go ahead and take offense then if that's what makes you tick.
Please tell me if I am in error, but I take this to mean that you really don't care if you continue to hurt people even after they tell you what it is you are doing to hurt them.
If I remember correctly, didn't you also insinuate an insult about creationism with a flat earth joke?
You may have perceived it that way because you have heard others deride the Bible by showing passages that could be interpreted as saying the Earth is flat. However, I was not deriding the Bible nor was I making a joke. I thought I could present a scenario that we could both agree on...ie, a geography expert would not hire someone who said the Earth was not a sphere. I did not say "Christian" nor did I say "Bible" in that example.
It is a deceitful comment when you compare believing in a flat earth to believing to in intelligent design/creation. You also used it to insult the intellegence of those who prefer creationism over evolution, it's quite obvious. Like Linda, if you are not aware of when you offend others but want to claim offense endlessly, you will have a problem. no one is interested in bickering with you because your feelings are hurt after you have tossed insults left and right yourself.
I didn't mean to compare the two directly. I was trying to find a common ground for us to discuss other possible reasons, besides religious persecution, for Dr Abraham's dismissal from the project a Woods Hole.
Maybe another tack: Your church is hiring a teacher for gospel studies for its 8th grade students. (Let's assume your church has a Bible school associated with it.) The first applicant goes into the interview. When questioned about his intended curriculum, he states that he would work backward for Christ's death at the hands of the Nazi's in Auschwitz to His birth in Bethlehem, PA to show the continuity of His teaching about His own necessary sacrifice. Should your church board hire this man?
From the point of view of management at Woods Hole, Dr Abraham did not meet the criteria set forth concerning the project for which he was hired.
Since the idea is expressed repetitiously by evolutionsits desiring to cause jeering at Christians, it is also deceitful. You are not the first to use it, hardly. But once again, you simply prove your lack of knowledge of what you are talking about.
Oh, I understand quite well the Bible-says-the-earth-is-flat argument. I just think it is underhanded and a cheap shot. I don't use it. I read your link, thanks for providing that perspective.
If you were able to provide as much simple and straight forward proof for your idea of evolution I would be much obliged.
What would you provide as a simple an straight forward proof that the Bible is completely true? Even the "flat earth" controversy is complicated. Evolution from a common ancestor is a relatively simple thing to say but the details can be extremely complicated. A single line of "proof" is not really possible. Much more in depth study is needed.
Another example: Plastics are made from oil. The only reason you might believe that is because you have seen it yourself. If you had never experienced it or seen it on tv, you might think it is not true.
I know as 'evolutionists' you think you are very bright. But look here even at one of the oldest books in the bible, where Job names the constellations long before the greeks ever mapped them:
Job 9: 9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
The Persians and Babylonians had names for the constellations before the Greeks. Did you think there weren't bright people before the Greeks?
There are many issues with your so-called 'science'. Lack of evidence being foremost, but lack of knowledge about the reasons you deride creationists coming along in a very close second place. You have no idea what you are talking about most of the time and it's obvious you have never done anything but learn talk-speak to defend your positions..
What parts of my interaction with you have lead you to believe I know next to nothing about the evidence supporting evolution? If it is "obvious" that I have only learned "talk'speak", what have I said that is "talk speak" and how have I shown that I don't understand it?
