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Comment The "U" in UTC (Score 1) 193

I tend to think things with the word "universal" should work most places in the universe. Coordinated Universal Time should therefore be the standard across the universe. Of course, I also expect a Universal Remote Control to work on an alien device on some distant planet. Otherwise it's just false advertising.

Comment Re: This is why I use... (Score 1) 114

Also, don't you mean Jesus?

Technically, Jesus and God are one in the same. John 1 and Collossians 1 both talk about Jesus as the Creator of all things. He just didn't have the name Jesus until approximately 1AD when He came to dwell among us in the flesh.

Comment Re:Assertions not based on facts (Score 1) 445

Who is "we" in this sentence, and what are they uncovering?

The "we" is us as the human race, and more specifically, scientists.

As for what they are uncovering, I suggest doing some research. Even a simple google search will bring you many results. Here are two examples of some things that still need more study, but are very new and recent:

1. Potential DNA and fresh tissue is being found in dinosaur bones. From what we currently know about DNA and tissue, there is no way it should be able to survive millions of years. The simplest answer is that these bones are not millions of years old. Certainly, because of bias, many researchers would not consider that they could be less than a million years old so will try to come up with new theories that will answer how they could have survived millions of years. There is certainly nothing wrong with coming up with new theories and ideas and I definitely welcome it. The problem is with biases and assumptions as it can certainly stifle the finding of the truth. There are definitely many biases on both the secular and creationist sides of the issue here.

2. Lucy (often deemed as one of the first missing links found) has recently been shown to possibly have at least one bone from a baboon.

Also, this one isn't so new but is often overlooked. The age of rock layers are generally determined by the fossils found in them, and the age of the fossils are generally determined by the age of the rock layers. The fossil layer isn't as clean cut as it shows in the text books and often we find fossils at layers that they should apparently not be in.

Comment Re:Assertions not based on facts (Score 1) 445

Even if there is one true religion (or belief system), that does not necessarily mean the others are "made up" by humans. There are different categories of religions. For example, many religions that are more philosophical in nature have evolved over time and are not necessarily directly "made up" by humans. Of course, there are cults leaders that have made up their own religions, but they are in the minority. Then you have Islam as an example where Mohammad had originally thought that a demonic spirit or the devil gave him the words to write. Assuming that is true, that means it did not come from God or humans.

Now, that leaves us with the one true religion (if it exists) which would have been given by God, but as it was passed down from one generation to another may have been distorted (both intentionally and unintentionally) leading to variations from what God had originally given. Now, if God spoke to His creation at one time, it is also possible He is still speaking to it today. If so, there would be ways to hear His voice. And because this God may operate on a completely different level, it may not be possible to hear His voice scientifically, but spiritually. So, when looking for the evidence of the existence of God, it must be done so through a spiritual paradigm more so than a physical paradigm.

As for which has more soft-evidence, I think the real question is which theory is lacking the necessary evidence to support it. The more details we uncover about evolutionary theory, the more we realize how much is actually missing for it to be true.

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