Originally posted by RJHindsPartly because of the nature of internet forums. People can say what they please without the moral check of having to face the person they abuse.
Why can't we discuss a topic without it leading to us insulting one another?
But also you have to realise that if you come to this forum and insist on a scientifically non-canonical cosmology which has no orthodox justification, then you lay yourself open to criticism. Doing so in every thread is eventually going to cause people to flame at you. Especially as you seem to repeat points which have been discussed ad nauseam.
There's an old joke about the British that we only talk about the weather. The reason for this is that if we talk about politics, economics, or religion we start to fight. Most scientists would identify intelligent design theories as religious in nature and there is a forum for that. So possibly if you tried to restrict yourself to one thread where you advocate your position and only joined in others on a secular basis?
Originally posted by DeepThoughtIntelligent design is not considered religious by most scientists as long as the design is done by humans. However, any intelligent design that is noticed in biological systems, including our own bodies, is normally brushed aside as religious in nature or just has the appearance of design.
Partly because of the nature of internet forums. People can say what they please without the moral check of having to face the person they abuse.
But also you have to realise that if you come to this forum and insist on a scientifically non-canonical cosmology which has no orthodox justification, then you lay yourself open to criticism. Doing so in ...[text shortened]... elf to one thread where you advocate your position and only joined in others on a secular basis?
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Originally posted by RJHindsCan you not take the hint and quit peddling your religion in science?
Intelligent design is not considered religious by most scientists as long as the design is done by humans. However, any intelligent design that is noticed in biological systems, including our own bodies, is normally brushed aside as religious in nature or just has the appearance of design.
You just had your threads moved to spirituality.
The mods have spoken.
Go away.
Originally posted by googlefudgeActually only one of RJ's threads was moved to spirituality as far as I can tell. The one about dating rocks and fossils is still here - the other one moved was about Egyptian Creation Stories and due to sonhouse.
Can you not take the hint and quit peddling your religion in science?
You just had your threads moved to spirituality.
The mods have spoken.
Go away.
Originally posted by DeepThoughtI don't think the mods are doing their jobs correct.
Actually only one of RJ's threads was moved to spirituality as far as I can tell. The one about dating rocks and fossils is still here - the other one moved was about Egyptian Creation Stories and due to sonhouse.
In the science forum we discuss scientific matters. In the Spiritual forum we discuss spiritual matters. Not even if you redefine science so creationalism fits into science it is science. Science is well defined.
When creationalism and other religious propaganda enters in Science Forum the mods should kick in to prevent this. They don't, they are not doing their job.
I've offered my services of being a mod in Science Forum, but so far they have turned me down.
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Originally posted by DeepThoughtActually I think it was two threads.
Actually only one of RJ's threads was moved to spirituality as far as I can tell. The one about dating rocks and fossils is still here - the other one moved was about Egyptian Creation Stories and due to sonhouse.
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Originally posted by googlefudgeHe'd started threads with similar names in Spirituality, so it was difficult to tell which had been moved. I think I was blanking the question evolution one anyway as I've been through the entire argument with him, and Kelly Jay back when he used to post here, too many times. The Young Age of the Earth is easier, because I could just point out the cosmological problems with what he was saying.
Actually I think it was two threads.
Question evolution
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Originally posted by FabianFnasI don't blame them.
I don't think the mods are doing their jobs correct.
In the science forum we discuss scientific matters. In the Spiritual forum we discuss spiritual matters. Not even if you redefine science so creationalism fits into science it is science. Science is well defined.
When creationalism and other religious propaganda enters in Science Forum the mods should ...[text shortened]...
I've offered my services of being a mod in Science Forum, but so far they have turned me down.
Originally posted by FabianFnasThere actually are mods here?
I don't think the mods are doing their jobs correct.
In the science forum we discuss scientific matters. In the Spiritual forum we discuss spiritual matters. Not even if you redefine science so creationalism fits into science it is science. Science is well defined.
When creationalism and other religious propaganda enters in Science Forum the mods should ...[text shortened]...
I've offered my services of being a mod in Science Forum, but so far they have turned me down.
I stopped "reporting" posts a while ago because I didn't think there were any.
RJ, you are such an original that I like probing your mind.
Would you give True/False answers to these claims? Or if you prefer, you can shade them in gray with answers like, "30% chance of being true." (I would rate some of them True and some False, but for now I won't say which way I would go with specific items.)
1) Twelve American astronauts walked on the moon.
2) Some alien abduction stories are factual.
3) Bigfoot exists as some species unknown to science.
4) Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in shooting at President Kennedy.
5) Razor blade edges get sharper if the blades are stored under a pyramid-shaped object.
6) Houseplants grow better if spoken to by a human.
7) Astrology has some validity in predicting how an individual's day will go.
8) Some houses are haunted with ghosts.
9) OJ Simpson committed double murder.
10) Some stowaways survive in the wheel wells of airliners that cruise at around 30,000 feet.
11) Tapping on a can of carbonated beverage will reduce the foaming action when the can is opened.
12) Smoking cigarettes contributes significantly to cases of lung cancer.
13) Uri Geller could bend a spoon or key with his mental powers.
14) The Roman deity Mithras was resurrected from death.
15) The six children of Medjugorje saw apparitions of the Virgin Mary and received prophecies.
16) Former President George Bush is one of the Illuminati.
17) President Obama is a Muslim.
18) Jet contrails are (sometimes at least) chemicals being deliberately sprayed onto the land by some branch of government.
19) Fluoride is being added to municipal water for reasons other than (or in addition to) preventing tooth decay.
20) An alien spacecraft crashed near Roswell, New Mexico in 1947.
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RJ, you are such an original that I like probing your mind.
Would you give True/False answers to these claims? Or if you prefer, you can shade them in gray with answers like, "30% chance of being true." (I would rate some of them True and some False, but for now I won't say which way I would go with specific items.)
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20) An alien spacecraft crashed near Roswell, New Mexico in 1947.
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