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originally posted by: Krazysh0t
originally posted by: AreUKiddingMe
a reply to: peter vlar
I'm not a Ken Ham fan myself, it was an easy article to find. But the word dinosaur didn't even exist until recently, and more than likely were what was referred to "dragons" in the Bible.
That isn't evidence. That is an inference.
The story of Noah's ark and creation science has just as much if not more empirical evidence than the evolutionist theory.
It does. Does it? Care to post any? I'm actually curious where this evidence actually exists, because I've not seen a single piece of empirical evidence for either of those things, while seeing TONS of empirical evidence for evolutionary theory. This of course makes your statement above false.
Dinosaurs quite definitely lived millions of years ago and they quite definitively evolved.
originally posted by: AngryCymraeg
a reply to: borntowatch
I see. you are, once again, ridiculing those who believe in science - verifiable, measurable, testable science. And I am talking about dinosaurs (and birds here), because that's the topic of the thread. The OP mentioned the anti-dinosaur cretin as a bit of light relief, as everyone thinks that she's an idiot. Except you? You also keep talking about the Big Bang. Fine, but that's not relevant to this thread - although we have more evidence in favour of that theory than any other alternative. But that's a topic for another thread.
So here's my relevant question - do you believe in dinosaurs? Because, as I pointed out earlier, a glance out of your window will show you their relatives as they perch on something.
originally posted by: Voldster
If there were "TONS" of evidence for your evolution theory, it wouldn't be a theory anymore.
A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world that is acquired through the scientific method and repeatedly tested and confirmed through observation and experimentation.
The only reason you believe dinosaurs lived millions of years ago is because you believe our science is infallible.
That's the problem with our science. People treat it as borderline religion and whenever it's in danger of being rewritten people have a cow over it and do everything to deny it.
For a group of people that spend so much time frowning upon others for believing in something they cannot see, you sure do have a lot of faith in dinosaurs being millions of years old despite the only absolute way to be certain just how old they are is to be a 200 million year old human being. Until that 200 million year old human being turns up and explains everything to us, you have to settle for tests that half the time gives an answer that you "know" is wrong because everyone "KNOWS" dinosaurs are hundreds of millions of years old. So you sit there and test until you get the result you want.
30 years ago everyone "knew" dinosaurs were reptile in nature. No one ever conceived the idea that they or at least some had feathers. Imagine what we will know in the future that rewrites our books, but I wouldn't hold my breathe for that holy grail evidence that turns evolution theory into fact.
Evolutionists sure are faithful
They believe in something they cannot prove exists.
So how are you any different from the rest of us?
You can't sit there and preach that your theory is fact and that's why you're different. At least we have a book that is thousands of years old. Whether you believe it is legitimate or not is not the issue. It exists.
What exists for you? Scientific testing on dinosaur fossils?
Where the only way you can be sure the results are correct is to presume they are correct because "everyone knows dinosaurs are hundreds of millions of years old, it's the first thing we're taught in school!" ?
Hmm. Seems legit.
I won't get into any serious debate over this. As a matter of fact, I do not expect to come back to this thread after I hit post.
I'm not an avid visitor of ATS. But I will leave with these final words: Even if my response above doesn't entirely involve the person I am replying to, it applies to someone(s), and it was worth my time.
Your theory is a theory, and it will always be a theory, and you are no different from the people you bully for believing in a God.
You are extremely faithful to evolution despite having no proof to make it a fact of life. Sure sounds like to me that creationists and evolutionists both rely on faith for what they believe in.
originally posted by: borntowatch
Whats with glancing out the window, what are you selling me, look out my window, look out your own window. Whats wrong with you
I think people who believe in the big bang are far more gullible, far more foolish and simple minded than people who believe dinosaurs didnt exist
Look out your window, into the stars at night, pick up a handful of dust from your vacuum cleaner, blow your nose and look at all this stuff and tell me it didnt all exist till one day from nothing it all exploded into everything.
