From: jstump@auntbea.austin.ibm.com (Jack E. Stump)
Newsgroups: alt.atheism
Subject: Re: Great Proposal !
Date: 8 Oct 92 13:43:40 GMT
Organization: IBM AWD Austin, TX

In article <ebolog.12@elaine.ee.und.ac.za> ebolog@elaine.ee.und.ac.za (EDWIN BOLOGNA : THIRD) writes:
>In article <kmr4.50.718378369@po.CWRU.edu> kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M. Ryan ( aka. Wolphgang )) writes:
>
>>In article <ebolog.10@elaine.ee.und.ac.za> ebolog@elaine.ee.und.ac.za (EDWIN BOLOGNA : THIRD) writes:
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>>So, in a much simplified reason, the burden of prood is upon you. The 
>>Christians are making a claim, which violates the known state of affairs.
>>And, especially considering that I know of no one, nor know of one who 
>>knows another who has ever had contact with the divinity,  I have no 
>>perception of the state of affair that is not in question. 
>
>
>Wrong, look around you and tell me that it all just happened by freak 
>accident. That the perfection of natural was accidental.
>
>Scientists today turn to nature to solve problems. Think about yourself for 
>example, if you where created by a freak accident then why is the human body 
>symmetrical and not deformed with two arms on one side and only one on the 
>other for example.
>
>Think about it. With the existance of a God everything in the universe can 
>be proved, but without Him we do not even know how we can to be. Remember 
>evolution is a theory which is opposed by may scientists.
>
>So you prove God does not exist! (Or that you came to be without Him).

In many of your posts, you say "don't use the theory of evolution
because it is only a theory." Religion is much more a theory with no
proof to back it up except a fictional book. You CANNOT ignore the
theory of evolution. It is very plausible and there is MUCH hard,
physical evidence to support it; whereas your beliefs are backed up
only by a very, very old book. I imagine the reason why some scientists
are skeptical is because they are either waiting for more evidence, or
they are blinded by religious mythology.

The reason we are not deformed and are symetrical is because nature will
not allow "freaks of nature" to survive in this world. Only the strong
and smart survive and all the rest are weeded out. This is what
extinction is all about: failure to survive.

There is evidence that at one time Cro-magnon man and Neanderthal,
although slightly different, existed simultaneously for some time.
THERE IS ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS THIS. Because Cro-magnon
man was smarter and more physically adapted to his environment, he
phased out the Neanderthal; some even say he killed him off.

I can go on and on about other such instances which proves that the
forces of Mother Nature prevent odd-ball and freaks from existing and
propagating. This, by the way, is fundamental to the process of
evolution.

Hows come we are so great and smart on this world? you ask. Well, why
not? Why can't you accept the fact that we are lucky that evolutionary
coincidence placed us on top. Everything is chance.

In summary, you should use the intelligence Mother Nature gave you and
note the evidence. Evolution is a process which is worldwide,
Christianity is not.

j stump

"Man's greatest invention is his place in the universe. His greatest
folly is believing it."  - j stump, 1992
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