Re: Abiogenesis in a lab?Re: TOBS:evolution misdirection

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 06:46:57 +0100, "Thore Schmechtig"
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>> Ahh yes the amazing talk.origins faqs,  non-peered review document on guess
>> and speculations.  If you read the faqs yourself, you will notice there is
>> not one instance where it claims abiogenesis was reproduced in a lab.
>
>First you (what a surprise!) conveniently ignore the many references, 
>in the toa, to peer-reviewed papers. Second, you lie about the missing 
>abiogenesis claim. Give us any reason to take you seriously. Well...?
>
>> misdirection with intent to mislead.. noted.
>^
>This remark being the usual lie... noted.
>
>> you are confusing me with a creationist. evolution in the cell occurs.
>> evolution as the origin of man has not been proven.
>
>Neither has creation/intelligent design. All (non-faked) evidence 
>supports evolution, no matter what lies you repeat (or, for a change, 
>think up) and post here.
>
>Okay, you've had your chance. From now on I will officially consider 
>you a valid target for mockery and ridicule. There's no reason to 
>respect either your opinions or yourself. You want to be treated this 
>way, no problem.
>
>As my scripture advises:
>"To his friend a man a friend shall prove
>And gifts with gifts requite,
>But man shall mocking with mockery answer
>And fraud with falsehood meet."
>(Havamal)
>
>TOP TEN SIGNS YOU'RE A (CHRISTIAN) FUNDAMENTALIST
>
>10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of
>gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when
>someone denies the existence of yours.
>
>9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists
>say that people evolved from other life forms, but you
>have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were
>created from dirt.
>
>8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem
>believing in a Triune God.
>
>7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the
>"atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even
>flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all
>the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the
>elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" --
>including women, children, and trees!
>
>6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and
>Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have
>no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated
>Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed,
>came back to life and then ascended into the sky.
>
>5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little
>loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth
>(4.55 billion years), but you find nothing wrong with
>believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting
>in their tents and guessing that Earth is a couple of
>generations old.
>
>4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet
>with the exception of those who share your beliefs --
>though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend
>Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet
>consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving."
>
>3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and
>physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot
>rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be
>all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity.
>
>2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it
>comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be
>evidence that prayer works. And you think that the
>remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.
>
>1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and
>agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church
>history - but still call yourself a Christian.

Excellent stuff. I'd like to nominate the whole 10 reasons as AQOTM, but I don't
think they'd accept something that big!

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Archdeacom Levy Oates
On behalf of the Prophet Eric Peabody (pbuh)
Basingstoke, England
http://www.angelfire.com/alt/bumblism/