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Originally Posted by MEatWad
Yeah, I believe that everyone has a right to believe in what they want to but, the bible also tells one how to buy and sell slaves, what to do if they commit a crime (Deuteronomy 23:15-16) , the degree to which they can be beaten (Exodus 21:20-21), and laws concerning sexual activity with female slaves (Leviticus 19:20-22). Keep in mind that this is all stuff from the old testament, but none-the-less it is still The Bible.
So whenever i hear someone say "becuase it said so"(regardless of what it pertains too) I pretty much just tune them out, unless if course there is solid evidence. People have to think for themselves and not just buy into every little peace of crap that is thrown out to them. All in all believe what you want just don't force it upon me.  |
plus, the argument that the bible is right because you've never found it to be wrong about anything else is disingenuous. What "facts" the bible puts forth happened on the order of 2 millenia ago. The bible says God parted the red sea through Moses. The bible says Jesus made water into wine. The bible says God created everything.
So how are you supposed to prove all that wrong? And of course, if asked, the creationist will say "I believe it when the bible tells me that God created everything because I didn't find it to be wrong about Jesus making water into wine, and I believe it when the bible tells me Jesus made water into wine because I didn't find it to be wrong about God creating everything."
In short, saying "because the bible says so" or "the bible is correct because I've never found any other inaccuracies in it" is nothing short of a circular argument.
As for the dinosaur/dragon theory. Well, OK, I'll accept that as soon as someone digs up a dinosaur with a gland that can create fire. Has this guy (btw, WHO is this "person in the know?") forgotten that dragons are supposed to have been able to breathe fire? Never heard of ol' T-Rex doing anything like that.
Footprints next to dinosaur bones are easy to explain: Dinosaur bones are uncovered through whatever means. Someone walks there. Presto! footprints next to dinosaur bones!
If people really lived with dinosaurs, we'd surely find human remains in dinosaur excrement. We've found all sorts of other stuff in there, but never any people.
The article postulates that dinosaurs are still living now with us. K, where's the T-Rex at the San Diego Zoo?
That leads the article to disprove itself. It can't say there are any T-Rex's around because there arent' any. That means the T-rex died off. It wasn't fit enough to survive in the changed environment. Only those animals that are fit to survive will.
Hey! that's exactly what evolution says!