Thats not science thats stupidity
It might be the best theory science has but its stupid
People who dont believe in dinosaurs are not thinking straight
People who believe in the big bang will never be able to think straight
Show me proof birds turned into lizards
originally posted by: Cuervo
a reply to: Sublimecraft
They are in China, Khaleesi... they're in China.
originally posted by: peter vlar
originally posted by: borntowatch
Whats with glancing out the window, what are you selling me, look out my window, look out your own window. Whats wrong with you
Look out your window at the birds is the message at hand. 65 MA after their forbearers perished, they are still here chirping away from the trees outside your window.
I think people who believe in the big bang are far more gullible, far more foolish and simple minded than people who believe dinosaurs didnt exist
What exactly is gullible about BBT and why do you believe it is incorrect?
Look out your window, into the stars at night, pick up a handful of dust from your vacuum cleaner, blow your nose and look at all this stuff and tell me it didnt all exist till one day from nothing it all exploded into everything.
Thats not science thats stupidity
If that was actually what the BBT postulated you would be right. However, it doesn't state or imply that there was nothing and then there was everything. The only stupidity is thinking that's what is being taught.
It might be the best theory science has but its stupid
Why exactly is it stupid? I'm genuinely curious what led you to this conclusion. Is there a fault in the science or is it merely a religious objection?
People who dont believe in dinosaurs are not thinking straight
People who believe in the big bang will never be able to think straight
Really? Because there's a pretty fair amount of evidence in favor of it but hey...to each their own I guess.
Show me proof birds turned into lizards
How can someone show you proof of something that didn't happen? You've got it all backwards here. Dinosaurs, namely maniraptoran theropods, evolved into birds.
originally posted by: borntowatch
Peter I am not interested in your religious views.
Without evidence yours is a faith, a simple belief
You have no evidence so use these I am smarter, superior and better than you tactics to bully your religion.
I dont care about your beliefs, intelligence or argument.
Show the evidence
Simple, just show the scientific evidence
Dont get all huffy and defensive, dont get all amateur dramatic, no hissy fits
Show the science
I am bored of your religious nonsense
You cant show the evidence of your religion, all you can do is attack as a defense
No arguments, no make believe
scientific evidence or take it to the rant thread
originally posted by: peter vlar
originally posted by: borntowatch
Peter I am not interested in your religious views.
good because I don't have any.
Without evidence yours is a faith, a simple belief
mirror mirror on the wall, who is the silliest Troll of them all.
You have no evidence so use these I am smarter, superior and better than you tactics to bully your religion.
What the hell are you even talking about? I'm not bullying anything. Take off your sissy pants and deal with the comments and questions before you go wagging your fingers at others. I was trying to have a civil discussion with you but you clearly have no interest in that as you attempt to rephrase the entire conversation into ad hominem dingo dango aimed my way. If you feel dumber and inferior in regards to my comments and questions, that's on you not me because what you accuse me of is not the reality of things. That's what I get for trying to understand what you meant and what was behind your statements. Remember, you're the one who refuses to qualify your own comments when asked for clarification. That's got nothing to do with me.
I dont care about your beliefs, intelligence or argument.
You really are a child if that's your attitude. What's the point of posting if you're not interested in a dialogue? All you do is deny evidence presented and point your finger while making some of the most hypocritical accusations I've seen in years. Maybe you need to change your diaper and that's why you're cranky? I'm not sure what exactly petty personal dig has to do with my comments or questions. Do you type this crap with a straight face? Because what you keep accusing myself and others of is precisely what you are doing. Is there a WiFi hotspot under your bridge?
Show the evidence
Simple, just show the scientific evidence
I and many others have done so repeatedly. I can lead the horse to water but I can't make you drink it. If you refuse to accept the science of the day, then there is no science to show you.
Dont get all huffy and defensive, dont get all amateur dramatic, no hissy fits
Awww... you're so cute when you've got the stick from the hobby horse snugly fitted into your rectum.
Show the science
It's been shown to you ad nauseum, there are pages and pages of replies from me to you doing so and countless more pages from others. Half the time you ignore and the other half of the time you straight up admit you refuse to read it so why on earth would I do it again? So you can mock it again? Ignore it again? No thanks.
I am bored of your religious nonsense
Huh... and here I thought that as an agnostic I didn't have a religion. Thanks for clearing that up for me!
