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Is your creation or evolution perspective infallibly correct?

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I honestly don't think you want to pursue this topic, at least in public, it won't go well for you. Again, I show you an evolutionist who lies and you dismiss it without consideration. I do think you might want to drop it while you can save face in doing so.

You know one of the cool things about defending evolution?

Okay there are several. But the main one is you don't have to threaten people. Because what you are saying is true.

That is the beauty of it. You don't have to pretend to know that a being, that is essentially invisible and undetectable, spoke the Earth into existence in 6 days complete with dinosaur fossils.

When an opponent gets mad and resorts to threats of ostracization. They often forget that this only has weight in their own insular, homegrown communities.

Nowhere am I supporting lies, just the opposite. What I am supporting is not being to quick to call someone a lier. Big difference, one that comes from respect.
You say you are not quick to call someone a liar but then this repeated accusation.

Don't be to sure of that. I am going to once agian advice you to either drop the issue, or take it up privately. You won't like the evidence or what I have to say about it. But you aren't and the record will show as much.
You impugn his character by suggesting you possess some evidence that he is a liar.

You say out of respect you would discuss this privately.
But you lack the respect to make this accusatioin in this first place in private and then refuse to allow him to defend it publicly.

The funny thing is, you can claim innocense all day, but that doesn't make you innocent, which is why the discussion should be terminated before feelings are hurt.
Then you shouldn't have brought up that you have some secret store of evidence that he is a liar.

He is willing to defend what he said about lying professional creationists,
 
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Uh oh! Now you've gone and done it! :D

*goes to get pop corn*



Btw, this isnt true. It annoys me that you said I lied about that. You had a problem with the evidence for commen ancestry, and Aron was to discuss that with you as he was better informed to discuss it. Its not my fault you didnt apparently want to. You didnt bother answering any of his important questions and instead you went into your riduclous semantics games again without ever even trying to listen to him. In the end he had to give up on you just as I had.
You know what ed, nothing he said disagreed with anything I said or believed, that is the problem. You told him I believed something I don't, because you didn't wamt to listen to me. So I listened to both of you and tried to get you to hear me, just so you could blame me once again. I am beyond tired of this game of yours. If anyone knows what I believe better than I do, I would love to meet them, but it certainly isn't you who knows what I believe better than I do. And btw, I didn't bring you into this discussion specifically, so before you accuse me of that one, you are the one who admitted you were the one spreading lies to prove a point, I can't wait to watch aron take you to task on it as he said he would do.

Now, in the words of a common phrase in our family, "I'm back, did you miss me?"
 
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Self-study and conversation with biologists. His interest in spotting bird of prey together with his dedication to accurately observe has made him an expert.

But here this is possible, because you do not need advanced instruments to spot birds. You can still work with relatively simple instruments, especially in fields like these were still a lot of basic stuff is unknow (our knowledge of birds of prey is actually extremely high).

This doesn't hold up for many areas of study. In atomic physics or genetic research you will need large, expensive equipment, sometimes with specialized substances (such as radioactive substances). Often in medical research you need either test animals or people, so your research will need to be ethically approved. You cannot do such research at home, you need the institutions.
And somone who doesn't have the ability to attend college, but has a desire to learn, can find someone with access to the equipment to take them under their wing, Point isn't, is it the best way, but if it is possible and from my experience in life, there is relatively little that is truely impossible, which btw, is why evolution is a viable possibility. Seems odd to me that any evolutionist would refuse to accept the possible just because of probabilty seems like a contriction and definately inconsistant.
 
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you were quite clearly talking about your own personal take on faith. I didn't do that, and there would have been no need to. When you spoke of your faith, you clafified that yourself, and left me nothing to assume from that, nor was I ever interested in pursuing that any further.
actually, I spoke of my beliefs, not my faith. The discussion of faith was one of general, this is when the determination of faith would enter the discussion, not my personal discription of my personal faith. That is why it is important to understand the difference between belief and faith.
Again, I never assumed anything, I just somehow managed to cut-and-paste words you say you never typed.
No, you somehow read into my post my personal faith when all I spoke of was my personal belief. I know I talked about my personal belief, never denied that and if you had heard my post, you would have understood this, or, should I interpret this as a misrepresentation of what I said and call you a lier with evidence presented by you personally?! (see, this is my point about calling people liers, I prefer to assume you are innocent of lieing, but, your words can be viewed as a lie. I am not quick to call people liers for the very reason that an honorable person understands that communication can be viewed differently than what was originally intended therefore can also look as if he/she was lieing even if it was not intended to be a lie. The honorable person not only understands this, but accepts it and admits that he/she too has fallen prey to this communication problem, the arrogant refuse to accept that they are ever quilty of this common communication problem. If I am not honorable enough to admit that I have fallen prey to this communication shortcome, then I have no right to accuse others of false statements.)
How is it consistent that at one point there is a council of gods, then one god claiming to have no one beside him, then another god claiming to sit where the other one said no one sat? How is any of that consistent in your mind?
Well since I don't have a clue what you are going on about and since this is a different topic, how about going into more details on another thread dedicated to studying the "inconsistancies" in scripture?
Fifteen years worth of objectively exploring numerous different religious perspectives in-depth, and you dismiss that all in ignorance based on another of your own failed assumptions. Hypocrisy much?
Huh? how did I dismiss anything you or anyone else here has said? Just because my findings are not the same as yours doesn't mean I have dismissed yours, in fact, I would love to know more about your findings and how you came to them. It seems that another lie has been protruding from your posts, in that you assume me to be something I am not, for example that I don't deal with the possibility that other gods might exist, or that other religions might have the right way. Should I call you a lier yet? (nah, I'll take the upper road and assume the benefit of the doubt.
I have already countered this failed accusation which the past has shown you can't make stick. One should learn from her mistakes and give up.
Be careful, you have shown lies many times already, just because I am willing to list them among communication flaws doesn't mean they are not lies.
Quitters never win and winners never quit, but those who never win and never quit must be creationists.
No, that is what drives you. I denounce and reject faith outright and completely regardless what the topic or application may be. Try as you might, you will not project your faults onto me as I do not share them.
But, you have shown your faith repeatedly, you just don't admit it is there. Isn't that the point, faith is the trust you place in your beliefs. Some have little faith, some great amounts, some to such a degree as to cause harm to others. But by definition as well as practice, faith exists to some degree in each and every one of us, deal with it!
 
