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8/29/08 4:43 PM
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It looks like Morrowind in MMORPG form. The animations are a little rigid, but honestly, it looks like it's gonna be a lot of fucking fun. |
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8/29/08 4:27 PM
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http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=64217
LOL WUT |
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8/29/08 4:26 PM
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http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=64217
LOL WUT |
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8/03/08 6:30 PM
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Originally posted by Draenor
Seeing moths change to match a enviroment over a few generations or watching single cell creatures change to become......different single cell creatures(not multi cell or a higher level being) logical we can see that. But saying that every type of creature and bsaicly living thing on this planet started as the same single cell oragnism is not logical. Looking around at the world and saying this couldn't be a random accdient.....logical
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_ignorance#Argument_from_personal_incredulity
Lol...I ask him to debate me with something substantial and the first thing that he comes up with is the peppered moth fraud?
If you don't know the difference between microevolution, speciation, and macro evolution, then you need to go help yourself to a science book and then come back to me.
I actually didn't bring that up, but thanks for failing at reading.
Edit: Xemous, that body of text has grown far too massive to reply to at this point. All I can say is -- you're the one making the claim. Give me some evidence, and I'll be happy to disprove it. Link me a source. Cite something.
It is not my job to disprove god. It's your job to provide the evidence.The burden of proof, after all, is on you.
We can go back and forth arguing pointlessly, or we can actually debate. |
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8/03/08 11:13 AM
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As you can see, it took me about ten seconds to disprove that. There are already possibilities. Nothing is irreducible. As somebody who claims to know so much about physics, you of all people should know that everything breaks down.
This is what you consider proof? Do you just construe everything that you possibly can as "proof" without considering other possibilities? You throw out "thousands" and "millions" quite readily, though I see you've dropped "trillions" thankfully. Surely, if these things existed in such number, at least one that can't be logically reconciled and can't be faked must exist, right? I'm sure that with all this data you claim to have, you can produce that for me.
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8/03/08 10:35 AM
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Originally posted by Arndur I find it interesting that you call me "kid." Your attempt to belittle me on basis of age when only three years separate us is amusing.
I'd also like to point out that I made multiple points, which, instead of defending against, you merely attacked me, and made some baseless claims about your understanding of the subject.
Evolution is a logical conclusion. We can observe it on the small scale through microbial analysis. We can observe it on the large scale through genetic mapping and fossils. We've even stimulated the process through selective breeding. Rejection of evolution is rejection of a blatant truth. Saying faith is required here is a cop out, a joke, and overall simply an uninformed and ignorant opinion. Evolution does not have any mention of the origin of life, the universe, or our planet. Divine creation is not a logical conclusion. Divine creation is a possibility, but it has nothing to do with science. God isn't falsifiable. God isn't observable (no, not just in the literal sense). They're certainly not mutually exclusive. I'm not the kind of person to make illogical conclusions. I certainly don't deny the possibility of a god or creator. I do, however, want to make it very clear that there is a gigantic difference between a possibility and a scientific theory. Creationism is a possibility. Evolution is a scientific theory. They are not alike.
Seeing moths change to match a enviroment over a few generations or watching single cell creatures change to become......different single cell creatures(not multi cell or a higher level being) logical we can see that. But saying that every type of creature and bsaicly living thing on this planet started as the same single cell oragnism is not logical. Looking around at the world and saying this couldn't be a random accdient.....logical
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_ignorance#Argument_from_personal_incredulity
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8/03/08 10:33 AM
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Originally posted by Waterlily
You are shortsighted. |
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8/03/08 1:41 AM
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Science doesn't contradict the concept of a god, no. It doesn't even touch on it. Science requires a few things for something to be properly initiated into the scientific process. One of those is falsifiability. Obviously you can't propose a situation that, if observed true, would disprove a being not even constrained by the laws of our universe. For this reason, god is out of man's reach in terms of proof or disproof. That doesn't mean that a god exists, obviously. There's the possibility. There's also the possibility that the universe spawned from the ashes of a previous one. We'll probably never know.
Well, no, not really. The physical laws of our universe had no bearing prior to its existence.
Nature tends to take the simplest way. Even science has a rule on this sort of thing: Occam's Razor.
If you're insinuating that this is in any way comparable to the speculated origin of the universe, then yes, it is pretty dumb. Pretty dumb to think that this is anything other than a ridiculous false analogy.
That's generally what happens when you create an impossible situation. The fact that you can seriously attempt to relate this to the big bang theory is depressing.
You've named a lot of names there, but you haven't really given anything of substance. I'd appreciate more information. As for "trillions of testimonials"... I can really only shake my head at that statement. Not only is a single trillion of unique testimonials impossible, but also completely worthless. Man has testified to himself on the divinity of lightning, on the flatness of the world, on the existence of a multitude of wonderful places that for some reason can't ever quite be found. Not surprisingly, as science explores and brings to light the truths of the world, the claims of divine origin in parts of nature have dwindled. What once was a world completely dominated by divine forces is now, after scrutiny, merely one only debated in divine origin. One would be called crazy today were he to claim that the lightning was god's fist, lashing out in anger. This instills doubt in the validity of the rest of your claims of evidence. Regardless, I'd like to see it.
