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You genes that make you a better hunter came by accident. Pure chance and luck. Natural selection has no way to show that it was purposeful.

False dichotomy and I already addressed how "random mutation" is not the same as an "accident".

Two genes develope a mutation. How did that happen? Luck and accident.

Mutations happen all the time. Most are neutral, some are harmfull and some are beneficial. Call it what you wish.


It was either that or there was a design involved. The Natural selection answer is grasping at straws because it makes claims it can't prove. Accident or design. Which is it? There cannot be an in between answer.

False dichotomy.
 
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Like I said the temporal aspect of science renders it ultimately useless, it has no eternal value, that's why a person doesn't really need it.

Okay. Abbandon all technology and go live in a cave somehwere in the wilderness.

Let's see how much you "don't really need it".
 
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Okay. Abbandon all technology and go live in a cave somehwere in the wilderness.

Let's see how much you "don't really need it".
All I am saying is, after all the billions of dollars, and all the millions of hours of effort, it will ultimately amount to nothing, and those who have wasted their time on it will find that they have nothing in the end. Thus it is ultimately useless.
 
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All I am saying is, after all the billions of dollars, and all the millions of hours of effort, it will ultimately amount to nothing

After all the billions of dollars and the millions of hours of effort, you get to live in a nice comfortable home that can withstand a thing or two, which provides you with seemingly unlimited water, power for all your devices, central heat, means of transportation, a life 3x as long on average as only a couple centuries ago, a lower infant mortality then every before, etc etc etc etc...... etc.

In short, it gave you civilisation.

, and those who have wasted their time on it will find that they have nothing in the end. Thus it is ultimately useless.

There wouldn't even be a proper civilisation, without it.

Be serious.
 
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Give up the following and then let us know if they are useless:

-driving a car
-having a refrigerator
-heating and cooling in your home
-seeing a physician for medical care
-posting from your computer on this site
-watching television
-listening to the radio
-talking on a cell phone.

Of course, I could go on, but that is a good start.
 
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All of the benefits that you have mentioned are temporal, and if you focus solely on the temporal (which all Atheists do), then you will find no eternal benefit whatsoever, meaning for you your science will be ultimately useless, and you will not make it to the next world. Jesus told Martha: "There are few things in this life that are paramount, really only one", and that one thing is making it to the next world and beyond. Oh and by the way your technology has also given you nuclear warfare, which is one of the things that will be instrumental in bringing about the end, so you actually play a part in the tragedy that you are totally unaware of, but that is not surprising, someone who is busy stuffing themselves rarely notices what is actually going on around them.
 
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So I guess you were lucky you weren't aborted so you could live to enjoy all these things. Many have not been that lucky, Knock yourself out, but still there is no real, lasting, eternal benefit in any of those things. In the End you will still have nothing. Jesus said "those who have, shall be given more, and those that do not have, even what they have shall be taken away".
 
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So let me be sure I understand you: science must be pointless because atheists participate in it?
 
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Does this mean, you will give all these things up or will you continue to enjoy what they provide? If you post again, you are still enjoying the benefits.
 
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So let me be sure I understand you: science must be pointless because atheists participate in it?
The reason I speak to them this way is that Science is their religion, they focus solely on the temporal, and I do not fault them for that because all of us have that human propensity, but the fact remains that it distracts them from seeing the Truth. Like the seed that fell on the hard ground, it quickly takes it away from them.
 
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Does this mean, you will give all these things up or will you continue to enjoy what they provide? If you post again, you are still enjoying the benefits.
There is a very large difference between using something, and worshiping it.
 
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Wow! Holey Moley! This guy makes me glad I'm not a Christian.... what a colourless view of this life he must have. For the rest of us who don't accept an afterlife, this life is so much more than a simple doormat for the next. We have everything to live for & nothing to die for, so excuse us while we go make the most of it & learn as much as we can about it while we're here...!
 
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False dichotomy and I already addressed how "random mutation" is not the same as an "accident".



Mutations happen all the time. Most are neutral, some are harmfull and some are beneficial. Call it what you wish.




False dichotomy.
And what is the false dichotomy?
 
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And what is the false dichotomy?

I already told you.

Have already forgotten what was said no more then 2 posts ago?

Let me repeat the main points:
1. natural selection isn't random
2. "random changes" is not the same as "accidents" (as I said, "accidents" as a word has baggage/implications that isn't applicable to genetic mutation)
3. most mutations are neutral
 
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All of the benefits that you have mentioned are temporal, and if you focus solely on the temporal

No, I'm focussing on how science has improved our lives.

Btw, why do you eat? it only has "temporal" effect. You're just gonna grow hungry again in a couple of hours.

You're acting quite ridiculous, honestly.

(which all Atheists do), then you will find no eternal benefit whatsoever, meaning for you your science will be ultimately useless, and you will not make it to the next world.

Regardless of your religious beliefs of what happens after death, this has absolutely nothing to do with how you get to live your life while still alive.



Yawn.

ps: nuclear technology has saved a multitude of lives that "nuclear warfare" has taken.

Every cancer patient cured, every x-ray taken,... all thanks to nuclear technology.

Again, go live in a cave in the wilderness. Go and find your "meaning" there.
And stop using your computer. It's all "ultimately meaningless" anyway.


ps: you sound like a nihilist.
 
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And what is the false dichotomy?

A false dichotomy is when only two options are presented as being possible.

In this case, you are saying that animals came about by either complete randomness, or because someone designed them. These are not the only two options, because you are overlooking at least one more - natural selection. Natural selection is not complete randomness, but it is not the result of conscious design either.
 
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Because you say so?
 
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