tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.comments2023-10-31T20:08:45.037+10:00Operation 513 - Apologetics BlogRyan Hemelaarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17902805101742992509noreply@blogger.comBlogger854125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-44887337907702323442017-01-07T18:56:26.733+10:002017-01-07T18:56:26.733+10:00Interesting discussion. Especially, the unknown pr...Interesting discussion. Especially, the unknown processes for the arrival of the mutation which allows citrate to be transferred through the E. coli cell wall during oxic conditions. Since those processes remain unknown, then why pretend they are known? Evolutionists are consistently guilty of presenting hypotheses as facts, while they remain hypotheses.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05597645568977588714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-28219345776539629422013-04-12T15:04:16.806+10:002013-04-12T15:04:16.806+10:00I have fixed this now, thanks for reporting it.I have fixed this now, thanks for reporting it.Ryan Hemelaarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17902805101742992509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-87907011796197139152013-04-12T11:04:11.538+10:002013-04-12T11:04:11.538+10:00video link no longer worksvideo link no longer worksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-50004045492220315522011-09-23T23:05:21.816+10:002011-09-23T23:05:21.816+10:00This central argument was laughable. I bought it b...This central argument was laughable. I bought it back in 2007 when I was 18 years old before I was exposed seriously to Aristotelian logic. Now I know way better. I've become a Deist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-40395045554439281712011-06-21T14:06:14.612+10:002011-06-21T14:06:14.612+10:00Hey Dan, I just did a quick search and found an ar...Hey Dan, I just did a quick search and found an article on MSNBC about an acient people using fire in the area of "Gesher Benot Ya’aqov in the northern Dead Sea valley." <br /><br />While the article is about the use of fire, it does make on reference to the Rhino at that location. "The evidence indicates the early humans ate a variety of animals including horses, deer, rhino, hippo and birds, Goren-Inbar said in an interview via e-mail."<br /><br />While this isn't a great source arguing that rhinos lived in this area, it atleast is a thread you might be able to follow.<br /><br />Currently rhino's do mostly live in Sub-Saharan Africa, due to the lack of vegitation in the north. However it doesn't seem too hard to imagine rhinos habitating further north in the past, before man hunted the rhino into near extinction.<br /><br />Here is the MSNBC link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4863378/<br /><br />Great video by the way.Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12413025171304242825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-55663402766164572312011-06-18T08:12:53.017+10:002011-06-18T08:12:53.017+10:00Ryan and Joel,
You haven't investigated very ...Ryan and Joel,<br /><br />You haven't investigated very carefully. If you look closely at my rebuttal of RATE's radiocarbon claims, you will see that it was written AFTER the Baumgardner response that you refer to, that it REFERENCES Baumgardner's response, that it directly QUOTES the main technical claims that Baumgardner makes in his response, and that it responds DIRECTLY to them. You can find this rebuttal on various websites (ASA, RTB, TalkOrigins). <br /><br />My rebuttal also contains a summary of modern radiocarbon dating as well as a brief summary of my own background in the field. If you doubt any of this, I invite you to contact the experts at any of the world's leading AMS laboratories for corroboration.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Kirk Bertschekjbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00960421696393289529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-42671006186718220652011-03-29T23:59:52.796+10:002011-03-29T23:59:52.796+10:00Is there actually any archaeological evidence thou...Is there actually any archaeological evidence though to suggest that Rhinosauras were ever in or around ancient Israel or even the middle-east?failedatheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16176322877697068624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-24156284568667123942011-02-19T12:06:51.235+10:002011-02-19T12:06:51.235+10:00The Law demands perfect obedience. Only Christ is ...The Law demands perfect obedience. Only Christ is the perfect One who was perfectly obedient to God. Jesus always does the will of the Father, even unto death! The sacrifices were reminders of sin. The death of Christ once for all took away the sins of those who look to Him to flee the wrath to come!fisherwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08396753704386695004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-61659624743142552392011-01-22T19:32:17.080+10:002011-01-22T19:32:17.080+10:00Why does God have to exist for Objective Evil? I f...Why does God have to exist for Objective Evil? I feel like people are using big words on me to trick me.<br />Okay, the arguement of Evil against God says that God doesn't exist because no 'benevolent' God would allow evil in the world.<br /><br />Dr. William Lane Craig and Dr. Greg Koukl says that Evil has to be objective.<br />I disagree. <br />I see 'evil' in the world. <br />I know it is evil because it causes suffering.<br />Suffering causes pain<br />Pain is an unpleasant experience. This is universal. <br />Objectively: Pain is 'bad'. <br />Therefore Suffering is 'bad'. <br />Therefore Evil is objectivly wrong without the God.Seekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368601729438327258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-66592374545251632982010-11-24T03:39:46.539+10:002010-11-24T03:39:46.539+10:00To be a muslim, I have to believe in that Jesus(Pe...To be a muslim, I have to believe in that Jesus(Peace be upon Him) was not died on the cross. Instead, Allah sent someone looked like Jesus(Peace be upon Him).