You cant show the evidence of your religion, all you can do is attack as a defense
Can I get what you're smoking? It's got to be some nice S#
No arguments, no make believe
Make believe is your domain. You would have loved taking a ride on Trolley in Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.
scientific evidence or take it to the rant thread
So that's a big no to actually responding to my questions as you spew vitriolic hypocrisy while pointing the finger of blame my way?
originally posted by: stormbringer1701
hmmmmm. I dunno if it is appropriate. i am a religious person. I also enjoy and understand science. and i will only address religious tangents (in a science thread) if someone has made the typical ass out of themselves by attacking the religious (in general) in a scientific thread. otherwise i prefer to discuss science in threads about a scientific subject. on the other hand i am not familiar with the purpose of this subforum. if it is all about about evolution as an attack of the faithful's religious views of creation then i suppose it's ok though i am not interested (in a scientific thread.) But I thought the thread was about a clutch of dinosaur eggs which somewhat dissappointingly were all fossils.
so what's it about? science? religion? or bashing religion? or bashing science? bashing religion is an activity promulgated by overbearing boorish louts. Bashing science is an activity promulgated by the very caricatures of religion and science illiterate idiots that make juicy targets for the former.
originally posted by: borntowatch
originally posted by: stormbringer1701
hmmmmm. I dunno if it is appropriate. i am a religious person. I also enjoy and understand science. and i will only address religious tangents (in a science thread) if someone has made the typical ass out of themselves by attacking the religious (in general) in a scientific thread. otherwise i prefer to discuss science in threads about a scientific subject. on the other hand i am not familiar with the purpose of this subforum. if it is all about about evolution as an attack of the faithful's religious views of creation then i suppose it's ok though i am not interested (in a scientific thread.) But I thought the thread was about a clutch of dinosaur eggs which somewhat dissappointingly were all fossils.
so what's it about? science? religion? or bashing religion? or bashing science? bashing religion is an activity promulgated by overbearing boorish louts. Bashing science is an activity promulgated by the very caricatures of religion and science illiterate idiots that make juicy targets for the former.
This thread if you read the opening post was about bashing people because they dont believe in dinosaurs. The fossilised eggs was an excuse to start the bashing.
If dinosaurs were or were not real and a person chooses not to believe in them, well good luck to her. Its her choice.
I personally think people who believe that the universe came from and let me quote
The Big Bang
Most astronomers believe the Universe began in a Big Bang about 14 billion years ago. At that time, the entire Universe was inside a bubble that was thousands of times smaller than a pinhead. It was hotter and denser than anything we can imagine.
Then it suddenly exploded. The Universe that we know was born. Time, space and matter all began with the Big Bang. In a fraction of a second, the Universe grew from smaller than a single atom to bigger than a galaxy. And it kept on growing at a fantastic rate. It is still expanding today.
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are stupid, it has no evidence and is based on what exactly ?
But you are welcome to believe that a big bang brought you here
This thread is about bashing peoples views, be they right or wrong, hence why its in the origin and creation forum
Typical hatemongering
Typical i am smarter than you because I believe what I believe and you dont childishness
This is the sort of unnecessarily belligerent tripe that causes people who ordinarily would not derail a thread on religious grounds to do so. Good job, you enlightened intellectual person you.
originally posted by: dr1234
a reply to: Sublimecraft
It's really sad to see that people still believe in fairy tales concocted thousands of years ago to the point it effects their ability to critically think.
originally posted by: AngryCymraeg
I have a question: Does science threaten you? I can't think why you would attack it so much otherwise.
originally posted by: AngryCymraeg
I'm with Peter on this one. You ARE a troll. You have been shown proof on thread after thread after thread - links, pictures, documents, images - and yet you always fall back to the same position: "Where's the proof? We haven't been shown any!"
You're a creationist. Fine, fair enough, it's a free universe. Your need to defend this position by ignoring everything that stands against it is deeply dishonest in my opinion, but you have a right to your own (flawed) vision of the universe. But you don't get to claim that no proof to the contrary has been shown to you, because it has.
Birds.
And birds.
And birds.
And more birds.
And yet more birds.
By the way, your tactic of pointing at the Big Bang and squeaking 'It makes no sense!' a) has nothing to do with this thread and b) ignores yet more facts. I have a question: Does science threaten you? I can't think why you would attack it so much otherwise.