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The creator did it.

Rapture Era

Active Member
Heaven and hell are mythological places with no more validity then the Annwn or Tir Na Nog. They are all equally real. What you clearly do not understand is the create force of nature. If you have any doubt just look outside on a clear night and gaze at our own galaxy. The evidence for natural forces that created live and the process of evolution are amazing without the need of a mythical creator. I have heard the fear tactics of some Christians so many times and I know it makes them feel good to say them so that they can feel better but they are and will remain stories. We die so others can live. We pass on our genetics in hopes that it will give our offspring the ability to survive and have children. Our amazing universe is a creative force without the need of being to help it.
Wow! I can assure you I do understand the creative force of nature! Being that the biblical God did create the universe, I can look up in awe and see the work of our creator! Evolution is impossible, and for you to claim otherwise is idiotic! You have no substance to your claim. If so I 'd like to hear it. As i have said multiple times, show me how the information in the cell was created by natural forces with any validity. You cannot because it never happened. So where does that leave you?
 

exchemist

Veteran Member
No, I'm not drunk, and there is everything to respond to. I'm assuming you choose not to do so for whatever reason and that is your choice. But now that you know the truth, you have no excuse to say I didn't know. I would hope that you are open enough to follow the truth no matter where it leads.;)
By the way, in Romans 1:19-21 God says this:
…19"For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts....
I implore you to rethink your stance in private. Forget about this forum, and anyone who is watching. In private, ask God to reveal the truth to you . Everyone here can do the same thing. If you are really interested in knowing the truth. If not, just let your life play out and accept what you have chosen and the consequences that go along with it. But understand this, eternity never ends! Your life here on earth is the only chance you get. Be very careful what you chose!
OK I was teasing a bit, I must admit. But really, something seems to have gone "FUNG!" in your brain. You have suddenly flipped into trying to give me a hellfire sermon, instead of continuing the argument. You seem rather angry too, I notice.

I presume that's because you've realised your point of view cannot be defended scientifically. Which is really what I have been trying to point out all along. The creationist is entitled to his or her beliefs, of course. What is objectionable is when he or she tries to pretend that they have any basis in science. That's what ID tries, dishonestly, to do, which is why scientifically literate people object to it so strongly.
 

ecco

Veteran Member
What does it take? The right environment and chemistry, and science has documented that several possibilities existed at the time the first life forms appear in the fossil record. I assume here you are referring to abiogenesis, the beginning of life. One important criteria is an energy source that provides the first life forms with energy. The heat from the hot springs and the spreading ocean ridge zones from continental drift provide that.
One thing that leads to confusion is that there is no clear-cut line between "life" and "non-life".
 

ecco

Veteran Member
Darwin had no clue about DNA and genetics in his day. He only observed what he could see.
He based his findings on the detailed observations he made. Much later, an understanding of DNA produced more evidence that he was right.

It's much like Copernicus postulated heliocentricity. Newton explained how. Einstein expanded the concept. You accept heliocentricity, don't you?
 

ecco

Veteran Member
Abiogenesis is impossible. No one has ever observed it
Have you ever observed the earth rotating?
Have you ever observed Mt. Everst becoming higher?
Perhaps you believe:
1 Chronicles 16:30King James Version (KJV)
30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.​
 

ecco

Veteran Member
Well, first of all, I see you like to use scripture to make your point, so lets look at this for a moment. When you state "no one was there" you mean humans. Yes you are correct, but there were three persons that were there.
Hmm. Three non-human persons. And you know this how?

The personal testimony of those who were with the incarnate God, Jesus Christ.
Who? John? Are you saying John was there with God during the Creation?



Again, you have two choices, either accept it or reject
Sadly, you have no choices. Like many others who post here, your religious views are so deeply instilled that all logic and reason has been left in the dustbin.
 