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That doesn't matter because I never lied to you. But if I did, then I would deserve the humiliation of public exposure.
Because that evolutionist was ME, and I still dismissed even that only after consideration.
Right, which is my point to the heart of it all. To accuse someone of lieing means you know their heart, their intent, you don't have that for any creationist, because it is one of the few impossibilities in life and why I asked not to get into this debate, because I would much rather give people the benefit of the doubt rather than quickly accuse as you are doing.
I didn't accuse you of lying, did I? I said creationists often do lie, and that the professional ones typically do. But I specifically put to you was a request that you present for me any and every example you ever find of an evolutionist lying for evolution, because I maintain that never happens. All it would take is one exception to prove me wrong. So watcha got?
And what I told you is that depending on your perspective of the discussion, there are a multitude of examples which would start but not be limited to you yourself. The above is why, because what I might view as a lie, might not b a lie at all in your heart. That is why one needs to be cautious when accusing others of lieing, because communication especially in written form is not an exact science, or an exact expression of one's views or ideas.
It would only take one example to prove me wrong, wouldn't it?
It doesn't matter what you say about it. I'm insisting on a public forum to see what everyone else says about it.
Will the record show that any time soon? :confused:
If it takes a public forum, it can be viewed as either now can't it? If it can be viewed as either, then I personally take the upper road and refrain from calling it a lie, which is why I didn't want to get into this discussion, because in doing so, I must judge every comment, I would so much prefer asking what someone meant than to judge someone based on what they say.
Wait. What? :scratch:
I'm not just talking about someone saying something wasn't completely accurate or well thought-out:
Prove it.
Good luck proving that one.
Liars don't deserve dignity, so get to it already. When, where, and how do you imagine that I ever lied to you?
Hurt me, and show no mercy.
Oiy, do you ever listen or have any understanding of how or what grace can do to an individual? Let me tell you a story. This weekend we had a show, at the show we were demonstrating some toys for kids and this one young lady came up very reserved. I talked her into trying and a smile spread accross her face, revealing a missing tooth. I told her she had a beautiful smile which to me, it was a gorgeous smile. And throughout her time at our booth, I watched her reserve about her tooth, but she walked away a bit lighter. That is what grace does, it says, aron, you lied about what I said or intended, but I won't blame you for that because there might be something to the story that I don't know. I have no interest in hurting you or anyone else, that is why I left out many names of evolutionists that have mislead and misrepresented on this very forum, we won't even go beyond that this time. Because grace and mercy are often more important than judgement and harm. Instead of accusing people of lieing, why can't we just communicate and try to umderstand that we have different views and why. For example, I have different views of God than you do because of the consistancy I have found, does that mean that you lie if your views are different? that would be absurd, it means that we have a lot more to talk about and study together if we want to have a consenses.
I'm not doing your homework for you, because I'm sure I would never find whatever you think I should see. Now once again, put up or shut up. Produce any quote you can find wherein I supported something as true which I already knew was verifiably not true. You can't do it because it didn't happen. You'll either have to admit that or embarass me deeply. But I'm not even remotely concerned. Bring it, or shaddup.
Did you read anything I have said? I said repeatedly now that I am not viewing you as a lier because I don't believe in judgeing people in such a way. Thus, though I have shown you where your words could be viewed as lies, I am not accusing you of such. I have said it about a dozen different ways now, how many more do you think I will need before you get it? Seems to me by now you must know the truth about my view and anything that would not match that view would be a lie from you. Seems to me that if you want to be honorable, you will refrain from futher discussion on the topic, because to do otherwise would be to lie about my views.
(1) I have no faith in anything, certainly not people.
Actually you have demonstrated faith in evolution and science, not peiople
(2) I have no friends here. Even Edx would rip me a new one if you could prove that I lied. Consideringlily would too, and she'd make it hurt!
And.....I am not accusing you of being a lier either, I am saying that things you have said could be viewed as lies. But it seems that you already know this but are lieing about my view. Hummmm?!? Is it time to call you a lier? Humm? Misrepresenting my view that you have heard repeatedly now would fit the definition of lie wouldn't it?
(3) I never lied, not to you, nor to anyone else in the course of debating this topic.
All I said is that comments you have made could be viewed as lies, not that you did indeed lied, but your refusal to accept this comment is making you look guilty.
Because as I said, and Edx's sig will attest, creationists often lie in defense of their faith,
that is the problem with strong faith it doesn't require evidence but...it can include it.
but science has no faith even in itself,
science doesn't but people can and often do have faith in science.
and sees no value in pursuing anything that isn't probably true or at least possibly so.
Ah, that possible again, what started this discussion, the possibility that god/gods/God really do exist. So it would seem that we have come full circle and though you seem to agree, refuse to admit so, why would that be? I can vernture a guess.
 
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Oiy, sometimes it is painfully real why communication fails on this forum.

You know one of the cool things about defending evolution?

