[PatrickHenry]

Yes, this is a shameless vanity post, but this is April Fool's Day, so the timing is right. We're in the Smokey Backroom, so feel free to say your piece.

[PatrickHenry]

Hot new crevo thread for April Fool's day.

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[js1138]

I don't think creationism makes a positive statement about number four. But I am inclined to believe that the creator/designer inflicted a great deal of pain and suffering with his botched designs. They are remarkable bits of engineering -- no doubt about that -- but show no regard for the well being of individuals, as opposed to species.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Excellent post, with my usual caveat: the scientific evidence for evolution does not discredit the Bible, only the misguided attempt by some to read it as a hyper-literal science book.

My bottom line: God created man; evolution is currently our best guess as to how He did it.

[gomaaa]

Evolution is a vile communist plot! Creationism is the only possibility! There is TONS of evidence backing this up. HORDES of scientists are seeing the light and rushing to confirm what I've known all along!

I am secretly a creationist and have been POSING as a reasonable human being just to infiltrate your ranks and get on you ping lists! Now I can reveal the truth, for we will surely WIN and TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!!

[Dimensio]

Bah. A proper April Fool's post would be "Evolution scientists announce, 'It was all a big joke', admit ultimate goal was to lead the gullible away from Christ". I bet that quite a few Creationists would buy it as fact (given that people honestly believe that JK Rowling is a member of the Church of Satan).

[Sentis]

We all know that God Created the earth in 7 days six thousand years ago and if you let all these facts keep getting in the way of your faith your going straight to hell.

[exnavy]

Someday, when you stand before God, you will know the truth.

[m1-lightning]

Interpretations of the bible, time, and translations have all either destroyed the clear truth to what really happened or we're slowly understanding it as we gain new technology. For instance, the translation from the hebrew version has given us 'rib' as what was taken from Adam to make Eve. Because no one could understand what curve God was talking about, the translation was left as rib. The true Hebrew to English translation is 'curve'. Now we can take newly learned technolgy and accurately interpret it as the cuvre of the helical 'DNA' rather than 'rib'. It would make more sense. With the help of science, the Bible gives a lot of hints that science may have been involved. If you read real closely in Genesis you will see that God created 'man' twice. He first created man then he created Adam. Adam was the bloodline to Jesus. It's really hard to understand being thousands of years later when even English has changed many of the meanings of it's words and has even lost some words from the language. You will truly know all the answers when you die or you will know nothing. It's up to you if you want to believe or not.