Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourself, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous and talented? Who are you NOT to be?
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
Written by: Sethis
Explain for faithless people like me why there is suffering in an intelligently designed world? And why is so much of it pointless? And why is so much of it caused by religion?
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
According to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle of Quantum Dynamics, we may already be making love right now...
Written by: Patriarch917
In the beginning, the world was created perfect. We humans were created as sinless, innocent, immortals...
man was not satisfied with this. Puffed up with pride, man wanted to be “like God.”
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Man was cast down from his position of authority, and has been allowed a taste of what life without God’s authority is like.
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We were supposed to be the rulers of this universe, and when we fell all creation fell with us.
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We wanted to be free to have things our own way, to rule creation as we saw fit.
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Nothing we can do can pay for the crimes we have committed.
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However, God has not permanently cast us away. He sent his Son the messiah to be an innocent sacrifice, the only one with the bankroll big enough to pay the penalty for our wrongs.
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The end, of course, refers to the end of this corrupt state of suffering and death. The Bible says that at that time God will recreate the world and give us incorruptible bodies that will be free from suffering and death, and that we will once again get to live the lives that we were supposed to.
Written by: Patriarch917
It’s obvious that this universe was not intended to be explored by people with finite life spans. The space age won’t truly begin until we all have eternal life with which to enjoy creation.
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Written by: Patriarch917
That the Bible has not yet been disproved on this point.
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
Written by: FireTomI'll respond to that because it was slightly cheeky! In the creation the Heavens and the Earth were created simultaniously. You could still have Intelligent design without an early creation but not a literal Biblical interpratation.
I don't get the point of your question, Jeff - but I respect your decision
Without any research and profound knowledge of physics and astronomy: "how we can see a galaxy millions of light years away?" I'd say that the light travelling from another galaxy takes some time to reach earth, therefore we are able to see them (now) - as for the reference: "if we are only 6000 years old?" I don't know what you are talking about.
If you mean that mankind itself might has been created 6000 years ago and put on this planet... we would still see that light coming as the planet(s) have been created in the 5 days before (which may well be 5 Billion years --- remember you don't have to take everything in the Bible literally). If you try to question creationism, let your anger aside and come up with more sophisticated questions...
According to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle of Quantum Dynamics, we may already be making love right now...
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
Written by: KaelGotRice
The point is, some creationists/IDists/religious nuts care so much about proving their point about God that they're willing to let other people suffer and die because of religious concepts. Where is the peace and love that Jesus spoke of?
What they have posted is more offensive to me than the pictures I posted.
So if it is truly bad, ask a mod to edit my posts. I'm sorry if that offended anyone, but I hope it makes you think about the suffering in this world, and anything you can do to help make it better.
Genetic research is going on to fix such things before they happen- and other creationists are complaining about toying with God. The same thing with abortions.
Why would you willingly let something suffer?
I can only see evil brought on by ignorance as the answer.
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
Spin, bounce, be one with the world, because it is yours to enjoy...
Written by: Patriarch917Rubbish. Evolution is predictive and testable, from the changes in allele frequence in the Drosophila melangaster on my desk to the history of a newly emerging mutation in a wild population of geese. It is verified by the fossil record and the genetic and embryonic similarities of species existing today. To deny these involves the invoking of supernatural intervention at every point of contention from the age of the universe to the existance of hind leg bones in the Blue whale.
Naturalistic Evolution is an unprovable, faith based idea, and does not deserve to be taught along side scientific theories that are testable and disprovable such as the theory of gravity, atomic structures, and plate tectonics. It's historical speculations deserve mention in history class, along with other undocumented historical claims, and it's claim that time and chance can account for everything should be addressed in philosophy class, or perhaps a class on different religions.
Evolution has undermined serious scientific study by imposing an arbitrary assumption of naturalism that has led to absurd beliefs, and has not allowed scientists the option to objectively evaluate evidence. Within evolutionary thinking, there are some serious scientific theories that deserve attention, but none of these should be taught to children as a "fact."
According to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle of Quantum Dynamics, we may already be making love right now...
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand and I can beat the world into submission.
"Moo," said the happy cow.
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
"Moo," said the happy cow.
missegyptology: "I just remember beingall off balance and unicycling really fast down to campus and the arabic was all blurred on the page"
^When Linz pulls an all nighter before Arabic class^
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
According to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle of Quantum Dynamics, we may already be making love right now...
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
Written by: FireTom
And how do the ID theorists explain that humans have quite a number of rooted "instincts", very much like our closest relatives - apes? How do they explain the similarities of DNA-information with other species?
Was it only the white man placed on Earth? Is the black/ yellow/ red man just a side-product, a (lower) version... as white man to be V 2.8 and black man being V 1.4? Or did the creator have different reasons for a variety? And as such: is the black man not misplaced in a non-sunny environment, therefore should stick to his "native" breeding grounds?
When looking at the theories of ID vs. evolution - we should not forget what results are deriving from such...
Written by: UraniumChipOxidationFacility
"It is an evolutionary lie that white people are more "evolved" than others"
When was it suggested that white people are more evolved?
If anything, black people are not so much more evolved, rather differently evolved than white people?
According to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle of Quantum Dynamics, we may already be making love right now...