Okay there are several. But the main one is you don't have to threaten people. Because what you are saying is true.
The cool thing is that I can do the same with creation and evolution as well as see inconsistancies in both which is why my stand is that we simply don't know.
That is the beauty of it. You don't have to pretend to know that a being, that is essentially invisible and undetectable, spoke the Earth into existence in 6 days complete with dinosaur fossils

When an opponent gets mad and resorts to threats of ostracization. They often forget that this only has weight in their own insular, homegrown communities.
I noticed you didn't say untestable. Hummm, sounds like what I have been saying, that as long as god/gods/God are testable, it is possible.
You say you are not quick to call someone a liar but then this repeated accusation.
Actually what I have repeatadly told aron is that I don't view him as a lier but that his comments could be viewed as such. Your misrepresentation could also be viewed as a lie, which is why I don't personally resort to calling people liers, because it is a matter of how one views the comments. Boy I am getting tired of trying to find ways of saying that.
You impugn his character by suggesting you possess some evidence that he is a liar.
Huh? I have told him I have evidence that some of his comments could be viewed as lies and have pointed several out on this very thread, don't even need to go outside this thread. Which is why I told him point blank from the very beginning that I had no interest in getting into a discussion of who is and who is not a lier, because it is all relative.
You say out of respect you would discuss this privately.
But you lack the respect to make this accusatioin in this first place in private and then refuse to allow him to defend it publicly.
I think you have no idea what you are talking about (does that make you a lier?) I would be happy to discuss any post that aron may have made that could be viewed as a lie with him, public or private, but to call him a lier, I have never done, in fact, I have repeatedly said that he has made comments that could have been viewed as lies, big difference. If he wants to discuss my comments fairly, I will do it publicly or privately, but as before with common ancestry, it must be based on my comments and beliefs not on percieved lies about what I belief. That is the problem. If someone has been told a multitude of times what someone believes and they still misrepresent the views, it can be viewed as a lie and that is the point. I prefer to offer grace, mercy, the benefit of the doubt. Aron has said he prefers accusing, that is his business. Mine is defending my view which is that comments he made can be viewed as lies by some.
Then you shouldn't have brought up that you have some secret store of evidence that he is a liar.
Never said I did, humm????more lies?????
He is willing to defend what he said about lying professional creationists,
He can defend all he wants, I still reserve the right to judge, and I am very reserved in that judgement which is what I have said from post one on the subject. Post one on the topic, I ignored so as not to get into the discussion, aron pursued, I said that I had no interest in discussig it because I refrain from judging people on such matters, accussations of lies persisist on both sides of the issue, and I had no interest in defending or accusing either way (you know that objective stand). That was interpreted as an issue of finding an evolutionist that had lied. To which I said that (summary format) it happens depending on how comments are interpreted and that turned then into an supposed accusation that I am calling aron a lier. I think some of you people......(self discussion) no, grace and mercy.....moving on.
 
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And somone who doesn't have the ability to attend college, but has a desire to learn, can find someone with access to the equipment to take them under their wing, Point isn't, is it the best way, but if it is possible and from my experience in life, there is relatively little that is truely impossible, which btw, is why evolution is a viable possibility. Seems odd to me that any evolutionist would refuse to accept the possible just because of probabilty seems like a contriction and definately inconsistant.
But by then, he will already be a full-fledged member of the scientific community before making new discoveries. That was the point, for discoveries in a number of fields you need to be a scientist, however you became that, because you need the access to the equipment and only scientists have that. Nobody is saying that there aren't different ways of becoming a scientist, but it in a growing number of disciplines only scientists will be able to work with the necessary equipment and have the necessary funding to make new, relevant discoveries.
 
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You know what ed, nothing he said disagreed with anything I said or believed, that is the problem. You told him I believed something I don't, because you didn't wamt to listen to me.
:sleep: Keep telling yourself that, judging from past experiences you do seem to be good deluding youself about what people said.

o I listened to both of you and tried to get you to hear me, just so you could blame me once again. I am beyond tired of this game of yours. If anyone knows what I believe better than I do, I would love to meet them, but it certainly isn't you who knows what I believe better than I do.

The issue was commen ancestry. The issue was that you had problems with the evidence for commen ancestry, and I didnt feel up to the task of explaining to you all that evidence. I wanted to be accurate, I wanted to know the best way to phrase the points, and I wanted to know where to start. Aron Ra was the best person I could think of to do this, that is why I referred him to you. I figured if he couldnt reason with you, no one could. Now the point of that discussion was the evidence for commen ancesty, but all you did was endlessly argue over semantics, just like you did with me. And even if you did think you were going to discuss something else, surely you didnt think it was going to be one that you could fixate over what words mean for pages and pages. So either way, poor showing by you.

I didn't bring you into this discussion specifically, so before you accuse me of that one, you are the one who admitted you were the one spreading lies to prove a point, "

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Oh I did "admitted" that did I? Really? That sure is news to me. ^_^ I dont suppose you have anything to back that up with? Anything at all?

I know when you have tried in the past explain someones position to them from something only a few pages earlier and you managed to totally misinterpeted/misrepresented it, so I am guessing this is something half remembered from a long time ago that now is even more distorted than usual.

You cant accuse me of something like this and not have anything to back it up with. Im going to press you here, because I dont like being accused of something I havent done, and I also think its wonderfull that you just came out and said this because it means I get to call you on it. So Im going to have to demand you immediately back this up.

