Posts by hooberus

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Creatiolution. This could be the answer.

by Spectrum in

this is a continuation of a discussion i've had with abaddon.

we were at loggerheads in the beginning but i'm coming round to his way of thinking to a certain extent.

i still haven't given up my belief in an intelligent creator but at the same time there is evidence for evolution which cannot be discounted.

hooberus

And most of the references you quote (like http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2002/carbon_dating.asp) are sufficently incompetent to use the assumed FACT of the Flood being real as an explanation for how somethings are, when of course the Flood is not proven.

In response to the above previously I wrote: "Firstly, one of your previous false accusations of "incompetence" against creationists regarding that specific arctcile was already documented here: (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/102274/1810307/post.ashx#1810307)." I was unable to edit- it should instead be be: Firstly, one of your previous false accusations of "incompetence" against creationists regarding a similar AIG arcticle discussing carbon dating (which also referenced the more detailed carbon dating arcticle) was already documented here:(http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/102274/1810307/post.ashx#1810307).

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Christians - Do you believe the flood occurred?

by AlmostAtheist in

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when i was a bible believer, i accepted the flood.

the frozen mammoths and seashells on mountaintops were "evidence", but the only needed proof was simply that the bible said so.

as a christian, do you believe the flood story?.

hooberus

Well, for the global diehards, I still have a few simple questions that I cannot personally get past -
What happened to all that water? It cannot just evaporate into space---its got to be still here in some form or another.
What happened to all the PLANTS? Most of them will not survive being inundated. Even if Noah saved plant samples as well as animals, how did the other CONTINENTS get repopulated with their unique species. And don't tell me continental drift had them all as one landmass. That is cheating if you think this happened within the past 6000 years.
Also, did you ever consider how HARD it would have to rain to accomplish this? 10" of rain in an hour is a pretty good downpour...what does that add up to over 40 days?

http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/flood.asp

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Creatiolution. This could be the answer.

by Spectrum in

this is a continuation of a discussion i've had with abaddon.

we were at loggerheads in the beginning but i'm coming round to his way of thinking to a certain extent.

i still haven't given up my belief in an intelligent creator but at the same time there is evidence for evolution which cannot be discounted.

hooberus

I said: All people argue about is creation- why not the destructive process of extinction? If you believe that the creation of life and the evolving process are directed by a Creator, then is not G-d also responsible for the the natural events that have caused 95% of all prior living creatures to go extinct? You can't have one without the other.
I am still waiting for an intelligent design advocate to explain, if G-d is responsible for the extinction events which opened the way for new species to populate the Earth.

http://www.answersingenesis.org/pbs_nova/0927ep3.asp

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Creatiolution. This could be the answer.

by Spectrum in

this is a continuation of a discussion i've had with abaddon.

we were at loggerheads in the beginning but i'm coming round to his way of thinking to a certain extent.

i still haven't given up my belief in an intelligent creator but at the same time there is evidence for evolution which cannot be discounted.

hooberus

Let's see what other games you are playing.

In http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/102274/6.ashx you claim;

The claim that the radioactive decay of other isotopes (such as unranium) in rocks could produce the quantities of 14C observed has been discussed by the afore mentioned Los Alamos scientist (now with ICR) as being thousands of times to low at current rates to account for the data.
I'd read http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/c14.html if I were you.

I had read the Talk Origins arcticle. Its primary "explanation" that: "the 14 C in coal is probably produced de novo by radioactive decay of the uranium-thorium isotope series that is naturally found in rocks . . . " was in fact what your above quoted comments of mine were responding to. (for more details see http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/102274/1810319/edit.ashx).

You state "I believe [the paper was] also reviewed by other scientists for publication at an ICC conference well.".

Having a creationist paper reviewed by creationists is like having a nazi revisonist history of the Holocaust reviewed by nazi revisonists. It means nothing.

Your charges against creationist peer review were responded to here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/104540/1.ashx
Moving on:

I could go on about how, once again, despite clear proof there were flourishing civilisations (and trees) at the Biblically specified period for the Flood which were unaffeceted by it and which left builidings hundreds of years older than the date of the Flood standing (as well as trees), you pretend the Flood is even possible.