Looncall

Well-Known Member
Thank you for your explanation and response. Science does not understand supernatural creation, it only studies it. In order for people to come to conclusions about the model of the Darwinian tree of life, you must have a starting point. Again, we know today that all living things have DNA and a genetic code with vital information or programming to tell the cell what to do. We also know that the cell cannot gain information and therefore cannot develop into something else. My original question was, if this is so, and it is, where did the information come from? You cant have a partial organism survive. You cant have a partial organism reproduce because it doesn't have the capability to do so and so it dies. It must be complete. Several years ago, a baby was born with hardly any brain mass. It was amazing that it was born alive but died shortly after delivery. How on earth do people get caught up in this nonsense of abiogenesis evolution? You can make all the models you like of what you think might have happened (speculation) and how life might have started under the constraints of the limited knowledge available, but if your presupposition is Darwinian Tree of Life Evolution, you have to make the science fit and it doesn't. Darwin had no clue about DNA and genetics in his day. He only observed what he could see. He barely believed his own theory or hypothesis, and if he knew what we know today, would completely dismiss it! So when you say "We have to have the discipline of not jumping to conclusions. So it is no argument at all that, just because we don't yet have a model for the origin of life, therefore we should all agree it was a supernatural miracle..... job done! That is just not a scientific way of thinking about the problem." The funny thing is, the more we learn through science and technology, the further way abiogenesis and macro evolution slides into the abyss of impossibility. You really only have only two options here, supernatural creation, or evolution. You have accepted the model of life being that of Darwinian evolution and it has not ever been substantiated, EVER. Why is it still being taught in schools? If something never happened, you are going to have a very hard time proving it did. Abiogenesis is impossible. No one has ever observed it and the insane amount of time required in the hypothesis along with the death blow of entropy speaks volumes of it's demise. You can keep trying though.

So much babble, so many lies. Ho-hum; par for the creationist course.

You have been conned by scoundrels.
 

shunyadragon

shunyadragon
Premium Member
Have you ever observed the earth rotating?

Actually yes relative to the sun, unless you believe the sun revolves around a stationary earth. It is more visible from space and the moon.

Have you ever observed Mt. Everst becoming higher?

Actually it can be accurately measured.

Perhaps you believe:
1 Chronicles 16:30King James Version (KJV)
30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.​

Perhaps, if you believe in the literal context of an ancient tribal world view, and avoid putting the Bible in the context of all the history of humanity.
 

ecco

Veteran Member
ecco said:
One thing that leads to confusion is that there is no clear-cut line between "life" and "non-life".

Science has a reasonable definition is the ability to organic life rat can reproduce.
By your "reasonable definition" a virus is alive. Some biologists agree, but most do not.

I'm in the former group.



"Reasonable definitions" aside the bottom line is that there is no clear-cut line between "life" and "non-life" any more than there is a clear cut line between red and orange.
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ecco

Veteran Member
Actually yes relative to the sun, unless you believe the sun revolves around a stationary earth. It is more visible from space and the moon.
With all due respect, you have not observed the earth rotating. You may have inferred it from the position of the sun. Inference and observation are not the same thing, especially in the context of my comments to Rapture.


Actually it can be accurately measured.
Measurements are not observations, especially in the context of my comments to Rapture.

Perhaps, if you believe in the literal context of an ancient tribal world view, and avoid putting the Bible in the context of all the history of humanity.

It isn't about my beliefs, it is about the beliefs of the Fundamentalist Christians with whom I am having a discussion.
 

He has Risen!

JESUS IS LORD FOR HE HAS RISEN FROM THE DEAD
Wow! I can assure you I do understand the creative force of nature! Being that the biblical God did create the universe, I can look up in awe and see the work of our creator! Evolution is impossible, and for you to claim otherwise is idiotic! You have no substance to your claim. If so I 'd like to hear it. As i have said multiple times, show me how the information in the cell was created by natural forces with any validity. You cannot because it never happened. So where does that leave you?
Hey Rature man,
I am "He has Risen!"...a new Christian member. I like your YEC view, they seem to line up with mine as well. I am not on the internet much but will participate when I can.
 
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He has Risen!

JESUS IS LORD FOR HE HAS RISEN FROM THE DEAD
Consider the humble virus.
The virus is a hard one to explain without a Creator. Because a virus needs a host in order to replicate. How did it even begin to exist? I think the humble virus is similar to the humble flagellum that Dr. Behe has pointed out, in that it also needed all the parts to be present in order for it to function. I am no scientist, but I do think logically and reasonably.
 

