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ParielIsBack wrote: oldpbnoob wrote: I always had an issue with this. If God is all knowing, allseeing, omnipotent and has complete control and a master plan....what good is praying going to do anyways? Going by common Christian beleifs, God has a plan and it is not ours to question. Isn't praying for Him to change His mind questioning Him? Unless you are praying for understanding, than you are wasting your time. Well sure...if you look at it from the normal viewpoint of the world.  But that argument isn't actually based in theology.

What theology are you studying/practicing that allows you to question God and the reason he does things? Isn't Christianity specifically based on faith that God exists and knows what he is doing? How many times have you heard to "give God control", "put your fate in God's hands"? Do you really think that self serving prayer will result in Him changing His mind? I look forward to a good explanation on this, as I have never gotten it.

adrenalinejunky wrote: Bruce Banner wrote: And FE, you know you are in trouble when junky is pointing out flaws in your anti-evolution rhetoric. haha... sadly enough its something i've done alot..... i take issue with flawed arguements - whether they try to support or attack my position.

I share your pain.

In any event, there is a variety of learning of observed speciation.  The problem is that critics of evolutionary theory often have a rather specific concept of what "speciation" means, which leads them to be disappointed by the evidence.

Nevertheless, good article here.

Say your sick. I mean REALLY sick. Doctors tell you, that you are about to die. No hope.

Do you pray to God for a miracle?

Tom Phillips said it best. . . .

". . . . By definition, science is based upon what we observe in the physical world and logical inference from what we observe"

Using that logic, based on what I can physically observe and infer, the world is flat.

. . . Such "spontaneous generation," disproved long ago, has never been observed. . . .

This is an amazing example of "head in the sand" logic.  (I.e. if I didn't see it, it can't be true.)  Using this logic, I can avoid any possible negative outcomes in the future by merely closing my eyes and putting my hands over my ears.  Why didn't I think of this before.

Instead, we always observe that life comes from previous life - and, as Scripture teaches, ultimately from an ever-living God.

Given the previous logic, it seems contradictory to accept the word of a book that was written/rewritten/edited centuries ago which asserts the existence of a supreme being and states that such existence must be accepted on faith as opposed to observation.

Evolution also asserts one life form can change into another, higher form - something also never observed and thus unscientific. Instead, we always observe exactly what Genesis states numerous times: Life reproduces "according to its kind," i.e., cats beget cats, crickets beget crickets, etc. They never change into something else. With microbiology, we understand why.

Wrong. Certain dinosaurs evolved into birds.  Here's a link to your favorite source that explains it.  The first paragraph covers how this is now a generally accepted conclusion and provides an overview of why this is so. The section labeled "Molecular evidence and soft tissue" should be especially interesting given the mention of microbiology in the original post.