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Prophet 451

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30. I believe evolution was guided

Reply to Act_of_Reparation (Original post)

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 01:50 PM

Jun 2014

Well, sort-of. I believe that god sparked the first Big Bang and then let the cosmological and biological rules he created give rise, eventually, to us. What's a few billion years wait to a supreme being? We know that human perception of time speeds up as we age. How much faster must an ageless being's perception of time be?

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Creationism, by the numbers [View all] Act_of_Reparation Jun 2014 OP

That 31% figure is often ignored, and that's too bad. trotsky Jun 2014 #1

Well, as an optimist looking for the good news, it should be noted cbayer Jun 2014 #2

Agreed. trotsky Jun 2014 #3

That's true, but... Act_of_Reparation Jun 2014 #4

Still, that's a good shift. cbayer Jun 2014 #6

It's a mid-performance costume change Act_of_Reparation Jun 2014 #10

Again, I think that makes the argument for taking a hard look cbayer Jun 2014 #11

Actually. AtheistCrusader Jun 2014 #12

Laughter is good medicine and often very effective, cbayer Jun 2014 #13

I tend to think it requires weight of numbers. AtheistCrusader Jun 2014 #14

True, but in this case you are in a room where only a small number cbayer Jun 2014 #15

Who's "we"? trotsky Jun 2014 #16

19% ??? rickford66 Jun 2014 #5

What way do you think that 81% are acting? cbayer Jun 2014 #7

They appear to act in un-God like ways. rickford66 Jun 2014 #8

81% of people? Really? cbayer Jun 2014 #9

My beliefs. rickford66 Jun 2014 #17

Do you mean delusional in the colloquial sense or in the psychiatric sense? cbayer Jun 2014 #18

colloquial sense rickford66 Jun 2014 #19

There are quite a number of psychiatric ones also? cbayer Jun 2014 #20

Sorry rickford66 Jun 2014 #22

There is no religious or non-religious data about the cbayer Jun 2014 #23

The 6,000 year old Earth belief is one data point. rickford66 Jun 2014 #25

Many believers see these things as allegory cbayer Jun 2014 #26

The thing is, cbayer, it's not binary like you seem to think it is. trotsky Jun 2014 #28

Well said. rickford66 Jun 2014 #48

This is why I like Bill Nye's approach LostOne4Ever Jun 2014 #21

I'm still ambivalent about what Nye has been doing. cbayer Jun 2014 #24

I think Einstein said it best LostOne4Ever Jun 2014 #31

I like that quote and it's applicable in many areas. cbayer Jun 2014 #32

That helps explain the relative success of the Teahatters. It's just so hard to fix stupid. Dollface Jun 2014 #27

true but, I have problems believing this poll. Gallop asks some bad questions and ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2014 #29

While I agree about Gallup, Pew, who I have much more faith in, cbayer Jun 2014 #35

I believe evolution was guided Prophet 451 Jun 2014 #30

I think a lot of people share your position cbayer Jun 2014 #33

Wow Goblinmonger Jun 2014 #34

I was wondering if anyone else had a similar reaction to that post. trotsky Jun 2014 #37

I'm not confused on them Prophet 451 Jun 2014 #44

Wasn't referring to you. n/t trotsky Jun 2014 #46

Ah, apologies n/t Prophet 451 Jun 2014 #47

It could have been a waffle Act_of_Reparation Jun 2014 #38

I would like to hope so Prophet 451 Jun 2014 #36

I don't know of a single atheist, or "anti-theist" who insists that the Genesis account... trotsky Jun 2014 #39

Perhaps sloppy phrasing on my part Prophet 451 Jun 2014 #41

I think some very useful discussions can come from finding out... trotsky Jun 2014 #43

I take your point Prophet 451 Jun 2014 #45

I'm trying to explore ideas that promote the science of evolution while cbayer Jun 2014 #40

It was the mindset of teh Inquisitions Prophet 451 Jun 2014 #42