suliman on 24/6/2009 at 20:33
Quote Posted by fett
My only relevant contribution will be to mention that "rib" actually means "essence" and creationists use this to validate inspiration because they believe it implies genetic material specific to both genders of homo sapian. From a language standpoint, they win.
צלע? I just checked that part(Genesis 2-21, right?), and it says specifically that God put man to sleep, took one of his ribs and closed the flesh under it. He IS omnipotent, though, so I guess that's all the explanation you need when interpreting texts.
demagogue on 24/6/2009 at 21:46
He wasn't saying it was the word "essence". He was saying readers of the era understood the word "rib" to mean "essence". In our era we use "heart" to mean the same thing; when you give someone your heart it's not a bloody affair. I don't know myself what they meant by the word, but I know that reciting the literal word back to him doesn't entirely answer the issue.
You'd have a better argument if you were saying something about how readers of the era understood what was really going on in that passage instead of what a modern dictionary says.
Displacer on 24/6/2009 at 21:48
Did anyone catch the "random" letters in the section "The DNA Code" in that 50 page introduction they wrote?
DDL on 24/6/2009 at 23:14
Christ, I'm not sure how much of that introduction I can read....the selective quoting and..downright fucking WRONGNESS is painful. So so painful.
They also seem to think (admittedly via horrendously mangled analogy) that evolution claims huge lengths of DNA arose in large numbers before 'learning' to reproduce, which is about as backwards as it's possible to get (and misses the entire RNA world, but hey: let's not confuse em further, right?).
Also, what the hell do they think 'transitional forms' are??!?! ALL SPECIES
are transitional forms, ffs. There seems to be some idea that evolution states you have 'stable monkeyform' that then hops into 'mutable transition form' for an instant and then produces 'stable humanform'..or something. Christ, I can't tell if it's misinformation, ignorance or just retardedness.
Funny though.
EDIT: Hahahaha:
Quote:
Besides, many of God's creatures have similar hearing
(how many different ways can you make an ear that hears
sound?).
Yes indeed, how many ways CAN an OMNIPOTENT OMNISCIENT BEING make ears? If it's a number less than infinity, you have some explaining to do.
SD on 24/6/2009 at 23:19
Creationists: proof that intelligences can devolve as well as evolve.
DDL on 24/6/2009 at 23:28
It gets better!
Quote:
You will also more than likely have a
problem with where Cain obtained his wife. But I may have
an answer that you could be willing to believe? how about he
randomly mutated into a woman, split, and married her?
...fundies apparently support lesbian incestuous marriage now?
fett on 24/6/2009 at 23:29
Quote Posted by suliman
צלע? I just checked that part(Genesis 2-21, right?), and it says specifically that God put man to sleep, took one of his ribs and closed the flesh under it. He IS omnipotent, though, so I guess that's all the explanation you need when interpreting texts.
Er...you know that English doesn't count, right?
suliman on 24/6/2009 at 23:38
..Yes. That's what it says in hebrew.
Displacer on 24/6/2009 at 23:43
I guess their little random letters were supposed to be some sort of subliminal thing. The exact "random" string was:
“fgsn&k cn1clxc dumbh cckvkduh vstupidm ncncx.”
I mean come on, is that the best they can hide "dumb" and "stupid"?
Namdrol on 24/6/2009 at 23:55
Aren't people supposed to be arguing?