A paper responding to you dendrochronology (bristlecone tree) claims can be found earlier in the above (linked to) thread.

And most of the references you quote (like http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2002/carbon_dating.asp) are sufficently incompetent to use the assumed FACT of the Flood being real as an explanation for how somethings are, when of course the Flood is not proven.

Firstly, one of your previous false accusations of "incompetence" against creationists regarding that specific arctcile was already documented here: (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/102274/1810307/post.ashx#1810307).
As to the accusation that the arctcile is "incompetent" because it uses the "assumed FACT of the Flood being real as an explanation for how somethings are, when of course the flood is not proven" it should also be noted that that geological uniformitarianism (an assumption of secular carbon dating) is "not proven" either, yet evolutionists still use it. Finally, I hope to discontinue all further discussions with you regarding your accusations against myself and the sources I use as several more than sufficient responses have been given and I see no need to take any more time.

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Creatiolution. This could be the answer.

by Spectrum in

this is a continuation of a discussion i've had with abaddon.

we were at loggerheads in the beginning but i'm coming round to his way of thinking to a certain extent.

i still haven't given up my belief in an intelligent creator but at the same time there is evidence for evolution which cannot be discounted.

hooberus

As you do me when I use talkorigins. Thing is, you misrepresent the situation.
In the thread http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/102274/1.ashx which basically has only been responded to by Creationists in the past two months, in your post http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/102274/1810325/post.ashx#1810325 you say "see especially the third" when refering to some links. Okay then. If we look at that http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/15/92593/1566935/post.ashx#1566935, it is a post of yours I HAVE ALREADY RESPONDED TO OVER HALF A YEAR AGO.

Your response to the specific talk origins errors was to attempt to attribute them to the difficulty inherit in making any "abiogenesisitic probability" calculation - when in fact his errors involve mathematics (e.g. making the entire earth a sphere of water), and omitting well known real world chemical obstacles to protein formation (e.g. chirality, polymerization, etc.), as well as starting off by giving the impression that creationists only criticize "instant" bacteria abiogenesis, and not abiognesis in stages (as they do as well).

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Creatiolution. This could be the answer.

by Spectrum in

this is a continuation of a discussion i've had with abaddon.

we were at loggerheads in the beginning but i'm coming round to his way of thinking to a certain extent.

i still haven't given up my belief in an intelligent creator but at the same time there is evidence for evolution which cannot be discounted.

hooberus

hooberus
Now, I see you have been responding to old posts, in full knowledge these will be so far off my page of threads responded to I will never be aware of them unless you tell me. My, you must have looked forward to springing that one me. LOL.

You were told that I was responding to some of your previous points. (see end of the following post: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/104540/1810277/post.ashx#1810277)

No response about AiG? I can't see what you CAN say, credibly, so maybe that explains the silence.

My initial response was I feel adequate- however for the sake of clarification here are my commets again with detail as to why they were given: "Interested readers should read the arcticle carefully." -This was so that persons could get the detailed picture such as his specific salary, expense reimbursements, comparison with regional and national averages (of course in any average there will be many salaries both below and above the average), as well salary as a percentage of overall expenses, etc..

"Furthermore, it should be noted that AiG was given a 3 star rating (out of 4 possible) by Charity Navigator- thus hardly a "scheme."" -This was written as your accusation was also directed against AiG in general as you started it with: "AiG is a money making scheme;. . . " (note how my response was specifically directed against the general charge of AiG being a "scheme").

