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Posted: August 14th, 2014, 11:12 am
by Phantomboy
Perhaps this will be read as me throwing up my hands in defeat, finally being stumped beyond a reply. Regardless, allow me to posit my closing statement, so to speak.

I attempt to hold a very fluid, live and let live sort of attitude. If you believe something, whole-heartedly and you enjoy believing that, I have absolutely no argument against that. In fact, so long as you aren't harming others, there are very few arguments against this sort of personal ideology. This set of beliefs can be very very different from the status quo or be nearly identical to it, that does not matter and I have no place dictating it.

The only place I raise issue is if you believe the way you think is just fundamentally the way that everyone should think. This debate kind of highlights the result of that, sort of a banter of, "Our answers are theorised in science, why do you think anything is certain?" and "Our answers reside in the bible, how can you not see this as certain?" It is impossible to debate because both sides have accepted their methods through which they think and any outside logic needs to make sense in their own rigid frame of thinking and that just fails miserably.

So, perhaps this is how I conclude, I am not sure. Anyway, if you personally know how you see the world, that is your own decision. Ideologies can be informative, beautiful, eye-opening or maybe just interesting, regardless of ones personal beliefs, so please respect all angles.

Posted: December 22nd, 2014, 2:05 am
by LoneRanger
Must bump for 2¢.

(tl;dr at the end.)
Phantomboy wrote:~
Miniike wrote:~
Sebastian Lawe wrote:
ElectroYoshi wrote:~
Entity wrote:
...and any other contributors...

In the end, religion is inevitable. As history is doomed to repeat itself (and so on and so forth...), and given the human nature to find inspiration in nearly anything (sentimentality, tradition, superstitions), religion with forever and always occur in any society, no matter how developed and no matter how large. Religion has existed for millennium - since the very beginning of the evolution of humans - and has itself evolved into the primary religions you see today (Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, etc.), most of which are new in perspective of religion's beginnings. Either way, where knowledge fails, belief supplements, and thus we humans secure our states of mind. If we were to truly look for the answers to everything, constantly, without relent - we would simply go insane.

I, personally, am not religious. A part of me believes religion is toxic...however, without it, there would be a great deficit in society. It has been caustic and catalytic - it has killed many and saved many more by driving explorers and those seeking scientific knowledge. Some religious people believe in evolution and the Big Bang, and that is fantastic; despite their beliefs, they search for more answers. Some religious people keep their affiliation entirely to themselves and avoid any conflict or discussion over it, and that is wonderful; despite how fervent they may be in believing in their religion, they understand how some - many, mind you - feel about it, and are content in keeping it to themselves.

On the debate: pointless. Useless. Counterproductive. Disappointing. I wish Bill Nye knew better, and (given that I have also seen his other literature and online ramblings) I believe that Ken Ham should not be looked to as an influential figure to any degree, especially in this debate. Hopefully (and evidently) this was a victory for nobody; it served merely to stir the pot.

I openly dislike religion. Do I constantly fight it with science? No. Some people openly dislike my stance. Do they constantly fight me with religion? No. There is a mutual understanding, and it's something that's needed more in this world.

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tl;dr religion and science exist and nobody has the answers we are looking for. Peeps need to get over it but I liked the discussion here.

Posted: December 22nd, 2014, 10:48 am
by Miniike
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WHY WOULD YOU BUMP THIS

WAI

Posted: December 22nd, 2014, 3:20 pm
by LoneRanger
Miniike wrote: WHY WOULD YOU BUMP THIS

WAI
LoneRanger wrote:Must bump for 2¢.

Posted: December 23rd, 2014, 12:23 am
by matthewbny
Phantomboy wrote:It's not going to curve world hunger, improve our technology, limit costs, protect civil rights - especially since not much is really done with the information taken away - because everyone who enter already is set in what they believe, so why debate it?
Phantomboy wrote:
Phantomboy wrote:
Debating on this brings up so many good questions. If you're debating with a Christian that does believe in evolution, does that mean **** sapien was created intelligently? Was it **** erectus? As humans, we generally define **** sapiens as humans, but if the god of the Abrahamic (Jewish, Christian and Muslim) religions orchestrated our evolution, how do we know he wasn't referring to an earlier ancestor of the **** sapien? How do we know he wasn't referring to **** neanderthalensis, since the two are so genetically close?

