Win Prizes Ask an Atheist II

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Welcome to the Ask an Atheist thread II.

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Win Prizes - Ask an Atheist - Shoe's on the other foot now!

Alright, we're going to have a change of tack. As I'm sure you can see, the thread title has been changed to Ask an Atheist. People who have a question to ask of the atheists who populate this thread - more than the christians do - should feel free to ask questions of them. If you've still got...

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[Total Power]

plenty
do you understand Aramaic?

• "Talitha cumi” in Mark 5:41
• “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” in Mark 15:34
• “Ephphatha”in Mark 7:34
• “Abba” in Mark 14:36

Uh no. Vast majority of NT scholars see this preservation of Aramaic words as evidence for those stories coming in from a very early Aramaic oral tradition (predates Jesus actually). Almost everything this is so called 'Jesus' is reported to have said is reported in Greek, except these phrases which revolve around healing miracles and, it is argued (convincingly in my opinion) were incantations and thus were preserved in the Aramaic because the sounds were the magic.

Read the book Jesus the Magician, you will know why these words were preserved.

 

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Science is the study of the handiwork of God.

Who can't even make the end of word prediction? has he returned yet as promised to his followers that the so called 'generation' will not pass till 'Son of Man' returns? how long is a generation according to you?

Handiwork, gimme a break. Can't even get an original creation story for starters.

 

[Total Power]

Furthermore, you’re ignoring what has been pointed out to you several times in this thread. The process of evolution is not random. It is the combination of a quasi-random process (mutation) and a non-random process (selection). Combine the two, add a huge amount of time, and the chance of ending up vaguely where we are now is much higher than your intuition tells you.

You are better off arguing against a wall, apparently microevolution is shit and 'random mutation' means it's totally random. I have had it with him before and it all comes from a lack of understanding. Save your breath.

 

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The first cause

Why not just let the big bang be the uncaused cause? quantum fluctuation? Kalam Cosmological argument is bogus, it's more like special pleading. Nowhere in science it says there was 'nothing' to begin with. Why so desperate to insert the middle man?