fly_tornado Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 GNu don't you get it? The Pope is blessed with special powers, granted by God not man, that you don't posses. Theologically, you brain is like 100 monkeys sitting in front of 100 typewriters.
octave Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 No, you miss the point. Irrespective of my opinion or how you personally regard scripture you would surely agree with the principle that the head of the RCC is meant to believe the words of Jesus Christ. It seems to me most mainstream churches accept evolution and reject the literal creationist position. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceptance_of_evolution_by_religious_groups To accept the literal biblical creation story (especially young earth creationism) requires ignoring much of the knowledge gained by science over the last few hundred years for example the size and age of the universe, radiometric dating, continental drift etc.
bexrbetter Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 The world is a vastly different place to what it was a couple of thousand years ago. Indeed, we now know what causes volcanoes, earthquakes, storms etc so it's bemusing that people think praying to mythical God for these matters is still a requirement. Bringing heretics back to the bosom of their loving god through the gentle persuasion of red-hot pokers, . The red hot pokering still goes on ...
PA. Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 The red hot pokering still goes on ... Sometimes assisted by a little blue tablet?
Dafydd Llewellyn Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 I rather liked Douglas Adams' explanation of the meaning of life, the universe and everything. . . i.e. 42. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy if you've never read the book.
Marty_d Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 I rather liked Douglas Adams' explanation of the meaning of life, the universe and everything. . . i.e. 42. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy if you've never read the book. Strangely enough, I'm 42. Still don't know the meaning of life, the universe and everything.
AVOCET Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 I rather liked Douglas Adams' explanation of the meaning of life, the universe and everything. . . i.e. 42. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy if you've never read the book. Funny , Nic & i where watching the movie , (SCI/Fi nuts ) The next week my rego numbers we alocated for the Avocet , 19 7742. Made for a bit father son laughter . Cheers mike
AVOCET Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Strangely enough, I'm 42. Still don't know the meaning of life, the universe and everything. Isnt it obvious , Build an aero plane .if that doesnt work , build another .&..., another ... Another .it will keep you that buisy , you wont have time to sit and ponder . Mike
2tonne Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Where's the fronkey, the transitional species between the frog and the monkey? The irrefutable fact that no one has ever discovered a fronkey surely disproves the theory of natural selection...
geoffreywh Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 BIG mistake......The Fronkey was eaten by the Tyranosaurus Ducki
AVOCET Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Doesn't the Platypus stuff up the natural selection theory ?? Any body ??
bexrbetter Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Strangely enough, I'm 42. Still don't know the meaning of life, the universe and everything. In 5 years all will be known to you because the meaning of life is 47, always was well before Adams came along. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47_(number) http://www.47.net/47society/ Adam's "42" does however prove just how people will fall over themselves to believe in something and how it can spread so easily.
turboplanner Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 That just tells us there are some wankers in the world.
Old Koreelah Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Doesn't the Platypus stuff up the natural selection theory ?? Any body ?? ...Irrefutable proof that the Creater smokes weed. (With apologies to Robin Williams)
horsefeathers Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Doesn't the Platypus stuff up the natural selection theory ?? Any body ?? No, it doesn't. The eyes of vertebrates (such as us) and invertebrates (such as an octopus) developed independently. We have an "inverted" retina with associated blind spot. Invertebrates don't have an inverted retina, and consequently don't have a blind spot. Doesn't this fact support evolutionary theory? After all, why would the grand intelligent designer (aka fairy at the bottom of the garden) do something twice, and leave us with an inferior product, unless he/she was either experimenting on us, or incompetent
Dafydd Llewellyn Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 No, it doesn't. The eyes of vertebrates (such as us) and invertebrates (such as an octopus) developed independently. We have an "inverted" retina with associated blind spot. Invertebrates don't have an inverted retina, and consequently don't have a blind spot. Doesn't this fact support evolutionary theory? After all, why would the grand intelligent designer (aka fairy at the bottom of the garden) do something twice, and leave us with an inferior product, unless he/she was either experimenting on us, or incompetent Erhm . . . I thought the platypus was a vertebrate, it has a spine; however it (and the echidnas that break down stone walls on our place, looking for ants) are classed as monotremes, whereas we are classed as mammals. What the platypus did was break down a lot of stultified conventional thinking and start people really looking. The platypus does not use its eyes when its hunting - did you miss that Attenborough sequence? I'd class our upside-down maxillary sinuses as a notable design deficiency, too.
horsefeathers Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Sorry, but I wasn't using the platypus as an example of an invertibrate. I was actually pointing out the differences in eyes between vertebrates like us, and invertebrates, like octopuses... (pi?) . I certainly could have structured that response more clearly.
Dafydd Llewellyn Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Sorry, should have read it more carefully.
fly_tornado Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Isn't the platypus the link between ducks and otters?
PA. Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Fundamentalist joke: Q: A Buddhist, a Hindu, a Sikh, a Jew, a Mormon and a Catholic all fall out of an airplane without a parachute. Which one hits the ground first? A: Who cares? They're all going to Hell anyway. -- Why don't Anglicans play chess well? They can't tell a bishop from a queen. -- Why don't Baptists have sex standing up? Because people might think they were dancing. -- One of the Archbishop of Canterbury's assistants runs in breathless and says to him, "I've got some good news and some bad news. The good news is, I've got Jesus on the phone for you!" The Archbishop says, "That's wonderful! What could possibly be the bad news?" "He's calling from Salt Lake City."
bexrbetter Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 That just tells us there are some wankers in the world. Who, the bunch of people having 'tongue in cheek' fun in life surrounding real life reportable coincidences surrounding the number 47, or the bunch of people who subscribe to a groundless, mythical creature and book of fiction that keeps getting disproved but still hold on despite and even to spite the reality?
facthunter Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Marty. ( A bit late replying) Why does there have to be one?. We are here because we are. To require a grand plan could be considered something like, "too important to die", ( though everything else living does) That could be conceit. (In general)..Nev
geoffreywh Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 according to Nicolas Cage the correct scary number is 23!
bexrbetter Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Fundamentalist joke:Q: A Buddhist, a Hindu, a Sikh, a Jew, a Mormon and a Catholic all fall out of an airplane without a parachute. Which one hits the ground first? A: Who cares? They're all going to Hell anyway. A Buddhist, a Rabbi and a Catholic Preist walk into a bar. The Bartender says "Is this a joke?".
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