Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life

[Lush]

All that 'religious' STUFF seems still to be going strong though.

That's because people find it almost impossible to deal with the alternative.

People don't want to accept or even consider that there is no God; that there is nothing after this life; that their much-loved and lost relatives aren't waiting for them in heaven; that they won't be rewarded for good works in the next life; that all that time they spend talking to God, while therapeutic, might as well have been directed to the wall etc etc.

 

[coventrygull]

That's because people find it almost impossible to deal with the alternative.

People don't want to accept or even consider that there is no God; that there is nothing after this life; that their much-loved and lost relatives aren't waiting for them in heaven; that they won't be rewarded for good works in the next life; that all that time they spend talking to God, while therapeutic, might as well have been directed to the wall etc etc.

So you know for a fact that there is no afterlife

 

[1066familyman]

This seems to explain things quite well ....

YouTube - Spike Milligan - Life On Earth

Certainly more than a few FACTS scattered round and about in that clip

 

[Lush]

So you know for a fact that there is no afterlife

You know for a fact there is?

You might as well say - and tell lots of other people - that when we die we will be met by a chorus of dancing pandas. There's about as much proof of that.

 

[vegster]

So you know for a fact that there is no afterlife

As rational sentient beings its nice to think there is an afterlife. Lots of people hold the view that after life how can all these experiences and memories and knowedge just fade away and die ? They seem to think that our "Spirit" ascends to a higher astral plane etc..

I just have a feeling that if there is such a thing, there are going to be an awful lot of Cattle,Battery Chickens, Pigs etc who are looking to settle a score or two !

 

[1066familyman]

That's because people find it almost impossible to deal with the alternative.

People don't want to accept or even consider that there is no God; that there is nothing after this life; that their much-loved and lost relatives aren't waiting for them in heaven; that they won't be rewarded for good works in the next life; that all that time they spend talking to God, while therapeutic, might as well have been directed to the wall etc etc.

I am humbled at your great show of FAITH

 

[Dave the OAP]

The first book was The Colour of Magic and introduced The Unseen University and its rather inept student, Rincewind.

The Discworld series books are great satires on modern life and are completely different to the "Adventure/Mystery" style Harry Potter series.... unfortunately, in a trailer, in a trailer park in Arkansas, there is some poor saddo who...

I have started to read the discworld books from start to finish as the chances are Nation is his last book

Just started Guards Guards again

 

[coventrygull]

You know for a fact there is?

You might as well say - and tell lots of other people - that when we die we will be met by a chorus of dancing pandas. There's about as much proof of that.

The fact is that you can't prove it either way. i like the idea of dancing pandas

There is a study going on at present investigating near death experience. Will be interesting to see what they come up with

 

[1066familyman]

As rational sentient beings its nice to think there is an afterlife. Lots of people hold the view that after life how can all these experiences and memories and knowedge just fade away and die ? They seem to think that our "Spirit" ascends to a higher astral plane etc..

I just have a feeling that if there is such a thing, there are going to be an awful lot of Cattle,Battery Chickens, Pigs etc who are looking to settle a score or two !

Well said Sir !

 

[Lush]

I am humbled at your great show of FAITH

Ah - FAITH. The word people use when they can't explain something. I quite like the idea of the dancing pandas though, so maybe I could have FAITH that will happen when I die.

 

[coventrygull]

Ah - FAITH. The word people use when they can't explain something. I quite like the idea of the dancing pandas though, so maybe I could have FAITH that will happen when I die.

Can I join the dancing panda cult. I am sure there is lots of money to be made.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.

I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars.

Charles Darwin 1809 - 1882

There is an exhibition currently at the NHM and it runs until 19th April.

Darwin - Big idea big exhibition

 

[1066familyman]

Ah - FAITH. The word people use when they can't explain something. I quite like the idea of the dancing pandas though, so maybe I could have FAITH that will happen when I die.

Almost precisely.

Hence the reason I used it to answer your earlier statements.

 

[Lush]

Can I join the dancing panda cult. I am sure there is lots of money to be made.

You can be the Lord of the Panda Dance.

 

[coventrygull]

You can be the Lord of the Panda Dance.

Does it involve lots of naked dancing girls

 

[Lush]

Does it involve lots of naked dancing girls

No, just naked dancing pandas.


lol:Should we stop now? Is this important discussion hogging up NSC transfer window bandwidth?)

 

[coventrygull]

No, just naked dancing pandas.


lol:Should we stop now? Is this important discussion hogging up NSC transfer window bandwidth?)

If NSC crashes its a sign from the great Panda god. That he/she is not happy with our transfers

 

[e77]

Science v Theology, one of the great debates of the last 500 years.

I am sure NSC can sort it out in 48 hours!

 

[Juan Albion]

Science v Theology, one of the great debates of the last 500 years.

I am sure NSC can sort it out in 48 hours!

Why does it have to be science v theology? The latter is the study of the nature of God, the former is the study of how God's creation works. Simple stuff, really.

 

[Juan Albion]

I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars.

Charles Darwin 1809 - 1882

There is an exhibition currently at the NHM and it runs until 19th April.

Darwin - Big idea big exhibition

I don't see that quote from Darwin being anything more than an argument in favour of evolution. It certainly isn't an argument against the existence of God. If you think it is, I believe you have misunderstood him.

There was a major exhibition on Darwin at the Royal Ontario Museum last year. I don't know if it is the same one or not. The one in Toronto was SPONSORED by my church's magazine. I find it incredibly mindboggling that in this day and age people somehow think all Christians have a problem with Darwin. As I have stated many times before on here (but which everyone seems to ignore), in my line of work I have yet to meet ANYONE who says they have a problem with evolution/dinosaurs/Darwin.