Mr. Dictator
A Chain-Smoking Fox
pro-scientific and anti-bible don't have to be the same thing, all the time.
Why is revelations commonly considered metaphorical, yet not genesis?
The all new, totally accepted, bigotry thread - "Blame a Christian"
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pro-scientific and anti-bible don't have to be the same thing, all the time.
Why is revelations commonly considered metaphorical, yet not genesis?
timtofly
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Since I just asked what he thought was pathetic, and you said that you were the repressed one, I can only assume that you are either an assumer, going out of this thread for information, or you are repressed. I am just chatting in a thread that has more than anything else just gave me a good laugh. I agree that the bashing and reveling in the bashing is pathetic. I am not sure where the thread is heading right now, but up to that point I was trying to get a little more info on a particular post. Technically though only the bashing of Christians is the topic so not sure why I am even replying to this post.
GhostWriter16
Deity
First part: I know. "Scientific theory that contradicts the Bible" was supposed to be a unified phrase. He wasn't anti-Christian, but he did support a scientific theory that contradicts the Bible.
Second part: Revelation was written to be metaphorical, while Genesis was written as History, sorry I can't do better
jtb1127
Deity
Overall, I don't see why religious belief should be treated much differently from political belief and I certainly doubt anyone would say that opposing someone's political beliefs is hateful. It shouldn't be treated like a race or ethnicity. If it were, anyone who has a different religion would hate everyone of other religions and the authors of their holy books would be advocating hate speech. By nature, all religions oppose every other religion. I'm simply following Celtic's logic here. Plus, people aren't born Christian like they would be of a race. They are born into Christian families and their parents raise them as such.
GhostWriter16
Deity
Would you say sexual orientation should be treated like race?
From a legal prespective, I don't think there should be any specially protected groups, free market period. However, from a moral perspective I would say hating on a person because of their religion is similar to hating on someone because they're black. However, you can argue against the ideas, and are free to hate them for other reasons.
From a legal prespective, I don't think there should be any specially protected groups, free market period. However, from a moral perspective I would say hating on a person because of their religion is similar to hating on someone because they're black. However, you can argue against the ideas, and are free to hate them for other reasons.
Mr. Dictator
A Chain-Smoking Fox
First part: I know. "Scientific theory that contradicts the Bible" was supposed to be a unified phrase. He wasn't anti-Christian, but he did support a scientific theory that contradicts the Bible.
Second part: Revelation was written to be metaphorical, while Genesis was written as History, sorry I can't do better
And it pretty clearly isn't.
When science and poetry clash, science will always win, unless you allow your poetry to retreat into a more inspirational position.
Religion is obviously a lifestyle choice.
CELTICEMPIRE
Zulu Conqueror
Genesis does not clash with any proven scientific facts, just theories.
@ jtb 1127, I am not saying that merely opposing my beliefs is hateful, it's the way some people do it. It's so annoying when an Atheist says "ignorant Christians, so stupid, how coulld they possibly still believe their foolish, outdated, religion". That is what I hate. Also, people have this idea in their minds that Christians have it so easy and are always oppressing other people (especially homosexuals). Whenever a certain poster we all know the name of posts the 200th thread about anti-gay discrimination he is praised as promoting civil rights. Every time I talk about persecution of Christians (which anti-gay persecution doesn't compare to) I have an agenda.
IdiotsOpposite
Boom, headshot.
Please present your empirical data that agrees with the story of Genesis exactly as it is written.
CELTICEMPIRE
Zulu Conqueror
That's not my job, you are the one who needs to point out where the evidence for the so called "clash" between Genesis and scientific evidence.
Whiskey_Lord
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It has been presented to you time and again. I, for one, am done going around in circles with you and your ilk.
CELTICEMPIRE
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It's the wrong thread for a creation/evolution debate anyway.
Borachio
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Strewth, this thread gallops along, don't it? I can't keep up.
I thought this was obvious. It's blindingly obvious to me, but perhaps I'm mistaken. One gets to be a professor by studying some particular subject really hard for a very long time. Have you ever heard of anyone setting out to be a Professor? A Professor of what? In what way do I have this wrong?
Psychopathology is a life style choice???? Is it? I suppose you're right, but it's definitely not in the same league as taking out gym membership.
I thought he writes very well, though.
I think the only problem is reconciling your "beliefs" with your common sense. I think being a professor depends only on your expertise in a field.
I blame faulty birth control on your part.
I've forgotten why I was going to reply to this.
wat wat?
I thought this was obvious. It's blindingly obvious to me, but perhaps I'm mistaken. One gets to be a professor by studying some particular subject really hard for a very long time. Have you ever heard of anyone setting out to be a Professor? A Professor of what? In what way do I have this wrong?
I don't think History specialists study from the present all the way back to the big bang. Not as a rule, at any rate. Historians I have met have generally focused on some specific period and place like Medieval Europe or Elizabethan England, and the like. Ask them a question outside their areas and they've no more idea than you or me, which in my case is very little at all.
Whiskey_Lord
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The debate is over. There are only those who accept evolution and those who continue to be willfully ignorant. You want to be a professor? It isn't your religion that will hold you back. It's your attitude. You will never get anywhere in academia if you automatically reject anything that contradicts whatever opinions who currently hold.
X-post.
X-post.
That was kind of my point. You would not want a YEC to specialize a time period and region where that person takes the Bible as absolute historical fact. A YEC likely takes much of the OT as such.
GhostWriter16
Deity
This.
It just so happens to be the perfect thread for the evolutionists to hammer in how stupid us Christians are, however (Thanks Kochman for a bit of humor
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Old Hippy
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Whiskey_Lord
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There's a big difference between stupidity and willful ignorance. The former is actually excusable.
GhostWriter16
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Two can play at that game...
