tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996559676441105299.post847090678182088771..comments2023-05-02T19:43:32.436+10:00Comments on Kelosophy: Do You Have Magic Without A Magician?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996559676441105299.post-63494236351771007832010-03-30T20:36:17.116+11:002010-03-30T20:36:17.116+11:00You forgot step 0. in the peanut butter proof of G...You forgot step 0. in the peanut butter proof of God.<br /><br />step 0. is always implicit, and rarely made explicit.<br /><br />step 0.: I want there to be an afterlife. I'm scared at the idea that there is none. I'm scared at the idea that there is no benevolent creator that looks after mankind and will come and save us in case we get into really deep shit. I want there to be an negentropyeaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996559676441105299.post-36886102777744741392010-03-27T17:03:43.286+11:002010-03-27T17:03:43.286+11:00Agreed Stephen, it really bugs me too. Last night ...Agreed Stephen, it really bugs me too. Last night I attempted to watch <i>Expelled</i>, and pretty much threw the towel in when "evolution cannot explain the origin of life" came on. It was ridiculous before that, but once they hit the origin of life that's when my brain imploded. It's a completely ridiculous straw man, yet one that perpetuates.<br /><br />I see the same thing Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12460075520187803334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996559676441105299.post-64581675269187482582010-03-27T15:48:25.167+11:002010-03-27T15:48:25.167+11:00I get the impression the religious believers are m...I get the impression the religious believers are merely trying to frame evolution into their preconceived religious notions. The straw men they set up are stuffed with bible quotes.<br /><br />Take Ray Comfort for example who believes evolution cannot happen because the first human would have no mate. Notice that this is exactly what his religious belief states, that there was one man and one Reasonably Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13017978019081969374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996559676441105299.post-91284379496621814172010-03-27T12:26:36.819+11:002010-03-27T12:26:36.819+11:00I really hate it when these idiots conflate and mi...I really hate it when these idiots conflate and misrepresent theories. Why do they always try to discuss abiogenesis when they argue against the theory of evolution? <br /><br />The beauty of the theory of evolution is that finding out 'how it all began' is interesting, but ultimately unimportant. <i>Once</i> you have entities that self-propagate with slight variations that influence Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04884433783351494716noreply@blogger.com