the age of the earth

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  1. VanillaGorilla

    VanillaGorilla Well-Known Member

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    If you get so depressed by thinking about life ending... at the end of your life.. then I pity you. You must not enjoy life as much as you should if you're main driving force is some fairy tale with no evidence. You're all naive little children believing what the masses around you told you to believe. When you die, you're brain dies, so YOU die. Everyone you've known that has died is most likely not chillin with God. They are dead, gone, and in the ground. Man the fuck up, accept realty, accept life, and fucking enjoy it for what it is. I feel so sad for all of you deluding yourselves all your life. But, it's just random chance of your physiology and environment growing up that you believe something so obviously ridiculous.

    "We are afraid of the known and afraid of the unknown. That is our daily life and in that there is no hope, and therefore every form of philosophy, every form of theological concept, is merely an escape from the actual reality of what is. All outward forms of change brought about by wars, revolutions, reformations, laws and ideologies have failed completely to change the basic nature of man and therefore of society." - Thomas Jefferson
     
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    http://www.evolutionfaq.com/articles/five-proofs-evolution

    Five Proofs of Evolution

    In this article, we look at five simple examples which support the Theory of Evolution.

    by Richard Peacock

    1. The universal genetic code. All cells on Earth, from our white blood cells, to simple bacteria, to cells in the leaves of trees, are capable of reading any piece of DNA from any life form on Earth. This is very strong evidence for a common ancestor from which all life descended.

    2. The fossil record. The fossil record shows that the simplest fossils will be found in the oldest rocks, and it can also show a smooth and gradual transition from one form of life to another.

    Please watch this video for an excellent demonstration of fossils transitioning from simple life to complex vertebrates. [video]http://www.evolutionfaq.com/videos/transitional-fossils[/video]

    3. Genetic commonalities. Human beings have approximately 96% of genes in common with chimpanzees, about 90% of genes in common with cats (source), 80% with cows (source), 75% with mice (source), and so on. This does not prove that we evolved from chimpanzees or cats, though, only that we shared a common ancestor in the past. And the amount of difference between our genomes corresponds to how long ago our genetic lines diverged.

    4. Common traits in embryos. Humans, dogs, snakes, fish, monkeys, eels (and many more life forms) are all considered "chordates" because we belong to the phylum Chordata. One of the features of this phylum is that, as embryos, all these life forms have gill slits, tails, and specific anatomical structures involving the spine. For humans (and other non-fish) the gill slits reform into the bones of the ear and jaw at a later stage in development. But, initially, all chordate embryos strongly resemble each other.

    In fact, pig embryos are often dissected in biology classes because of how similar they look to human embryos. These common characteristics could only be possible if all members of the phylum Chordata descended from a common ancestor.

    5. Bacterial resistance to antibiotics. Bacteria colonies can only build up a resistance to antibiotics through evolution. It is important to note that in every colony of bacteria, there are a tiny few individuals which are naturally resistant to certain antibiotics. This is because of the random nature of mutations.

    When an antibiotic is applied, the initial innoculation will kill most bacteria, leaving behind only those few cells which happen to have the mutations necessary to resist the antibiotics. In subsequent generations, the resistant bacteria reproduce, forming a new colony where every member is resistant to the antibiotic. This is natural selection in action. The antibiotic is "selecting" for organisms which are resistant, and killing any that are not.
     
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  4. magnifier661

    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    That's a neat story! Yeah it's pretty fucked up for those worried about dying. Thank God we have God! :)
     
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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    Yep it does prove we have a common ancestor. Awesome huh? We all came from the same creator! Thanks for sharing this wonderful evidence!
     
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    Your emotional response is littered with assumptions and presuppositions that have nothing to do with anything we’ve been debating here. Are you going to give your arguments as to why atheism makes more logical sense than theism?
     
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    kirk cameron is all about gods perfect fruit

    [video=youtube;Y4yBvvGi_2A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4yBvvGi_2A[/video]

    although, black bananas are still good to eat, so im not sure where he is going with that one
     
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    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    you do know what that song is about right?
     
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    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    I shared a hell of a lot more than that one night when I was drunk at college.
     
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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    Remember the monkeys aren't our brothers they are our distant cousins.
     
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    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    So... you prefer jokes rather than data?
     
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    A car.
     
  16. 3RA1N1AC

    3RA1N1AC 00110110 00111001

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    i thought i was a monkeys uncle
     
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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    Why you think it's a joke? I mean how could it not be possible for the banana tree to grow our missing link? We are talking about trees that can live hundreds of years. Ample time to genetically mutate a missing link!
     
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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    And no wonder monkeys love bananas!
     
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    Leave my uncle's banana out of this.
     
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    LOL really?!?!?!

    If you mean immediately as in 41 years, then yeah I guess it was. But then again, 41 years and Darwin's 153 years of history; it's not very quick is it?
     

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