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Re: Evolution vs Scientific Creationism
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Date: 
Wed, 10 Jul 2002 20:44:29 GMT
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dan Boger writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:

> > > What is it about evolution that seems so illogical to you?

> > If I may pose a question:  Evolution is basically the theory that stuff
> > comes from stuff that came before it.  If you take stuff all the way back to
> > the Big Bang (or whatever universe starting event you wish), where logically
> > did *that* stuff come from?  At some point, you'd have to acknowledge that
> > some stuff came from nowhere, which seems illogical within the perimeters
> > of evolution (to me, at least).

> but that's not about evolution anymore - it's the origins question, I
> believe.

Hmm.  I see your point, but am still a little fuzzy as to the distinction.
Evolution, AFAIK, attempts to trace life back to proteins in a sea of goop, but
then again, I think it would be fair to ask from where the goop came, and so on.

-John

> I think it's ok to say I don't know what happened then, but to me,
> the most logical thing that was before the big bang, was another universe...
> basicly, we have a pulsing universe, that collapses upon itself once in a
> while, resulting in a new big bang each time.  and so, to the end of time...



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(...) but that's not about evolution anymore - it's the origins question, I believe. I think it's ok to say I don't know what happened then, but to me, the most logical thing that was before the big bang, was another universe... basicly, we have a (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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