Ed
 
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actually, I spoke of my beliefs, not my faith. The discussion of faith was one of general, this is when the determination of faith would enter the discussion, not my personal discription of my personal faith. That is why it is important to understand the difference between belief and faith. No, you somehow read into my post my personal faith when all I spoke of was my personal belief.
Dictionary definitions would have it that one's personal beliefs, if based on faith, may be referred to as their faith.
I know I talked about my personal belief, never denied that and if you had heard my post, you would have understood this, or, should I interpret this as a misrepresentation of what I said and call you a lier with evidence presented by you personally?! (see, this is my point about calling people liers, I prefer to assume you are innocent of lieing, but, your words can be viewed as a lie. I am not quick to call people liers for the very reason that an honorable person understands that communication can be viewed differently than what was originally intended therefore can also look as if he/she was lieing even if it was not intended to be a lie. The honorable person not only understands this, but accepts it and admits that he/she too has fallen prey to this communication problem, the arrogant refuse to accept that they are ever quilty of this common communication problem. If I am not honorable enough to admit that I have fallen prey to this communication shortcome, then I have no right to accuse others of false statements.)
Then why did you so accuse me?
Well since I don't have a clue what you are going on about and since this is a different topic, how about going into more details on another thread dedicated to studying the "inconsistancies" in scripture? Huh?
First things first.
I can present one piece of evidence that would question our DNA evidence for evolution and you would dismiss it as redily as you dismiss God, without ever contemplating or examining.
Fifteen years worth of objectively exploring numerous different religious perspectives in-depth, and you dismiss that all in ignorance based on another of your own failed assumptions. Hypocrisy much?
how did I dismiss anything you or anyone else here has said?
You just assumed that I would dismiss any evidence that didn't suit me, and you accused me of dismissing God without contemplation or examination. You were very unwise to make these accusations not knowing my heart, or what I went through in my search.
Just because my findings are not the same as yours doesn't mean I have dismissed yours, in fact, I would love to know more about your findings and how you came to them. It seems that another lie has been protruding from your posts, in that you assume me to be something I am not, for example that I don't deal with the possibility that other gods might exist, or that other religions might have the right way. Should I call you a lier yet? (nah, I'll take the upper road and assume the benefit of the doubt. Be careful, you have shown lies many times already, just because I am willing to list them among communication flaws doesn't mean they are not lies.
What makes them not lies is that (1) they aren't verifiably untrue, and (2) even if they were untrue, you would have to be able to show that I knew that before I made those claims. Whatever we assume about each other, it cannot be lie until you try to conceal or misrepresent a truth -such as when you deliberate omit the glaring possibility that another religion may well be more accurate than your own.
I denounce and reject faith outright and completely regardless what the topic or application may be. Try as you might, you will not project your faults onto me as I do not share them.
But, you have shown your faith repeatedly, you just don't admit it is there. Isn't that the point, faith is the trust you place in your beliefs. Some have little faith, some great amounts, some to such a degree as to cause harm to others. But by definition as well as practice, faith exists to some degree in each and every one of us, deal with it!
You deal with this. Some of us have faith, and some of us don't. Faith is defined as a firm conviction that is not dependant on evidence. But everything, and I do mean every single thing I believe is tentative, totally dependant on evidence, and subject to obligate change as the evidence demands. Stop trying to deliberately misrepresent my perspective when you know you know what it really is.
 
