charli's Blog

Centauri... I agree. I conversations with some of them, just when you think you have them convinced, they come up with "Someone had to created the solar system, the Big Bang, etc. When my daughter was very little, she believed in Santa Claus. She was younger than her classmates. I used the story "that if one child believed that he was real, then he was." As she got older I told her the story of St. Nicholous... that he before he became a saint (ironically by the same faiths that denounce Santa Claus..) he would go to houses and slip toys or food into the windows of the poor. My, then 6 year old, responded with this... "So, when the guy died, they made him a saint (we are jewish on one side, catholic on the other side) and every year he still comes back to give toys to the kids... so Santa Claus is really real."

The same thing goes for evolution... the dinasours may not be here any longer, but the diggings bring them, and other beings from our history, back to life. Can not argue the truth. And, as I said before, evolution predates the STORIES of the bible.

As they say, those that refuse to acknowledge history, are doomed to repeat it. Religion is the leading cause of death in this world. Some day the dinosaurs might just return and prove their point!

georgenfla... like you, I was shocked to hear that religious beliefs were taught in public schools over scientific facts. I have to find the stupid FCATs that I printed out last year to see if evolution or creationism is mentioned in the science section. (I just moved and have yet to find a lot of things!)

No one seems to understand that the research about intelligent design is extensive and very well thought out. If evolution is true, where are the missing links? What about the Cambrian explosion where hundreds of fossils are found in there present form? Has anyone every studied irreducible complexity? It’s funny that it was said that Creationists do not want to hear any counter arguments, but if you watch debates about the issues, it is usually the Evolutionists that attack the Creationists in an ad hominen way. Darwin, himself, said that if the transitional could not be found, his theory would fall apart. Where are the transitional links?

Stupid mouse!! Please ignore the second post. :-)

Looks like Daytona Frank takes the opposing view. Religions deemed factual that the sun revolved around the Earth and killed those that said nay. Religion is simply faith, not fact. The jusy is still out on Darwin, but it looks good.

Last week I saw one of those fish on the back of a car, you know, the ones that say "Jesus" inside. This one said "Darwin". I was laughing so hard I had to stop the car. Well done.

"The Intelligent Design teachings are a farce... a compromise." Well, yeah. And it makes sense. Something started everything, and things DID change over time. Sounds like a good compromise to me. Why not teach it?

The simple minds seem to be the majority here.

Do you believe everything on the planet just happened by chance? That the miracles you see everyday, all around you just came about on thier own?

That the delicate balance of the earth, the moon, and the planets in our particular solar system, just happened in a big bang?

That would be the equivalent of a tornado blowing through a junkyard, and assembling a 747!

You fools. You will find out in the end.

Go ahead and laugh. What if you are wrong?

The simple mind is the one that refuses to see the whole picture, the actual proof, not such black and white, but all the colors... in this case... bones and relics that predate the bible's history/story telling. The bible tells of great floods... the end one of the ice ages? Great famines? Weather patterns shifting due to the earth changing?

Again... the facts are there to be seen. The bible is just a story book. Believe in it if YOU want as a theory, but every day evolution is being proven. Do not force it on those who see physical proof. Teach all theories in school... do not say that one, based on stories, is the only real basis for us being here.

I am glad that I got out of teaching. It is such a shame that teachers have to hide their teaching of evolution... using other words, hemming and hawing, risk losing their jobs if they even mention evolution. But then again, look how the so called Christians have taken over everything... the Jews and other religions want their children to be allowed to take holidays off from school without them being counted as absenses... since christian holidays automatically included int the schedules... Christmas, Easter....but that is another topic. In spite of what the christians believe, this country was founded based on religious freedom... all religions, or no religion. Forcing children to study Creationism is a "sin".

they have eyebrows for the same reason they have belly buttons. go ahead and look...they're there.

To jumpy, you miss the point. Strict Creationists state that Humans have nothing in common with "lower" animals, hence my quip about eyebrows. I go with evolution, but a God(ess) started the whole shebang.

To Charli, of course you are correct, but let's remember; most if not every religion had it's murderous episodes. Perhaps some fanatic Muslims are going through theirs now as it's a relatively new religion.

I'm not excusing any of them. The only religious group I know of that's completely tolerant are the Pagans. Gimmee that old time religion, it's good enough for me.