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badgerx16

badgerx16

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Try to imagine the following scenario;

There exists an apparently infinite expanse, within which there are possibly billions of entities called galaxies. Each galaxy can contain many tens of millions of stars, and many of these stars are orbitted by rocky, gaseous, or icy planets.

Now, in one of the smaller galaxies, spiral in form, at the edge of one of the galaxy's arms, there is relatively small star, orbitted by 8, ( some say 9 ), planets. The third such planet exists in an orbit just far enough from the star that water can exist in liquid form. The fact that water is liquid between 1 and 99 degrees centigrade is actually in defiance of what might be deduced, based on the thermodynamic properties of similar and related molecules.

Subsequent to the establishment of liquid water on the surface of this planet, seemingly brought to it by asteroids long after it's original formation, and as a consequence of chemical and electro-magnetic interactions, some new molecules were created. These molecules began interacting with each other and in combination, after a long period of time, formed a complex association that became capable of self replication, and eventually became capable of growth, movement, and diversification of form.

 

All totally down to random chance.

 

badgerx16

badgerx16

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20 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

1) As I have not seen sufficient evidence they are wrong. As if no sufficient evidence is provided it is logically impossible for both a and b to be true for a God that wants to be known, knows what it would take but refuses to provide it.

2) Nonsense. If a system can lead to polar oppositepostions... it is not a reliable path to truth.

Your post asked for my opinion, I gave it. You cannot ignore or dismiss my answer.

The above iis all in your opinion, and you are, I am ( not ) sorry to inform you, wrong.

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egg

egg

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6 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Bullshit... my post started with a no and explained why. The post reads...

"No, because of the reasons I outlined that you ignored! It was not 'all evidence'. There was evidence it would work, so a belief it could work is based on evidence, not faith."

But you kept ignoring it!

I missed it amongst the waffle...why the feck you didn't clarify that about a million posts ago I don't know. Awkward prick. 

Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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7 minutes ago, egg said:

I missed it amongst the waffle...why the feck you didn't clarify that about a million posts ago I don't know. Awkward prick. 

Missed it! You even quoted it! How did you miss something in a post you quoted? You then have the cheek to blame me for you not reading something you later quote!

Are you not even reading the things you are quoting? I suppose that makes sense given you keep ignoring rebuttals. 

Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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11 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Your post asked for my opinion, I gave it. You cannot ignore or dismiss my answer.

The above iis all in your opinion, and you are, I am ( not ) sorry to inform you, wrong.

A method that can lead to polar opposites being believed not being a reliable path to truth is not merely opinion it is demonstrably logically evident.

badgerx16

badgerx16

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4 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

A method that can lead to polar opposites being believed not being a reliable path to truth is not merely opinion it is demonstrably logically evident.

If that is what you believe then fine, but I reserve the right to disagree - without having to bend over backwards trying to explain it to you. Please try to understand what we have been trying to teach you ; people might hold views contrary to yours, possibly based on Faith rather than "demonstrable evidence", but to them this is sufficient and you have no right to demand that they justify their contrary position to you, or to lecture them about their "illogical" standpoint.

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Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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17 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Try to imagine the following scenario;

There exists an apparently infinite expanse, within which there are possibly billions of entities called galaxies. Each galaxy can contain many tens of millions of stars, and many of these stars are orbitted by rocky, gaseous, or icy planets.

Now, in one of the smaller galaxies, spiral in form, at the edge of one of the galaxy's arms, there is relatively small star, orbitted by 8, ( some say 9 ), planets. The third such planet exists in an orbit just far enough from the star that water can exist in liquid form. The fact that water is liquid between 1 and 99 degrees centigrade is actually in defiance of what might be deduced, based on the thermodynamic properties of similar and related molecules.

Subsequent to the establishment of liquid water on the surface of this planet, seemingly brought to it by asteroids long after it's original formation, and as a consequence of chemical and electro-magnetic interactions, some new molecules were created. These molecules began interacting with each other and in combination, after a long period of time, formed a complex association that became capable of self replication, and eventually became capable of growth, movement, and diversification of form.

All totally down to random chance.

Deeply flawed and packed full of fallacies! It creates a straw man by falsely portraying the origin of life as purely random, ignoring natural selection and chemical laws. It appeals to incredulity, suggesting that because the scenario seems unlikely, it must be false. A false dilemma is implied, presenting only two options—chance or design—while ignoring other natural explanations. It also misuses probability, treating a rare event as impossible without considering vast time and space scales, and it misapplies the anthropic principle by implying that Earth's suitability for life requires intentional fine-tuning, rather than acknowledging we observe it that way simply because we exist here.

 

 

revolution saint

revolution saint

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3 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Deeply flawed and packed full of fallacies! It creates a straw man by falsely portraying the origin of life as purely random, ignoring natural selection and chemical laws. It appeals to incredulity, suggesting that because the scenario seems unlikely, it must be false. A false dilemma is implied, presenting only two options—chance or design—while ignoring other natural explanations. It also misuses probability, treating a rare event as impossible without considering vast time and space scales, and it misapplies the anthropic principle by implying that Earth's suitability for life requires intentional fine-tuning, rather than acknowledging we observe it that way simply because we exist here.

 

 

Clearly you have faith in ChatGPT......

Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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10 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

If that is what you believe then fine, but I reserve the right to disagree - without having to bend over backwards trying to explain it to you. Please try to understand what we have been trying to teach you ; people might hold views contrary to yours, possibly based on Faith rather than "demonstrable evidence", but to them this is sufficient and you have no right to demand that they justify their contrary position to you, or to lecture them about their "illogical" standpoint.

