Posts by Martin Yirrell

Royal Society says goodbye to creationism row vicar

@Badger

>If you're going to make claims like this, it looks better if you don't say things like "Creation destroys the argument for Evolution" since the grown-up Christian groups have been quite able to accept evolution alongside whatever creation beliefs they may have for quite some time. Indeed, I think I could probably name at least one vicar who could give you advice on the matter, should you be interested. ;-)<

Seeing the state of the poor old CoE (who I presume you are talking about since you talk about vicars) they appear to believe in anything and nothing and many of them don't even appear to read the Bible. That is not a grown up Christian group but one which in the main part is dead.

If you mean another, if they consider their own pronouncements of greater importance than the Bible then I'm not interested.

>Actually, the whole "heaven" and "sky" correspondence is quite obvious in scripture translated to a number of languages. Feel free to cite the original to back up your assertion, though.<

So in your vast knowledge of such you will be aware that the Bible talks of more than one heaven, the one where God dwells is the abode of spirits, not physical beings, and hence is equally not in a physical place.

Martin

@Mark & MRSA

Mark

I don't know when MRSA first appeared but it has been around for quite a time. Bacteria from the intestines of those who died in ill fated polar expeditions, before the invention of antibiotics, have been found to be resistant to some modern antibiotics.

Variation does not remain the same, that's why it's called variation.

In any case the resistant bacteria are still bacteria and the resistant mosquitoes are still mosquitoes - no Evolution.

Martin

@Mark

Mark

Sorry, but it is plain you do not have the faintest idea about either Evolution or Christianity. I was not asking for "each and every proof" just pointing out that Stephen had provided none, just as you have not. It ill behoves you to call anyone an idiot when you appear incapable of reasoned argument. As to fossils being dated by "the depth" they are found at, how would this be affected by erosion? Perhaps you need to go back and think again. At to God, no He doesn't grant wishes and no, Heaven does not equate to sky. However, if He exists you will meet Him one day.

Martin

Drug tolerance

Mark

That bacteria inherit drug tolerance is not Evolution but variation. It does not require new information in the genome but may be produced by the loss of information. The bacteria have not evolved, they are still bacteria.

Martin

@Stephen

1. So you don't actually understand ToE then.

2. Obviously you don't understand ToE

3. There is _no_ evidence for Evolution in the fossil record - otherwise you would have mentioned some.

4. Obviously you cannot answer my point so you make an ad hominem attack.

5. You don't understand Creationism or Christianity or you wouldn't say that.

6. ROFL so how are the strata dated, by the fossils they contain and the fossils are dated by the strata they are in and the strata are dated by the fossils they contain and the fossils are dated by the strata they are in - ad infinitum.

Don't feel too bad, it's about the standard I've come to expect from evolutionists.

Martin

Ignorance

There is a marked ignorance in most of these comments about Evolution and Creation.

1. Abiogenesis has everything to do with Evolution since the alternative to abiogenesis is Creation which thus destroys the argument for Evolution. (OK some weirdos believe aliens planted life on Earth - but where did the aliens come from?)

2. Evolution is not that organisms change with time but that all life has developed from an original parent by means of small changes over a very long period.

3. There is no supporting evidence for Evolution in the fossil record. (There should be, if Evolution were true, a vast number of intermediate fossils. There are none.)

4. DNA variation between types of creatures does not support Evolution.

5. Creationists believe that the original forms of life, by means of their inbuilt variability, have diverged into the many species we have today.

6. Fossils, in general, are dated based on their presumed position in the evolutionary tree or, very occasionally, because of the radiometric dating of the igneous material they are found between.

Right, that should be sufficient to start a flame war!

Martin

Apple patches critical iTunes bug

Maybe

they've fixed the bug that makes iTunes crash with a compiler message.

there again, probably not.

Martin

Speedy evolution saves blue moon butterflies

Evolution?

And these evolved butterflies are

butterflies

right, lot of evolution there. However if you define Evolution as change then my cheese sandwich has just evolved into an eaten chees sandwich.