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Intelligent Design debunked by their own words (Original Post) NastyRiffraff Aug 2014 OP
Good one, but... TreasonousBastard Aug 2014 #1
Behe admitted it's not science on the stand in Kitzmiller/Dover trial. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #2
One can never expect intellectual honesty, logic or reason from these types of people. cleanhippie Aug 2014 #3
If I were "intelligently designed", then I have a problem with the designer. deucemagnet Aug 2014 #4
You think you've got problems... AlbertCat Aug 2014 #6
Have you seen the video where they dissect a giraffe's laryngeal nerve? deucemagnet Aug 2014 #9
It only looks designed if... AlbertCat Aug 2014 #5
Ever heard this Quantum Version of the song? onager Aug 2014 #8
But... Jerry Lee Lewis is the devil! Lordquinton Aug 2014 #10
the reason why they are fighting this so hard is simple` ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2014 #7
Yep. The universe was created just for us. Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #11
“Far out in the uncharted backwaters... deucemagnet Aug 2014 #12
Actually, the entropy-argument has glaring mathematical errors. DetlefK Aug 2014 #13
Intel Des Cartoonist Aug 2014 #14

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
1. Good one, but...
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 12:01 PM
Aug 2014

about this "beautiful world" stuff...

We evolved into this world, so of course it's beautiful. If there were Venusians, they would think their hot rocks and poisonous atmosphere beautiful.

deucemagnet

(4,549 posts)
4. If I were "intelligently designed", then I have a problem with the designer.
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 12:46 PM
Aug 2014

Our rods and cones are on the wrong side of the retina and we have a fixed focal distance between the lens and retina. This means that our rods and cones have to be see-through and we have to distort the lens to focus, wearing it our over time. Squids have rods and cones on the correct side of the retina and change the focal distance between the lens and retina to focus rather than distorting the lens. What the fuck? Why did the squids get the good eyes? Does God know what a pain in the ass bifocals are? Why don't my teeth heal or just regrow? Did God invent dental insurance, too? Or are the dentists His chosen people? Apparently He's somewhat fond of physicians, too, because the appendix's only function is as a cash cow to the medical profession. I'm not too fond of what He's done with the knees and the lower back, either. Yeesh.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
6. You think you've got problems...
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 01:03 PM
Aug 2014

A giraffe has a nerve that, tho' it runs right by its target (the larynx) it has to go like 15 feet out of the way 1st. (ours only a few inches)


And while we're at it.... why does my urethra go thru my prostate gland? (I can't even begin to get into what women have to put up with)


Who designs like that? If I had 3 and a half billion years, I think even I could come up with some better specs.

deucemagnet

(4,549 posts)
9. Have you seen the video where they dissect a giraffe's laryngeal nerve?
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 03:28 PM
Aug 2014

The worstest atheist boogeyman himself is there to inflict his horrible soft-spoken logic on the unwilling ears of believers!

(WARNING: This video contains images of a dissection that may be disturbing to some. Cut and paste the URL below and remove the space to view.)
https://www.y outube.com/watch?v=cO1a1Ek-HD0

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
5. It only looks designed if...
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 12:48 PM
Aug 2014

.... you don't know anything about it.

And can never "travel" further than your "own back yard".



Sooooome Wheeeere over the rainbow.......

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)
7. the reason why they are fighting this so hard is simple`
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 01:24 PM
Aug 2014

If their theory that the universe is far older than 7000 years, and that evolution exists, their whole fairy tale begins to collapse, starting with the so-called inerrancy of their two part collection.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
11. Yep. The universe was created just for us.
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 07:49 PM
Aug 2014

And for some reason, God stuck us in a faraway corner of that universe and not in the center. I understand why science is shunned by the true believers.

deucemagnet

(4,549 posts)
12. “Far out in the uncharted backwaters...
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 08:41 PM
Aug 2014

...of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.”

― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
13. Actually, the entropy-argument has glaring mathematical errors.
Thu Aug 28, 2014, 07:46 AM
Aug 2014

Intelligent Design's claim would be valid if:
* nature consisted of an infinite number of particles
* nature was always in a thermodynamic equilibrium

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