Evolution and Intelligent Design: a Cohesive Discussion

[Sibling Chatty]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T22Dl43nQvE&mode=related&search=

[DaveL]

Nice impersonation of a fly  .

[Opsa]

"WE NEED THE FISH!"

I love Izzard.

What I don't get is why some Creationists have a problem with the idea that God could have created evolution. Evolution is a creative process. An artist will draw, modify, draw, modify. A writer will write, modify, write, modify. Evolution IS creation.

Maybe some creationists aren't creative enough to understand this.

[Swatopluk]

That would be un-literal concerning Genesis, and evolving creativity is a sign of imperfection. The Lord needs no design sketches or test models. He is ineffable but otherwise rather boring (even the smiting has gotten rare).

[Griffin NoName]

At least my faith in Izzard is restored

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The Bible, 9th edition, extract

Abraham and Isaac went to the place of sacrafice. On their way they met a strange old lady with a long beard and tiara. She told them to eat twelve licorice sticks before performing the sacrafice. They continued on their way and arrived at the place of sacrafice.

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The problem for Creationists is that the Bible got written down. If only new translations and interpretations, never new editions with new content, get published, there's a problem with evolution.

[Swatopluk]

The last major content revision happened when St.Hieronymus found the text not fitting into his abstinence only curriculum. He did away with St.Pauls demands that his wife should accompany him on missionary voyages, added the 3 Nights of Tobias/Tobit and sex-changed the apostle Junia to name just the best known examples. Otherwise it was mainly abridging with other editors.

[Opsa]

Just because whomever wrote the Bible didn't SEE God erasing stuff from His/Her sketchbook doesn't mean it didn't happen.

Hmm, we were writing a scripture of sorts a while ago at The Old Place. Maybe we need to start afresh.

[Swatopluk]

Let's start with the God sketch (not to be confused with the dirty vicar sketch).