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Intelligent Design Theory: Science or Religion?

 
 
Vengoropatubus
 
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Mon 10 Sep, 2007 09:15 pm
Did you suddenly prove that ID was science while I was gone Spendi?
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Kratos
 
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Tue 11 Sep, 2007 02:22 am
Fascinating.

I've never thought I'd actually see a philosophy major presume to understand science better than a professor of a biology and actually go through a marathon of mental masturbatory contortions involving almost every known tactic of the sophist's playbook in a serious attempt at discrediting evolution.

All foam, no beer.
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spendius
 
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Tue 11 Sep, 2007 04:25 am
Vengo wrote-

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Did you suddenly prove that ID was science while I was gone Spendi?


That's for the jury to decide. Do they do juries on the Clouds of Saints?

Kratos wrote-

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I've never thought I'd actually see a philosophy major presume to understand science better than a professor of a biology and actually go through a marathon of mental masturbatory contortions involving almost every known tactic of the sophist's playbook in a serious attempt at discrediting evolution.


One wouldn't expect someone called Kratos to indulge in cheapskate projections of the type we see here.

I made no attempt to discredit evolution like fm tried to discredit used car salesmen in his sentence with two "probably"s .

Have you any thoughts on what the post/s said?

Your post is all foam and no beer. Mine was no foam and all beer. Are you sworn off the booze. You should see what a boozer can do on kickycan's new thread on Trivia. Any plonker can write that shite you wrote old son. I presume it was effortless. It looked it.

Does the expression "professor of biology" make you go weak at the knees. How far would you like biology research to penetrate?

What's a philosophy major? I'm not that strong on labels.
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akaMechsmith
 
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Tue 11 Sep, 2007 04:41 pm
Just noticed,

Pagans are not equivalent to atheists. Quite the contrary actually.

Pagans have many supernaturals to deal with. Evil or Very Mad

Atheists have none Smile
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spendius
 
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Tue 11 Sep, 2007 05:10 pm
Yeah- boring isn't it. This is all there is when you are scratching your balls.
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akaMechsmith
 
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Tue 11 Sep, 2007 08:53 pm
I didn't say we don't have imaginations,

Remember "Daydreaming about night things in the middle of the afternoon" Question
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spendius
 
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Wed 12 Sep, 2007 07:05 am
But doesn't it depend on what you are day-dreaming about. Why would an atheist imagine anything outside of his own desires? How does he lose his ego?
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wandeljw
 
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Wed 12 Sep, 2007 09:04 am
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Evolutionists Fight the 'Godless' Rap
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spendius
 
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Wed 12 Sep, 2007 12:42 pm
Money talks again. Threatening to withdraw funding eh? That sorts them out.
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farmerman
 
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Wed 12 Sep, 2007 03:35 pm
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Arthur Peacocke, who died last year, saw in random mutation and natural selection?the core of Darwinian evolution?a hint of God's nature: by making mutations the raw material of evolution from which natural selection picks winners and losers, God freely opted to limit his omnipotence. It was evidence, Peacocke said, of divine humility.


Remember when they said that evolution is Godless and then ID was actually Gods intervention at the starting points , where complexity is irreducible. Well now folks we got us some DEEVIINE HUMILITY YAAAY YAAS!!" How does I limit my omnipotence so I dont leave any tracks?
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akaMechsmith
 
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Wed 12 Sep, 2007 05:24 pm
Spendi,

Is a rainbow less beautiful because I understand the principles of light refraction Question

Is the Milky Way less significant because it's one galaxy out of millions Question

Are the Dallas Cowgirls less attractive because we understand the selection processes involved:?:

Simply because we can explain our observations without recourse to various superstitions does not detract in the slightest from the pleasure we derive from them.

Kinda like a kaleidoscope Very Happy
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spendius
 
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Wed 12 Sep, 2007 06:03 pm
fm wrote-

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How does I limit my omnipotence so I dont leave any tracks?


