Creation vs. Evolution

[AXL72]

I agree, ham is a treat!

I did not mean to discriminate against ham, and ham farmers of America. Sawry.

 

[Snowbear]

We had ham, turkey AND goose at the fire station.

But after spending about 4 hours fighting a huge house fire, the goose was definitely (over)cooked and everything else was cold..... though a magic minute in the microwave took care of the latter problem and the hunger that comes from working one's butt off made the first problem not matter

 

[bwerb]

Flew home from Maui on Hawaiian...had two "airplane" slices of "turkey"...sigh...

Thankful for the trip...just hard to return to the PNW, cold, wet, boil water warning in my area.

Oh, whoever mentioned "tofurkey"...one Christmas my (things I would want to pet vegetarian) sister-in-law had one, took one bite, spat it out and gave the rest to the dog who took a sniff and walked away. You know it tastes like crap when the "when are you going to feed me again" lab won't touch it.

 

[redacted]

But after spending about 4 hours fighting a huge house fire, the goose was definitely (over)cooked

I hope you didn't forget to turn the oven off. You know, you could start a fire that way. :no

 

[mislav]

I apologize, but I have to interrupt this by wishing everyone a Happy Anniversary!

Darwin's Origin of Species was first published on 24th of November 1859!

http://www.history.com/tdih.do

Also, from Wikipedia:

The Origin was first published on 24 November 1859, price fifteen shillings, and was oversubscribed, so that all 1250 copies were claimed by booksellers that day.

Ok, back to the evolution of turkeys...

 

[Thalassamania]

Thank you, I'll mark that in my book so I don't forget next year.

 

[BIGSAGE136]

http://www.uucnwt.org/sermons/mysteriesOfTheUniverse.html

A reflection of ancient philosophical thought.

I still like The mystery of fingerprints, and gazing into barbershop mirrors.

 

[Fuzzmutton]

I'll just use the King James Version since most people seem to be familiar with that version, and give you the scripture you are begging for... Isaiah 40:22 "It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:"

It does seem to say that the earth is r-o-u-n-d, does it not? Although Isaiah does not specifically say that the earth is a sphere, he doesn't say that it's flat or a stupid tortilla either.

Okaaay. H2Andy, you came back again and said that you wanted a scripture that said it was round, but round as is a sphere. I get it, I really do, but show me a verse where it says that they thought it was flat. Isaiah described it as a circle because he was talking about it from God's perspective, from the heavens the earth would appear to be circular, the same as the moon appears circular to us, not a globe shape. The Bible is written in, umm, "prosy" terms, like most books were at that time. That doesn't mean that the writer, Isaiah, thought the earth was flat. Have you ever heard anyone say, "The setting sun was beautiful today!" or anything like that? Would you suggest that they believe that the sun rotates around the earth?

My Grandmother used to say-

A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.

I believe that, don't you? This thread isn't accomplishing anything except giving people a place to bash other peoples ideas and beliefs and exchange insults. Since having these discussions make me irritable and cranky I shall bow out rather than continue in an uncivil manner.

 

[AXL72]

Fuzz, did u check out the link to the online coloring book from the bible. That chit will calm your nerves faster than five tranks in the arse of a tiger.

I spent hours coloring and calming my nerves after realizing how cruel Jesus and God were by ignoring the South American and North American cultures on the other side of the earth. Luckily, out of the goodness and charity of their heart (yeah right) the Spaniards and English came and tought them about God so they could start dying and going to heaven. Unfortunately it was over a thousand years after Jesus died on the stick. So many generations just perished in the fires of hell for no other reason other than not accepting Jesus and the christian God...or the jewish God...or the Muslim God. These other cultures simply were not taought by man to know any of these deities. How sad, right?

Even sadder is that, as you say, the bible specifically spelled out that the earth was a sphere, and the slothing christians did not get off their arses to go save these other cultures on the other side of the earth. It is so depressing, I think I am gonna go color some more.

 

[Gdog]

Wow.....this thread went wild. There are many arguments, and each can be defended with great emotion. I understand most points on both sides. However, if this were a poll, my vote is Creation.