Dear Atheist,

[r00t]

My approach to science is the correct way because I question everything and don't accept a fossil record with like 4 fossils of monkeys saying I am a monkey

[kylok]

Originally Posted by r00t [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My approach to science is the correct way because I question everything and don't accept a fossil record with like 4 fossils of monkeys saying I am a monkey

This is a great example of how people are not created equal, and should not have equal rights. You can choose to reject good science if you want to, but you're just putting your head in the sand. If fundamentalist christians had their way we'd still be in the dark ages, notice how when science went out to lunch we recall that period of history as the dark ages....

[r00t]

Originally Posted by kylok [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is a great example of how people are not created equal, and should not have equal rights. You can choose to reject good science if you want to, but you're just putting your head in the sand. If fundamentalist christians had their way we'd still be in the dark ages, notice how when science went out to lunch we recall that period of history as the dark ages....

You talk as a tyrant because atheism has no morals

[kylok]

Originally Posted by r00t [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You talk as a tyrant because atheism has no morals

I prefer benevolent dictator, but tomato tomato.

Please stop referring to me as an atheist as I am not. I have a personal moral code that is not based on some over told stories, but instead by life experience.

[mgellan]

Originally Posted by r00t [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You talk as a tyrant because atheism has no morals

Incorrect - society has evolved a secular morality that is morally superior to any religion that espouses iron age savagery. Societies that are sufficiently evolved will never countenance the imposition of relgious morals on that society - thats why most Western people consider Islamic Sharia law barbaric.

If not we would still be keeping slaves, killing our children by stoning if they don't honor their parents, and stoning adulterers and homosexuals. Its unfortunate that there are people (e.g. Tea Party nutcases) who would actually go back to morality as set forth in the Bible, but those of us who have a well developed secular morality (eg atheists and religious people who choose to ignore most of the Bible) will not permit such backsliding.

Religious morals is an oxymoron.

Regards,
Mg

[kylok]

Originally Posted by mgellan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Incorrect - society has evolved a secular morality that is morally superior to any religion that espouses iron age savagery. Societies that are sufficiently evolved will never countenance the imposition of relgious morals on that society - thats why most Western people consider Islamic Sharia law barbaric.

If not we would still be keeping slaves, killing our children by stoning if they don't honor their parents, and stoning adulterers and homosexuals. Its unfortunate that there are people (e.g. Tea Party nutcases) who would actually go back to morality as set forth in the Bible, but those of us who have a well developed secular morality (eg atheists and religious people who choose to ignore most of the Bible) will not permit such backsliding.

Religious morals is an oxymoron.

Regards,
Mg

I love everything you say, please give us more and educate the ignorant.

[Kagatob]

Originally Posted by r00t [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You talk as a tyrant because atheism has no morals

Tell me more about how the fear of God is the only thing keeping you from killing people.

[Orruar]

Originally Posted by r00t [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My approach to science is the correct way because I question everything and don't accept a fossil record with like 4 fossils of monkeys saying I am a monkey

But you accept an omniscient god because any creator that isn't omniscient would just be a demi god. It's solid logic. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

[DrKvothe]

Additionally, we've identified the molecular solutions that microorganisms have developed to protect themselves against antibiotics. In some cases, general xenobiotic enzymes are mutated to accept these new molecules as substrates, allowing them to catalyze chemical reactions which inactivate the antibiotics by changing their molecular structures and interrupting their function as potent protein inhibitors. In other cases general efflux pumpes are mutated to remove the antibiotic from the cell, keeping it below the working concentration. In other cases, the protein targets of the antibiotics have mutated, and the antibiotic no longer properly inhibits them. In other cases, horizontal gene transfer appears to be the culprit. The vast majority of antibiotics are natural compounds or semi synthetic derivatives of natural compounds. The biosynthetic machinery of these compounds evolved as weapons factories in a molecular arms race between microbes competing for nutrients. The microbial host that produces the antibiotic has to have its own resistance mechanism, and the theft of the genetic code for this resistance (horizontal gene transfer) allows a previously susceptible organism to gain resistance.

All of these mechanisms are genetically encoded, and their appearance represents a chance in the genetic code which is subsequently heritable. That's fucking evolution.

[kylok]

Science hardly explains everything, but at least what it does explain is more or less indisputable (not talking about advanced physics, more like Newtonian).