Is Evolution a Dangerous Idea? If so, why?

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So before the Bible people thought the earth was a globe, right ?

How many times do I have to tell you that there were people who knew the Earth was a sphere? Yes, some people knew this...and the church didn't want to acknowledge the idea.

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There werent many scientists in fishing and trading boats since the dawn of humanity but they were religious.

What is your point here?

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No, you made the claim the Bible states the earth is flat, you prove it....

I did prove it...don't you remember?

Wasn't I leading?

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Why would I lie ?

You've done it many times...

But you like to defend Christians

but you like to diminish science

why wouldn't I think you're a Christian?

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Is it only Christians you pathologically attack ?

No attacks...just trying to make them see reason...same with Muslims, Jews, and even UFO abductees...they all irrationals...

gave the example of the scientists who are also religious and interpret the Bible differently...

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I gave reasons why it was called the Dark Ages and who named it. You said civilisation was dark and you couldnt say who named it...remember now ?

Who named what?

Bullshitting is not a profession, Ionus...

In 1989,Wise earned a Ph.D. in Geology from Harvard University where he studied under the supervision of Stephen Jay Gould.[1] In addition, he has an M.A. in Geology from Harvard University and a B.A. Geology from the University of Chicago. In 1998, Robert Schadewald described Wise as influential on "modern creationism as it is practiced at its higher levels."[2]

[edit] Career
Starting in fall 2009 he has been the director of Truett-McConnell College's newly created Creation Research Center in Cleveland, Georgia.[3] Between August 2006 and May 2009 he taught at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary as director of the school's Center for Theology and Science, a job in which he was preceded by intelligent design creationist William Dembski.[4][5] He had previously taught at Bryan College in Tennessee where he served as Director of the Center for Origins Research and as an Associate Professor of Science[4] for seventeen years.[3]

He served as consultant to the Answers in Genesis Creation Museum which opened in 2007.[6] Timothy H. Heaton, another scientist who studied under Gould, knows Wise as "a less propaganda-oriented creationist" than Ken Ham, the leader of Answers in Genesis, and said that Wise's influence on the displays was apparent.[6]

Wise has said he believes, according to a literal reading of the Bible, "that the earth is young, and the universe is young, I would suggest that it’s less than ten thousand years in age." He believes that science can be used to support and demonstrate these claims.[7] Despite believing that science supports his position, Wise has written that "if all the evidence in the universe turns against creationism, I would be the first to admit it, but I would still be a creationist because that is what the Word of God seems to indicate."[8] When asked if scientific conclusions should be constrained by the Bible, Wise answered that "science has never been closed to people who had ideas they wouldn't change. Every scientist has a set of presuppositions and assumptions that he never questions."[9]

you guys done yet? Its getting weird to read all this e-flirting.

Introduction
One of the most effective pitches evolutionists use to sell their theory is their claim that the fossil record supports evolution. This could not be farther from the truth; in fact the fossil record provides powerful and overwhelming evidence that evolution did not occur on earth. So how is the evolutionist able to effectively sell to their audience the precise opposite of what the data shows? They achieve this by employing a clever sleight-of-hand with the fossil data that can easily be missed by any reasonable person. The purpose of this article is to expose this sleight-of-hand, which will then dissolve the false illusion it creates. Once the curtain is pulled and the illusion exposed, the truth can clearly be seen " the fossil record is an overwhelming and devastating contradiction to evolution.

The Sleight-of-Hand
Here’s the catch, the magic behind the illusion. Whenever an evolutionist presents his line of evidence for evolution in the fossil record, he will without fail, virtually every time, present a vertebrate transitional fossil. Why is this important? The evolutionist is failing to mention to his audience that vertebrates constitute less than .01% of the entire fossil record, and of these fossils, most species are represented by a bone or less!1 What about the other 99.99% of the fossil record? That’s the other key piece of information the evolutionist is withholding from you. Complex invertebrates make up the vast majority of this portion of the record, roughly 95%. We have cataloged literally millions of different species of these very complex creatures, and we have entire fossils, not just pieces here and there. In this rich and virtually complete portion of the fossil record, there is not a single sign of evolution, whatsoever!!!2

You have to read it within its original context to understand it. THAT is the point.

Your religious bigotry for science prevents you from understanding

Isn't this a oxymoron?

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No.

No, it means I did read what you wrote and I am helping you in your desire to maintain your chosen appearance as a greek philosopher.

I agree. So dont use it in the hope someone will give up and go away.

For the people that have God in their lives THEY are the ones supported and you wish to take that away so they can all be like you.

And once it passes peer review it can not be proven wrong. Correct ?

The Church was against the idea because the Bible that was written after this was known, was against it ?

Humble religious men in boats knew the earth was round and scientists took up the idea.

So you are avoiding the heart of your own argument because you can not prove it.