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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
Fair enough, but it has been talked about his use of the term idiot as to describe people who believe in faith. Like i said I am a fan of Dawkins.
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The only time I've seen him use the word idiot was in specific reference to Ray Comfort, who is an idiot when it comes to evolution and science. I don't think he would describe all people who have faith as idiots; his book demonstrates that he thinks otherwise. Just because people talk about what someone says doesn't mean they're right.
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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
Last time i checked observation is part of the scientific method
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Observation is part of brain surgery, but that doesn't make all observation the precursors of brain surgery.
The point is that the Bible is decidedly mundane with respect to science and history.
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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
No not a global flood. Again what you read in the bible can be passed has merely exaggeration or perception, the latter being the more likely. But at the end of the last ice age, plenty of evidence of major flooding. See this as an example.
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Right, we live on a planet with lots of water flowing everywhere, and people tended to settle near large bodies of water when they could, so floods have been part of peoples lives for forever. So it's not surprising that writings have floods in them. Just not a global flood, I wasn't sure because you said "evidence that supports noah's flood", and that usually means a global flood around these parts.
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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
Yes that is all correct. I am not advocating taking the bible literally. But the concept of everyone originating from one man and one women is true.
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It is, but it's also not a very insightful or deep observation, since all we observe is people coming from one man and one woman.
Some things the Bible says that could be taken in a scientific context that it does get right, it gets right in the sense that a stopped clock is right twice a day.. right but randomly right, not right for the right reasons.