What ton of holes in evolution are you talking about? Also, evolution is not the origin of the universe. There is science in evolution. The Bible is a collection of stories written down hundreds of years after the fact and these stories have plenty of contenders for other options, which do you think is more accurate based on that alone?

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"Evolution is a huge leap as well"

I can't even imagine how you would then view the Bible saying the Earth is 6,000 years old.

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The Bible does not provide any figures. The writers did not think of it at the time. A monk later added up the ages of Biblical characters- meaning that the Garden of Eden is literal truth. We all evolved from one inbred family.

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Koresh is a bad example too. All he did was fuck some underage girls and exercise his 2nd Amendment rights. He was nothing more than Jerry Lee Lewis on steroids and he was attacked by the U.S. government.

And stop mentioning the KKK. Not all KKK member have the same beliefs! #NotAllKlansmen

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Mark was written in 60 AD, if memory serves less than 30 years after the fact.

Holes in evolution:
-Show me the progression from amino acids and single cell organisms to humans. No holes.
-If completely new species can be created from others, when in human history have we ever observed a unique specie come into being? Meaning, how come we have extinction which has been observed but not totally new creation.
-Why are there only homo sapiens and not any of the precursors? Meaning, we think we evolved from lower species, but why do all prior species disappear in every case. Shouldn't some have survived especially in areas of the world where they were separated? Now if you can show me the link(s) from apes to humans, then I would believe we have some precursors.

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Neither do all Muslims yet we can excuse the behavior of the klan but we condemn Muslims. My point is that the Klan committed acts of violence and terror yet whole wearing a cross on their chest. This country never associated their beliefs with Christianity though. That same philosophy must be applied to Islam if we are going to move forward.

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The Latin American argument really doesn't make much sense. I don't know what you are getting at with that. If it isn't about politics then why aren't Indonesians targeting the U.S? The history doesn't support what you are saying at all. There are theories and there are facts.

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This is not a hole. We didn't observe the formation of the Earth either. We still know how it happened.
The concept of a species is somewhat imperfect. We have witnessed evolution happen(like the moths in pollution filled Britain). We can track the fossil record and correlate it to things like major climate changes and world changing events. The reason we don't have video evidence of evolution is because video evidence is a fairly new thing and evolution, like many things, are long term processes.
It's because we won though there also is evidence we may have pretty much just assimilated some of them too as we were dominating them.

The things that homo sapiens could do put them at such an advantage to every other species both of our ancestors and other animals that it seems fairly obvious why the other ones didn't thrive. It would be like asking why the Indians that had settled Chicago first are no longer there.

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It makes perfect sense. The US has messed with Latin American for years. I do not see Latin Americans flying planes into towers over it. Yet, Muslims are doing it for the same reason that you cite-U.S. military interventions and policy. Do you know for a fact that no Muslim from Indonesian has been involved in terrorism? Seems like a pretty terrible bet. Terrorists are usually not taking orders from a government anyway. Islamic terrorists are taking their orders from a leader of a gang that sees themselves as warrior for Allah.

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The country did associate their beliefs with Christianity at a time when racism was open. See the film Birth of a Nation. Since then they have been marginalized to a fringe group of losers, who are not committing acts of terrorism because otherwise they would be arrested. Terrorist camps are tolerated in many Muslim countries because those are Allah's soldiers.

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Another truly dizzying intellect...

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I think you missed my point.

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Do you really not see that there is a direct connection between Islamic doctrine and suicide bombing?

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Another valuable contribution.

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You believe that all Muslims have exactly the same beliefs...or what would be the point of identifying as Muslim...Yes?

I would argue that the majority of Muslims, like the majority of Christians, are more concerned with everyday life and just getting by than they are with living a completely devout life to the letter of their prospective "good book".

Like most Christians tend to be of the "C&E" variety, most Muslims are likely "only at Ramadan" types.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
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This is easily refuted by places like Saudi Arabia though where the Muslims that are not really interested in just getting by.

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I don't believe that all Muslims have the exact same beliefs, but I do believe there are certain critical beliefs that one must hold to be considered a Muslim (or a Christian). For example, you can't really be a Christian if you don't believe Jesus was the Son of God. That's the entire basis for being a Christian.

I've never said there aren't people who may be Muslim in the same way I am a Catholic. But when push comes to shove your beliefs have to come from somewhere. That's why I would never actually claim to be a Catholic.

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Of course. "In the name of Allah, I'm going to blow myself up and kill a bunch of you ___________! Because you came into our homeland and killed my/a friend's/a neighbor's family!" or Because you supported a regime that committed atrocities to my people.

I do think there are some really fucked up people out there who have manipulated others into committing horrible acts in the name of Allah. There are also just some horrible, fucked up people out there.

I don't think it's nearly as simple as "All Muslims believe it's ok to do "X" to non Muslims, because that's what the Koran says".

I do think that by taking on the mantle of "World Policeman" we will take a certain amount of push back from people who don't want us fucking with their little shithole parts of the world. I also think it's completely myopic and ignorant to not think our "interests" are anything but aligned with global business. If we were just concerned with stamping out atrocious people, we'd have done a lot more in Africa, up to now.

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So, you have determined that the "critical beliefs" one must hold to be considered a muslim contain the belief that suicide bombers are "ok in my book"?

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No one said all Muslims think that. Just saying that Islam is a major factor in producing Islamic terrorists because Islamic teachings commend fighting for Allah. Doesn't seem like too much of a stretch.

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It's nice to say the world is a billion years old, but you cannot roll the dice right enough times to make even the proteins that are necessary for life. People like to say, "There are no absolutes," but of course that is an absolute statement. The problem with making evolution the god upon which the universe sits is that evolution does not provide any basis for meaning in life or for morality.

Christianity says that there is a moral law and because there is a moral law there is a moral lawgiver. Christianity points to the fact that humans are made in the image of God and because of that they have infinite worth and value and are fundamentally different than animals. Also Christianity teaches that the Creator of the world is a personal being revealed to be one being that is united in the persons of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. In order for there to be people who are personal beings you must begin with a personal God. Christianity teaches that man is separated from God on account of his choice to be his own god and that God has come in the form of a man to die in the place of a lost and sinful humanity. That is fundamentally different than all other religions where people are trying to earn their way to heaven. In Christianity God dies for the people and offers them eternal life for their faith in the sacrifice.

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God is the uncaused cause of the universe. He had no beginning and has no end. He is not bound by the laws of the universe he created.

What does this paragraph mean?

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Come on. Of course I don't think suicide bombing is a core Muslim belief. But there are millions and millions of Muslims that find support for it in the doctrine.

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Just pointing out under shariah law you just committed a crime punishable by death in many countries.

If a tree falls in the forest and hits a mime....does anyone care?

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Jim Jones committed a terrorist act and cited passages from the Bible as justification for his act. Do the actions committed by Jim Jones serve to vilify all Christians? Does the fact that Jim Jones used the bible and cited god mean that Christianity is a murderous religion? Or is Jim Jones considered an outlier? Are his views considered to be that of a drug induced whack job or those typical of a follower of Christianity?

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Hey Drake, it's no matter to me what anyone else here believes. I sure hope the Christians are right for all our sake. I can't reconcile the fact that I believe in evolution and Christianity at the same time. But anyone on earth that says he has the answers is just fooling himself as much as I am fooling myself.

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Why would you say that? The Christian god is mercurial. That motherfucker might change his mind at any moment and rip that New Covenant right in half and flood your ass right out of existence. Then you'd be regretting your statement and begging Seacrest to let you on his ark.

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well, there is that whole eternal life everlasting in heaven vs burning in hell for all eternity thing, if you believe.