jprime84 said:
jprime84: you got me thinking - that probably means I am going to get in trouble :lol: The Mods will probably have one finger on the delete key from here on. I am the OP, so, I won't mind if I go on a rabbit trail. Also, just a warning: if you are easily offended, you might want to avoid this post. I promise I won't swear or sing a rap song trying to convince you to steal a car or something worse :wink:
As a young lad, with a skull full of grey mush, I was over educated at a state university in a very secular progressive state, I loved the sciences and was a committed evolutionist. Somewhere along the line, I must have drank some bad cool aid and got a little goofy :wink: For a lot of reasons, science based and faith based, I no longer
place my faith in the theory of evolution (even though it is presented as fact at every turn in our society, it is not fact and it too, requires faith to believe in (although you may have never thought of it that way, that is the truth)].
Posts on this site can talk about evolution all day long (even though it is not fact and requires an incredible amount of faith) and the mods would never consider hitting the delete key. Mention faith, quote a Bible verse and your post will enter eternity in cyber space h e l l .
So, with that double standard duly noted: My point is not to start an evolution vs creation debate - this is not the forum for that; rather, to point out the double standard and ask for fairness when hitting the delete key (regardless of you own personal bias). I think there is room for both creation and evolutionist brief "comments" in threads as long as people are respectful to each other.
The reason for this whole diatribe is jprimes comment about how amazing those circles are. I wondered, what evolutionary advantage is there to that? Stupid fish is gonna get picked off by a king fisher doing all that extra work before he ever gets a chance to breed and pass on that crazy habit. Huh? :wink: When I look at those circles, they give evidence and testify of the Creator (that gives me joy and puts a smile on my face) and I want to share that. Yet, I am made afraid to do so because the only faith based system allowed on this forum is evolution.
The "short" comment that I would have left would have been this....
Romans 1:20 said:
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.
For anyone interested in the context of that verse, please read Romans 1: 18-25
That's all, I'll back off and I promise not to take offense if somebody respectfully disagrees with me - I welcome it.
Sincerely,
Russ