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Right, which is my point to the heart of it all. To accuse someone of lieing means you know their heart, their intent,
No ma'am. All you need is proof that the claim is false and that the claimant knew it was false when they made it.
you don't have that for any creationist, because it is one of the few impossibilities in life and why I asked not to get into this debate, because I would much rather give people the benefit of the doubt rather than quickly accuse as you are doing.
You mean as you are doing. I asked you to present for me any and specific claims made by evolutionists which could be determined to be lying, and rather quickly, you accused me -even without knowing my heart or my intent, or even what I was talking about.
And what I told you is that depending on your perspective of the discussion, there are a multitude of examples which would start but not be limited to you yourself. The above is why, because what I might view as a lie, might not b a lie at all in your heart. That is why one needs to be cautious when accusing others of lieing,
That's right, you shouldn't have accused me of lying when you couldn't be sure if it was a lie or not. Dangerous business that. Never make that accusation until you can prove it.
because communication especially in written form is not an exact science, or an exact expression of one's views or ideas. If it takes a public forum, it can be viewed as either now can't it?
No, it can't. If you can show where I made a particular claim that you can show is wrong, and you can show that I knew it to be wrong when I made it, then that could only be interpreted as a lie. I have many specific examples of that from creationists, especially the pros. I challenged you to provide even one such example from any evolutionist. I predict you'll never find one.
If it can be viewed as either, then I personally take the upper road and refrain from calling it a lie,
Too late. You've already taken the low road.
which is why I didn't want to get into this discussion, because in doing so, I must judge every comment, I would so much prefer asking what someone meant than to judge someone based on what they say.
Then you should have done so this time too.
Oiy, do you ever listen or have any understanding of how or what grace can do to an individual?
Well, I know better than make allegations against someone's honor when those accusations can't be substantiated.
Let me tell you a story. This weekend we had a show, at the show we were demonstrating some toys for kids and this one young lady came up very reserved. I talked her into trying and a smile spread accross her face, revealing a missing tooth. I told her she had a beautiful smile which to me, it was a gorgeous smile. And throughout her time at our booth, I watched her reserve about her tooth, but she walked away a bit lighter. That is what grace does, it says, aron, you lied about what I said or intended, but I won't blame you for that because there might be something to the story that I don't know.
Then you're not very graceful, because you assumed I lied and accused me of lying even when -in the same breath- you admit that you might have misunderstood. Very bad form!
I have no interest in hurting you or anyone else, that is why I left out many names of evolutionists that have mislead and misrepresented on this very forum, we won't even go beyond that this time. Because grace and mercy are often more important than judgement and harm.
Then you shouldn't have done what you just did, making a whole bunch of other accusations you can't defend.
Instead of accusing people of lieing, why can't we just communicate and try to umderstand that we have different views and why.
Ask yourself that question because I didn't accuse you. You accused me.
For example, I have different views of God than you do because of the consistancy I have found, does that mean that you lie if your views are different? that would be absurd, it means that we have a lot more to talk about and study together if we want to have a consenses.
If neither of our claims can be shown to be incorrect, then it can't be a lie. If we claim something that isn't correct, but we thought it was at the time, then it still isn't a lie.
Produce any quote you can find wherein I supported something as true which I already knew was verifiably not true. You can't do it because it didn't happen. You'll either have to admit that or embarass me deeply. But I'm not even remotely concerned. Bring it, or shaddup.
Did you read anything I have said?
All of it, with particular notice of the words I then bolded in red.
I said repeatedly now that I am not viewing you as a lier because I don't believe in judgeing people in such a way. Thus, though I have shown you where your words could be viewed as lies, I am not accusing you of such.
You have not shown me how my words could be interpreted that way, but you're accusing me anyway.
I have said it about a dozen different ways now, how many more do you think I will need before you get it?
Whenever you feel you've dug your own hole deep enough.
Seems to me by now you must know the truth about my view and anything that would not match that view would be a lie from you.
Well then, you are mistaken.
Seems to me that if you want to be honorable, you will refrain from futher discussion on the topic, because to do otherwise would be to lie about my views.
No, because I must be honorable, I have to pursue this conversation until you either present a case to back your accusations or surrender an apology.
Actually you have demonstrated faith in evolution and science, not peiople
No matter how many times you assert this, you can't make it true. Try this once, when you can't explain any reason behind your allegations, don't make them.
And.....I am not accusing you of being a lier either, I am saying that things you have said could be viewed as lies. But it seems that you already know this but are lieing about my view. Hummmm?!? Is it time to call you a lier? Humm?
You already have. You have accused me of lying earlier in this post, and in at least three other posts, and you did so again just now. I don't care how things "seem" to you. I think your perspective and judgements are flawed. But none of that matters until or unless there is a defensible basis for the claim.
Misrepresenting my view that you have heard repeatedly now would fit the definition of lie wouldn't it?
Not unless it was misrepresented intentionally. It would be particularly difficult to misrepresent your views because you have a reputation on this board of double-talking in circles, a trait which you've demonstrating again right now. So no one can tell for sure what your views really are -even after you explain them!
All I said is that comments you have made could be viewed as lies, not that you did indeed lied, but your refusal to accept this comment is making you look guilty.
If we're still only talking about "in your view" then it is meaningless. All that matters is what you can substantiate. Try to think objectively.
that is the problem with strong faith it doesn't require evidence but...it can include it.
Yes, but the key part of that definition is that it doesn't require any. I do. Everything I believe necessarily does.
but science has no faith even in itself,
science doesn't but people can and often do have faith in science.
Not scientists. Virtually every aspect of the scientific method denies faith.
Ah, that possible again, what started this discussion, the possibility that god/gods/God really do exist. So it would seem that we have come full circle and though you seem to agree, refuse to admit so, why would that be? I can vernture a guess.
I have no idea what you're talking about, and I think that makes two of us.
 
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He can defend all he wants, I still reserve the right to judge,
You don't have that right. Its your word against mine, and you don't get to be the judge. We need an objective determination. So If you can show where I made a claim which I knew or believed to be false, then cough it up, and let's see if anyone else judges that the same way you would. If I lied, then I should bare the humiliation of public exposure. If it is determined that I did not lie, or if you fail to produce defensible support for your repeated accusations, then you shoulda kept your mouth shut.
 
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But by then, he will already be a full-fledged member of the scientific community before making new discoveries. That was the point, for discoveries in a number of fields you need to be a scientist, however you became that, because you need the access to the equipment and only scientists have that. Nobody is saying that there aren't different ways of becoming a scientist, but it in a growing number of disciplines only scientists will be able to work with the necessary equipment and have the necessary funding to make new, relevant discoveries.
And my entire claim on the topic is that there are various ways to acheive the level of knowledge required so once again, we seem to agree, but repeatedly I have been told I am wrong, wonder why? We agree but I am wrong and you are right, how does that work? Thanks in advance for sheding light on this purplexing contridiction every time I come to the evolution/creation threads.
 
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The issue was commen ancestry. The issue was that you had problems with the evidence for commen ancestry,
some of it I do, because there is evidence that would bring into question the conclusions, thus making the conclusions....questionable.....
and I didnt feel up to the task of explaining to you all that evidence.
I have seen the evidence for common ancestry (and btw, I know how you could view it as conclusive), if you want to address my beliefs (which we had agreed would be done), you would need to address the contridictory evidence, which deals with what I actually believe, that the conclusions are not conclusive, the discussion was suppose to be about the contridictory evidence rather than evidence for common ancestry. So therefore, by the definition that aron would like us to use for someone lieing, you my friend have been caught in more than one, can't wait to see aron go after you like he said you would. Oh that's right, he is a lier too who won't say anything to you because.... why again, I keep forgetting... (sarcasm)... I give you the benefit of the doubt and say no, maybe he is just simply to dense to understand what I am saying repeatedly. But aron wants me to call you a lier because you were not honest about what we agreed to talk about.

I really must repeat that you really don't want to discuss this with me, because you are one of those who constantly mirrepresent what is said and then bash others for lack of communication instead of actually dealing with issues brought up.
I wanted to be accurate, I wanted to know the best way to phrase the points, and I wanted to know where to start.
But you misrepresented my beliefs and points that we had agreed to discuss. See this is why my threshhold for calling someone a lier is extremely high, because we cannot know the motive or heart as it were of another, therfore what might be a misrepresentation, or false statement (lie) may not have been intended as such, which is why I keep saying that lieing is relative and that various statements made could be viewed as lies but I personalay refrain from calling others liers.

