Rant on Theories, Laws & Misconceptions Options

[Supersprynt]

I hesitated creating a thread regarding this but this is really the best medium in which many people can talk openly about something w/o much consequence. Plus I'm big on freedom of speech and so here it goes.

Friday night I go and see Damon Wayans stand up. Second time I saw him, and he was pretty funny the first time. This time he wasn't nearly as funny. Mainly because he started attacking anything that wasn't Christian. Oh boy. So he goes on to say that evolution is the stupidest thing he's ever heard and goes about mocking how its ridiculous something just formed and one day hopped out of the water and another day got legs and another day jumped up into a tree and then finally said "I got to get a job" as a human.

Hilarious. Oh wait, its not. In fact I was flabberghasted and the level of sheer stupidity emanating from this mans mouth. Evolution is the stupidest thing he's heard? Did he think it happened in 6 days? He then continued to say that atheism is on the rise and its basically got to be stopped and how its horrible not to believe in anything.

By now your thinking, where is he going with this? My dilemma which is actually eating at me is how many of you think that evolution isn't real? How many people think that evolution happened overnight; and how many people are under the impression that evolution is just a hypothesis, nothing more than a guess; how many people think atheism is evil? Im genuinely curious.

If I dont get any responses to this I'll chalk it up to I wrote too much, you got tired, fell asleep and drooled on your keyboard. I also want to say that if you do decide to respond, you do it in an intelligent, RESPECTFUL manner. I'm not looking for this to get closed because religion is a very very touchy subject. This is primarily for those who have an open mind, and willing to engage in intelligent conversation.

Thanks.

[Supersprynt]

Pepsiman - theres not a single good point in that website. All those "rules" are nothing more than "should"s and "there is a creator."

It clearly states "General Proofs" but theres not a single proof of anything. Its not hard to grasp that concept either so why are many being fooled by stuff like this?

General Proofs:

Rule 1:
"For everything made, there is a maker"

This statement isn't supported by any real facts. They take examples like a table, and attribute it to life. You cant compare something that you can actually watch be created from something else and compare it to something like the beginning of life.

Rule 2:
A power by itself, unless mastered by intelligence, could destroy instead of building.

If its a rule, why is there could in the statement? Any power, could do anything. Whats their point?

Rule 3:
There should be a first maker.

This isnt a rule, this is an opinion.

Rule 4:
In the beginning was a very intelligent being who put together the atom.

Not a rule, opinion again.

Rule 5:
There is a very intelligent being who made both the atom and the solar system, who is all almighty, all-powerful, and all intelligent.

see above.

Rule 6:
People called an artist who started a wonderful piece of art, a creator, not just a maker. Then for this intelligent being who started the atom, and the matter along with it, and from it everything else, isn’t appropriate to call him “The creator.”

Basing rules off of something thats not proven...x4.

RULE 7:
The universe should be made by a person because of the beauty that is illustrated everywhere in the universe. The beauty must come from a person with a lot of sensitivity, feelings and a great touch of beauty.

Should again, wow opinion runs rampant.

Not a single one of those is actually a rule. This is convincing?

What I'm trying to do here is find some sort of argument thats FOR a "creator" or god. I personally do not believe there is, but thats because I don't see any empirical evidence for a creator. Thats not to say there CAN'T be one, but the more we explain things once attributed to the power of god, the more unlikely his existence becomes, and the farther from what has been described as a god it becomes therefore the existence of a "god" as described doesn't exist. Long path I hope I explained it well.

This post has been edited by Supersprynt: Feb 26, 2007 - 7:28 PM