1 Peter 3:15 says:

"But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect."

 

badgerx16

badgerx16

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19 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

1 Peter 3:15 says:

"But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect."

 

Quoting a book of fantasy and fairy tales ?

badgerx16

badgerx16

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37 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Deeply flawed and packed full of fallacies! It creates a straw man by falsely portraying the origin of life as purely random, ignoring natural selection and chemical laws. It appeals to incredulity, suggesting that because the scenario seems unlikely, it must be false. A false dilemma is implied, presenting only two options—chance or design—while ignoring other natural explanations. It also misuses probability, treating a rare event as impossible without considering vast time and space scales, and it misapplies the anthropic principle by implying that Earth's suitability for life requires intentional fine-tuning, rather than acknowledging we observe it that way simply because we exist here.

 

 

I was merely telling a science fiction story.

However ;

1) If the origin of life on Earth was not random chance, andt is not due to intelligent design, what other options are there ?

2) How does natural selection explain the creation of the first amino acid molecules ?

3) Chemical laws say that water should not be liquid at the temperatures it is.

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badgerx16

badgerx16

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5 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

That is irrelevant to it being a counter to your point I put in bold. 

So now the Bible is a reliable source ?

"Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have" - but this does not say that you are free to ridicule and dismiss the genuinely held beliefs of others.

Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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29 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

I was merely telling a science fiction story.

However ;

1) If the origin of life on Earth was not random chance, andt is not due to intelligent design, what other options are there ?

2) How does natural selection explain the creation of the first amino acid molecules ?

3) Chemical laws say that water should not be liquid at the temperatures it is.

1) An emergent property of matter in a universe with the right conditions. Not purely random, it depends on specific laws of nature and reliable chemistry.

2) I'm puzzled why you would think it should. You have conflated natural selection and abiogenesis. 

3) Not true! Water has strong hydrogen bonds and a type of intermolecular force caused by the highly polar O–H bonds.

These hydrogen bonds make water molecules stick together, requiring more energy to separate them into a gas.

This raises water’s boiling point dramatically, keeping it liquid between 0°C and 100°C.

Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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40 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

So now the Bible is a reliable source ?

"Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have" - but this does not say that you are free to ridicule and dismiss the genuinely held beliefs of others.

I didn't say it was reliable. It demonstrably is not. I used it to show it is a Christians duty in their scripture to justify their belief when questioned.

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Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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3 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Jesus fucking wept indeed.

Wait till he learns about Schrodinger's cat, that's really gonna break his black and white mind.

On what is that based? Give an example.

badgerx16

badgerx16

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1 hour ago, badgerx16 said:

 3) Chemical laws say that water should not be liquid at the temperatures it is.

 

30 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

3) Not true! Water has strong hydrogen bonds and a type of intermolecular force caused by the highly polar O–H bonds.

These hydrogen bonds make water molecules stick together, requiring more energy to separate them into a gas.

This raises water’s boiling point dramatically, keeping it liquid between 0°C and 100°C.

Here is a non-scientific article explaining things;

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2015/may/11/water-weirdest-liquid-planet-scientists-h2o-ice-firefighters

 

"Water breaks all the rules."

 

EDIT;

If you do answer don't expect any further reply, I am giving this thread a miss for a while, I am fed up of banging my head against a brick wall.

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Weston Super Saint

Weston Super Saint

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1 minute ago, Matthew Le God said:

Accusations without substance. Do better!

The substance is in your posting history.

Just because you don't like the answer, doesn't mean it will change the more times you ask the question but in a slightly different way.

Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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Just now, Weston Super Saint said:

The substance is in your posting history.

Just because you don't like the answer, doesn't mean it will change the more times you ask the question but in a slightly different way.

Name one single example. If it is so common, it can't be hard.

Accusations without substance. Do better!

The Kraken

The Kraken

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And there I was thinking that having a year or two off of Saintsweb would make MLG a better man. It’s just the opposite. I had faith too. How misplaced.
 

MLG, I’m more disappointed in you than I am in myself, but only just.

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Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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2 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Obvious troll is obvious.

It is a solution not a troll and if it is not taken up, then that says more about them (you included) than me.

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CB Fry

CB Fry

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4 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

It is a solution not a troll and if it is not taken up, then that says more about them (you included) than me.

Obvious troll says what?

CB Fry

CB Fry

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8 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Go into the forum settings and add me to your ignore list so you never see my posts.

I don't have anyone on ignore, never have. I'm not changing that for a twat like you.

I'll read and reply to who I like when I like, God willing.

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Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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1 minute ago, CB Fry said:

I don't have anyone on ignore, never have. I'm not changing that for a twat like you.

I'll read and reply to who I like when I like, God willing.

Which one?

trousers

trousers

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MLG: genuine question... How self aware are you as to how you come across? As others have highlighted, the way you debate makes you come across as a bit of a twat. However, I genuinely don't believe you're a twat, so the only explanation is that you're blissfully ignorant. Unless you genuinely are a twat and I can't see it?

ChrisPY

ChrisPY

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Not sure if this is the right thread but looking for some advice, please.

If I order some Peking Duck from the Chinese tonight, what are the chances it’s been raped and if it has, will that affect the taste (if it improves the taste, is there a tactful way of requesting this)?

Additional information in case it helps to answer - The restaurant has a food hygiene rating of 4 and I believe the owners are Buddhist.

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