Terrible news for the Creation Science museum (and Republicans)

[Cypress]

Yes, there is a record of ancient single celled archaeon, cyanobacteria, and prokaryotes in Earth's fossil record. This is corroborated in some cases by isotopic data

It is shocking that anyone who wants to be taken seriously in a discussion of life's origins would be oblivious to that scientific fact.

Science isn't buzzwords. Science is a set of falsifiable theories.

The language of science is neccessary to communicate and research relevant scientific topics.

If you find yourself confused and befuddled by terms like cyanobacteria and prokaryotes, it's time for you to gracefully bow out of any serious discussion of abiogenesis and biological emergence.

[Darth Omar]

I also think these days it is widely considered a mark of ignorance to deny evolution by natural selection.

25 years ago, a bible thumper could sort of get away with a strictly creation science posture.

These days, a creation scientist is laughed out of the room.

You can even see bible thumpers on this thead grudgingly accept the tenets of evolution, while still trying to inject providential design into it

Do these Bible thumpers have screen names?

[Doc Dutch]

I also think these days it is widely considered a mark of ignorance to deny evolution by natural selection.

25 years ago, a bible thumper could sort of get away with a strictly creation science posture.

These days, a creation scientist is laughed out of the room.

You can even see bible thumpers on this thread grudgingly accept the tenets of evolution, while still trying to inject providential design into it

According to the data, is it safe to call the Republican Party the Party of Ignorance...with Trump as the King of Stupidity?


Note that the percentage of Republicans who believe the Earth is 6000 years old, just as the Bible says, is also approximately the same number refusing vaccines.

[Doc Dutch]

Do these Bible thumpers have screen names?

Anyone who pushes Creationism to explain the creation of Earth and Mankind. Who does that?....besides you, I mean.

[Cypress]

Do these Bible thumpers have screen names?

To me, you do not appear to be a bible thumper consumed with latent hostility to the Mendelian version of Darwinian evolution. There are some full blown evolution deniers around here

[Cypress]

According to the data, is it safe to call the Republican Party the Party of Ignorance...with Trump as the King of Stupidity?


Note that the percentage of Republicans who believe the Earth is 6000 years old, just as the Bible says, is also approximately the same number refusing vaccines.

Biblical literalism seems to breed ignorance, in exactly the same way pig shit breeds maggots.

Genesis is supposed to be read metaphorically/symbolically. And that is according to one of the preeminent patristic church fathers:

"What intelligent person can imagine that there was a first "day", then a second and a third "day" – evening and morning – without the sun, the moon, and the stars … Who is foolish enough to believe that, like a human gardener, God planted a garden in Eden … I cannot imagine that anyone will doubt that these details point symbolically to spiritual meanings, by using an historical narrative which did not literally happen."

-- Saint Origen of Alexandria, 3rd century AD

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.the...ity-philosophy

[Micawber]

Creationist museums should be forced to close unless they are licensed as amusement parks.

[Doc Dutch]

Biblical literalism seems to breed ignorance, in exactly the same way pig shit breeds maggots.

Genesis is supposed to be read metaphorically/symbolically. And that is according to one of the preeminent patristic church fathers:

Agreed. Most cultures have creation stories be it turtles, buffalo or anything else. Likewise, only the ignorant in those cultures believe the stories over scientific evidence.

[Cypress]

Creationist museums should be forced to close unless they are licensed as amusement parks.

To me, the worst part is the utter disrespect rightwing Christians are showing to their proffesed faith by operating the creation science museum, the Ark Experience, and Jesus Land Theme Park.

To my knowlege, Muslims have not built a Muhammad Land Theme Park, and Buddhists have not opened a Siddhartha Guatama water slide park.

[Doc Dutch]

Creationist museums should be forced to close unless they are licensed as amusement parks.

Or designate themselves as a religious belief, not fact.

[Doc Dutch]

To me, the worst part is the utter disrespect rightwing Christians are showing to their proffesed faith by operating the creation science museum, the Ark Experience, and Jesus Land Theme Park.

To my knowlege, Muslims have not built a Muhammad Land Theme Park, and Buddhists have not opened a Siddhartha Guatama water slide park.

Disrespect as in commercializing and profiting off their "religion"? By turning belief into a business?

[Micawber]

Or designate themselves as a religious belief, not fact.

If Mel Brooks is their priest.

[Cypress]

Disrespect as in commercializing and profiting off their "religion"? By turning belief into a business?

Yep!

[Doc Dutch]

If Mel Brooks is their priest.

Jewish or not, Mel Brooks would be a good priest.

[Doc Dutch]

Yep!

There's good reason that "Prosperity Christianity" is considered blasphemy by most church leaders. It's antithetical to the teachings of Jesus.

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct...perity-gospel/
An aberrant theology that teaches God rewards faith—and hefty tithing—with financial blessings, the prosperity gospel was closely associated with prominent 1980s televangelists Jimmy Swaggart and Jim and Tammy Bakker, and is part and parcel of many of today’s charismatic movements in the Global South. Orthodox Christians wary of prosperity doctrine found a friend in Senator Chuck Grassley, who in 2008 began a thorough vetting of the tax-exempt status of six prominent “health and wealth” leaders, including Kenneth Copeland, Bishop Eddie Long, and Paula White.