You just take it easy. You don't do anything you don't have to do and you never, ever stand up if you can lie down. I think a sloth would agree with that and all the other organisms evolution has produced.
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farmerman
 
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Wed 12 Sep, 2007 06:10 pm
so you have nothing to say re: Deevine Humility?? I find the tortuous explanations of the religious like a game ofTexass Hold-em
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spendius
 
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Wed 12 Sep, 2007 06:14 pm
aka wrote-

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Is a rainbow less beautiful because I understand the principles of light refraction.


Yes. I think so.

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Is the Milky Way less significant because it's one galaxy out of millions


Ditto.

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Are the Dallas Cowgirls less attractive because we understand the selection processes involved:?:


Ditto.

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Simply because we can explain our observations without recourse to various superstitions does not detract in the slightest from the pleasure we derive from them.


You must be kidding. Which observations are you talking about?

I used to love kaleidoscopes when I was a kid. Even when I was skint I used to go in shops and try them out pretending I was thinking of buying one. On reflection that might have been where I got the idea that this lot was actually irreducibly complex though "sheesh" is probably how I might have said it then.
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maporsche
 
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Wed 12 Sep, 2007 06:24 pm
spendius wrote:
aka wrote-

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Is a rainbow less beautiful because I understand the principles of light refraction.


Yes. I think so.

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Is the Milky Way less significant because it's one galaxy out of millions


Ditto.

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Are the Dallas Cowgirls less attractive because we understand the selection processes involved:?:


Ditto.

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Simply because we can explain our observations without recourse to various superstitions does not detract in the slightest from the pleasure we derive from them.


You must be kidding. Which observations are you talking about?

I used to love kaleidoscopes when I was a kid. Even when I was skint I used to go in shops and try them out pretending I was thinking of buying one. On reflection that might have been where I got the idea that this lot was actually irreducibly complex though "sheesh" is probably how I might have said it then.



So you consider it appropriate to tell people their versions of beauty are not as beautiful as your own?
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averner
 
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Wed 12 Sep, 2007 06:25 pm
why do they call it intelligent design theory anyways? doesnt seem a very intelligence theory to me
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spendius
 
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Wed 12 Sep, 2007 06:52 pm
Well it isn't really. We just call it that because it impresses people. If it was intelligent all the ladies would be nymphomaniacs and would need to bribe us men to stop hiding.
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spendius
 
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Wed 12 Sep, 2007 06:55 pm
map wrote-

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So you consider it appropriate to tell people their versions of beauty are not as beautiful as your own?


Did I say that? You can suit yourself. I only said what I think.
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Joe Nation
 
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Thu 13 Sep, 2007 04:47 am
spendius wrote:
aka wrote-

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Is a rainbow less beautiful because I understand the principles of light refraction.


Yes. I think so.

Quote:
Is the Milky Way less significant because it's one galaxy out of millions


Ditto.

Quote:
Are the Dallas Cowgirls less attractive because we understand the selection processes involved:?:


Ditto.

Quote:
Simply because we can explain our observations without recourse to various superstitions does not detract in the slightest from the pleasure we derive from them.


You must be kidding. Which observations are you talking about?

I used to love kaleidoscopes when I was a kid. Even when I was skint I used to go in shops and try them out pretending I was thinking of buying one. On reflection that might have been where I got the idea that this lot was actually irreducibly complex though "sheesh" is probably how I might have said it then.


This is the most revealing reply to a post ever posted on A2K, especially the part about "pretending I was thinking ".

Joe(There's been a lot of that that has issued forth over the past many pages.)Nation
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spendius
 
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Thu 13 Sep, 2007 05:12 am
Joe ( I can really stretch the elastic) Nation wrote-

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This is the most revealing reply to a post ever posted on A2K, especially the part about "pretending I was thinking ".


I was in short pants and exploring the adult world skint. Ask consumer durables salestaff how common that is with adults. The polite ones call them time-wasters. I presume your local paper has a column of ads for those ladies who specialise in "smooth massage".

If you tried to claim that you have never perused it in an idle moment pretending you were thinking of availing yourself of the service I think most of us would laugh. And you're an adult.

Try to keep a sense of proportion Joe.
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