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Nov 02 2009 +
Crisped
41 Broa Assassin
 
I have a question for atheists. You believe that "something" sparked life right? Would you consider that a God, because in religious terms, that is a God? Or do you believe that life just appeared out of nowhere?

Even if evolution existed, which is probably the case, there must be something or someone that sparked evolution. For example, we all learned about spontaneous generation in ninth grade; it's virtually impossible to create life from non-life.

So, my question is: We all know something must have sparked life. Is that God?

Side-question: Is it even possible to consider yourself an atheist with that knowledge?
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11/04/09 +
Saichome
20 Scania Warrior
 
Diablotical: Lets all become Christians and send our kids to church where old perverted men can abuse them!

Thats the way God wants us to walk!


I've never seen the christian god to mention anything about perverted priests shall have thou kids.
11/04/09 +
xRM4x
71 Mardia White Knight
 
But you have to ask yourself, how would God have sparked himself from non-life? There's no justifiable answer to either side.
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Saichome
20 Scania Warrior
 
Umomafan: Because we can and it's free.
OP: When and if evolution is proven, the church or any other religious nut will always try to put a greater being behind it.
Your statement is just an example.
And what DarkWater said in first page.


Evolution is proven, it is a fact that animals change over time, the problem is how they change, thats the theory which I don't think will ever get proven.
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11/04/09 +
LethalKupo
71 DemethosGMS Outlaw
 
Wow, you have failed.

You mixed Evolution with Abiogenesis.
WHY?
11/04/09 +
Saichome
20 Scania Warrior
 
FitoSaav: Wow, you have failed.

You mixed Evolution with Abiogenesis.
WHY?


He sounds like a creationist.. what did you expect?
11/04/09 +
MayoLove
92 Broa White Knight
 
Let's just assume for a while that god doesn't exist.
I'll tell you when to stop assuming this.
11/04/09 +
Prutten96
92 Bera Dragon Knight
 
Depends on your definition of a god.. If it's this great almighty fella, or simply just some kind of energy that starts reactions that we have yet to explain with logic..
Nov 04* +
Dracophantom
67 Khaini Assassin
 
Actually, scientists can create the mosts basic form of organic materials. I forget what it's called but all it takes his a certain combination of elements and compounds with a spark of electricity to give it energy and you get this black sludge like material which allows for bacteria to develope essentially starting life with the very building blocks of life which will then combine. So, like most things leading up to our existance, it was just a roll of the dice, we got lucky with lightning hitting the proper combination. And before you say "oh you heard about this on some crackpot site." I got it off the Discovery channel on a show where they were talking about potential planets for life and they did an experiment to confirm if, I think it was the moon Titan, would be able to support life by putting in all the substances on Titan's surface, adding water and then the "spark of life" a.k.a. lightning, they got the black sludge in the end.
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xRM4x
71 Mardia White Knight
 
Phantomdraco: Actually, scientists can create the mosts basic form of organic materials. I forget what it's called but all it takes his a certain combination of elements and compounds with a spark of electricity to give it energy and you get this black sludge like material which allows for bacteria to develope essentially starting life with the very building blocks of life which will then combine.


It would be interesting to watch evolution run its course again.
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LethalKupo
71 DemethosGMS Outlaw
 
ThaDemon3: He sounds like a creationist.. what did you expect?


Good point :3
11/04/09 +
negaiishi
76 Khaini Sniper
 
Bimbo: why atheists say omg?

Because it's become something more colloquial than religious.
11/04/09 +
Dracophantom
67 Khaini Assassin
 
guitar3865: It would be interesting to watch evolution run its course again.


We wouldn't be able to see it, if life started today, then the people who were born today would probably die by the time the life reached the end of the bacteria stage.
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adikice
72 Khaini Beginner
 
If evolution is real, then shouldn't there be missing links alive today? I mean, if these half man/half primates were here for millions of years, then they obviously would have had the means to survive, right?
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LethalKupo
71 DemethosGMS Outlaw
 
Yomomma: Explain why you don't believe in God( i won't really try to make you believe but i'll explain :P)


Same reason why you don't believe in the other gods.
Only difference is I didn't pick any of them :3
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Sailor
1 Aquila Beginner
 
Cletus: If evolution is real, then shouldn't there be missing links alive today? I mean, if these half man/half primates were here for millions of years, then they obviously would have had the means to survive, right?


Yeah they're called humans.
Hur dur.
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