When I was a little girl I asked my mother about creation vs. evolution (a difficult child) Her answer was suprisingly interesting.
She said evolution did take place. God made the ancient creatures and when they were not what he wanted he phased them out etc.
Her ultimate answer was no one knows just how long a day is to God; could be millions of earth years, and still only took him six days.
Simple answer for a child's simple mind, back in the sixties, would have been a pretty progressive thought, especially in the bible belt. I'm not very religious to this day, but I appriciate her trying to blend the values with the science.
As for debate, you know I suck at that stuff, I'll leave it to you gentlemen. Just a passing on a memory I had. [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Sunday, August 16, 2009 5:53:33 PM)
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Head banger wrote: |
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yeah, because I said so, thats a great argument. so is everyone knows its so. first off, iv everyone did, there would be no argument. second everyone could be wrong. hundreds of years ago everyone thoght the earth was flat. turns out they might have been wrong. the popular belief is not always right.
I read an interesting debate on creationism vs evolution a while back. must see if I can find it. people get so absolutly certain of one idea or another, they cant even conceive of a way that both ideas could be right.
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ron h wrote: |
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That's pretty much my point, HB. If a person is going to give an opinion and debate it, they also have a responsibility to substantiate it...not necessarily to prove themselves right or superior or what ever...but to give me that information so that I may logically respond to it...and likewise. Too often an opinion ends with "well, that's how I feel", "so", "I don't care", "what do you know?", "because I said so"...and the like. Where's the give and take?
As far as theory vs. fact...Evoloution vs. Creationism...Big Bang vs. God...These are great example of that...ppl have died because of their views on this...how can either be proven??
(Quoting Message by Head banger from Sunday, August 16, 2009 2:30:51 PM)
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Head banger wrote: |
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the thing that made me think of that post first was seeing the debate on healthcare from the states. its funny, you see both sides calling the other hitler...
here, lately we mostly do have civilized discussions, it wasnt always that way, but it is now. It is hard to understand where others are coming from, but without knowing that how can anything they say mean anything?
BTW, the seek first to understand then to be understood comes from steven covey, think its part of the 7 habits. |
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