Originally Posted by
Murby
I was reading an article about the common housefly. Ever notice how good they are at avoiding a fly swatter in mid air?
Their brain, about 1000 times smaller than a "pea" literally does a mathematical calculation to determine the trajectory and speed of the fly swatter and compares that answer to their own flight path to develop an avoidance solution.
It is an amazing feat that has been developed over billions of years of evolution.. but no supreme being ever played a part in the roll. (unless you count the guy with the fly swatter as a supreme being)...
Murby, if you break down that process of evolution down, you quickly see what it takes to get a life form--scads of improbable events over literally billions of years. Could it be entirely random chance, the product of a universe that simply had enough time for all of the astoundingly improbable occurences that result in a fly to occurr? Possibly.
Then again, it raises the kind of question that comes up if we were playing poker and I got dealt a royal flush four hands in a row. That's mathematically possible and happens to be far simpler than what it takes to get even a simple life form. I'm still guessing that you'd accuse me of stacking the deck.
The overwhelming vast majority of believers are the uneducated. A lesser number are indoctrinated at a young age and the last group just pretend to believe because it fits their agenda.
I always find it comical when you see a church filled with black folks praising the lord and devoting themselves to the bible...
The fact is, most of them have not even read the bible, for if they did, they might get a bit upset to find out that the bible says slavery is a divine institution and that slaves are simply property to be bought and sold.
And one more thing...
THIS WHOLE THREAD SHOULD BE DELETED because anyone who joins a forum and immediately starts a thread that says "GOD IS GREAT" isn't interested in hunting.
Even if we accept what you say about believers being uneducated, it still leaves you with plenty of people who are highly educated who do believe. I am a monk and priest. I have three fellow monks who are PHDS in microbiology, one a PHD in nuclear physics, a couple dozen who hold various degrees in philosphy, and a number on theology. I'm working on my own PHD in history and have three masters degrees, and the equivalent of a philosphy degree.
We're catholics, and the intellectual tradition of the church extends 2,000 years. It means the idea of believers being uneducated comes crashing down. The Big Bang theory comes from a Catholic priest in the Vatican observatory, who decided Einsten had gotten something wrong. Pasteur was a Catholic, as was Gregor Mendel. Any Catholic university contains literally dozens of brilliantly educated, beliving Christians. There's a risk here of making yourself look foolish by typifying religious people as uneducated.
Now, I'd be interested in hearing about your last hunt....