What I have done is bring up many examples to show that what religious people have as a weapon of truth is nothing more than a “belief.” Most religious people have been brought up to believe blindly, and they don’t bother to ask the hard questions. If they do ask a hard question, they get some lame answer that they just accept. Here’s a perfect example: Question: where did god come from? Answer: God has always been.ViSion said:
Or there are the people who tell you you’re not supposed to ask such questions, or question god. What happens to retarded people? What happens to little children? The list goes on…. Daddy (child of Adam asking question) why is mommy (Eve) screwing her own son, my brother? Adam replies: It’s okay, you can screw your brother next when she’s finished.
As far as interpretations of the bible, I’m not talking about individuals, I’m talking about religious groups or denominations. A catholic priest teaches something different from a rabbi. A Baptist minister teaches something different from a Methodist. I’m talking about people who “do” read the bible a lot and they have different interpretations of it. That, plus the fact that not all Baptist ministers believe the same thing, etc. etc.
The cradle of civilization? The cradle of civilization was Africa. The evidence for it is overwhelming. Moreover, not only has the “missing link” been found, but multiple examples of the missing link have been found. Lucy was the first one discovered. The fossil evidence is strong and it continues to grow and support theories of evolution. The problem is, most religious people stick their hands over their ears and go “La la la la, I can’t hear you” when people talk about evolutionary evidence.
Lucy is a fossil that’s about 40% complete. Although we don’t have the complete fossil, what’s missing on one side is present on the other. So, we have a very good indication of what the complete fossil would look like. We can tell by the pelvis bone that Lucy walked upright on two legs, but she was still the size of an ape. Her brain cavity was much smaller than ours, but this would soon change. Walking upright changed everything; I’ve already given examples why in previous posts.
The fossil record shows more and more upright walkers as time progressed and how the size of the brain increased over time due to this upright posture. Some early precursors to modern man had brains one third the size of ours, and later examples showed man with a brain two thirds the size of modern man. While this brain capacity thing was going on, fossils show other changes occurring such as our size (height and weight) increasing. Also, fossil evidence shows how tool-making progressed during these changes. As our brains grew, our ability to solve complex problems grew.
It takes a lot of brain power to create a clovis point, the spear tips used for hunting. Many calculated strikes with a rock flaked off chips from another rock, and it really took a lot of work to create these super sharp weapons. Fossil records show that these clovis points became more and more sophisticated as time went by and that examples of more sophisticated points were found alongside more sophisticated humans. (humans with larger brains)
You know, this is just the tip of the iceberg. All this knowledge didn’t come from “watching television.” Books, professors, scientific magazines, talking with others; it all contributed to my knowledge.
“Qualthwar you claim religion has been sculpted well the same could be said more so for your argument. You have been touting through out this thread how the bible is nothing more than mans imagination…” Religion has been sculpted, and as far as “the same could be said for my arguments”….. I don’t even know what that’s supposed to mean. Science tries to present facts. Science is a process whereby many people attempt to verify results of other scientists. Science doesn’t try to leave things out or inject untruths to make something work. It is what it is. If something doesn’t stand up to scientific scrutiny, then it fails. No sculpting occurs to pass something off as true when it isn’t.
“You call predicting the next four world powers in 600 B.C. (Q)vague and obscure (FB)political satire….” I’m sorry, but you’re just rambling here. I don’t know what it is you’re trying to say. Are you saying some specific predictions were made that nobody else could predict or what?
Don’t take my example of “jesus killing a boy because he bumped into his shoulder” as a single example. It’s just another nail in the coffin for religion. It just shows that man decided what books to include in the bible, not god. I’ve presented many examples during this long discussion.
