ATHEISTS ONLY

I'll try again. Do you really think 'created in the image of God' means the physical human form?

I'd create them in a form that I could relate to

@Leadfoot,
Leadfoot Quote:
"I'll try again. Do you really think 'created in the image of God' means the physical human form?"


You were the one that suggested it:

You used the word 'form' regardless of your intention, but, for your request:

I would expect so much distortion and contradiction as to make finding a unique and coherent message in it impossible.

I was completely surprised to find that it had just such a message that answered a lot of my questions about life.

I find that to be almost miraculous.

BTW, it never makes the claim of being 'the word of God'.

But speaking of implausible, atheists and most scientists believe that life arose completely by accident due to naturally occuring causes (not including intelligence). They believe this in the complete absense of ANY evidence. None, zipp, nada, etc. That to me (and here I am speaking with my engineer's hat on) is insanity. Abiogenesis is a completely unscientific myth.

Leadfoot Quote:
"But speaking of implausible, atheists and most scientists believe that life arose completely by accident due to naturally occuring causes (not including intelligence). They believe this in the complete absense of ANY evidence. None, zipp, nada, etc. That to me (and here I am speaking with my engineer's hat on) is insanity. Abiogenesis is a completely unscientific myth."


You may be engineer, but you are no scientist. That is a ludicrous assertion. And completely unscientific. It's not proven or disproven. But a creator who always existed is scientific? Gimme a break

New evidence emerges on the origins of life
June 1, 2015

New research shows that the close linkage between the physical properties of amino acids, the genetic code, and protein folding was likely the key factor in the evolution from building blocks to organisms in Earth's primordial soup. Credit: Gerald Prins
In the beginning, there were simple chemicals. And they produced amino acids that eventually became the proteins necessary to create single cells. And the single cells became plants and animals. Recent research is revealing how the primordial soup created the amino acid building blocks, and there is widespread scientific consensus on the evolution from the first cell into plants and animals. But it's still a mystery how the building blocks were first assembled into the proteins that formed the machinery of all cells. Now, two long-time University of North Carolina scientists - Richard Wolfenden, PhD, and Charles Carter, PhD - have shed new light on the transition from building blocks into life some 4 billion years ago.
"Our work shows that the close linkage between the physical properties of amino acids, the genetic code, and protein folding was likely essential from the beginning, long before large, sophisticated molecules arrived on the scene," said Carter, professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the UNC School of Medicine. "This close interaction was likely the key factor in the evolution from building blocks to organisms."
Their findings, published in companion papers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, fly in the face of the problematic "RNA world" theory, which posits that RNA - the molecule that today plays roles in coding, regulating, and expressing genes - elevated itself from the primordial soup of amino acids and cosmic chemicals to give rise first to short proteins called peptides and then to single-celled organisms.
Wolfenden and Carter argue that RNA did not work alone; in fact, it was no more likely that RNA catalyzed peptide formation than it was for peptides to catalyze RNA formation.
The finding adds a new layer to the story of how life evolved billions of years ago.
Its name was LUCA
The scientific community recognizes that 3.6 billion years ago there existed the last universal common ancestor, or LUCA, of all living things presently on Earth. It was likely a single-cell organism. It had a few hundred genes. It already had complete blueprints for DNA replication, protein synthesis, and RNA transcription. It had all the basic components - such as lipids - that modern organisms have. From LUCA forward, it's relatively easy to see how life as we know it evolved.
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But it's still a mystery how the building blocks were first assembled into the proteins that formed the machinery of all cells.

At least we agree on something.

Beats the **** out of anything you've shown as evidence for your invisible friend of the gaps. Laughing

You said God is unscientific.

Scientists reduce belief in God by shutting down the brain’s medial frontal cortex

New research involving a psychologist from the University of York has revealed for the first time that both belief in God and prejudice towards immigrants can be reduced by directing magnetic energy into the brain.

Dr Keise Izuma collaborated with a team from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), to carry out an innovative experiment using transcranial magnetic stimulation, a safe way of temporarily shutting down specific regions of the brain.

The researchers targeted the posterior medial frontal cortex, a part of the brain located near the surface and roughly a few inches up from the forehead that is associated with detecting problems and triggering responses that address them.

In the study, half of the participants received a low-level “sham” procedure that did not affect their brains, and half received enough energy to lower activity in the target brain area. Next, all of the participants were first asked to think about death, and then were asked questions about their religious beliefs and their feelings about immigrants.

The findings, published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, reveal that people in whom the targeted brain region was temporarily shut down reported 32.8% less belief in God, angels, or heaven. They were also 28.5% more positive in their feelings toward an immigrant who criticised their country.
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