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If humans evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys? Because some of the monkeys are mentally handicapped?
Oh no you got it all wrong. They evolved from the slug in the apple that ended up in the apple pie. Those silly scientists were dealing with a contaminated sample and got their results all mixed up and confused. This must have been the same lab that said modern day turkeys are almost an exact match for Ancient Dino DNA. Of course they were eating a turkey sandwich for lunch that day. But they did not see how that would have any effect on their results.Oh! no, no no. You are mistaken, humans evolved from "apple pie" because the genetics of "apple pie" are more complex and very adaptive to their surroundings.
I don't agree with you at all.
Put yourself in my place -- here's the question:
"Why aren't there more dinosaur bones?"
Now how am I supposed to answer this?
Does that make him a "newbot?"Actually Jazer, my post to our "one-liner" newbie had a purpose. How will the bot respond? Nevertheless, good post. I liked it.
Not a religious belief, but still worthy of ridicule. See how that works?I don't agree with you at all.
Put yourself in my place -- here's the question:
Now how am I supposed to answer this?
What you're basically saying, is that I shouldn't be allowed to answer this question, because saying the bones are on Neptune is a religious belief?
What you're basically saying, is that I shouldn't be allowed to answer this question, because saying the bones are on Neptune is a religious belief?
You do Turing tests, do you?
The problem is that "God did it" is no answer at all. After you have answered every question with "God did it", you haven't learned anything. Now, some smartass will object that the same goes for "Evolution did it". But that's not true. The theory of evolution offers much more than just "Evolution did it".Why? what if the correct answer is, "God did it?"
Why? Why can someone not be a sincere taoist and expert in hurricanes? Both aren't mutually exclusive.If I started a thread and asked why Hurricane Katrina occurred; how should a Taoist answer?
In fact, it bothers me when Taoists answer with scientific jargon; and I've even called them on it.
Well that is what every scientist tries to do the moment (s)he enters the lab.Our religious beliefs aren't just something one can turn off when science enters the room.
Did I say I was?You. Are. Not. Being. Persecuted.
Does that bother you?In some ways the poster may have actually failed the Turing test since some are questioning here. And the pattern seems indicative not of human conversation but bot generated questions.
Humans have "conversations". We leverage off each others ideas and pose questions back, yes, but we also engage in the conversation. Not just one or two line questions back.
I don't get the feeling the other poster is actually "reading" what is being said, just looking for key phrases to know which question will sound "human" in the next one-line post.
Now you're an expert on the Tai Ji Tu, are you?Why? Why can someone not be a sincere taoist and expert in hurricanes?
Did I say I was?
Interesting -- thank you for convincing me I'm being persecuted.Persecution:
Hostility and ill-treatment, esp. because of race or political or religious beliefs
RickG is a sincere christian and a climatologist (correct me if I'm wrong).
Does that bother you?
Your whining says it all. You claim the reason people "ridicule" you is because you're a Christian.
Persecution:
Hostility and ill-treatment, esp. because of race or political or religious beliefs
Thus, you believe you are being persecuted.
lawyered.
Interesting -- thank you for convincing me I'm being persecuted.
dictionaried.
Alright, so now you agree that you believe you are being persecuted. Too bad the fundamental assumption -- that you are ridiculed because you are a Christian -- is completely and utterly false.
So keep enjoying your persecution complex!
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