<br /><br />Do you agree with that?اسماعيل السبعيhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457639751896294047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-17321340013563682782010-11-23T18:31:06.309+10:002010-11-23T18:31:06.309+10:00Doesn't God have the power to forgive sins wit...Doesn't God have the power to forgive sins without a sacrifice?<br /><br />Ryan: Not at the expense of His justice.<br /><br />Well said!Patiencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17153561978053916808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-5578494621473538582010-09-16T10:32:53.255+10:002010-09-16T10:32:53.255+10:00Great blog post Ryan Hemelaar. I was looking for ...Great blog post Ryan Hemelaar. I was looking for more information and detail on the Kalam Cosmological Argument after an Eastern Philosophy class discussion about possible infinite and cycicle model of the universe. Your explanation here is well done. You show a good amount of patience and self control in your responses to comments on your blog post.<br /><br />Are there any other, possibly academic, sources which further discuss the Kalam Cosmological Argument? There is some discussion here in the comments, but 'winning' an argument on the internet is like winning the special Olympics.Big Lonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00321348018657694093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-34581001103632834062010-08-29T15:34:24.478+10:002010-08-29T15:34:24.478+10:00David, speciousnes doesn't cut it! You aren...David, speciousnes doesn't cut it! You aren't addressing my arguments. Your knowledge of science is so flawed.<br /> Ryan, that nothing are the quantum fields. Study Victor Stenger' books and David Mill's " Atheist Universe,' rather than engaging in sophistry!Skeptic Griggsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13489791504007818382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-56309454032766990812010-08-03T01:55:24.364+10:002010-08-03T01:55:24.364+10:00Excellent!Excellent!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10049673634520435230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-82127644045984429442010-07-12T20:12:42.202+10:002010-07-12T20:12:42.202+10:00A further point that I hope would have been obviou...A further point that I hope would have been obvious from the post itself in conjunction with my comments Paul.<br /><br />You also contradict the obvious implications of the laws written loud across all humanity's consciences. Absolute moral law indicates an absolute moral law giver. This issue is glossed over by most atheists using 'just so' stories. So as an absolute minority in the world (much less than 3%) I would ask you to again prove your case. You contradict the apparent facts; you must pull something pretty amazing out of your hat to prove it.<br /><br />God Bless again.David Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05748613864241647205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-69882275730868295572010-07-10T07:23:51.903+10:002010-07-10T07:23:51.903+10:00@ Paul
I see you are as atheistically evangelisti...@ Paul<br /><br />I see you are as atheistically evangelistic with adults as you would like to be with children :).<br /><br />Your point is a good one, we have a burden of proof to shoulder. This is the point of this blog and many others like it. I could just say "happy reading" and that would be sufficient for this corespondence but there is more.<br /><br />As an atheist you make an extraordinary claim also that you must shoulder the proof for. As all thinking atheists agree there is plenty of evidence for the appearance of design (see R. Dawkins book The Blind Watchmaker) in the biological world. There is also this evidence in the world of physics and chemistry when fine tuning of constants is taken into account. You make extraordinary leap of faith when you say this appearance of design is merely illusion. The Christian (that is how you spell it by the way) accounts for this easily with a personal God who has claimed to make all things including the moral, intelligent, personal, spiritual beings called humans. The atheist on the other hand...? Dawkins does a woeful job on it, how do you account for the appearance of design? Your claim - you prove.<br /><br />God Bless you, I will pray for you in this discussion.David Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05748613864241647205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-47082913025683743152010-06-29T11:33:19.837+10:002010-06-29T11:33:19.837+10:00Extraordiary claims require extraordinary evidence...Extraordiary claims require extraordinary evidence. What does this mean? Xtians claim that God exists. God is an extraordinary phenomenon he is not something of every day life like rain or sea shells an all powerful and unseen God appears to atheists as entirely imaginary. Therefore the burden lies on the claimant, the Xtians for proof. If I claimed that there were invisible pink unicorns living in my garden would not the proof lie on me? Of course. Even if I could produce the bible and show the references to them, I would still have to prove my claim. You claim - you prove.