Do people do a better job at creating organisms than God?
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We don't need GMO's, we need less greedy pigs to feed in our trough.
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I believe creationists are definately evidence of de-evolution, but there's no way to stop this process because in becoming intelligent we have decided that to let people die and to be so competitive as to allow some to suffer is socially unacceptable..... hence, welfare and people living on life support. It's a catch 22.... allow the weakest to die off and progress... save them and evolve socially and we keep the crack baby population in the gene pool.... we can't win! Although there's no evidence that people who believe in creation couldn't survive in an Atheist world so who knows.... it'd be a great experiment though ;)
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We are not trying to be as great or greater than the Creator rather we are, by our work trying to mirror the greatness of our Creator. Each of us is a manifestation of God, an expression of God's Divinity, and an image of the infiniteness of God's Being. Our attempt at greatness is in no way a means to rival that of God's own grandeur and glory but a desire to express this grandeur and glory through ourselves. What better way for God to see the fruits of his labors than in the perfecting of his own Creation.\n\nWhat many of us fail to realize is the unity of all of creation. We are all of the same stuff of which God is made of. In the beginning there is/was  ONLY God, so what else could we be made of but of the same substance as that which is the only one in existence.\n\nWhen we see others as separate from us, we lose this sense of unity or oneness with our Creator. Then and only then will the whole tower come tumbling down.
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A very good question - Darwin used the specific example of parasitic wasps that paralyse their prey and lay eggs that eat the victim - alive - from the inside.\n\nI bet you get a lot of cut and paste scriptural quotes, but I have yet to hear a convincing reply from a theist. Bear in mind, as you say, that an omnipotent god did not have to create an ecco-system that relied on what, according to the sense of morality and aesthetics he supposedly created in us, a disgusting survival tactic.\n\nSuch examples are entirely consistent with natural selection but hard to reconcile with the concept of a benevolent intelligent designer!
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It seems to me that it much more complicated for God to build a machine to simulate the universe rather than just building the universe itself.
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God is the source of creativity.
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they found a kind of bacteria on mars, so technically, yes. no. absolutely not.  Only in the minds of people who have been deceived by the evil one to believe in alien beings who are always more intelligent then us.  We are the crown of God's creation, created in His own image.  we are intelligent beings to whom the secrets of creation has been entrusted.  The only other beings besides God 3 in 1 that I know of, are angels and demons [fallen angels] beware, lest you be deceived by fallen angels into believing that they are some super intelligent beings from outer space.
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To each follower, his God is always better. It is better to imbibe Godly qualities to the extent possible, than disputing about the better one.. One may spend / waste a lifetime trying to choose a better God !
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Hey look, I'm answering a day old question.\n\nThe simple point that everyone here fails to conceive is that the world isn't perfect.  You're right, any dummy can put together some computer components, just like any ol' deity can throw together a universe.  But it takes a good deal of intelligence to make it work.  Human nature is corrupted and the world today has basically gone haywire in some parts.\n\nIs the creator stupid?  Maybe.\n\nIs the creator cruel?  The Christian God--yes.  Punishes disbelievers, which defeats the purpose of "free will."  The Muslim God--yes.  Pretty much the same thing, but personified through the actions of Muhammad.  <sarcasm>Yay for prophets...</sarcasm>\n\nIs evolution the intelligent design?  Quite possibly.  I may believe in a god, but I've never come to a conclusion on HOW he/she/it created stuff...
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I am a Christian and I have found remarkable facts that have bolstered my faith in Intelligent Design. To name one, Irreducable Complexity. It is the fact, (Not Theory) that the simplest cell in our body was created completely in a moment's time, instead of a gradual evolution. It is like a mouse trap. There's a board, spring, lever, and latch. The cell, like the trap, has components that compliment each other in the same way the trap does. If you took one component away the trap would be defective, likewise if the cell is left without all the necessary systems it will perish leaving no time for evolution.
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I think that scientists are above that petty religious crap.\n\nWe're the better people for bettering humanity.  They can keep their religious petri-dish people have soul's crap to themselves.
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I know several people who are scientists and believe in God.  Many of them see that there is more to the universe than can be explained by science.
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It also could have been someone being a prick.  There was one question about how people could be stupid enough to believe in evolution.  I posted an answer that stated that I personnally felt that God created life by making a single-celled organism that evolved into people.  It was reported as violationing Terms and everything.
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god does create us all equal.\nsome people gain more fame and power because they worked harder to fufill their goals and destinies. \nyou can too.\nanyone can, as long as they realize that they have that possibility and don't just lie down and accept the fact that they'll never be more than a middle-class american.\n\nbesides, with fame generally comes sin.\n(but not always: jesus, mother theresa, ghandi, and so forth are counter examples)\n\nso even these people who appear to be living better than you may actually be living worse off in the eyes of God.
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well gee ... that's the point.  that's why believing in a creation myth instead of science is easier.  no complex thinking, no in depth studying, no extended understanding, no extra effort required.  "God did it" simple.
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Yes because humans were made as soon as Earth was created by God.
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in the Psalms it says a fool says" There is no God"\n\nIf you put all the necessary "ingredients" together to make a single living cell ...ONE, not billions...how long would it take? would it happen at all? to have a creation there must be a Creator.