Hummmm, so it really is to your advantage that my beliefs on the topic are of lieing are high and not to your disadvantage at all. Who could have guessed such a thing. (more sarcasm)
Aron Ra was the best person I could think of to do this, that is why I referred him to you.
and before you referred him we agreed that the discussion would be based on what I believe, not on what you percieve me to believe. This didn't happen, and when I tried to express my actual beliefs, I was accused of all kinds of false things. I understand how the conclusions of common ancestry can be made what I don't accept is that it is the only conclusion based on the contridictory evidence. So in order for you to be honest (as well as aron) the discussion would have had to be on the contidictory evdence not the evidence for common ancestry. Now which one of you was honest enough to discuss what we agreed t discuss? Oh that's right neither of you, does that then by aron's definition make you both liers?(food for thought)
I figured if he couldnt reason with you, no one could.
No one dealt with my beliefs, so how could you expect to reason with me, by convincing me that I believe something different than I actually believe? You do have a dizzying intelect. (quote from The Princess Bride, great movie)
Now the point of that discussion was the evidence for commen ancesty, but all you did was endlessly argue over semantics,
see here is the lie you presented to aron and all others who read the thread, that the discussion was about common ancestry, the discussion was about my beliefs that common ancestry isn't the only viable conclusion. Lie's have a way of haunting don't they?
just like you did with me.
Because there are still two truths, 1. your perception of what I believe and who I am and 2. what I actually believe and who I actually am. Whn the two agree, then we will be able to make some headway, in the meantime I must repeat my words that such as I am not calling you or aron a lier only saying that things you have said could be viewed as lies. Call it semantics if you want, there is a big, huge difference between calling someone a lier and saying that comments they have made can be viewed as lies. Until you understand the difference and accept who I am not who you percieve me to be, the arguement will continue much as it has.
And even if you did think you were going to discuss something else, surely you didnt think it was going to be one that you could fixate over what words mean for pages and pages. So either way, poor showing by you.
Actually, I went into it hoping to discuss what we agreed to discuss, we had a kind of contract, this is, what the discussion will be about. You broke that agreement and so did aron (does that make you liers by aron's definition?), not your perception and lies of what I believe So if I state that I do not think you are a lier only that you have said things that could be viewed as lies and you interpret that to be me calling you a liers, then we might need to understand and discuss some spesific words before we can move on. That is what communicate dictates when an idea or concept is clearly stated but not understood, to look for the root of the miscommunication, usually found in the common understanding of words used.
 
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And my entire claim on the topic is that there are various ways to acheive the level of knowledge required so once again, we seem to agree, but repeatedly I have been told I am wrong, wonder why? We agree but I am wrong and you are right, how does that work? Thanks in advance for sheding light on this purplexing contridiction every time I come to the evolution/creation threads.
Because you said you did not need to be a scientist to achieve certain kinds of knowledge. That was your argument. I have never said that you couldn't become a scientists through other ways then the direct route. I have stated that to gain knowledge in certain (if not most) areas of current research you need to be a scientist. That was the claim you disagreed with.

But you do need to be a scientist to gain knowledge in certain areas. As I showed in my example, in order to discover new things on (for example) quantum particles you will need access to state-of-the-art equipment that you cannot by with normal money (let alone place in your home). You need to work there, experiment there, and those experimenting there are scientists. Only scientists.

We agree that you can become a scientist through different ways. But that wasn't your claim. Your claim was (or at least seemed to be) that you could contribute to all fields of science without being a scientist. That latter claim is not true.
 
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Dictionary definitions would have it that one's personal beliefs, if based on faith, may be referred to as their faith.
And our discussion has been from the start more specific. When a discussion is started with specific understanding of words, changing mid stream is unfair discussion. I have been in such discussions with others on this forum where they use evolution in place of theory of evolution and so I do the same only to be told that I am wrong, that evolution does not mean theory of evolution (which it can mean unders certain understood discussion rules)but instead it means change. Thus the claim is you should be able to read my mind when we are talking and I want to change the rules. In our discussion, we had made a clear distinction between belief and faith and your comment just after the post in question, showed an understanding of this difference when talking about being troubled by my faith. Now you come along and say no, I meant belief, sounds like a lie by your definition of lie. Hummmmm! do we really need to dig up the past? Your definition of lie catches you in your own words, I am glad my definition is much stricter and restrictive.
Then why did you so accuse me?
First things first.
Okay bit by bit here I think would be best.
You just assumed that I would dismiss any evidence that didn't suit me,
You have don't so in the past and shown consistancy in doing so. You are correct I should not assume you have not changed your mind and belief, however, consistancy does leave one to make assumptions, look at science.
and you accused me of dismissing God without contemplation or examination.
I don't think so, in fact, I purpose to not ever accuse anyone of not contemplation or examination in that I cannot know if you have or not. I have made claims of people not knowing, or studying, such as, your comments show a lack of study in the bible, not in christianity, but in the bible. Big difference
You were very unwise to make these accusations not knowing my heart, or what I went through in my search.
Which is exactly why I didn't make the accusations. You percieved such because of whatever, others doing so, or your own fears or something else, but I purpose within myself not to make accusations of things that I can't know and am careful to follow that commitment. Which is exactly why I don't accuse people of being a lier. Now, I will say, that your comments show a lack of understanding of the bible, but that has nothing to do with God, christianity, etc.
What makes them not lies is that (1) they aren't verifiably untrue,
sure they are, I can show where I said something that was misrepresneted.
and (2) even if they were untrue, you would have to be able to show that I knew that before I made those claims.
Bimbo,lieing is a matter of the heart and if I can't know your heart, remember me stating that is was one of the few impossiblies in life, then we cannot know if it was a lie or not, which is why I refrain from calling people liers and why this entire discussion is rediculous, because you want me to evidence something I claim to not be able to know.
Whatever we assume about each other, it cannot be lie until you try to conceal or misrepresent a truth
which you have been doing, but I accept could be communication failures, so your definition is not very perciece.
-such as when you deliberate omit the glaring possibility that another religion may well be more accurate than your own.
When have I suggested such????? In fact, I have suggested just the opposite, that other religions could be more accurate or more in line with my wording, right. Sounds like another misrepresentation of what I believe and have said, does that constuitute a lie on your part? Does that make you a lier?
You deal with this. Some of us have faith, and some of us don't.
we all have faith
Faith is defined as a firm conviction that is not dependant on evidence.
actually, the definitions given to point all include a trust in what one believes that trust does not require evidence, nor does it eliminate it, which is why I prefer so simplify it to a trust in what one believes, because it is the one constant in the definitions.
But everything, and I do mean every single thing I believe is tentative, totally dependant on evidence,
You deal with this. WE all have something in our lives that we trust, for you it is evidence, and I have nothing against that, so don't change the topic. But you put faith in evidence. That is what this statement says, that you trust or put your faith in evidence.
  1. confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, an idea, or a thing.
  2. belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.
  3. loyalty or allegiance to a person or thing; esp. fidelity to a promise.
  4. the theological virtue defined as secure belief in God and a trusting acceptance of God's will
Thus, by defintiion, your faith is in evidence, whether you are comfortable with the word or not.
and subject to obligate change as the evidence demands.
still, your posts speaks of faith in evidence. pquote]Stop trying to deliberately misrepresent my perspective when you know you know what it really is.
Actually it is your own words that have told us what your faith is, not mine or my representation of your posts the above says what your faith is, you simply didn't use the word, only the idea hterfof. Deal with it. Should I cut and past eit for you?
your words.....

