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I don't want to insult anyone's intelligence here, but

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  • 02-01-2010 11:20pm
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    branie
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    Does anyone here believe in evolution?


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    Turtwig
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    Already did a poll on this that can help answer that. :)

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055750448&highlight=evolution


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    chozometroid
    Registered Users Posts: 626 ✭✭✭chozometroid


    Is it an insult to intelligence to question if someone believes in a theory?

    But to answer: YES, some or all believe in evolution to varying degrees.


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    philologos
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    I believe it is likely that evolution is the way by which God developed life. I don't see any reason why they have to be incompatible.


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    Xluna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭Xluna


    branie wrote: »
    Does anyone here believe in evolution?

    It's been discussed a million times before. The vast majority of them do,albeit guided by God. A small minority are creationists.


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    chozometroid
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    Xluna wrote: »
    It's been discussed a million times before. The vast majority of them do,albeit guided by God. A small minority are creationists.
    Creationists may believe in evolution. It just depends on to what scale.


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    Stephentlig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭Stephentlig


    chozometroid wrote: »
    Creationists may believe in evolution. It just depends on to what scale.

    I dont consider myself a creationist, but a Catholic who believes and reads Genesis literally, so I guess that makes me in the eyes of a evolutionist a creationist then? :pac:


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    Turtwig
    Registered Users Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    chozometroid wrote: »
    Creationists may believe in evolution. It just depends on to what scale.

    The only really acceptable form of belief in Neo-Darwinian Evolution (as in the scientific one) is one whereby everything could take place through natural means without the need for God's input. There is of course nothing wrong with saying that He guided it all the way or He could choose to interfere at a point. Saying, however, that His interference was necessary to guide evolution through a difficult patch is not actually evolution.
    Of course, I'm only talking in the material sense here.:)

    I will also add that the most intelligent system is the system that sustains itself without any input. To use my creationist friends analogy of Boeing 747, which is the more intelligently designed 747?
    -The one that flies and repairs itself needing no maintenance or repair from an engineer.
    -Or the one that needs the engineer to consistently fix it and upgrade it.


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    suspectpackage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 173 ✭✭suspectpackage


    You can tell very quickly if it's worth engaging in a conversation with someone on this topic if they don't "believe in evolution".


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    Stephentlig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭Stephentlig


    suspectpackage wrote: »
    You can tell very quickly if it's worth engaging in a conversation with someone on this topic if they don't "believe in evolution".

    I had a debate with a professer, scientist from america on this that lasted a whole week. He was Catholic who believed in it, and he lost the debate.

    anyhow I saw the bait from the moment I laid eyes on the topic, and I'm not biting this time. :pac::pac::pac:


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    krudler
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    I know a woman who literally believes that Adam and Eve were the first two humans, but that we evolved from apes as well, cant be both love


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    3DataModem
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    Yes it can.... theoretically.


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    Turtwig
    Registered Users Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    Stephentlig wrote: »
    I had a debate with a professer, scientist from america on this that lasted a whole week. He was Catholic who believed in it, and he lost the debate.

    anyhow I saw the bait from the moment I laid eyes on the topic, and I'm not biting this time. :pac::pac::pac:

    He wasn't by any chance arguing that evolution does not predict a monkey from a man?:pac:
    :p


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    Colpriz
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    latest joke...I see some men who are monkeys..but I dont see many monkeys turning into men..ja ja!


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    krudler
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    Stephentlig wrote: »
    I dont consider myself a creationist, but a Catholic who believes and reads Genesis literally, so I guess that makes me in the eyes of a evolutionist a creationist then? :pac:

    As in you literally believe the world was created in 6 days?


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    Fanny Cradock
    Registered Users Posts: 10,245 ✭✭✭✭Fanny Cradock


    Braine, I'm locking this thread due to repetition. If you intended to approach this topic from a different angle then PM me. If not I suggest doing a search on this forum under the word "evolution".


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