Creationist idiot of the day 12-09-2002 (neo-creationism)

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Creationist idiot of the day 12-09-2002 (neo-creationism)

Post by NecronLord »

http://adams.patriot.net/~bmcgin/neo-creationism.html

I see nothing new about it. how does it jusaiy being NEO?

I particularly like his satire placing the arrow after the stone axe. :D
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well, the neo is probably the part where he allows evolution to exist.
9. Although it can be shown that life forms changed over time in
an evolutionary way, resulting in the different species of life we
see today, these major changes were caused and directed by God,
Himself, during His time of Creation, and not by the process of
genetic change and natural selection known as theory of evolution.
actually an approach which is not all that bad. if you have people who believe in "god created everything" why not have them believe that god created it and has his methods in this case evolution to develop his creation.
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He has more brain cells than the average Creationist, but I like it how he says Evolution is only used for Atheists to defend themselves.
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oh, well, he´s still a creationist of course...
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Which means he must be smited... or is it smiten?
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The only reason he is wrong is because Darwin showed that evolution is not linear and there is full of experiments and failures.
Of course, if God is God he would not fail, would he ?
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No He wouldn't. And I think the term is SMOTE, Quartet.
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Let's just say he needs to be "wacked". :)
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Tsyroc wrote:Let's just say he needs to be "wacked". :)
This inspires confidence:
Neo-Creationist Guy wrote:The Theory Of Evolution attacks the Biblical idea that God created man in His image, and replaces it with the idea that man descended from slime, according to some impersonal natural process. Thus, the Theory Of Evolution provides an excellent theoretical basis for atheism and allows the atheists to claim intellectual justification for their rebellious beliefs.

The purpose of this page is to minimize and trivialize The Theory Of Evolution, and to offer an alternative concept called Neo-Creationism, which restores God to His rightful place as Creator, while acknowledging the accepted facts of modern science.
Reading the manifesto, the guy is a self-admitted humanocentrist, who can't tolerate the possibility that he, along with the rest of humanity, has no special place in the universe, aside from occupying the third rock orbiting an insignificant yellow dwarf, in an outer arm of a spiral galaxy.

Common problem - he isn't confident that his uniqueness makes him valuable, so he conjures up this unfalsifiable entity who loves him and values him. If the entity's name was Milko, the guy would be classed as delusional. But because the entity's name is God. . .
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Nick wrote:Common problem - he isn't confident that his uniqueness makes him valuable, so he conjures up this unfalsifiable entity who loves him and values him. If the entity's name was Milko, the guy would be classed as delusional. But because the entity's name is God. . .
How dare you mock Milko? Milko is the Truth, the Light, and the Way! Without His perfect love, how can we sinful humans find peace? Woe to you, for you have no love of Milko in your heart.
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Darth Wong wrote:
Nick wrote:Common problem - he isn't confident that his uniqueness makes him valuable, so he conjures up this unfalsifiable entity who loves him and values him. If the entity's name was Milko, the guy would be classed as delusional. But because the entity's name is God. . .
How dare you mock Milko? Milko is the Truth, the Light, and the Way! Without His perfect love, how can we sinful humans find peace? Woe to you, for you have no love of Milko in your heart.
*Shudders*

Never do that again! Don’t make me use this..

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Darth Wong wrote:
Nick wrote:Common problem - he isn't confident that his uniqueness makes him valuable, so he conjures up this unfalsifiable entity who loves him and values him. If the entity's name was Milko, the guy would be classed as delusional. But because the entity's name is God. . .
How dare you mock Milko? Milko is the Truth, the Light, and the Way! Without His perfect love, how can we sinful humans find peace? Woe to you, for you have no love of Milko in your heart.
:lol:

So, should we found the Church of Milko, with Kate Ritchie as the original high priestess?
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Post by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi »

After thinking of that "neo-creationist" using more than 4 brain cells, I still think that God controlling evolution doesn't sound right, considering he just could have evolved us into something perfect.
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Post by Peregrin Toker »

He's better than most other creationists, in that he actually believes in evolution, but he forgets that only a stupid creator would let land-living animals (mesonychids, such as Mesonyx and Andrewsarchus) evolve into aquatic creatures with lungs instead of gills....

If there is an "intelligent designer", it must be someone with flawed skill and therefore no omnipotence.....

In other words, if evolution theory is false, then the ones who have it right are.... The Raëlian Movement!!!

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