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That's certainly far more upfront and honest than a lot of people who produce creationist material. Yet it leaves me a little puzzled... why state that he hopes that evidence will arrive in the future (and presumably he invests effort in looking for that evidence) and at the same time state that...

Hello Paloma. You can actually read the whole of In the Minds of Men for free here: http://www.creationism.org/books/TaylorInMindsMen/ Here's an extract from Chapter 12. Taylor is arguing for a 19th century suggestion that the sun is fuelled by the fact that it's shrinking under its own...

Hey Jason, how are you? No need to ask what you've been up to. I'm awestruck at anyone putting 17,000 posts on one board. I take it the new software worked out OK in the end then?

I haven't been here for months but I'd thought I'd stop by and see what was happening. I recognise a few familiar names on the "who's online" list, so hello to my favourite bunch of Christians, the guys who put the fun into fundamentalism! How are you all?

With all this upheaval, now seems like a good time to say I'm moving on. I've been thinking about it for a while now anyway. I've valued my time here and I'd like to say thanks for some interesting discussions and a better understanding of Christianity. I hope that at least some of you...

Hey John, perhaps the input of a non-Christian like me is the last thing you want right now, but here it is anyway. I work in mental health and I know how terrible PTSD can be. It's great that you're reaching out for help and that so many people care about you, but please please get some...

Hello faithtransforms! I don't think we've talked directly before and it's always good to meet someone new. I think the flaw in Behe's argument is this: it may be the case that removing one part of a system makes the system stop working, but is that the only thing the parts can do? Barbarian...

Irreducible complexity arguments are arguments from incredulity. Those who use them are basically saying "I can't see how this works, therefore it must be supernatural." It doesn't seem to occur to them that they might need to do some work in order to figure it out. If medical researchers took...

These aren't coincidences. In Hebrew the word for 7 has a similar root to the word for completeness or fullness, so for the biblical authors it represented completeness. Hence creation took 7 days. In your examples, somthing purified 7 times is completely pure, someone possessed by 7 spirits...

Is it because Jesus was crucified on a Friday and there were 13 people at the last supper?

The theory of evolution doesn't deny the existence of God. It doesn't make any reference to God at all. Science deals with what can be observed and measured. Since we can't measure God, science has nothing to say on the subject. The majority of Christians worldwide would disagree with you when...

Oi! Get your hands off our language! I've heard a RUMOUR that you Americans think it shows VALOUR not to be RIGOUROUS with your spelling. I must ADVISE you that we are the CENTRE of the world, linguistically speaking. It's enough to drive you to WHISKY. :yes

That's not what the letter said. Here's a copy of it. http://www.dannen.com/ae-fdr.html Einstein hadn't "just" made the discovery - it was now 24 years since the publication of the theory of general relativity. Nor had Einstein done any work on creating a chain reaction and he wasn't up to...

Grey areas. In 1939 Einstein learned that Germany was trying to develop an atomic bomb. He wrote to the President suggesting that America do likewise. But in 1945 he wrote a second letter urging that the bomb shouldn't be used. He was distraught when he heard about Hiroshima and later said that...

Fact: in England mince pies and Christmas pudding are illegal. Cromwell banned them because he believed celebrating Christmas was idolatry. Nobody ever bothered to repeal the law. And don't blame Einstein for the nuclear bomb just because his work made it possible. Would you blame John Logie...

I'm calling Poe. This guy can't possibly be for real... can he?

I never said you all lie always - you for one are always honest when you don't know something. I've given examples of some creationists lying. Unfortunately, they tend to be the ones publising resources which honest Christians accept as fact. I'm sure the members of this forum who post cut and...

We should go with the Septuagint. Surely it can't be coincidence that 70 is a multiple of 7! :lol

Well, I did explain the mathematical error that underpins Panin's work and show you why any piece of writing will satisfy your "rule of 7." You didn't respond but you can now if you like. Here's a link to the post in case you missed it...

I very rarely give to beggars. Instead I give regular money to a homelessness charity. I think my money is more likely to do some good that way.