The one line "I believe evolution 'cause I said so" arguments are arbitrary.
So are the 'God is real because his word is in the Bible and he loves us' lines.
Unlike the Bible, the theory of evolution can be backed up by valid scientific observations. Creationists have nothing but faith.
No, actually a circular argument is either accepted or rejected based on prior knowledge.
How about this:
If you can prove that logic is relevant without using logic(or anything based on logic) I'll allow you to say that all circular arguments are bad. Essentially, prove logic without circular reasoning or arbitrariness.
Here's your logic.
If A exists, then B is true. If B is true then A must exist. Therefore, because B exists, A is true.
God is A, the Bible is B. But you can clearly see your conclusion is totally illogical. Its like if I say "if Botswana has won a World Cup, then what I've written on this paper is true."
Your logic implies that because I have written on the piece of paper, Botswana has most definitely won the World Cup. In fact there is actually
absolutely no correlation between the existence of a Bible and the existence of God.
White supremacy was an evolutionary thing based on the "fact" that whites were "more evolved" than people with other colored skin.
Whoaaaa, that's a very risky thing to say. Did you mean to say based on the "
perception"? Because white people are/were most definitely NOT more evolved than coloured people. Gosh, what are you, part of the Ku Klux Klan?
White supremecy was indeed based on that false perception - but society and its standards, like all things in the universe, evolved and has liberated into the one we see today. Unfortunately there remains people who insist upon the old ways and morals...
The only thing you've done to anyone else is scare them. XD But seriously, what you're doing is showing god that you don't like the way he made you. You're showing that you think He made you the wrong gender. That's basically insulting God.
Anyone who is scared by a transvestite is either closed-minded, immature, or both.
Besides, what kind of silly rule is that? How does God decide which clothes are for which gender? Trousers were invented for men to wear but women wear them all the time these days, are they all holding the middle finger up to God? Maybe this rule should be extended to all clothing because we are covering up the body parts that God made for us to show to the world. If we are ashamed of them then we are ashamed of God's work.
Hear that everyone? Wearing clothing is a sin, as is wearing make-up! And don't even
think about painting that house of yours, do you think God made brick/concrete/wood/stone the colour it was just so you could paint it?
The "gay gene" misconception as I'm going to call it, is the misconception that genes determine your "sexual preference" and similar things. But in reality this is the person's own choice. The reason some people have this and similar problems, and other people don't is based on their exposure to it and whether they are going to be tempted in that way. Everyone faces different temptations, that's life.
Now this is just absurd. Are you trolling or something? There is no choice involved in whether or not you're straight or gay.
I for one know of a young boy in the neighbourhood, and he is showing very homosexual tendencies, that is, he plays only with dolls, likes to dress in pink and claims he wants to be a girl. He grew up in the same household, and ate the same food, had access to the same toys, and interacted with the same people as his straight siblings. And of course, he is too young to know what sexual attraction is, or even what homosexuality is. So how could he have made that choice?
Besides, if being gay is a choice then straight people should be able to choose their orientation any time they want. So go on, prove me wrong. For the next 2 hours, I want you to be physically, mentally and sexually attracted to the same sex. Think about them the same way as you would the opposite gender now. And be sure not to have a glimmer of a thought about a girl (presuming you are male) until the 2 hours are up. If you do think about girls, think of them as you do males now.
If you can do that, then I will concede homosexuality is solely a person's choice.
It makes sense, if you don't scream loud enough it's almost like you wanted that to happen. What would be unfair would be if the girl was mute and they still stoned her.
=| Are you for real?
You're essentially saying that a girl who is raped but doesn't get heard over the sound of city life must be punished. What if no one is around, or there is loud traffic? Should we pelt her face with rocks until she dies for her sin anyway?
I've never heard something so outrageous in my life...
I did a little research on this. I found out that one was clean and one was unclean, and you're not supposed to touch unclean things. But the reason it was put this way was also an analogy for a believer marrying a non-believer. (Much later in the Bible) A believer marrying a non-believer is called being unequally yoked. Which, btw, is not a sin if two unbelievers got married and then one gets saved.
In what way is a donkey any more or less clean than an ox? =S
And there was no analogy, the verse quite literally states don't yoke an ox and a donkey together.
I didn't have anything to refute per se, so I disagreed with your statement about the oriental guy.
So? You said, trust me, God isn't like Kim Jong Il, even though there are plentiful amounts of rubbish rules in the Old Testament that he demanded from his playthings. So I challenged your faith in God. What makes you so sure God isn't a dictator? North Koreans (as opposed to 'oriental people' -_-') are free to do whatever they want, as long as it's within the rules that ol' Kimmy sets for them. And if he decides they've broken the rules, he punishes them. He also forces their schools to teach the children about his greatness.
He's scarily not unlike God. Besides, you have the same evidence as anyone that God is real and loves us, how are you so sure?
Off topic: What kind of sick person makes things just so that they will love you back anyway? God should get a girlfriend...