There are many scientific theories (such as the theory of evolution) that support a popular mental clusterfuck argument: the Bible consists of many intellectual discrepancies, but is said to be the Word of God itself. The Bible also proclaims that the Word of God is true. But, how can it be true, if it is false? Did the god of the Bible wake up one day and decide, hey, I want to change the value of Pi? It also doesn't help that there are many versions of the Bible. Which one is true? How do you know for sure that Mormons are "more right" than Catholics? What about the Lutherans? Protestants? Eastern Orthodox? One argument that is (ironically) used to support both sides is the Fermi Paradox, which asks, "where are they?" (extraterrestrials). You can read up about it here. The usual religious argument is that a lack of extraterrestrials, or extraterrestrial encounters, is at the will of their creator (God). However, this contradicts beliefs in the Bible that the earth, humans, and the angels are the only thing he intelligently created. That means, according to the good ol' Lord's book, anything short from Deoxys to Martian Manhunter is inferior to a **** sapien or an angel. Let that sink in.

Plus, there's also Pascal's Wager.

Bonus: faith healing and the cult membership of flat-earthers and more

Posted: December 23rd, 2014, 12:39 am
by Phantomboy
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Perhaps I was cutting short the notion of questions which the debate raises; that is very true. However, whilst a debate as you described gets into many questions of translations, specifics of genealogical descendants and the comparison of differing religions -- that wasn't really what occurred in the Nye-Ham debate. You know?

I have since altered my opinion. I don't think that there isn't a debate to be had - but rather there are elegant and less-so manners in which it can be carried out. I was, unsatisfied, with the fundamental clashing of ideals across the vast majority of the debate.

Posted: December 23rd, 2014, 3:21 am
by LoneRanger
One thing that just truly bothers me is that the Old Testament is often neglected, while the New Testament is observed...how can one consider themselves Christian if they ignore half of God's word?

Posted: December 23rd, 2014, 3:38 am
by Sebastian Lawe
LoneRanger wrote:One thing that just truly bothers me is that the Old Testament is often neglected, while the New Testament is observed...how can one consider themselves Christian if they ignore half of God's word?
Apparently since Jesus died for our sins the old testament is waived.

Posted: December 23rd, 2014, 3:42 am
by LoneRanger
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Posted: December 23rd, 2014, 1:32 pm
by Phantomboy
Ah, phrasing it quite like these past few posts doesn't really sit well with me. Despite being very much a more pro-science type of person and having not been religious for several years. It deeply saddens me to see a persons religion, as personal and as historically significant for so many as it is, dealt with in such a light. I would posit, is a generally disrespectful manner.

I am not perfect, but I've done my best to word each of post I bring to this debate in a way which does not directly attack the persons nor summarise to the point of nullification those religions. I understand not everyone deserves such reverence for holding something personal, but I cannot bring myself to trampling all over a culturally significant entity in such a informal manner. Plus that, I feel we've gotten a bit off-topic of the specific Ken Ham vs. Bill Nye debate.

Posted: January 2nd, 2015, 7:55 pm
by Entity
LoneRanger wrote:One thing that just truly bothers me is that the Old Testament is often neglected, while the New Testament is observed...how can one consider themselves Christian if they ignore half of God's word?
If someone ignores God's word then, yeah, you can't really consider yourself a Christian.

However if you read the entire Bible, you'll see that most of the commands in the old testament were instructions from God to Moses and the people of Israel. Elsewhere in the new testament (and even in the old testament) it says that we as Christians today are no longer bound by the specific laws given to the Israelites in the old testament (such as eating pork), and a new set of laws was laid out.

Re: Bill Nye Debates Ken Ham

Posted: January 25th, 2017, 6:38 pm
by Miniike
you know that feeling when you wake up in the morning and a guy is hand-cranking a screw through your nuts

that's this thread

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Posted: March 12th, 2017, 6:46 pm
by Rattle
Dongus wrote:waw, nye sure ATE UP ham
words can't describe how glad i am that this was my only contribution to a onemoreblock thread about religion from 2014

Re: Bill Nye Debates Ken Ham

Posted: April 27th, 2017, 12:20 am
by Miniike
bad opinions hour (tm)