Bear Wild

Well-Known Member
Wow! I can assure you I do understand the creative force of nature! Being that the biblical God did create the universe, I can look up in awe and see the work of our creator! Evolution is impossible, and for you to claim otherwise is idiotic! You have no substance to your claim. If so I 'd like to hear it. As i have said multiple times, show me how the information in the cell was created by natural forces with any validity. You cannot because it never happened. So where does that leave you?
Show me the evidence that god created cells and do not give me the Its just because I believe it. First evolutions and abiogenesis are two different theories. The theory of elements to that created DNA and the proteins along with lipids is abiogenesis and there is journals full of information about this. Richard Wolfenden, PhD, and Charles Carter, PhD have been publishing about this. As for the first cell 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. There is now evidence suggest a phosphorylation chemistry that could have given rise, all in the same place, to oligonucleotides, oligopeptides, and the cell-like structures to enclose them. Diamidophosphate has been described that can with imidazole as a catalyst to cause phosphorylation building chains of RNA. So there is some examples of evidence for the original cells so now you show the clear identifiable evidence that god made the first cell. Then you can explain the evidence that explains fossils, convergent evolutionary findings and much more clear evidence that has been found supporting the evolutionary theory. Do not just quote the bible I am to familiar with it but that actual reproducible evidence that god made the first cell.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
The virus is a hard one to explain without a Creator. Because a virus needs a host in order to replicate. How did it even begin to exist? I think the humble virus is similar to the humble flagellum that Dr. Behe has pointed out, in that it also needed all the parts to be present in order for it to function. I am no scientist, but I do think logically and reasonably.
Behe's claims have been thoroughly refuted. The evolution of the flagellum is well understood.

And your argument is an Argument From Ignorance, it is a logical fallacy. An inability to explain something is not evidence for a God.
 

He has Risen!

JESUS IS LORD FOR HE HAS RISEN FROM THE DEAD
Show me the evidence that god created cells and do not give me the Its just because I believe it. First evolutions and abiogenesis are two different theories. The theory of elements to that created DNA and the proteins along with lipids is abiogenesis and there is journals full of information about this. Richard Wolfenden, PhD, and Charles Carter, PhD have been publishing about this. As for the first cell 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. There is now evidence suggest a phosphorylation chemistry that could have given rise, all in the same place, to oligonucleotides, oligopeptides, and the cell-like structures to enclose them. Diamidophosphate has been described that can with imidazole as a catalyst to cause phosphorylation building chains of RNA. So there is some examples of evidence for the original cells so now you show the clear identifiable evidence that god made the first cell. Then you can explain the evidence that explains fossils, convergent evolutionary findings and much more clear evidence that has been found supporting the evolutionary theory. Do not just quote the bible I am to familiar with it but that actual reproducible evidence that god made the first cell.
Then why can't the scientist just duplicate the process? If nature can do it without a mind then surly scientist can do it with their smarts? Think about what you are agreeing to, just because an educated person with a PhD. says they believe this is how it happened doesn't mean that they can prove it...or can they?
 

He has Risen!

JESUS IS LORD FOR HE HAS RISEN FROM THE DEAD
Behe's claims have been thoroughly refuted. The evolution of the flagellum is well understood.

And your argument is an Argument From Ignorance, it is a logical fallacy. An inability to explain something is not evidence for a God.
What part of Behe's claim has been falsified?
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
Then why can't the scientist just duplicate the process? If nature can do it without a mind then surly scientist can do it with their smarts? Think about what you are agreeing to, just because an educated person with a PhD. says they believe this is how it happened doesn't mean that they can prove it...or can they?
Time is a factor. Even if it took only thousands of years that means the whole process cannot be repeated in the laboratory. Scientists break problems like abiogenesis into key parts and they have been able to reproduce some of those results.

There is evidence for abiogenesis. I have yet to see any reliable evidence for creation. Why believe in something without valid evidence?
 
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