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Post: 31698605_1 created on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:30:30 +0000
Posted: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:30:30 +0000

First, does anyone actually believe in creationism? If so, how leaving behind evolution, how could dinosaurs possibly have existed? also, wouldn't all people be nearly identical due to only 2 sets of DNA being reproduced over and over again?

And if you believe in ID, then why do species go extinct? that seems more like "stupid design that fails" than intelligent.

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Post: 31698605_2 created on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:33:08 +0000
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The response I hear most often from creationists is that the fossils were put in the earth by Satan to confuse us. But I'm not a creationist so I wouldn't know beyond that.

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Post: 31698605_3 created on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:35:01 +0000
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Hmm.. I heard that Satan couldn't do anything physical like that. If it's true though, why doesn't god remove them? And I would like some responses from People who are creationists, of believe in ID.

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Post: 31698605_4 created on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:35:50 +0000
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Well, I can sort of see how people could believe in the creation story to an extend. Like if they believed a day to God was really a billion years or whatever. (Note: I'm to lazy to actually look up how long it took for the Earth to form)

As far as ID, I don't see extinction as a design flaw so much as what's the point of something lasting forever anyway? Not to mention that if you think about Chaos Theory and how everything has a sort of chain reaction that leads to something else, maybe it's impossible to have the desired end result without haveing a few controlled "failures" along the way.

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Post: 31698605_5 created on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:37:56 +0000
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Not A Marshmallow

i think about 4.7 billion years. I may be wrong though.

What's the point of making something that isn't perfect, if you are perfect yourself?

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Post: 31698605_6 created on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:53:57 +0000
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todpury

The response I hear most often from creationists is that the fossils were put in the earth by Satan to confuse us. But I'm not a creationist so I wouldn't know beyond that.

Ummm, NO. Jesus buried them in the earth to test our faith! DUH!

Heh, I kid, I kid.

Seriously though? I really can't believe in evolution. I find it hard to think that existance just happened on accident.

It takes just as much faith to believe that in the begining the entire universe was a big ball of gas, as that the great god Marduk split the dragon goddess in half and devided her body into the heavens and the earth 3nodding .

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Post: 31698605_7 created on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:48:07 +0000
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todpury

The response I hear most often from creationists is that the fossils were put in the earth by Satan to confuse us. But I'm not a creationist so I wouldn't know beyond that.

But we know that gas exists, no?

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Post: 31698605_8 created on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:51:41 +0000
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todpury

The response I hear most often from creationists is that the fossils were put in the earth by Satan to confuse us. But I'm not a creationist so I wouldn't know beyond that.

It wasn't an accident. The circumstances are ALWAYS perfect for the outcome.

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Post: 31698605_9 created on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:04:51 +0000
Posted: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:04:51 +0000

anyone else thing they can contend with my points?

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Post: 31698605_10 created on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:07:56 +0000
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todpury

The response I hear most often from creationists is that the fossils were put in the earth by Satan to confuse us. But I'm not a creationist so I wouldn't know beyond that.

Until it's proven, it's bullshit to me.

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Post: 31698605_11 created on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:09:04 +0000
Posted: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:09:04 +0000

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todpury

The response I hear most often from creationists is that the fossils were put in the earth by Satan to confuse us. But I'm not a creationist so I wouldn't know beyond that.

Just because something is unlikely doesn't make it impossible. A perfect example of this is Bush getting not only one term, but TWO.

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Post: 31698605_12 created on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:09:06 +0000
Posted: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:09:06 +0000

While I suppose you can never *really* prove anything, if you want to be completely technical, I'd find it much less likely that a god created the universe than some random occurance like the big bang doing it. Oh well, these religious threads sure are prolific today.