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Creationists [View all] Major Nikon May 2015 OP
Is evolution an issue in this room? rug May 2015 #1
Is creationism a theological issue? Major Nikon May 2015 #2
No. Nor have I seen anyone here argue literal creationism. rug May 2015 #3
... Major Nikon May 2015 #4
That is news, not theology. rug May 2015 #5
If it's not theology, then how is it relevant here? Major Nikon May 2015 #6
My mistake. I thought it was a cartoon. rug May 2015 #7
About as clever as "I'm rubber, you're glue" Major Nikon May 2015 #10
WHAT??? Did you just write that Creationism is NOT a theological issue? Yorktown May 2015 #8
Only when someone else brings it up Major Nikon May 2015 #11
Well this is the Religion group. longship May 2015 #26
"Literal" creationism? Warren Stupidity May 2015 #12
Read the cartoon, Warren. You're good at that. rug May 2015 #14
It seems strange to me how any bible based believer can argue against literal creationism Major Nikon May 2015 #17
It's a book. An anthology of books by many authors, full of stories. Starboard Tack May 2015 #20
Is it your personal position that Genesis 1-3 must be viewed dichotomously as either LTX May 2015 #21
If there's no literal creation/ism phil89 May 2015 #27
Original sin edhopper May 2015 #29
Not really. It's an analog to the otherwise common notion that baser instincts LTX May 2015 #33
It's also a guide for the fashionable wear of fig leaves Major Nikon May 2015 #39
and the persecution of homosexuals, blasphemers, etc. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #41
Interesting. So in your view, religion is necessarily exclusive of metaphor. LTX May 2015 #43
If you've never heard of fundamentalism you must not get out much Major Nikon May 2015 #47
And by extension of your argument, you are effectively saying that LTX May 2015 #53
Yet you have decided what is metaphorical Major Nikon May 2015 #56
Of course. As you do. LTX May 2015 #59
True Major Nikon May 2015 #61
That's something we are pretty close to full agreement on. LTX May 2015 #62
Well, I'm a Jew, so I view those chapters differently. LTX May 2015 #32
I reckon it's kinda like being pregnant Major Nikon May 2015 #35
So is it your view that there is no truth to (or in) literature, poetry, and metaphors? LTX May 2015 #37
I didn't say any or no truth, I said literal truth Major Nikon May 2015 #40
I'm not well versed in the distinction between truth and literal truth. LTX May 2015 #42
It's likely you either can't understand or you're being obtuse Major Nikon May 2015 #45
It's a theological and political issue; 41% of Americans think humans did not evolve muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #22
That is utterly terrifying. F4lconF16 May 2015 #55
It is terrifying and the main reason why we need to distinguish between cbayer May 2015 #57
I'll concede that but the position caricatured by the cartoon is senseless theologically rug May 2015 #65
Yes it is. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #13
Really? Post the threads opposing it. rug May 2015 #15
Here ya go rug Warren Stupidity May 2015 #16
That seems to have shut him up quick. cleanhippie May 2015 #34
Once again an inaccurate post. rug May 2015 #67
One hardly needs to wiggle out of a shoelace. rug May 2015 #66
Right on queue. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #68
It's amusing when you misuse cue. rug May 2015 #69
Oh, good point. Thanks rug! Warren Stupidity May 2015 #70
ok. hrmjustin May 2015 #9
Yeah, creationists are stupid. We are all pretty much opposed to them. cbayer May 2015 #18
I wouldn't call them stupid anymore than I'd call any other believer stupid Major Nikon May 2015 #19
There is a difference. cbayer May 2015 #23
"sometimes one has to make others smaller in order to feel big" trotsky May 2015 #24
This warrants another response, to point out your error. trotsky May 2015 #25
Isn't there plenty of evidence edhopper May 2015 #30
Plenty of evidence contrary to the notion that someone can die... trotsky May 2015 #31
She once told phil89 May 2015 #36
At that point you know that reason is pretty much out the window... trotsky May 2015 #38
There isn't a difference in that respect Major Nikon May 2015 #44
Wait, Steven Hawking has confirmed the non-existence of god?? cbayer May 2015 #46
So do you have evidence creationism isn't possible? Major Nikon May 2015 #48
Brilliant exposure of the double standard. n/t trotsky May 2015 #49
Because I believe in the theory of evolution and have been convinced cbayer May 2015 #50
You can say the same about the existence or lack thereof in a supreme being Major Nikon May 2015 #52
You were the one who posted the cartoon of somebody obviously being portrayed as stupid. cbayer May 2015 #54
I thought you wanted to drop this Major Nikon May 2015 #58
Are you dropping the whole conversation or just the stupid part? cbayer May 2015 #60
This is your assertion, which I contradicted Major Nikon May 2015 #63
Ok, so are creationists stupid or not? cbayer May 2015 #64
It is interesting to note the contrast here. trotsky May 2015 #51
Great cartoon Gothmog May 2015 #28
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