Good show on PBS right now about intelligent design, learn and make up your mind

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I am watching it also.I do not think anything that cannot be proven with fact,should be taught in school.That means no creationism or evolution.OPH

keep watching

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I agree with you 100%. It would be a reasonable compromise to make for both sides. But, unfortunately, I just don't believe it will happen. Compromise doesn't seem to be very viable option in the U.S. I just hope I'm wrong.

Excellent post, OP.

Vi

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Liberals are people that will believe anything twice.

There are many things that can't be "proven" as a fact, but have a overwhelming preponderance of evidence supporting their validity. Evolution is one of those things. We have a well established fossil record that shows the transition of species over time. We have absolutely no evidence whatsoever that shows that there was any original creator or intelligent designer.

Intelligent design is simply a trojan horse for religion being taught in schools. Religion is a steaming pile of horse poo.

But this is something you can't come together and comprise about I mean it's not a piece treaty it's whether or not an assertion is true or not. Granted both sides are going about it all wrong but still.

I'm not sure if this was the same program I saw, with Christopher Hitchens, but if it was, In my estimation, the religious guy tore him a new ass. Like, beauty, how could that evolve?. What about The human soul, If you believe there is one, if not then I feel sorry for you and your coming nothingness. To look at this world and all the mayhem going on, cannot one see that this is only a temporary stopping off place for the soul. I can't believe that you only get one shot at life then you're born into a ghetto in Bangla Desh and starve to death before you reach three years of age. I did watch the other one also and if one was on the fence, the preponderance of evidence would have put one on the side of Darwin. The thing lacking in that arguement was the element of faith. Without blind faith, one cannot percieve of other existences after life on this plane has ended. For all of you that are thinking like that, I'm sorry. I don't attend church and I believe for the most part, religion is the root of all evil, but there are exceptions. Some of the more progressive christian churches teach one how to live and be happy in this world while maintaining a relationship with Jesus. I can't bring myself around to attend, although I realize my beliefs are basically in line with theirs.

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Life is good, the water is sweet. The ground keeps moving beneath my feet.

Beauty is pretty subjective don’t you think? What it has to do with the debate I have no idea. Sounds nice but really doesn’t have to much to do with the theory of evolution and the discussion at hand.

I think that’s a natural response to death.

“Religion is the sigh of
the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of
soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.”-Karl Marx.

It’s a coping mechanism to deal with the harsh reality of things.

[quote=bunghole;2067952]There are many things that can't be "proven" as a fact, but have a overwhelming preponderance of evidence supporting their validity. Evolution is one of those things. We have a well established fossil record that shows the transition of species over time. We have absolutely no evidence whatsoever that shows that there was any original creator or intelligent designer.


Overwhelming evidence?,where did you see that.They showed one flat head fish with bones that were similar to that of a man's arm.How do they know these are not a distinct species.They did not show any animal that was in the process of evolution.No one over the last 2000 years of recorded history has ever written about finding any animal in the middle of evolving.They have NO fossile history to back up their claims.
Evolution according to them is still ongoing,why do we not find half ape and half man walking out of the forest.If evolution is still going on why can we not see it all around us.They said that there theory is full of holes,yet theory's hold more water than facts,only in the minds of the people trying to get you to believe their crap.OPH