god exists because evolution would have given me eyes in the back of my head if there really were such a thing. oohhh evolution is just change. yes. everything changes. but nothing changes to the point where a species suddenly sprouts a third arm. and if ONE such genetic mutation did exist, most likely it wouldn't be able to pass on those genes to it's offspring - if by some chance the thing wasn't shunned by the rest of the species for being a freak. the theory of the evolution of man sucks even worse than the theory of a higher being.
isn't that all the proof you need? you don't have the ability to fly, you don't have eyes in the back of your head, and a bunch of other things that would enable you to better survive don't exist. all you have is a big brain that thinks about things and drives people to war and destruction over things they believe in. wow. proof that god exists and is laughing at us. [...]
how many times is some moron going to come into a religion forum and say "give me proof that god exists."?
shut the fuck up, already. people who have faith accept that there's a god because - as i just said - they have faith. they don't need proof.
if you want to believe, believe. don't go asking for proof of things that are idealogical in nature.
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"people who have faith accept that there's a god because - as i just said - they have faith. they don't need proof."
Hey, no problem, go ahead and believe. But it goes both ways. Apparently I am an idiot for thinking that 1 in 12,000 means impossible.
I'm an idiot for much better reasons than that. :D
Newsflash, sucker. Twisting genetics actually has produced third eyes and ears on fins and all sorts of great stuff. And mirror-handed people (as in people with a deformed thumb and four extra fingers on the other side on one hand) exist naturally. There went your eyes and hands argument. Anything else?
"and if ONE such genetic mutation did exist, most likely it wouldn't be able to pass on those genes to it's offspring - if by some chance the thing wasn't shunned by the rest of the species for being a freak."
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odd...
In the midst of so much idiocy, understanding.
Uh, there is a difference between evolution (advantageous and not deleterious traits leading to population shifts) and thinking of evolution as a magic wishing machine. That's what you get on your knees to, remember?
Oh good. So why didn't God give us these traits?
P.S.We have a brain, at least some of us. We used it in ancient times excessively in order to survive, so there was no need for external characteristics to spout.
so if you think that being able to fly and stuff would make us better, why didn't god create us able to fly? If god is perfect.
so yeah, it works both ways buddy, at least we don't claim evolution is perfect so we don't need to explain why living things aren't perfect.
We have 2 eyes on the front of our head with dilating pupils as they are rather good at judging distances. As we were initially hunter-gathers, this was great for determining how far away your prey was once you spotted it. We evolved larger brains and greater intelligence (well, maybe not you) to enhance our creativity in order to survive (let's face it, we'd lose a fight with a lion if we didn't develop weapons.) No wings because we can move perfectly well on the ground, and, if you've ever studied the biology of birds, you'll see that the requirements for flight are very stringent (we'd lose our brainpower for one thing to facilitate a smaller, lighter head, so no tech for us.)
Did you ever wonder why our eyes can see in pretty much the same wavelengths of light the sun puts out? It's no coincidence.
"people who have faith accept that there's a god because - as i just said - they have faith. they don't need proof."
this reminds me of a douglas adams quote:
'i refuse to prove that i exist,' says god, 'for proof denies faith and without faith i am nothing.'
'but,' says man, 'the babel-fish is a dead give away; it PROVES you exist and so therefore you don't. Q.E.D.'
'oh dear,' says god, 'i hadn't thought of that.' and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.
just thought i'd share...
it's from The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy radio series (which is SO MUCH better than the movie, btw)
Yes, everything changes, meaning it still is changing meaning, we don't have those things YET, because THINGS ARE STILL CHANGING!?! I mean, there's still no guarantee we'll get those things, but really, how do those things help anyway. You dis our brain, but it's obviously one of the most effective survival mechanisms on the planet. Right next to mutation, which is why, we still have the common cold.
Let's just face it. The real reason people like this can't stand evolution is because it clearly shows the nature of the universe, which is emergent, ever changing and, dare I say it, evolving.
Fundies just can't keep up with the change. They want stagnation, they want a sterile constant world and it frightens them to realize that nothing lasts and everything changes.
You gotta realize that life is change and death is stagnation. Clinging to old, unvalid beliefs is, clinging to death.
If god wanted you to fly, he'd have made you a bird.
Just think, you're halfway there, birdbrain.
"god exists because evolution would have given me eyes in the back of my head if there really were such a thing"
But you talk out of your arse. Ergo, Creationism. QED.
Tzeentch does not approve of your denial of change. He is after all the God most interested in humanity, so you should honor his desires by actually using that brain of yours. You're starting to sound like some repulsive servant of Nurgle, obsessed with death, regression and stagnation.
You say you have faith in your beliefs. By definition, having faith in something means you lack proof; hence why we ask for the proof of your outlandish claims.
I find it humourous that the most hateful, ignorant and vile quotes found on this site come from teenagers on Myspace. I'm sensing a trend here...
Also, since I see a lot of people wondering: even if having a third arm would be useful, we wouldn't get one, randomly or over millenia, for two reasons. One, all known land vertebrates have no more than two pairs of limbs; we'd need an entirely different pelvic/spinal structure to actually have more limbs. Plus, we'd get two arms, not just one. All vertebrates have bilateral symmetry, where our two sides are mirrors of one another, so a single third arm would break that evolutionary trait.
Confused?
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