But everything, and I do mean every single thing I believe is tentative, totally dependant on evidence,

that is the definition of faith, deal with it.
 
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VinceBlaze said:
How rigid are you in your creation or evolution perspective? Is your stance infallible? Why or why not?
No, my views are not infallicle. My stance is based on the current available evidence. If something new was discovered that changed the previously held idea, I'd adjust my views accordingly.
 
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No ma'am. All you need is proof that the claim is false and that the claimant knew it was false when they made it.
but if we can't know what is in a man's heart, then we can't call him a lier now can we? Hummm, consistant with what I have said and claim, how could that be? How is it possible that razz. was right.........
You mean as you are doing. I asked you to present for me any and specific claims made by evolutionists which could be determined to be lying, and rather quickly, you accused me -even without knowing my heart or my intent, or even what I was talking about.
Back up a moment, what I said is that I didn't want to get into the discussion because we can't know a man's heart, thus refuse to call any man a lier. You pressed me for lies of which I said that you have made statements that could be viewed as lies. You are doing it again, by claiming that I 1. quickly accused and 2 accused you of lieing. Both are false accusation. What was in your heart when you made them, I can only guess, not knowing for sure, which is why I refrained from making said accusations. Deal with it.
That's right, you shouldn't have accused me of lying when you couldn't be sure if it was a lie or not.
That would be a great arguement except for one small detail, I never accused you of lieing. Humm, false accusations, misrepresentation of what I have said, what does that make you?
Dangerous business that. Never make that accusation until you can prove it.
Actually, my claim is that you have made statements that could be viewed as lies of which I have provided many. As with lies, that is an issue of heart of which we cannot know which is why, such discussions are fruitless as well as the claims such as you have made about creationists.
No, it can't. If you can show where I made a particular claim that you can show is wrong, and you can show that I knew it to be wrong when I made it, then that could only be interpreted as a lie.
Look at the above, either you knew I didn't accuse you of lieing or you are not itelligent enough to read my words many times over, and your accusation of my claim is false, therefore both your criteria have been met. I still refrain from calling you a lier, because my criteria is higher, but by your assertions, you have just evidenced yourself to be a lier. Good job old chap.
I have many specific examples of that from creationists, especially the pros. I challenged you to provide even one such example from any evolutionist. I predict you'll never find one.
But I have just done that, met your list of requirements for calling someone a lier and your refuse to accept it, so are there other requirements you want to provide? We are going to base it on your criteria since I already told you mine were very restrictive.
Too late. You've already taken the low road.
Then you should have done so this time too.
Well, I know better than make allegations against someone's honor when those accusations can't be substantiated.
Then you're not very graceful, because you assumed I lied and accused me of lying even when -in the same breath- you admit that you might have misunderstood. Very bad form!
I think that once again you are misreperesenting my posts and words and ideas, I think you should reconsider before you have to call yourself a lier.
Then you shouldn't have done what you just did, making a whole bunch of other accusations you can't defend.
Ask yourself that question because I didn't accuse you. You accused me.
Another lie? You really should stop with your lies. (note I didn't call you a lier, only that your statement was a lie.) I have never accused you of lieing, only that you have made statements that could be viewed as lies as is once again just evidenced.
If neither of our claims can be shown to be incorrect, then it can't be a lie. If we claim something that isn't correct, but we thought it was at the time, then it still isn't a lie.
By jove I think he's got it.
All of it, with particular notice of the words I then bolded in red.
You have not shown me how my words could be interpreted that way, but you're accusing me anyway.
Whenever you feel you've dug your own hole deep enough.
Huh? how words are read and interpreted are as individual as we are, they are based on our own experiences and lessons and teachings and personalities which is why how someone views our comments are as much a variable as whether or not we know someone has lied, because it is a personal matter. Therefore it is impossible to prove someone lied as much as it is impossible to know if someone interpreted ones words as a lie, because both are a matter of the heart and we cannot know another man's heart.
Well then, you are mistaken.
No, because I must be honorable, I have to pursue this conversation until you either present a case to back your accusations or surrender an apology.
Well since I have presented evidence in excess to back up my actual claims and not my percieved claims, can we then move on? I would like an apology for all the misrepresentations you have levied, but I won't hold out hope for such.
No matter how many times you assert this, you can't make it true. Try this once, when you can't explain any reason behind your allegations, don't make them.
You already have. You have accused me of lying earlier in this post, and in at least three other posts, and you did so again just now.
No, I have asked you several times now if they were lies by your definition. Deal with it
I don't care how things "seem" to you. I think your perspective and judgements are flawed. But none of that matters until or unless there is a defensible basis for the claim.
Now wait a momnet. My claim is that we can't know a man's heart therefore we can't know if he is a lier or not, you agree with this but I am wrong and you are right. How does that work?
Not unless it was misrepresented intentionally. It would be particularly difficult to misrepresent your views because you have a reputation on this board of double-talking in circles,
You know what, I would like to take a moment to talk about this accusation. I talk to people all the time, in fact, it is part of my business, not just talking to but teaching as well. I talk to people of all different backgrounds and ideas and walks of life and everyone understands me except the evolutionists on this board. What could the possibilities be for that?

