Evolution is not a religion? If I recall correctly, and I do, evolutionists "believe" that the world started with a big bang. An explosion, what exploded? Where did this explosive material come from? What caused it to explode? Has there ever been another instance in known history in which an explosion created something? Was this explosion observed and tested as all true science is?
Believe what you want and disbelieve what you want. What it boils down to is that I "believe" in the beginning God, and evolutionists "believe" in the beginning KA-BOOM!
As to there being intelligent life on other planets it simply hasn't been observed! But what about all those UFO sightings? What about them - they are Unidentified Flying Objects! And those out of place fossils that scientists are finding everwere? Those only prove that our ancestors of yesteryear were pretty smart! What about crop circles? Disgusting waste of HUMAN time and effort that quite often includes trespassing and vandalism. etc.
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evolutionists "believe" that the world started with a big bang.
Some do, some might favor other theories. What makes them different from fundies is that if another scenario were proposed that explained the evidence better than the Big Bang, they would accept that instead. Theists would continue to insist on their beliefs no matter what new evidence turned up.
Has there ever been another instance in known history in which an explosion created something?
Who said the big bang "created" anything?
Was this explosion observed and tested as all true science is?
Absolutely.
How to Bullshit like a Fundie 101
1 Claim Evolutionary Biology is a religion. Use terms like like "evolutionist" & "Darwinists" to make it sound like a religion
2 Mix different sciences together. Say things like "Evolution doesn't explain the Big Bang!" this gives the impression that scientists are fools for thinking it does, even though none do.
3 Hammer in the idea that the Big Bang was an explosion, not an expansion from singularity. Make repeated references that explosions do not produce order. Making repeated references to the Second Law of Thermodynamics is good too.
4 If they have you on the ropes shout as shrilly as possible "You weren't there how do you know?"
5 Repeatedly obfuscate the situation. Build a strawman claiming that science is a belief. Never, never admit that science is based upon evidence.
6 If you are forced to deal with evidence claim that there is more evidence to support creation that evolution. Make up facts and evidence as the situtation requires.
7 As a last ditch effort go off on weird tangents about UFOs, gov't conspiracies, Atlantis, whatever it takes.
What exploded? - Nothing. It was not an explosion, it was an expansion.
Where did this explosive material come from? - It was always there.
What caused it to explode? - We're still trying to discover that.
Has there ever been another instance in known history in which an explosion created something? - It was not an explosion, it was an expansion. Furthermore, do you know what happens to the soil after a volcanic eruption?
as this explosion observed and tested as all true science is? - Cosmic microwave background radiation.
No one really knows where the matter in the Big Bang came from and why it 'exploded' as you claim. There are hypotheses sure. If you want to believe God put it there and he made it explode, go ahead, no one can dispute that. However cosmic microwave radiation and observations of red shift from distant galaxies tell us that the Big Bang most certainly happened. Look it up, but watch out for the big words.
P.S. Evolutionary biology != cosmology.
I believe that I'm typing this on my laptop, but that doesn't mean my laptop is religion, or that I think my laptop created the Earth, or that the laptop is my savior, or that I should obey the words of my laptop.
evolutionists "believe" etc etc
I'm a Chairist. I "believe" that my chair won't break when I sit down. I'm also a "circuit breakerist". I believe that if I flip the switch an electrical current will run. On top of that I'm also a "lampist", I believe that the running current will make the lightbulb glow.
I'm pretty sure I could go on forever and ever, but most people will get the point by now.
Adam wasnt made from a splosion he was made from dirt
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A hypermassive black hole in an adjacent continuum went critical, and shat its guts out into our own continuum. This event signalled the transition of our continuum from zero dimensions to four or more.
...the newborn continuum was a primordial soup of fluxons and batshit for precisely six days...but the "let there be light" part came first, not toward the end.
I never liked the adjacent universe extension of the big bang. Admittedly there is no solid evidence for what happened at t=0, we can only observe after the fact. As for superfast expansion... gah maybe there is a god, just not one of your silly fairytale ones.
Get a Coherent theology! Become a Deist!
"Evolution is not a religion?"
No, it isn't.
"If I recall correctly, and I do,"
No, you don't
"evolutionists "believe" that the world started with a big bang."
Some might, some might not. It has nothing to do with evolution. Therefore the rest of your argument is pointless. Go away and read a book. If you can.
Does Big Bang belief, Evolution belief or Alien visitation belief involve a God, a holy book and ritual behavior and obediance?
No.
Not religions.
For instant clarity, you don't believe in scientific, historical and archeogical consensus BECAUSE of your religion.
As for the aliens: Science believes there are other advanced or primitive cultures on other planets as the odds are for it. That any have ventured the vast distances to us, science is the most pesimestic about it. It's notable that most claims for Alien contact also come from the Bible Belt, where people will believe anything.
Google Big Bang, and you will find that it was a big expansion that is still ongoing. It's also cosmology, not biology, and has as such nothing to do with life adapting to a changing environment through random mutations and natural selection.
Your "argument" makes me doubt that there is intelligent life on this planet, stupid.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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