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[AV1611VET]

On top of that, I find such statements to be a giant pile of crap in practice that are usually said to excuse individual prejudice.

Speaking of that, I was tell one of our deacons last night at the New Year's banquet how evolutionists like to accuse God of not thinking right, by comparing human DNA to cheetah DNA and giving the pros and cons of each one.

I was about to mention how they rant & rave about oxygen being so deadly to us, but the banquet ended.

 

[Speedwell]

People like to accuse us of saying: "Hate the sin, love the sinner" when actually it's: "Hate the sin, convert the sinner...

...to always vote Republican" being the subtext.

 

[Favourofone]

I was about to mention how they rant & rave about oxygen being so deadly to us, but the banquet ended.

Lucky for you. You didn’t manage look like an ignorant rube at the party since oxygen can be quite deadly

Oxygen toxicity - Wikipedia

Kind of shame you mentioned it here. Well it will probably not lower anyone’s appreciation of your scientific knowledge any further.

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

No need to plumb the depths of Satan

For Satan, you'll need a plumbing and heating course - like this one.

 

[AV1611VET]

Lucky for you. You didn’t manage look like an ignorant rube at the party since oxygen can be quite deadly

Not in Genesis 1, it wasn't.

Adam & Eve could have swum in lava pools, if they wanted to.

It was after the Fall that this stuff became toxic.

(And it wasn't a "party," it was a "fellowship.")

 

[bhsmte]

...to always vote Republican" being the subtext.

True, but a lot of folks in the US, always vote either republican or democrat, no matter who the candidate is. This is why presidential elections, basically come down to 5-6 states.

 

[havevisions]

I tried to sign in, but after placing my information in, it made a suggestion for other courses, and I could not get back to sign up. Why did it throw me out? (I'm 79 and hold an MA in mathematics). But for some reason, it didn't want me in. But that's o.k. I'll just teach myself. Why do I need the course?

Well, in all my talks with atheists, they always bring up science, especially Darwin's theory. Then its the big bang, then is quantum physics, they some far-out science that I've not heard of, such as junk DNA. If I bring up the bible, they scoff, sneer, and try to humiliate me.

Well, I've had it. I'm going to educate myself and give them an answer.

Any suggestions of where to start?

By the way, the atheists don't have a book, such as the 66 books written by 50 authors over a period of hundreds of years that are consistent, reliable and reveal the real God. Most of them (atheists) know a lot intellectually about God, since they want to know what they are rejecting, because they have inspected this great book, but they have decided they do not want moral accountability. But let's have a level playing field. Atheist, where is your corresponding book that I can read, analyze, inspect fo errors, etc.? (besides Hutchins, Dawkins, and all the rest which throw all the science at us)

 

[pitabread]

Adam & Eve could have swum in lava pools, if they wanted to.

There are so many things wrong with this statement, it's hard to know where to begin.

 

[AV1611VET]

Atheist, where is your corresponding book that I can read, analyze, inspect fo errors, etc.? (besides Hutchins, Dawkins, and all the rest which throw all the science at us)

You can start with Darwin's, The Preservation of Favoured Races.

 

[AV1611VET]

There are so many things wrong with this statement, it's hard to know where to begin.

Begin at: NO DEATH PRIOR TO THE FALL.

It's a basic doctrine.

 

[pitabread]

Begin at: NO DEATH PRIOR TO THE FALL.

It's a basic doctrine.

Was fluid density also not a thing?

 

[AV1611VET]

Was fluid density also not a thing?

LOL ... I figured something like that was gonna show up.

I almost said they could drink it; then I almost said they could walk on it; but decided to go with swim in it.

 

[Favourofone]

NO DEATH PRIOR TO THE FALL.

So considering that Adam and Eve could have reproduced with their descendants and everyone could have reproduced with basically everyone of the opposite sex although that sounds bit distasteful nowadays but if I understand correctly incest was ok before there was sin so people would have overpopulated earth pretty fast meaning that the fall and introduction of death was kind of required event ?

 

[AV1611VET]

So considering that Adam and Eve could have reproduced with their descendants and everyone could have reproduced with basically everyone of the opposite sex although that sounds bit distasteful nowadays but if I understand correctly incest was ok before there was sin so people would have overpopulated earth pretty fast meaning that the fall and introduction of death was kind of required event ?

No.

God is a God of boundaries, and I'm sure He had placed a limit on the population before sterility (or whatever) set in.

 

[Jcreigns]

Well truth is reality. It doesn't matter if i like the truth or not. Hmmm i wonder why the piltdown man or nebraska man hoaxes aren't widely talked about. Evolution crap ia basically someone [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]ing on you, and trying to tell you it's raining pardon my language.

 

[pitabread]

Hmmm i wonder why the piltdown man or nebraska man hoaxes aren't widely talked about.

They get talked about all the time, because creationists can't seem to let them go. (Even though they were about from about a century ago and completely irrelevant by this point.)

 

[pitabread]

Any suggestions of where to start?

For a good, basic online resource: Welcome to Evolution 101!

 

[Jcreigns]

Ive never seen one reference in a textbook ever on them being hoaxes. So no they are not talked about. Again dont pee on me and try to tell me its raining.

 

[Freedom~Sprite]

Has the course arrived at an absolute conclusion for the Cambrian Explosion yet?

 

[Jcreigns]

Hmm well the scientific method is observation and experimentation so by that definition alone evolution is not science its a religion. Millions and millions of years ago in the ocean= long ago and far away which is the beginning of a fairy tale