We know what politics does to this board well...

[KenfromCanada]

Do you think that the world is only a few thousand yrs old and that it was created in 7 days?

[Dim Bulb]

This post brings to mind...

Can you please enlighten all of us on what has been disproven from the scriptures?

a quote from Proverbs.

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself." [Pr 26:4]

"Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes." [Pr 26:5]

DB

[Dim Bulb]

does he eat certain forbidden animals?

Do you think that the world is only a few thousand yrs old and that it was created in 7 days?

Were his children circumcised? Does he judge people?

I've got a million of them.

DB

[3rd & Inches]

Lets see what religion does.

I cannot fathom that 46% of Americans think the earth is only 6000 years old, it just boggles the mind how churches have brainwashed people.

Actually science is wrong too. Carbon dating, half-life of isotopes...all bullshit. We date older things based on a bullshit formula that can't be proven because nobody lives that long.

So what the difference between science and religion? They both ask you to have "faith".

[Dim Bulb]

Proof belies faith

Actually science is wrong too. Carbon dating, half-life of isotopes...all bullshit. We date older things based on a bullshit formula that can't be proven because nobody lives that long.

So what the difference between science and religion? They both ask you to have "faith".

...and your argument suggests a false equivalence. For example:

I don't need faith to know that sugar will dissolve in water.

I do need faith to adhere to (some of) the Ten Commandments.

[TerpEagle]

Actually science is wrong too. Carbon dating, half-life of isotopes...all bullshit. We date older things based on a bullshit formula that can't be proven because nobody lives that long.

So what the difference between science and religion? They both ask you to have "faith".

Science asks no one to have faith. One of the basic premises of the Scientific Method is vigorous testing of hypotheses in an attempt to disprove them.

[Dim Bulb]

Furthermore...

Science asks no one to have faith. One of the basic premises of the Scientific Method is vigorous testing of hypotheses in an attempt to disprove them.

Scientific methods often admit up front to a margin of error, as in the case of carbon dating. That isn't requiring faith, that's requiring math. Religion on the other hand rarely admits to a margin of error, either upfront or later.

And math btw is also a science and I don't need faith to know that 2+2 = 4.

Having said all that, I am a person of faith. But not blind faith.

[T.D-Bag]

there,.... I said it

Lets see what religion does.

I cannot fathom that 46% of Americans think the earth is only 6000 years old, it just boggles the mind how churches have brainwashed people.

I bet 98%++ of those people are republicans. There is no other logical choice

[CbEagle]

No just watching Cosmos and the creationists having a baby about their side not being shown..Duh!

[CbEagle]

But I would think the US is a little bit wiser then most of the world and a little bit more open minded.

[CbEagle]

Well, 77% of those 46% are from the South so you can make your own conclusions.

[BigSlizz]

I generally try to stay away from this stuff on the board, but I think the fanatics need to be ignored. There are plenty of pastors and priests who acknowledge science, and say that the "days" in Genesis could simply describe 7 units of time, not actual days.

[Riccardo]

Nitwit

I bet 98%++ of those people are republicans. There is no other logical choice

More republicans have college degrees than democrats

[Riccardo]

exactly

I generally try to stay away from this stuff on the board, but I think the fanatics need to be ignored. There are plenty of pastors and priests who acknowledge science, and say that the "days" in Genesis could simply describe 7 units of time, not actual days.

nm

[3rd & Inches]

...and your argument suggests a false equivalence. For example:

I don't need faith to know that sugar will dissolve in water.

I do need faith to adhere to (some of) the Ten Commandments.

How long is the half-life? Is it constant? Does it speed up or slow down after a few decades?