Reply to: Hurrah! Another blow for fundie Christians.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Hmm. Thinking about it and having had time to read what the Christian blokes say in that article I have changed my mind.

I was missing a major point, creationism is not just a harmless stand alone theory, but part of a parcel of irrational thinking that everything in life should be determined by the supposed word of god as laid down in the bible. Accept that the bible has anything to teach us on that subject and who knows what other drivel, some of it definitely malign, we are opening the door to.

Good points Xog.

As Adolf Hitler commented, it is fortunate for the Leaders that the people do not think.

The slavish acceptance of anything which can be said is from the scriptures is the road to tyranny and therefore must be rejected.

[sasguru]

I was missing a major point, creationism is not just a harmless stand alone theory, but part of a parcel of irrational thinking that everything in life should be determined by the supposed word of god as laid down in the bible. Accept that the bible has anything to teach us on that subject and who knows what other drivel, some of it definitely malign, we are opening the door to.

Exactly. It's a free country and you can believe whatever crap you like - but don't force it on my kids in school, don't try to blow me up on the train etc. etc. Us rationalists are the real oppressed minority nowadays.

[xoggoth]

Hmm. Thinking about it and having had time to read what the Christian blokes say in that article I have changed my mind.

I was missing a major point, creationism is not just a harmless stand alone theory, but part of a parcel of irrational thinking that everything in life should be determined by the supposed word of god as laid down in the bible. Accept that the bible has anything to teach us on that subject and who knows what other drivel, some of it definitely malign, we are opening the door to.

[sasguru]

FFS! It doesn't matter!!! Anyone here ever had an interview question on their attitude to evolution? Me neither!

What people wear, what theories (that's right! evolution is unproven theory, not fact!) of creation they follow, who cares???

Sooner or later we will start arguing about which end one should break an egg.

Yes. Evolution is a scientific theory - for which there is supporting evidence. When there is evidence against we can abandon the theory.
Unlike God for which there is no evidence whatsoever.

As for why it matters. The fundies of whatever stamp are intruding on my rational life with their childish garbage.

[wendigo100]

FFS! It doesn't matter!!! Anyone here ever had an interview question on their attitude to evolution? Me neither!

Quite right. I believe in Tea.

[xoggoth]

The small end allows proper control of the extraction process.

[Troll]

FFS! It doesn't matter!!! Anyone here ever had an interview question on their attitude to evolution? Me neither!

What people wear, what theories (that's right! evolution is unproven theory, not fact!) of creation they follow, who cares???

Sooner or later we will start arguing about which end one should break an egg.

Bigendian is the only true endianness

[xoggoth]

FFS! It doesn't matter!!! Anyone here ever had an interview question on their attitude to evolution? Me neither!

What people wear, what theories (that's right! evolution is unproven theory, not fact!) of creation they follow, who cares???

Sooner or later we will start arguing about which end one should break an egg.

[DaveB]

Hannibal Lecter isn't nice, either.........

Clowns...

[Dundeegeorge]

And that

And me...

Hannibal Lecter isn't nice, either.........

[bogeyman]

We believe that among God’s good gifts are human minds capable of critical thought and that the failure to fully employ this gift is a rejection of the will of our Creator.

And God promptly disappears in a puff of logic

[sasguru]

Watch out!

The flying spaghetti monster will get you Sasguru!

I'm more scared of the tooth fairy ...

[sasguru]

Worth quoting this from the Christian Clergy:

“We believe that among God’s good gifts are human minds capable of critical thought and that the failure to fully employ this gift is a rejection of the will of our Creator. To argue that God’s loving plan of salvation for humanity precludes the full employment of the God-given faculty of reason is to attempt to limit God, an act of hubris."

So Chico will rot in hell. Ah, the irony

[Pondlife]

Quality.

They did so to “to make it absolutely clear that the issue of the integrity of evolutionary theory as a cornerstone for teaching modern biology is not one of religious or non-religious conviction, but a matter of straightforward scientific truthfulness.”

Any comments chico?

[bogeyman]

Watch out!

The flying spaghetti monster will get you Sasguru!