Quotes. That's cute. They don't really have any clout in a debate of this nature, though. I could pull up some nasty ones were I so inclined to muddle my post with irrelevancies. It's important to remember that the logical neutral is atheism. More simply -- I do not deny the possibility of a god. I do deny that there is any reason to believe in one with the information we have available now. Addendum: |
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8/03/08 1:14 AM
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Originally posted by Draenor
Lol...don't get me started kid...You don't want to debate me about this, you'll quickly find that you are the one that is not educated. I used to be an evolutionist...How could I not be seeing as how it's the only theory taught in public schools? I know both sides of the debate, you want to post some details on why my post is a joke? I'll be glad to send you packing. I find it interesting that you call me "kid." Your attempt to belittle me on basis of age when only three years separate us is amusing.
I'd also like to point out that I made multiple points, which, instead of defending against, you merely attacked me, and made some baseless claims about your understanding of the subject.
Evolution is a logical conclusion. We can observe it on the small scale through microbial analysis. We can observe it on the large scale through genetic mapping and fossils. We've even stimulated the process through selective breeding. Rejection of evolution is rejection of a blatant truth. Saying faith is required here is a cop out, a joke, and overall simply an uninformed and ignorant opinion. Evolution does not have any mention of the origin of life, the universe, or our planet. Divine creation is not a logical conclusion. Divine creation is a possibility, but it has nothing to do with science. God isn't falsifiable. God isn't observable (no, not just in the literal sense). They're certainly not mutually exclusive. I'm not the kind of person to make illogical conclusions. I certainly don't deny the possibility of a god or creator. I do, however, want to make it very clear that there is a gigantic difference between a possibility and a scientific theory. Creationism is a possibility. Evolution is a scientific theory. They are not alike. |
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8/02/08 5:46 PM
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Originally posted by Draenor
This is a joke.
Evolution does not postulate on the creation of the universe or this planet. Evolution does not give any mention to the origin of life (that's abiogenesis, not evolution; something you'd do well to understand the difference between). There is no leap of faith required to understand or acknowledge evolution, because if there was then it would not be a scientific theory. There is no factual support for a creation origin. None. Saying "well how else did it get here?" is not factual support. Not knowing is not factual support. There is plenty of evidence for the origin of the earth as a large molten mass formed by the gravitational pull of our star. There is plenty of evidence for the concept of the Big Bang (though it is certainly not perfect and scientists as a whole generally acknowledge that there will be unknowns in regards to the origins of the universe -- this is not an excuse to slap "God did it!" into the blanks).
The one in denial here is you -- for insinuating that the two concepts are somehow equal. Science is not perfect, no. But there is no leap of faith in science. If you have to make a leap of faith, it is not science. That's the damn principle of the whole thing. The only way to arrive at a creation origin is through logical fallacy.
Educate yourself.
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8/02/08 4:31 PM
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Originally posted by Waterlily
Finish high school first, then take your first steps online. Not the other way around. And if you truly believe these are acceptable views, search a mentor or someone who teaches you some compassion.
Nuclear Proliferation has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and misery. Nuclear science should never be used to advance weaponry where the solo purpose of it is to use it during wars. It not only kills people, it kills unborn babies, it kills people from after effects and sickness. It's terrible. Before anyone even mentions it they should read up on what atomic bombs really do. The people throwing and deciding to engage in atomic bombing have no clue what horror and destruction it results in. It's wrong. A last resort if your country is under threat from a country who is at the last stages of engaging in nuclear activity by using it as an offensive means would be considered probably. But before that EVERYTHING should be done to stop it in time and to end a conflict with the LEAST amount of human bloodshed possible.
The Middle East is a scourge upon this planet.
My compassion is only given to those who deserve it. You're naive as hell. Nuclear weaponry isn't the only thing that kills unborn babies, has aftereffects, and causes wholesale destruction. Guess what? WAR in every sense causes that. At least in the case of a nuclear blast, you're vaporized instantaneously, or if you somehow manage to survive you die in shock, not truly feeling what happened. The Middle East is generally filled with single-minded, dogmatic people; willing to wage war over petty superstition. If it wiped itself out, innocents would die, yeah. But the world would be a better place for it. This planet is overpopulated and it cannot sustain people who cannot get along with each other for such ridiculous reasons.
I'm not being cruel, I'm being realistic. You need to grow up.
P.S. Finished High School years ago. P.P.S. I've probably been on the internet longer than you. |
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8/02/08 1:12 PM
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If the middle east wiped itself out, I could really only consider that as a betterment of the world.
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