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Found some older WTS publications!

by cyberdyne systems 101 in

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i was going through some old boxes in my attic and found some older wts publications, mainly spanning late 60's to 90's, but among those was a couple from the 40's and 50's, but the real scoop was the book 'riches' by none other than jf rutherford!

i'm hoping to witness first hand some of the witnesses flip flops on doctrine.. does anyone know if there is anything significant in this book that i should look out for when reading it?.

arnie

hooberus

I was going through some old boxes in my attic and found some older WTS publications, mainly spanning late 60's to 90's, but among those was a couple from the 40's and 50's, but the real scoop was the book 'Riches' by none other than JF Rutherford! I'm hoping to witness first hand some of the Witnesses flip flops on doctrine.
Does anyone know if there is anything significant in this book that I should look out for when reading it?
Arnie

There is a quote in either "Riches" or "Religion" that in the context of opposing the Roman Catholic Church seems to also disparage their "Governing Body". (of course later on 1970'S the WT embraced the concept of a GB for themselves).

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Christians - Do you believe the flood occurred?

by AlmostAtheist in

jw
friends

when i was a bible believer, i accepted the flood.

the frozen mammoths and seashells on mountaintops were "evidence", but the only needed proof was simply that the bible said so.

as a christian, do you believe the flood story?.

hooberus

When I was a Bible believer, I accepted the flood. The frozen mammoths and seashells on mountaintops were "evidence", but the only needed proof was simply that the Bible said so.
As a Christian, do you believe the flood story?
If not, why do you think it's in the Bible?
I'm also interested in any "sort of" beliefs involving for instance more localized flooding and why you think the Bible supports that view.
This isn't meant to be a "prove there was/prove there wasn't" thread, but more of a poll of those that believe in the Bible and their views on the flood.
Dave

I believe the flood account in Genesis and that it was global.

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Creatiolution. This could be the answer.

by Spectrum in

this is a continuation of a discussion i've had with abaddon.

we were at loggerheads in the beginning but i'm coming round to his way of thinking to a certain extent.

i still haven't given up my belief in an intelligent creator but at the same time there is evidence for evolution which cannot be discounted.

hooberus

As for the link you provide to counter my assertions about AiG, this does not in any way do this. You have done this before, using the exact same link. If one follows that link and scrolls down from your defense of AiG you will find the following comment from me; . . .

And if one continued to "follow that link" to the next page (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/102274/6.ashx) they will find that several of the (technical claims) points in your "following comment" were in fact responded to almost a month ago. Furthermore, I see no need to respond to most of your other comments (interested readers can compare and decide for themselves).

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Creatiolution. This could be the answer.

by Spectrum in

this is a continuation of a discussion i've had with abaddon.

we were at loggerheads in the beginning but i'm coming round to his way of thinking to a certain extent.

i still haven't given up my belief in an intelligent creator but at the same time there is evidence for evolution which cannot be discounted.

hooberus

Tenebreux said:

I just watched an interesting video presentation by Dr. Bruce Lipton ("The New Biology") in which he shows how cells have the capability of selecting which of their genes will be put into action based on either their own perception of the outside environment or signals from the brain, and if necessary they are able to actually re-write their own DNA to suit the environment. The basic upshot was that genes and DNA are directly altered by perception, belief, and environmental factors - and that evolution (if indeed it happened that way) is anything other than a random process.

You might find interesting the recent paper "Perspectives on Aging, A Young-Earth Creation Diversification Model", T. Wood available from http://www.csfpittsburgh.org/icc03.htm The following is from a summary by Eric Blievernicht: "Geneticist Dr. Todd Wood of Bryan College presented his thesis of Altruistic Genetic Elements (AGEs), a theory for rapid diversification of life forms from the few survivors after the Cataclysm. Wood presented evidence that organisms can indeed alter their genetic material in response to environmental stimuli, some changes (such as barley in “Evolution Canyon” in Israel) amounting to thousands of genes difference. It is apparent that higher level programs exist within our cells that can direct genetic alterations along pre-determined paths to obtain beneficial results. This is not naturalistic evolution, because the alterations have to be anticipated and programmed in advance or the random results from changing large numbers of genes without specific knowledge of the result would be lethal.

In the AGE model, life forms spreading across the post-Flood earth would have rapidly given rise to distinctive sub-populations as they encountered different environments, leading to diversity such as the fossil horse series mentioned earlier, and current diversity of types of life such as canines and felines." (from http://www.rae.org/ICC2003.html)