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  Does God Deceive Us?

  by JosephAlward in

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  the bible says that god's word can be trusted: "every word of god is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

  (proverbs 30:5) but, the verses below suggests the opposite is true:.

  "so now the lord has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours.

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  As for Einstine,,he went from and atheist to theologist.He knew that the universe had a creator.

  Einstein never believed in a personal god. In his own words:

  "It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it."

  [From a letter Einstein wrote in English, dated 24 March 1954. It is included in Albert Einstein: The Human Side, edited by Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman, published by Princeton University Press]
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  Cryptic Clue.

  by Englishman in

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  Cryptic Clue.

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  Take The Test!

  by Dutchie in

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  this is a genuine psychological test.

  it is a story about a girl.

  while at the funeral of her own mother, she met a guy whom she did not know.

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  http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/sister.htm
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  Cryptic Clue.

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  Evolution or creation?

  by haujobbz in

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  if i had to answer this i suppose i would say im not sure which one i believe, i have always wondered why the universe is so huge and always wondered what its role is and how it affects us.. im always fascinated when i look up at the sky and think to myself i feel so small in such a huge universe a sought of cold isolated feeling is what i experience and then i think, i wonder why this planet came to support life after all it was supposedly all happened by chance.. dont get me wrong im no scientist but i think i need more convincing regarding evolution.. can anyone help regarding these questions

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  Talk about me not reading...Dr. Bergman and Dr. Yu I even quoted here. Are you really blind?

  No, I'm not blind. Neither of the doctors quoted say anything to support your claim that evolution violates the Second Law of Thermodynamics. That's what I posted about.

  I have read it. I am unable to see where the explaination of the cell is. Show me.

  It's not there. It's a page about thermodynamics and the misconception that the Second Law is somehow violated by evolution. I wasn't talking about cells at all. One step at a time.

  There earth is a closed system. It has a gaseous membrane, closing it.

  So no energy goes in or out? Do you understand what I mean by a closed system? I mean, we're discussing energy transfer. Do you have any knowledge of this subject at all? You expect people to either provide you with a complete account of every detail of cellular evolution, when you don't even understand the most basic science. But you've apparently decided to believe what you already believe, regardless of what the facts are. Good look with your PhD.!
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  Evolution or creation?

  by haujobbz in

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  if i had to answer this i suppose i would say im not sure which one i believe, i have always wondered why the universe is so huge and always wondered what its role is and how it affects us.. im always fascinated when i look up at the sky and think to myself i feel so small in such a huge universe a sought of cold isolated feeling is what i experience and then i think, i wonder why this planet came to support life after all it was supposedly all happened by chance.. dont get me wrong im no scientist but i think i need more convincing regarding evolution.. can anyone help regarding these questions

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  Well if it makes me look ignorant, I'm in good company, as a lot of other doctors site the same contradiction.

  Other doctors? Does that mean you're a doctor? Who are these other doctors who make such an elementary mistake? Are they doctors in a relevant field such as physics or biology?

  Why don't you just enlighten us with some important points from your lovely link?

  Would it be too much trouble for you to read it?

  Anyway, here's a summary: Entropy must increase over time, but only within a closed system. The earth is not a closed system. Entropy may decrease - and order may arise - locally, as long as overall entropy increases.

  If the link I provided was too complicated, here's one describing a system in which entropy can be seen to decrease over time, and order spontaneously arises. What's more, the experiment is so simple you can even do it at home.

  http://www.lecb.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/rockcandy.html

  If you want to continue arguing, I suggest you do a little bit of research.
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  Evolution or creation?

  by haujobbz in

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  if i had to answer this i suppose i would say im not sure which one i believe, i have always wondered why the universe is so huge and always wondered what its role is and how it affects us.. im always fascinated when i look up at the sky and think to myself i feel so small in such a huge universe a sought of cold isolated feeling is what i experience and then i think, i wonder why this planet came to support life after all it was supposedly all happened by chance.. dont get me wrong im no scientist but i think i need more convincing regarding evolution.. can anyone help regarding these questions

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  The Second Law of Thermodynamics - All matter and energy is becoming less ordered and less complex - everything is running down.

  But evolution DEFIES THIS LAW ULTIMATELY. They have to teach matter and energy is becoming MORE complex over time, everything is running UP.

  Pomegranate, you have no idea how ignorant this makes you look. It's equivalent to someone arguing against the Bible by claiming that Adam and Eve couldn't have populated the earth because they only had sons. It's the type of fundamental error that's hardly even worth arguing against.

  Anyway here's the solution to the (superficially) apparent problem. Please read it.

  http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/thermo/probability.html
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  Evolution or creation?

  by haujobbz in

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  if i had to answer this i suppose i would say im not sure which one i believe, i have always wondered why the universe is so huge and always wondered what its role is and how it affects us.. im always fascinated when i look up at the sky and think to myself i feel so small in such a huge universe a sought of cold isolated feeling is what i experience and then i think, i wonder why this planet came to support life after all it was supposedly all happened by chance.. dont get me wrong im no scientist but i think i need more convincing regarding evolution.. can anyone help regarding these questions

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  pomegranate,

  Scientific Disciplines
  Established By Bible-Believing Scientists

  I'm not sure what this is supposed to prove. Some people who were great scientists also (allegedly) believed in the Bible, although to what extent isn't clear. Having recently read a biography of Leonardo da Vinci, for example, I can recall no particular mention of his believing the Bible (beyond the fact that he was raised in a Christian country). I know he doubted the biblical story of a worldwide flood due to the fact that the evidence available even then contradicted such a story.

  Acoording to Douglas Mannering in The Art of Leonardo da Vinci:

  there is no evidence that he had any interest in the legendary, theological or ritual aspects of Christianity.,On the contrary, if he was not exactly a scientist, he did have an exclusive reverence for the empirical facts on which science was to base itself.

  What makes you think he was a Bible-believer, pomegranate?

  My recollection of a biography of Charles Babbage also includes no account of his being a believer in the Bible. All I can find on the subject is the following anecdote by Babbage:

  I resolved that at a certain hour of a certain day I would go to a certain room in the house, and if I found the door open, I would believe in the Bible; but that if it were closed, I should conclude that it was not true. I remember well the observation was made, but I have no recollection as to the state of the door

  Almost all of the scientists on your list lived in the 16th to 19th centuries, when there was considerably less reason not to believe the Bible than there is now, or at the very least openly denying the Bible was probably a bad career move for scientists. Again, what does your list prove even if it is true?

  Edited by - funkyderek on 11 October 2002 4:30:14
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  The Truth About Life Is Stranger Than Fiction

  by Zechariah in

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  - my years of deep meditations on life and its many mysteries have revealed to me that the strangest concepts about life are the truest.. - nothing in life is totally coincidental.

  - history repeats itself.

  - all things physical are the hardware.

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  Nothing personal, of course!