XPost: alt.atheism, talk.atheism   
   From: smiler@jo.king   
      
   On Fri, 22 May 2015 12:04:27 -0400, mur wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 9 May 2015 21:56:26 +0000 (UTC), Smil wrote:   
   > .   
   >>On Fri, 08 May 2015 22:02:27 -0400, mur wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 08:39:01 -0400, raven1   
   >>>    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>> .   
   >>>>On Wed, 29 Apr 2015 23:18:42 -0400, "Chris F.A. Johnson"   
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>On 2015-04-30, mur wrote:   
   >>>>>...   
   >>>>>>     The fact that there are no examples of reptiles in transition   
   >>>>>>     stages to   
   >>>>>> birds, or mammals in transition stages to flying mammals, etc,   
   >>>>>> alive today is evidence that something (like God) had deliberate   
   >>>>>> influence on evolution.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   If there are no examples, it is evidence that they either haven't   
   >>>>>   been found yet or that there aren't any. It says nothing   
   >>>>>   whatsoever about the existence of something like God or anything   
   >>>>>   else.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>We do have transitional fossils of reptile-to-bird evolution,   
   >>>>Archaeopteryx being the most celebrated. But whether we did or not,   
   >>>>you are correct that this is irrelevant to the existence of a deity,   
   >>>>and it's involvement or not in the process.   
   >>>   
   >>>     That's your guess, and you obviously have great faith in your   
   >>>     guess being   
   >>> correct, but so far you've given no reason why everyone else should   
   >>> put their faith in it being correct. How about if you give everybody   
   >>> reason to now?   
   >>   
   >>No faith is needed when there is scientific evidence,   
   >   
   >     Of what?   
   >   
   >>of which there is plenty.   
   >   
   >     Why didn't you present it then?   
      
   Why should I bother? Your closed mind and religious blinders would prevent   
   you from even seeing it, let alone understanding it.   
      
   --   
   Smiler, The godless one.   
   aa #2279   
   Gods are all tailored to order. They are made   
   to exactly fit the prejudices of the believer.   
      
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