It's taken me 3 weeks to rebut this journal entry, due to my latest exploits. I'm in college right now and I'm working on getting my yellow belt in Tae Kwon Do. Both those things take up lots of time
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1) No, I’m not part of any church conspiracy! I do not consider myself to “know about christianity” just because I attended Sunday School as a child. Also, I know about the flood story (who doesn’t?) and some of the other stories of the old testament, but it is my belief that christianity is more to do with ‘christ’. It’s true that I’ve been basing that belief on the word alone, but is it not correct? 2) What on earth are you talking about, “biblical kind”? The conservative (non-Erwinian) estimate of the number of species on earth falls between 1.5 and 6 million. Species. That word again: species. What’s a “biblical kind” when it’s at home? 3) “It takes many generations for animals to evolve.” Yes - a few months with some insects (some insects live for a day or less, some for a couple of years). New insect species are popping up all the time! Honestly! Go read National Geographic or New Scientist if you don’t believe me! 4) You seem to be arguing that animals couldn’t fit into the ark because the ark couldn’t have floated. I can fit into my house, which is also unable to float. Whether or not the ark could have floated was not the subject of my debate. Although, again the “divine intervention” trump card could be used. 5) I don’t know why you’re asking for fossil records. Fossil records develop piecemeal. Our current fossil records don’t even show a percentile of the species that could have existed on earth at one point. Unless your understanding of evolution is based on what you were once taught in the classroom… 6) You also seem to be arguing that animals couldn’t have fitted on the ark because Egyptians were alive 5,000 years ago. Again, that wasn’t the subject of my debate; the subject of my debate was your inaccurate beliefs concerning evolution. 7) “Why can’t we account for divine intervention in other circumstances?” Good question, my answer is: you can attribute whatever you like to whomever you like, people have been doing that for a long time. There are, however, folks like the Spanish Inquisition and yourself who are a little less tolerant about people doing so. In short, you’re the one saying we can’t attribute things to divine intervention, not me. Some people say that just because today is Tuesday doesn’t mean that every day is Tuesday; I say that Tuesday is an arbitrary designation suited only to our calendar system. In other words: believe what you will, lad, I was just pointing out that your understanding of evolution could use a little research.
2) What on earth are you talking about, “biblical kind”? The conservative (non-Erwinian) estimate of the number of species on earth falls between 1.5 and 6 million. Species. That word again: species. What’s a “biblical kind” when it’s at home?
3) “It takes many generations for animals to evolve.” Yes - a few months with some insects (some insects live for a day or less, some for a couple of years). New insect species are popping up all the time! Honestly! Go read National Geographic or New Scientist if you don’t believe me!
4) You seem to be arguing that animals couldn’t fit into the ark because the ark couldn’t have floated. I can fit into my house, which is also unable to float. Whether or not the ark could have floated was not the subject of my debate. Although, again the “divine intervention” trump card could be used.
5) I don’t know why you’re asking for fossil records. Fossil records develop piecemeal. Our current fossil records don’t even show a percentile of the species that could have existed on earth at one point. Unless your understanding of evolution is based on what you were once taught in the classroom…
6) You also seem to be arguing that animals couldn’t have fitted on the ark because Egyptians were alive 5,000 years ago. Again, that wasn’t the subject of my debate; the subject of my debate was your inaccurate beliefs concerning evolution.
7) “Why can’t we account for divine intervention in other circumstances?” Good question, my answer is: you can attribute whatever you like to whomever you like, people have been doing that for a long time. There are, however, folks like the Spanish Inquisition and yourself who are a little less tolerant about people doing so. In short, you’re the one saying we can’t attribute things to divine intervention, not me. Some people say that just because today is Tuesday doesn’t mean that every day is Tuesday; I say that Tuesday is an arbitrary designation suited only to our calendar system. In other words: believe what you will, lad, I was just pointing out that your understanding of evolution could use a little research.
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