the whereu dilemma

Originally posted by bowral ↑

But of course this wouldnt apply to you and what you believe as fact,of course,would it
To believe that a rock in a promordial soup,turned into all the diversity of life on this planet earth,all its order
All its obvious design and beauty and order,which shows the fingerprints of a designer.Yes of course its common sense to think all this came from a rock in a puddle and order from complete chaos,of course given enough time lol,thats always the cop out or disclaimer of this belief system

Of course the good doctor couldnt be talking to you about change,cause your correct ,so the whole supposition is an oxymoron because you propose your beliefs are correct and the following statement only applies to those who hold a belief outside of YOUR correct belief.

Oxymoron much?

"Neurobiologist Robert A. Burton in his book 'On Being Certain' states that the sensation of being sure about one’s beliefs is an emotional response separate from the processing of those beliefs.

The brain subconsciously protects itself from wasting processing power on problems for which you’ve already found a solution that’s good enough. ‘I'm right’ is a feeling you get so that you can move on. It’s a subconscious laziness so that it’s harder to reexamine one’s beliefs than it is to embrace certainty."

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It applies to me and the rest of us and it also applies to you

1) It was a message to all of us, myself included. Alarm bells went off in my head some time ago regarding my beliefs. I constantly test my beliefs. I'm open to change and embrace change. I have spent many, many hours researching information people on HC have suggested I read and this has reshaped my opinion to some degree.

2) If you have or had read my previous posts you would know that I believe in a Creative Essence, God. You would also know that I do not believe in the primordial soup hypothesis. All matter, all life was generated by a Creative force, God. There was a Creative moment in which every possible permutation of life was known to this Creative Essence. Nothing evolves in a way that was not known from the beginning. A process was initiated that firstly formed the universal structures we see today over billions of years. To this life was introduced. The beginning of all matter is one substance. The beginning of all elements is hydrogen with one proton, neutron and electron. From this atom all other elements were produced.

It is highly likely that the same thing occurred with life. A single replicating organism produced classes of organism that gave rise to creatures within their own phylum. Dogs do not become hippopotamus but a progenitor creature may have been the animal of divergence for cats, dogs and bears etc. Once a form is fixed it does not evolve into another species.

We differ in that you view the Bible as an infallible, literal work. I view the Bible as a generally insightful work that was never meant to be read literally. Religious works require an effort to extract their true meanings because such a gift is not given lightly. Combine the wisdom and insight of the Bible with the revelations of science and one can see a clearer picture of what the Bible writers wanted us to know. I'm not a convert to Darwinian evolution, it has may misunderstandings in its outcomes, but a form of evolution does exist and is an aspect of endless Creation.

No primordial slime, leave it be.