I understand where you're coming from but my hangup is that the zygote *is* a stage in human development. I'm not confident we can say for certain *when* something can be considered alive however.Thus, my stance on this particular topic is to err on the side of caution. I very well may not be killing anything, but there is a possibility, however small, that I might be.
Funny enough, that was just a drunk typo, I meant to say f**k. Also, I was saying it to the "atheists have no morals" guy. It was supposed to be funny because I was saying it to a guy who was talking about morals... When you have to describe the joke it just isnt funny... sorry...
Fail. <a class="user" href="http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v2/n3/antibiotic-resistance-of-bacteria">http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v2/n3/ ...</a>Antibiotic Resistance doesn't require a belief in universal common descent. It requires eyes to observe adaptation. It's a statement rooted in philosophy to suggest adaptation leads to fundamentally different types of animals. Natural Selection and Adaptation have demonstrated themselves to be nothing more than maintenance processes, keeping an animal healthy. Mutation has demonstrated itself to be a shuffling and removing process regarding genotypes."Evolution" (the idea of Universal Common Descent) has absolutely nothing to do with antibiotic research. "Evolution" (the idea that things 'change') does. But "Change" is a vacuous term if you don't define the TYPE of change. I change everyday, yet I don't change into something other than me. To suggest otherwise is a statement of belief, and philosophical bias, not a statement of any scientific merit.
As soon as we get a flood of awesome cures from stem cells, fundamentalists suffering from those particular ailments will start proclaiming "God revealed stem cells to us! Hallelujah!"
diskitMar 22, 2009
Everybody is talking about Atheism VS Religion (or whatever).Where do Agnostics fit in the mix?
zodiaqaceMar 22, 2009
That was f**king brilliant.
petrov101Mar 22, 2009
I understand where you're coming from but my hangup is that the zygote *is* a stage in human development. I'm not confident we can say for certain *when* something can be considered alive however.Thus, my stance on this particular topic is to err on the side of caution. I very well may not be killing anything, but there is a possibility, however small, that I might be.
petrov101Mar 22, 2009
Who knows?
Closed AccountMar 23, 2009
No, you are either Godless or have the capacity and framework to be moral. Not all theists are moral.
Closed AccountMar 24, 2009
Funny enough, that was just a drunk typo, I meant to say f**k. Also, I was saying it to the "atheists have no morals" guy. It was supposed to be funny because I was saying it to a guy who was talking about morals... When you have to describe the joke it just isnt funny... sorry...
Closed AccountMar 24, 2009
I'm an atheist too, it was supposed to be a joke on morals/swearing and it didn't work, nothing to see here...
sampsonresumeApr 4, 2009
Fail. <a class="user" href="http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v2/n3/antibiotic-resistance-of-bacteria">http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v2/n3/ ...</a>Antibiotic Resistance doesn't require a belief in universal common descent. It requires eyes to observe adaptation. It's a statement rooted in philosophy to suggest adaptation leads to fundamentally different types of animals. Natural Selection and Adaptation have demonstrated themselves to be nothing more than maintenance processes, keeping an animal healthy. Mutation has demonstrated itself to be a shuffling and removing process regarding genotypes."Evolution" (the idea of Universal Common Descent) has absolutely nothing to do with antibiotic research. "Evolution" (the idea that things 'change') does. But "Change" is a vacuous term if you don't define the TYPE of change. I change everyday, yet I don't change into something other than me. To suggest otherwise is a statement of belief, and philosophical bias, not a statement of any scientific merit.
copypastryApr 6, 2009
As soon as we get a flood of awesome cures from stem cells, fundamentalists suffering from those particular ailments will start proclaiming "God revealed stem cells to us! Hallelujah!"