quote:Originally posted by Sofa King:quote:EVOLVE into a decent civil forum member who will chose to cease degrading fellow forum members you disagree with.
That would be nice, Hen, but is difficult to do when so many insist we live on a flat earth, insist n teaching that to kids and insist they are right about the flat earth and my spherical theory has absolutely no evidence.
Sorry, Hen, but we can civilly disagree on democrat and republican, hot versus cold, blonde versus brunette and fat versus skinny. But when you passionately insist that the earth is flat and "flat out" refuse to look at the evidence that it is spherical, I'm sorry but you got it coming to you.
And make no mistake, the evidence for evolution is just as substantial as the evidence for a spherical earth. It just takes a little more education to understand it.
Don't like it? You got the wrong forum.
I think you should re-read the post before lashing out at HP. I am the one who posted that which you attributed to HP.
Also equating "Flat Earth" with Evolution also is not a valid statement in that it is easy enough to visually discredit a flat earth depending on just where you stand or view it from however if you look from certain perspectives then you could justify a true uncontested belief that the earth was flat and believe it sincerely because you either have a lack of evidence to the contrary or fail to accept it. Just the same as you look at certain things regarding evolution and are just as dogmatic that evolution is the vehicle by which all life came into being. In that way you evolutionist are just like the flat earth people, making dogmatic decisions on such a limited amount of evidence that is actually no evidence at all but rather someone attempting to make a square peg fit into a round hole.
For those forum members who think there is nothing wrong with elimination of the teaching of contrary theories of how man and life were created think about what a strict teaching of evolution can bring when you reduce life to just an accidental occurrence no more special or different than any other animal. Consider the statement of an avid evolutionist.
Sofa then says " Sorry, Hen, but we can civilly disagree on democrat and republican, hot versus cold, blonde versus brunette and fat versus skinny. But when you passionately insist that the earth is flat and "flat out" refuse to look at the evidence that it is spherical, I'm sorry but you got it coming to you. "
Again, nothing justifies attacking a fellow forum member demeaning their intelligence and gives a license to act uncivil toward others that disagree with you no matter what their statements, or beliefs are. But then, when you consider man just a chance occurrence, a mistake of chance, then it's very easy not to attach any special significance to life or to another individual so it's easy then to consider them as an object rather than a person deserving of mutual respect. It is easier then to condone abortion, genocide or the elimination of any class of group of people that are not as "enlightened" as the select gifted. Lets just eliminate those that are not as enlightened that are a "danger" to all those of "us" who are intellectual and superior account of our special gifted knowledge and ability to comprehend.
You, or those like you, suggest it's dangerous to allow the teaching of Creation to the young or as a counter point of view as to the vehicle by which we got here. I suggest to you that you are a shining example of just what teaching evolution alone and strict adherence to evolution brings you. It brings you people who can disregard others with no conscience at all considering them not worthy of mutual respect or value. When life is not considered as significant and special then that IS truly dangerous and can, and does, lead to a very dangerous state.
And no I know you didn't say you approve of genocide or elimination of people, yet your example of stating ""I'm sorry but you got it coming" indicates there is justification, in your mind, for actions that are considered offensive or contrary to being civil toward people who disagree with you or have a certain opinion. What other qualifications shall you add to that list that warrants being considered sub-human? It isn't a far step further down that line to see how such horrific actions can be condoned without remorse or concern. Then though you would have your GODLESS Utopia.