Debunking Atheists: Worldview Quote- Nowhere To Go But...

April 20, 2010

Worldview Quote- Nowhere To Go But...

George Wald (1906 - 1997) Professor of Biology at Harvard University and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine said:

The reasonable view was to believe in spontaneous generation; the only alternative, to believe in a single, primary act of supernatural creation. There is no third position. For this reason many scientists a century ago chose to regard the belief in spontaneous generation as a "philosophical necessity." It is a symptom of the philosophical poverty of our time that this necessity is no longer appreciated. Most modern biologists, having reviewed with satisfaction the downfall of the spontaneous generation hypothesis, yet unwilling to accept the alternative belief in special creation, are left with nothing. "The origin of life" Scientific American August 1954 p.46

Two for Tuesday:

Mao Tse-tung: "Chinese socialism is founded upon Darwin and the theory of evolution." Kampf um Mao's Erbe (1977)

Rhiggs,

>>Call me pedantic, but shouldn't a series of posts called "God Quote of the Day" feature quotes about God, and be posted every day?

OK pedantic, you're right, I will call it "Worldview Quote" instead. I hope that appeases the logic gods. Forgive me.

8 comments:

FroggieApril 20, 2010 at 4:49 PM
Good try lil buddy but those two quotes have nothing to do with the veracity of Theory of Evolution.

Thyey are copletely philosophical by the nature of their propositions.
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ANTZILLAApril 20, 2010 at 6:59 PM
Dan,

Spontaneous: acting out in complete surprise, typically requiring no outside influence or help.

Abiogenesis is a certainty when the right conditions are prevalent; if these conditions are not prevalent abiogenesis/life is unable to occur. Abiogenesis is not spontaneous. GOT IT?

This also relevant to the universe,

Anthropic principle is the collective name for several ways of asserting that the observations of the physical Universe must be compatible with the life observed in it.

Weak anthropic principle: "...conditions that are observed in the universe must allow the observer to exist."

So we observe the universe the way it is because if it were any different we would not exist to observe it.

" I set out to find "the mind of god" that Einstein spoke about... what I discovered was a universe without boundaries and with no beginning nor end and nothing for a creator to do." Steven Hawkins
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zilchApril 21, 2010 at 9:05 AM
Mao Tse-Tung claimed to be inspired by Darwin. Hitler claimed to be inspired by Jesus Christ. So what?
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rhiggsApril 21, 2010 at 2:03 PM
All these quotes tend to be about evolution or Darwinism.

Call me pedantic, but shouldn't a series of posts called "God Quote of the Day" feature quotes about God, and be posted every day?

Is this yet another FAIL?
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D. A. N. April 21, 2010 at 3:17 PM
Rhiggs,

>>Call me pedantic, but shouldn't a series of posts called "God Quote of the Day" feature quotes about God, and be posted every day?

OK pedantic, you're right, I will call it "Worldview Quote" instead. I hope that appeases the logic gods.

Forgive me.
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Bob SorensenMay 9, 2010 at 5:39 PM
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D. A. N. May 10, 2010 at 2:45 PM
Stormbringer,

Thanks for the encouragement. I just took a weekend off from this "circus" and I am feeling refreshed.
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Jesse AlbrechtMay 3, 2018 at 2:27 AM
I'll definitely share the first quote on my blog, if you don't mind.

Sincerely,
https://rationalchristiandiscernment.blogspot.com/
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Quasar: That's like saying: "look, none of the grasshoppers evolved fire-resistant skin when I put the flamethrower to them! Evolution must be false!"

Unethical Chum Tin : Then we can all agree that your full of it....grace, I mean.

Richard Dawkins "Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose." The Blind Watchmaker (New York: W.W. Norton & Company), p. 1.

Carl Packman "Dawkins, in choosing a form of firebrand fundamentalist atheism over the discipline science, is no longer the champion of reason but rather a kind of evangelical against religion"

Stan, the Half-Truth Teller:
"This topic is about evolution,
and I think that I have a solution:
To get rid of Sye
and his circular lie
will end his relentless pollution."

In response to: There are all types of natural phenomena that were once attributed to the supernatural that we can now explain quite easily.

Dani' El said: "Simply because we understand how God does something, does not exclude His existence.
It's like saying "I understand how my car works, therefore there was no Henry Ford."

Andrew Move on bro, move on. Maybe you could post some William Lane Craig statement, much like a ninja throws a smoke bomb, and then disappears.

PersonalFailure "getting us (Atheists) to agree on anything is like herding cats."

Flute Popeye:"I am's what I am's!"
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Toddes said,
Destination: God
Map: The Bible
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Signs: The Spirit

Yaeger's Law: "As a discussion on morality grows longer, the possibility of someone bringing up pedophilia approaches 1."

Renee Barton "Don't you have six kids to attend to? Btw, it's a vagina, not a clown car.."
"Dan cited himself again, DRINK!"

Cowboy Bob "Funny how Darwinists pretend to be on the cutting edge of science, then cite "proof" that has long been discarded. Creationists are current."