Posted on 06/15/2017 12:50:19 PM PDT by Kaslin
But since I disagree with their premise, I won't defend them.
Maybe an analogy will help you?
Consider that every gambling machine is regulated & inspected to be random & honest.
And yet every machine has it's own odds and those always favor the house, otherwise the house would go out of business.
Well, in the gambling machine called "evolution", God is the House, and God always wins, in the long run.
Can you dig it?
;-)
Do you not believe that God could create the universe in 6 days?
I don't think the term "intelligent design" remotely begins to describe the greatness of God's Master Plan & creative efforts.
In that sense, "intelligent design" is almost an insult, grossly understated, lacking any serious appreciation for what we see in God's Universe today.
Sure, absolutely He could.
But He left physical evidence suggesting otherwise, and I don't think we have to reject the evidence to accept that God created it.
Do you?
But then with me the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man's mind, which has been developed from the mind of the lower animals, are of any value or at all trustworthy. Would any one trust in the convictions of a monkey's mind, if there are any convictions in such a mind?
- Darwin
Can you dig it?
[[In that sense, “intelligent design” is almost an insult, grossly understated]]
Not when describing an omnipotent God- God’s intelligent design far surpasses man’s but make no mistake, it’s intelligently designed in an omniscient manner- The term intelligent Design simply infers that which is not random chance aND has purpose and design built in- God is the ultimate Intelligent Designer- His design is evident everywhere- even in the smallest components of life- where it is clear that His supernatural designs superseded natural laws
>>If so, why not just make it?
Because it’s important for you, and others, to be able to discern the truth with your own eyes and free mind - and then be able to articulate it without regurgitating somebody else’s authoritarian propaganda on the subject.
Demonstrating a proficient awareness of the related vocabulary and foundational concepts is part of that process.
“Truth is great And will prevail”
—Thomas Jefferson
>>produce a more complex finished product — “complexify”, get it?
I get that you seem to be more focused on admiring your own complexified self-engineered vociferitude than demonstrating an ability to explain why a natural process like photosynthesis can and does manufacture increased complexity without violating the 2nd law of thermodynamics.
So do you not believe in miracles? Miracles do not leave physical evidence.
The universe in which light from celestial bodies 13.5 billion light years away is visible, today, here on Earth - 13.5 billion years later.
That Universe?
Yes that universe just like the Word of God says. The earth was made first then our galaxy the billions of other galaxies were made on the 4th day.
>>the billions of other galaxies were made on the 4th day.
Including the ones 13.5 billion light years away.
Uhuh.
What is a light year?
Do you believe any part of the bible?
I believe you can’t/won’t answer what a Light Year is; or what happens to the relative rate of T as E approaches infinity.
"...who, being themselves but fallible and uninspiredmenDUNGEONMASTERS, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world, and through all time;...that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order; and finally, that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them. ""I HAVE SWORN UPON THE ALTAR OF GOD ETERNAL HOSTILITY TO EVERY FORM OF TYRANNY OVER THE MIND OF MAN"--The Virginia Act For Establishing Religious Freedom
--Thomas Jefferson, 1786https://www.google.com/webhp?#q=truth%20is%20great%20and%20will%20prevail%20if%20left%20to%20herself
Off the top of my head it’s 5,878,499,000,000 miles.
I’m ONLY interested in having this “debate” with Christians though.
The Temple of Y.E.D.'s fallible and uninspired opinions and modes of thinking don't get to determine who is a Christian.
You also don't get to wield state-established powers to confine men like Galileo to home imprisonment for life - or murder men like Giordano Bruno because they contradict your ERRORS.
That tells me all I needed to know. Have a nice day.
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