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I am fine with 'tame' roller coasters, but with you firmly on ones that are meant to scare. However, creating roller coasters (with cardboard and marbles) was one the units I best enjoyed teaching. The students were so creative! The object, of course was to use what they learned in science to keep a marble on their creatively designed roller coaster at a faster and faster time.I think though that sometimes we do something just for the pure enjoyment of it. Again I use the example of a roller coaster. What purpose does that have other than just having fun? But just having harmless fun now and then, fun that teaches nothing, contributes nothing, provides nothing than pure entertainment, is okay now and then too. (P.S. roller coasters are not 'fun' for me and I avoid them like the plague. But some folks so enjoy them so much that example always comes to mind to illustrate something that has no measurable value but is okay to do for the pure pleasure of it.)
Catholics never had any trouble with proven science. (Remember, Galileo admitted he had only a theory, which was fine...but then he insisted the Catholic Church rewrite the Bible so the Bible would conform to his theory.) The Church, of course, balked at rewriting the Bible. Seriously, the Church's position is that God is truth--as is science. Theories are in pursuit of truth, and the Church is as interested as any scientist in what truth is.and the religious ones here blaspheme and mock their own stated beliefs -- strange -- looks like the cafeteria style Catholics are not alone
Science of today troubles religious beliefs based on the science of thousands of years ago. Most religious texts if written today would be looked at as the beliefs of the Heaven's Gate cult is.
Stop ignoring and misrepresenting.Catholics never had any trouble with proven science. (Remember, Galileo admitted he had only a theory, which was fine...but then he insisted the Catholic Church rewrite the Bible so the Bible would conform to his theory.) The Church, of course, balked at rewriting the Bible. Seriously, the Church's position is that God is truth--as is science. Theories are in pursuit of truth, and the Church is as interested as any scientist in what truth is.
That is complete and utter bullshit. Easily disproven. Not worth arguing over or addressing. It's out there. The truth. It's out there.and the Church is as interested as any scientist in what truth is.
newsroom.ucla.edu
therevealer.org
Actually, do some in depth research. I did it as a skeptical teenager. It stuck with me.Stop ignoring and misrepresenting.
Looking at your sources, I'll leave it at that. Sorry for your trouble. I am a big fan of primary sources and also looking a the culture, etymology, and languages of the time.I'll post a few responses and leave it at that.
You may be right, I don't know if sponges have changed any in the last 500 million years though. Whales and people share a common ancestor but we are not descended from whales.thats what I said,,
we are descendants of sponges,,
both me and my cousins share the same ancestor in our grandfather,,
Yes they are. Corals too.Sponges are animals? I ask because I'm not sure if your dealing with animals or life itself.
You are quite right and that was my point. We differ in degree from all other animals but not in kind.Not to the extent that humans can. My chinchillas are fascinating little rodents. If I give one a treat, s/he will immediately accept it and run off to eat it in private. Sharing never crosses that little rodent mind. On the other hand, I often wonder if there isn't some semblance of politeness in running off, so as not to brag they have something another doesn't. One day, the male had to go to the vet. It wasn't a pleasant experienced, and when I brought him home, he huddled in a corner of the cage. The female went over to sniff him, then ran off to the other side of the cage. She dragged one of the hay feedbags over to him.
Anyway, I am in no way downplaying animals or the animal kingdom, but humans clearly have something in addition to what other animals have.
walk me through this common ancestor thing,You may be right, I don't know if sponges have changed any in the last 500 million years though. Whales and people share a common ancestor but we are not descended from whales.
Yes they are. Corals too.
Whales and humans are placental mammals. Yes, they share a common ancestor. That common ancestor lived around 94 million years ago. However, that date was determined using molecular clocks. It takes DNA samples of different species and “unwinds” mutations until the DNA samples match using known mutation rates.walk me through this common ancestor thing,
The formerare you saying a third completely different animal gave birth to two other completely different animals??
or was it just one out of the two that are completely different??
The oldest fossil evidence of a true placental mammal is around 66 million years old. It was a small, nocturnal, insect eating and probably burrowing animal that survived the mass extinction.and what did this third animal look like??
are you saying whales gave birth to sponges and then they gave birth to humans??Whales and humans are placental mammals. Yes, they share a common ancestor. That common ancestor lived around 94 million years ago. However, that date was determined using molecular clocks. It takes DNA samples of different species and “unwinds” mutations until the DNA samples match using known mutation rates.
The former
The oldest fossil evidence of a true placental mammal is around 66 million years old. It was a small, nocturnal, insect eating and probably burrowing animal that survived the mass extinction.
are you saying whales gave birth to sponges and then they gave birth to humans??
I don't recall you being intellectually impaired so I'm guessing this is not a serious question. Feel free to ask one but please don't waste my time or yours.are you saying whales gave birth to sponges and then they gave birth to humans??
Then there is no reason not to commit suicide, or follow lemmings off a cliff.
Sacrifice is quite powerful and beneficial. I make sacrifices every day. It's one of my secrets of success.Yes. Plus, we are in a position to give to and to serve others. God is glorious. It's part of our own nature to want to share what is good about ourselves with others. God is glory, and I see in him (as made in his image) the desire to share and to give that glory to us.
That's a pretty cynical view of existence. Are you telling me that you need a reason to not "jump off a cliff?" Or are you just using hyperbole to say you think existence sucks?Basically yes.
But we create things to give ourselves the illusion that there is a reason not to jump off a cliff.
Religion is one.
why is it everytime I ask for that simple explanation it results in insults???I don't recall you being intellectually impaired so I'm guessing this is not a serious question. Feel free to ask one but please don't waste my time or yours.
why not just explain how what you say happened??
are you claiming any physiological being on earth does not have their own unique spiritual content as what constitutes the life created by the heavens.
