Indeed! The temperature is in the 20s in NZ as well!Stuart

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Jan. 10 2012,09:33)Quote (Stu @ Jan. 09 2012,00:14)Quote (mikeboll64 @ Jan. 09 2012,12:48)Nope.  I'm asking WHY the first cells would have “invented themselves” with a reproductive capability in the first place.It seems much more likely to me, that if your trillion to one fantasy about life creating itself happened at all, it…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Jan. 10 2012,10:06)All I'm doing here is asking questions that I think deserve and honest and simple answer.No, what you are doing is inventing strawmen to attack. I'm not sure if there is a parallel in the opposite direction.Let's say it could be that I ask you how you could worship such a monstrous god that actually made…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Jan. 09 2012,12:48)Nope.  I'm asking WHY the first cells would have “invented themselves” with a reproductive capability in the first place.It seems much more likely to me, that if your trillion to one fantasy about life creating itself happened at all, it would have been a one time thing, and when those life forms died out,…[Read more]

Quote (TimothyVI @ Jan. 07 2012,07:21)I am kind of concerned about stu.Haven't heard anything from him since before Christmas.TimAtheists don't get a rapture, apparently. We have to make do with summer holidays.Stuart

Quote (bodhitharta @ Jan. 09 2012,09:53)You have made a fatal flaw according to “Bodhitharta's Law”You said Quote Brains arose by natural selection working in a non-random way on mutations that arose randomly.This is the law of Non-synchronistic Random Mutations they cannot occur in natureReference please?I don't mean your own website, by the…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Jan. 09 2012,02:11)Were the seeds alreadly existent, waiting for evolution to say, “Hey, we need to develop one of these beakless birds into a bird with a beak so he can transport us throughout the island, giving us a chance to survive”?Did the plant with the deep bell-shaped flower evolve at precisely the same time as the…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Jan. 09 2012,02:01)Stuu: Perhaps she should get back to the kitchen while she is at it. And not worry her pretty little head.Those are pretty sexist comments, don't you think?There are Americans who do irony, I understand. Doesn’t look like you’re one of them.Quote As opposed to my comment, which was based on sci…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Jan. 05 2012,11:46)Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Jan. 03 2012,22:12)'Evolution' is not a force.  It's not a sentient being.  It's a theoretical description of biological history.  It does not 'make' us do anything.  It does not have a purpose or a plan.  It is not the same thing as 'God'.And each mutation is thought to take thou…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ Dec. 29 2011,08:25)Evolution is a faith that assumes more fantastic things than any other faith sytem.Evolutionists or those that believe that doctrine make statements like the ones with smarter brains survived…Do they realise the technology that goes into a smarter brain or even a simple one.We who have the advantage of intelligence…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Dec. 27 2011,00:54)Princess, please refrain from speaking to me unless you have something substantial to add to the discussion, okay?Perhaps she should get back to the kitchen while she is at it. And not worry her pretty little head.And there was I wondering when you would make a worthwhile contribution.When will you?Stuart

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Dec. 26 2011,02:40)Quote (Stu @ Dec. 24 2011,19:29) Computers are designed, human brains aren’t.  This is not a point of interesting discussion, it is just incorrect to say that brains are designed, they are the product of natural selection.  If you can prove it’s wrong, then go for it.  But if all you have is an inabil…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Dec. 25 2011,01:20)Then why would canines, who are supposedly lower on the ladder than apes, have this ability, when the apes we supposedly came from don't? How could this ability skip OVER the species that we most directly evolved from, Stu?What ladder? What do you mean by lower? Here’s a question for you: which types of l…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Dec. 25 2011,01:10)Isaiah 44…If you can't see the humorous sarcasm here, then I don't know what to tell you.The problem is that humour is only funny to the listener if he can relate to the sarcastic points being made. This is “in” humour for the religious. It is one religious sect poking fun at another religious sect, but a…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ Dec. 24 2011,18:59)Quote (Stu @ Dec. 25 2011,00:15)Quote (terraricca @ Dec. 23 2011,21:47)hi stuQuote As I explained to you earlier, once you have finished learning something about biologybut is any science not an  after effect knowledge ? just as you and me exist because we are the out come of our parents ? so now science can…[Read more]

Quote (Ed J @ Dec. 24 2011,04:37)Hi Stuart,Quote (Stu @ Dec. 23 2011,19:37)Stu: We don’t even know who wrote the gospels, they are anonymous.Quote Matthew was written by Levi. John was written by John. Peter's books were written by Peter. Where does it say any of that?Quote “The salutation by the hand of me Paul.” (Col.4:18)Huh? I’m not que…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Dec. 24 2011,10:10)That actually explains a lot about you, Stu.Mike! Hello again!Quote Luke 10:21 At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, f…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ Dec. 23 2011,21:47)hi stuQuote As I explained to you earlier, once you have finished learning something about biologybut is any science not an  after effect knowledge ? just as you and me exist because we are the out come of our parents ? so now science can study us and make any assumption it would like,and also science may be…[Read more]

luff/ləf/Noun:The edge of a fore-and-aft sail next to the mast or stay.Verb:Steer (a sailing vessel) nearer the wind to the point at which the sails just begin to shake: “I came aft and luffed her for the open sea”.As in, “This 40 knot wind is no luffing matter”.Stuart

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Dec. 23 2011,08:11)Quote (Stu @ Dec. 22 2011,06:08)Do you think this kind of “I'm smarter than you” crap really impresses anyone except for yourself? If you do, you're sadly mistaken.No, me being smarter than you is not intended to impress anyone.Quote Either answer the question DIRECTLY, or admit that you cannot. Here is the…[Read more]