1. I can't communicate.
2. evolutionists on this board have preconcieved ideas of who I am and what I will say therefore do not listen
3. I change my communication style to confuse the evolutionists
4. another option I can't think of

Now of these 4 possiblies, only one fits the evidence, 2 above. In fact, people that I have talked to in other settings will try to understand something repeatedly, I explain it to them and they get it immedicately, thus demonstrating that I can communicate effectively. We do know for fact, that people can color what they read with perceptions, which is part of the above discussion on how ones words are viewed. So I wonder why this accusation keeps surfacing when, the evidence which you claim faith in suggests that it is a false accusation. Humm, another false accusation and this time with evidence what does that make your words?
a trait which you've demonstrating again right now. So no one can tell for sure what your views really are -even after you explain them!
My views have been clearly and repeatedly stated, I do not think that any man can know another heart therfore cannot judge them and call them a lier.
If we're still only talking about "in your view" then it is meaningless. All that matters is what you can substantiate. Try to think objectively.
That is what I am doing and saying to you. objectively speaking we must understand and accept that what another thinks and feels and knows we cannot know, the best we can do is take him at his word until or unless such time as the evidence is compelling to disagree with him. (note at this point, we can't even call it a lie) You and I agree on much, but you refuse to accept it, why?
Yes, but the key part of that definition is that it doesn't require any. I do.
But the definition doesn't omit it either which simply means that it doesn't matter if you require it or not, it is not necessary for faith to exist. That is the problem, you take something that is unrestricted and apply restrictions and call it fact. The fact is, faith is not restricted by evidence. Note restrictions all restrictions are removed.
Everything I believe necessarily does.
That is not part of the definition. The definition doesn't remove evidence from what is faith, it only says that it is necessary for faith.
but science has no faith even in itself,
nor can science lie because it is not an intity in and of itself, it rather is a study, a disipline, a thing.
Not scientists.
They are humans and can lie and can and do have faith.
Virtually every aspect of the scientific method denies faith.
I think you have a wrong word here, what the scientific method does, is purpetuates a faith in the evidence. if it did not, then evidence would not be important to science much less it's heart.
 
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You don't have that right. Its your word against mine, and you don't get to be the judge. We need an objective determination. So If you can show where I made a claim which I knew or believed to be false, then cough it up, and let's see if anyone else judges that the same way you would. If I lied, then I should bare the humiliation of public exposure. If it is determined that I did not lie, or if you fail to produce defensible support for your repeated accusations, then you shoulda kept your mouth shut.
Actually, that comment was intended as a general comment for all situations of lies or percieved lies and was not intended for you specifically. In other words, perception does not always equal truth and therefore an individual has the right to determine for themselves, based on their own convictions whether or not someone lied. For example you might percieve something to be a lie whereas another person might be periceving it as truth, like two sides to ever coin idea or more than one way to skin a cat idea. All the things you are trying desperately to nail down here, are in actuality relative.
 
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Because you said you did not need to be a scientist to achieve certain kinds of knowledge. That was your argument. I have never said that you couldn't become a scientists through other ways then the direct route. I have stated that to gain knowledge in certain (if not most) areas of current research you need to be a scientist. That was the claim you disagreed with.
Now this is an asinine arguement from anyone with a view of what constites a scientist that I believe and hold to, because my definition of scientist is that anyone who follows the scientific model and explores is a scientist. So, the long and short of it, is that you need to be a scientist even to go to school and learn to be ascientist. Being a scientist isn't about knowledge but about heart and world views. At least that is my opinion.
But you do need to be a scientist to gain knowledge in certain areas. As I showed in my example, in order to discover new things on (for example) quantum particles you will need access to state-of-the-art equipment that you cannot by with normal money (let alone place in your home). You need to work there, experiment there, and those experimenting there are scientists. Only scientists.
So all scientists have access to the equipment in question? I thought they needed to have access to a lab, not just be a scientist. Interesting or mistated, which?
We agree that you can become a scientist through different ways. But that wasn't your claim. Your claim was (or at least seemed to be) that you could contribute to all fields of science without being a scientist. That latter claim is not true.
Actually I don't think I ever suggested that anyone unlearned in science could contirbuate to scientific journals or papers or community but that is okay I guess. What I suggested is that that knowldege didn't have to come from traditional sources.
 
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