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609045490126840558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-11066320685232155292010-06-23T14:01:19.204+10:002010-06-23T14:01:19.204+10:00Heh, actually it doesn't contradict the fact t...Heh, actually it doesn't contradict the fact that God is all powerful or all good, rather it raises the question of why if God is all good and all powerful does he allow suffering in the world, which brings us to the answer contained in the bible. (from genesis to revelations)<br />The point of Christianity.Dave Haakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10480959024996941224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-78748049595530273902010-06-10T00:32:28.854+10:002010-06-10T00:32:28.854+10:00so the "infinitely dense" is not a exis...so the "infinitely dense" is not a existential reality but just a mathemtaical concept ? hence "nothing" ? or was there a beginning to the infinite dense, according to the theory ? hence "nothing" ?Miskeenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526299868082551922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-83633372465649923852010-06-09T12:27:45.760+10:002010-06-09T12:27:45.760+10:00irfan, you have a wrong view of the Big Bang. As t...irfan, you have a wrong view of the Big Bang. As the Physicist P.C.W. Davies explains that the Big Bang is "not just a matter of imposing some sort of organisation or structure upon a previous incoherent state, but literally the coming-into-being of all physical things from nothing." <br /><br />And nothing is not a very small something, nothing is nothing.Ryan Hemelaarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17902805101742992509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-77214006460919219012010-06-06T22:39:03.296+10:002010-06-06T22:39:03.296+10:00how does big bang prove the infinitely dense, zero...how does big bang prove the infinitely dense, zero volume singularity had a beginning ?Miskeenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526299868082551922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-63380668165970385552010-06-02T06:17:10.448+10:002010-06-02T06:17:10.448+10:00That is because there are only two ways to disprov...That is because there are only two ways to disprove something.<br />The first way is to put forth the notion that there is no proof for said concept.<br />The other way to disprove something is by contradiction, for example the idea that there is no god in the world because there is evil. <br /><br />Of course the logic behind that statement is flawed, as the coexistence of god and evil merely contradicts the fact that god is not all powerful or all good. This then begs the question of whether or not god is worthy of its title if it is not both all good or all powerful, which is another entire philosophical discussion altogether.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12980434637964927767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-44711207232521346282010-05-25T10:00:19.319+10:002010-05-25T10:00:19.319+10:00Klatu do you know the bible well? If you did you w...Klatu do you know the bible well? If you did you would not make these comments. No were in the bible does God promise that evil would be vanquished in the entire world through the death and resurrection of Jesus. Rather it is in individuals that are transfered from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light that we see evil defeated. It is in the Christian that we see change from a natural moral set of limitations (as you termed it) or fallen state to become able to love God and be good to mankind. <br /><br />It is through faith in Jesus Christ that this happens in individuals but there will come a day when Jesus will return to destroy evil universally and then you will see exactly what you are refering to. Just as personal change precedes society change, likewise with the Christian faith. A question though klatu - where will you be on that day, among those who enjoy life free of evil for ever or among those who are destroyed as agents of evil?<br /><br />Warm regards,<br />DavidDavid Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05748613864241647205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-1659069545826911112010-05-25T09:24:39.576+10:002010-05-25T09:24:39.576+10:00Jerram
You are in no position to be making commen...Jerram<br /><br />You are in no position to be making comment on the ignorance of others when you have proudly paraded your own on this very blog. <br /><br />When it comes to research on issues you claim to make authoritative comment on your position is clear: you cannot be bothered reading through our paltry couple of pages of "religious propaganda". From this it is clear you certaintly have not done any real research into Christianity but rather regurgitate vitreol from athiest websites.<br /><br />When it comes to speaking on issues that someone knows little about, it is tempting to repeat your own comments back to you regards your understanding of the bible. But that would be largely pointless. <br /><br />Your condescending comments on abiogenesis are absurd in the extreme; especially in light of the impossibility of protein or RNA (let alone DNA) formation. The current available research reveals the problems of the water mass effect, browning of sugars with amino acids, cystine's instability and the massive solute binding issues. But you would be aware of that wouldn't you? Or are you loudly claiming answers when ignorant of these commonly published facts?<br /><br />I have tried to engage you in discussion Jerram, it appears you are in this for nothing other than your pride. Roderic at least has something greater than himself in the equation. This is a pity really. Fair well and God bless you. I'm sure you will want to post something back but there is not much more to say.David Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05748613864241647205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-34929213287296122642010-05-21T00:43:31.989+10:002010-05-21T00:43:31.989+10:00The continuing presence of evil only proves that h...The continuing presence of evil only proves that historical religious claims can not be of God as they have not delivered on His promise and that human nature remains a prisoner to the moral limitations innate to our species. For the means to transcend those limitations and destroy evil are the same. And they are not a product of theology but of God. And when those means have been revealed, we shall know the truth and the truth shall set us free!goliahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09484401523720233875noreply@blogger.com