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Dec 29 02 1:07 PM
Proprietor
Quote:...since you seem to want to know why I am *ignoring you*
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Dec 29 02 3:39 PM
Bartender
Quote:Ok, having said that. Personally, I find the language thing as an immense stumbling block for those Atheists who feel there was an original pair, or even a sub-societal group...that branched out to different parts of our globe. You see, in my mind, if that were true, then all languages would have some striking similarities both in speech and print, and it is a given that some do, especially Latin or Germanic based languages, but this is not the case when you compare say English with Chinese, for example.
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Dec 29 02 4:52 PM
Quote:... just because you attempt to correct, does not mean you have done so, nor does it mean you came close.
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Dec 30 02 10:47 PM
Quote:I am not a literalist...like say, what you might call a fundie. I do not believe that everything is meant to be taken as literal either, but there are certain things that seem to be true to me, because they make since in what I know about God, and it ain't much, believe me.
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Jan 5 03 10:22 AM
Quote:Im not trying to "nit pick" here, but for the oral language to be so different for two peoples so close...there must be a plausible explanation.
Quote:The fact that language was changed by a higher source, and peoples were scattered about the earth...according to tongue, makes more sense to me.
Jan 5 03 1:21 PM
Quote:Personally, I am of the opinion, that while language certainly changes, it does not leave its roots completely.
Quote:The achaic English example, given in a previous post, on its notable difference to today's modern English, does not erase the fact that there are still many very certain similarities between modern and historical English; primarily, I imagine, the alphabet itself.
Quote:If evolution is true, and we branched out from a single pair, as is commonly held to be the case by certain scientists today, then there logically should be certain roots common to all languages.
Quote:I know...you don't feel that way, but I do. So...I guess that is that.
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Jan 5 03 5:15 PM
Fuckwit Intolerant
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Jan 6 03 5:41 AM
Quote:It's not a matter of what I feel there Stevereno, it's all about what is currently known as fact, not conjecture, wild guesses or wishful thinking. And that I suppose, is indeed that.
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Quote:The textbooks we were talking about are the scientific fields of evolution and linguistics.
Quote:"Saying the thread title is "the trouble with atheism" (none, in my opinion)
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