is all about finding a testable model that best fits the data. That isn't idolatry.
I never said evolution as in bacteria antibiotic resistance is idolatry but when scienctist includes himself in his own creative theory then it's idolatry. Human nature hasn't changed.
This engineer is trouble by what he sees. He even admitted that living system make him feel as if it's built by an engineer a million times smarter than him. Now I'm not trouble one bit by the idea that my Creator is a million times smarter than man.
:) I'm smiling very big.
 
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That is not worshiping nature.

Funny how hard you try to discredit evolution by making it look like your religious beliefs.
Evolution is not my religious belief but man has always look toward nature and the creation as his creator. This is why the Bible forbid it.
 
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Evolution is not my religious belief . . .

Evolution is a scientific theory, not a religious belief.

but man has always look toward nature and the creation as his creator.

Looking to nature for causes of natural phenomenon is not idolatry nor religion.
 
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