Posts by cofty

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Evolution or Creation Poll

by Vanderhoven7 in

evolution is how we got here.. demonstrate that you believe that all species evolved from a single cell over/within 3.5 billion years by tapping "like" below.. demonstrate that you believe in special creation by tapping "unlike" below..

cofty

You don't deny evolution do you Vander?

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Evolution or Creation Poll

by Vanderhoven7 in

evolution is how we got here.. demonstrate that you believe that all species evolved from a single cell over/within 3.5 billion years by tapping "like" below.. demonstrate that you believe in special creation by tapping "unlike" below..

cofty

Vander - why did you post such a facile discussion? Please tell me you are not impressed by that creationists bullshit ' questions'

I assure you that trivia is NOT ' an atheists nightmare'.

You do know that the vast majority of Christians accept the fact of evolution?

Dan Barker in the video is a former pastor.

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The Environmental Cult

by cofty in

i believe the environmental movement has many of the hallmarks of an apocalyptic millenarian cult.. urgent predictions of doom and fear-mongering.

utopian ideology.

us v them, good v evil mindset.

cofty

I'm surprised Greta can't walk across the Atlantic.

SBF - what we should not do about climate change is to indulge in fear- mongering and moralising.

It needs only facts and clear-headed decision making that balances environment with prosperity.

It has been hijacked by ideologues.

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The Environmental Cult

by cofty in

i believe the environmental movement has many of the hallmarks of an apocalyptic millenarian cult.. urgent predictions of doom and fear-mongering.

utopian ideology.

us v them, good v evil mindset.

cofty

Please don't let this thread deteriorate into a debate about whether climate change is real.

Read the OP please.

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The Environmental Cult

by cofty in

i believe the environmental movement has many of the hallmarks of an apocalyptic millenarian cult.. urgent predictions of doom and fear-mongering.

utopian ideology.

us v them, good v evil mindset.

cofty

I believe the environmental movement has many of the hallmarks of an apocalyptic Millenarian cult.

Urgent predictions of doom and fear-mongering

Utopian ideology

Us v them, good v evil mindset

Guilt and self-flagellation

A child messiah

Unquestioning dogma

Ironically the environmental movement is fundamentally anti-capitalist and yet an increasing number of major companies are dishonestly using 'green' issues to sell their products.

Disclaimer - I do believe climate change is a reality and that human activity is a significant factor.

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Evolution or Creation Poll

by Vanderhoven7 in

evolution is how we got here.. demonstrate that you believe that all species evolved from a single cell over/within 3.5 billion years by tapping "like" below.. demonstrate that you believe in special creation by tapping "unlike" below..

cofty

Does believing in cell to man evolution require faith? - Vander

No of course not. That is an old canard that creationists use in order to pretend science is no different from religion. Only somebody who has no knowledge of the facts could take refuge in such a facile idea.

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Evolution or Creation Poll

by Vanderhoven7 in

evolution is how we got here.. demonstrate that you believe that all species evolved from a single cell over/within 3.5 billion years by tapping "like" below.. demonstrate that you believe in special creation by tapping "unlike" below..

cofty

I listen to some math scientists etc and they stated that jumping from one type of species like reptile to mammal is mathematically all but impossible

Life has never 'jumped' from one species to another. If you could hold hands with your mother who held hands with her mother who held hands with her mother and so on and on back for thousands of generations you would not notice any change from one generation to the next. But if you compared your mother to her gx5000 grandmother you would see that they were very different. And then as you come forwards you would see another branch of a line stretching forward into the present day that evolved in a different way and gradually became modern primates.

Also never listen to mathematicians about evolution or to taxi drivers about politics. If you want to know if speciation is possible talk to a biologist or a geneticist.

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Boy crowned prom queen by schoolmates

by pale.emperor in

now i think i may have seen everything.. "boy crowned prom queen by schoolmates".

i'm all for people being entitled to wear what they want and live as they please as long as they're not harming anyone but - a male prom queen?

maybe there wasn't much competition in his school?.

cofty

Have we learned anything from that? - iwantoutnow

Yes I learned not to fall for ideas that rest on ideology and dogma rather than reality.