Reincarnation

Originally posted by @karoly-aczel
Jesus doesn't

Have you ever read the whole Bible? Serious question.

Originally posted by @dj2becker
Have you ever read the whole Bible? Serious question.

Have you ever read Darwin's On the Origin of Species? Serious question.

Originally posted by @dj2becker
Have you ever read the whole Bible? Serious question.

I've read a lot of it. (As have most atheists who engage in debate)
Often know more than most Christians.

How many other religious texts have you read?
Or did you just stop at one?

Originally posted by @wolfgang59
I've read a lot of it [the Bible]. (As have most atheists who engage in debate)
Often know more than most Christians.

How many other religious texts have you read?
Or did you just stop at one?

I've read the Christian Bible (in several translations), Veritatis Splendour (Encyclical of Pope John Paul II), The Book of Mormon, The Bhagavad Gita, The Upanishads, The Dead Sea Scrolls, the Nag Hamadi Library (in translation, naturally), bits of the Koran, quite a lot of Buddhist texts (both ancient and modern commentary), Hesiod and Theognis, various Gnostic and Hermetic texts, ...

none of which persuaded me that one of them is The True Religion ...

and, of course, Christopher Hitchens's The Portable Atheist, a compendium of articles from Lucretius to modern times.

Originally posted by @moonbus
I've read the Christian Bible (in several translations), Veritatis Splendour (Encyclical of Pope John Paul II), The Book of Mormon, The Bhagavad Gita, The Upanishads, The Dead Sea Scrolls, the Nag Hamadi Library (in translation, naturally), bits of the Koran, quite a lot of Buddhist texts (both ancient and modern commentary), Hesiod and Theognis, various Gn ...[text shortened]... topher Hitchens's The Portable Atheist, a compendium of articles from Lucretius to modern times.

Well sir, I guess that's a start...

Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
Have you ever read Darwin's On the Origin of Species? Serious question.

So did Hitler, and Stalin, and Marx, and Freud.

What is interesting about Darwin was his understanding of the simple cell, which he thought was simple. We have learned since Darwin that a simple cell is more complex than the universe.

Also in point was Darwin's racism and how he perceived that the white race was superior to all others and would eventually dominate the whole world. Marx, Stalin, Freud and Hitler were heavily influenced by Darwin's theories. And untold millions more. Serious answer.

Originally posted by @secondson
So did Hitler, and Stalin, and Marx, and Freud.

What is interesting about Darwin was his understanding of the simple cell, which he thought was simple. We have learned since Darwin that a simple cell is more complex than the universe.

Also in point was Darwin's racism and how he perceived that the white race was superior to all others and would even ...[text shortened]... d Hitler were heavily influenced by Darwin's theories. And untold millions more. Serious answer.

And, of course, Hitler, Stalin, Marx, and Freud, never picked up the Bible.

Originally posted by @secondson
So did Hitler, and Stalin, and Marx, and Freud.

What is interesting about Darwin was his understanding of the simple cell, which he thought was simple. We have learned since Darwin that a simple cell is more complex than the universe.

Also in point was Darwin's racism and how he perceived that the white race was superior to all others and would even ...[text shortened]... d Hitler were heavily influenced by Darwin's theories. And untold millions more. Serious answer.

Do you think that invalidates the theory of evolution? If so, I would point out that Torquemada read the Bible.

Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
Well sir, I guess that's a start...

Still reading. Still thinking. So much more to learn in and about life.

Originally posted by @moonbus
Do you think that invalidates the theory of evolution? If so, I would point out that Torquemada read the Bible.

Genesis 1 invalidates evolution.

Evolution is a delusion.

Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
And, of course, Hitler, Stalin, Marx, and Freud, never picked up the Bible.

They never believed the Bible. Too costly. It would interfere with life as they perceived it to be. And look at what they did and the millions that died because of it.

Originally posted by @secondson
Genesis 1 invalidates evolution.

Evolution is a delusion.

The available evidence is not in agreement with that proposition.

Originally posted by @moonbus
The available evidence is not in agreement with that proposition.

The available evidence is for creation.

Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
Have you ever read Darwin's On the Origin of Species? Serious question.

Not all of it, have you?

Originally posted by @moonbus
The available evidence is not in agreement with that proposition.

It depends on how you define 'evolution'. Evidence for microevolution does not necessarily support macroevolution.