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(...) Well, the point is really "what if you could see into the past", not necessarily "what if you could travel to the past and do unspeakable things to temporal continuity, as great of an April Fools that would be". Again, let's say the WayBack (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The problem with this example, though, is that once we posit the existence of a WayBack Machine, we have allowed for time traveling marvels in our universe. What's to prevent some creationist with a WayBack machine of his own from going back (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) sake of argument :) (...) Exactly correct, effectively. IE that any creationist must assume that at SOME point, your great-great-<insert greats here>-great-grandparents DIDN'T exist, because the generation after that was the first to appear, (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) ***snip*** (...) I think I gave my answer in the post to which you replied: (URL) summary, it's entirely possible that no quantity of numbers is sufficient to prove that the theory is true as long as other potentially disproving numbers have (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ha! Well, as an odd sidenote, my sophomore year of high school (when I took Biology), there was an NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) in Boston, right near my High School. And as it turns out, my bio teacher was the official head (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) We've already passed this part of the debate, but I stumbled upon this article: (URL) seemed relevant. Dave! (19 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So you agree then that creationism has no place being taught in a science class? Allister (19 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Dave E and I have been discussing a point of semantics very similar to what I'm about to propose, but please bear with me... It just occurred to me that to say that one has "faith" that God and Event#1 are synonymous is not appreciably (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Yggdrasil will finally get the recognition it deserves! I'll love ramming it down the throats of all those Origins-thumping eddicated segments of society. -->Odin All-Father<-- When there's a weekday named after Darwin, you can get back to me! (19 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Essentially, just saying that nature throws this string of numbers at us. Not sure what it represents. We see the 1st number is 1. We have to wait 500 years to see what the next number is. During those 500 years, what do we think the next (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm not sure I agree. If we found a dynamic systems model of the universe which predicted the future (and the past) with ridiculous accuracy, and used it to backtrack in time, I think it could effectively prove evolution to be accurate or not. (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) On that, I concur completely. It's a leap I'm not able to make, but I agree that it's central to accepting creationism as an explanation. (...) Oh, I know that. Heck, I think I know a whole lot less than you probably think I think. (...) Fair (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) That's right. I know I've mentioned it in previous debates, and I thought I'd re-mentioned here, but apparently I hadn't. (...) This dredges up math classes that I haven't had in well over a decade, so forgive me if my answer isn't rock-solid. (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Awesome: online hebrew version here: (URL) best I can translate it (and it is proverbs, so it's a terrible pain): Fear of God first (or primary?) knowledge wisdom and morals fools therein. Hmm. The fools part throws me off - wish I had my own (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yeah, like me! (...) That was unbelievable! First of all, I'm only vaguely aware of the song. I've never seen the (original) video, but I can imagine that it has been mimicked shot for shot! How funny, and yet at the same time sad. JOHN (20 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) <googles 'online bible', does search> It's Proverbs 1:7. And searching for 'fear of god' turns up plenty of results, starting back with Abraham in Genesis 20:11. (20 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This is a Hebrew proverb? I've never heard of it, I don't think. I think the bible doesn't have many sections where "fear of god" is supposed to be a good thing. Point me where it's from (book/verse), I'll look it up :) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But my point is that science cannot ever address creation because it fundamentally defies logic. God and Event#1 are synonymous. Creation demands a leap of faith. (...) I did not know that. I had read about dark matter and was shocked when I (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) lol (...) Sorry, I may have been too obscure for some people. If you like parody, and Christian in-jokes, look and listen to the "Baby Got Book" video, here: (URL) Steve (20 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) More into real estate. Huge....tracts of land. (...) Stylin'! JOHN (20 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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