My annual Memorial Day thread (4 Viewers)

My honest answer is... I try to, but sometimes fall short.... When I say it, I mean it... But when I do pray at night before bed... I don't always remember everything I need to say, and I often pray for those I love most, or have on my mind at the time. So I always mean what I say, but I don't always deliver... which is true in nearly everything else in my life, so my prayers are not immune to my faults. Good topic.
 
It hasn’t stopped
Why do you keep saying it stopped?
So evolution hasn’t stopped so at what point did it stop for the simple organisms that we started from. If you are saying man is continuing to evolve I disagree. People are changing because we continue to learn more and more about ways to improve our lives. That change goes from the food we eat to our medical care. If you want to call that evolution fine.
 
So evolution hasn’t stopped so at what point did it stop for the simple organisms that we started from. If you are saying man is continuing to evolve I disagree. People are changing because we continue to learn more and more about ways to improve our lives. That change goes from the food we eat to our medical care. If you want to call that evolution fine.

I am sure evolutionary biologists would disagree with you but don’t let that stop you from being wrong
 
So evolution hasn’t stopped so at what point did it stop for the simple organisms that we started from. If you are saying man is continuing to evolve I disagree. People are changing because we continue to learn more and more about ways to improve our lives. That change goes from the food we eat to our medical care. If you want to call that evolution fine.
Again it didn’t ‘stop’
The environment changed
The dynamic us organism + environment
- those organisms best adapted to a changing environment survive
- those that do not adapt die off
When an environment changes too rapidly to adapt to, you have extinctions

we can’t ‘see’ evolution because it happens over hundreds of generations- and it’s a chaotic process (meaning there are too many variables to predict outcome accurately)

I appreciate that you have a different opinion- I and others seem to find it necessary to point out it is not necessarily an fully informed opinion

that is not meant as a diss - knowledge and understanding are parts of a continuum and at any point someone can decide to journey farther on that path
I hope you decide to get more informed on this topic
 
I am sure evolutionary biologists would disagree with you but don’t let that stop you from being wrong
I don’t think you are understanding my point. If as guido says evolution hasn’t stopped and by stopped I’m not talking about the improvements we have made in healthcare which improves and expands our life expectancy. Where are the examples of the steps that take place in the evolution process? Guido also said that we can’t see evolution because it takes place over hundreds of years. That still doesn’t cover up the fact that if evolution was real it should’ve never stopped and we should still have beings in the process of evolving. Since we don’t then something had to stop the simple organisms from evolving or the theory of evolution is incorrect.
 
I don’t think you are understanding my point. If as guido says evolution hasn’t stopped and by stopped I’m not talking about the improvements we have made in healthcare which improves and expands our life expectancy. Where are the examples of the steps that take place in the evolution process? Guido also said that we can’t see evolution because it takes place over hundreds of years. That still doesn’t cover up the fact that if evolution was real it should’ve never stopped and we should still have beings in the process of evolving. Since we don’t then something had to stop the simple organisms from evolving or the theory of evolution is incorrect.

sigh

you obviously have zero interest in learning anything about this
 
Please stop turning every thread into a ideological pissing contest... That's what you have FB and Twitter for.... Thanks!

Is the thread's OP not about an ideology? Why are you throwing a hiss over an ideology discussion on a thread about ideologies?
 
Is the thread's OP not about an ideology? Why are you throwing a hiss over an ideology discussion on a thread about ideologies?
Prayer itself isn't an ideology. The question was if they say they'll pray for someone, do they actually do it? It's a pretty specific question asked of those who pray. Has nothing to do with ideology from how I read it.

That said, carry on.
 
Prayer itself isn't an ideology. The question was if they say they'll pray for someone, do they actually do it? It's a pretty specific question asked of those who pray. Has nothing to do with ideology from how I read it.

That said, carry on.

Agreed... The issue is, some see their ideology as a personality trait, and take personal offense to any discussion or topic that doesn't fall in line with it - and feel as though they have to dispute anything to the contrary (even out of/without context). Rather than saying... "Oh, I don't pray - So I have no opinion." It's unfortunate, but ideology has nothing to do with the topic. It's also annoying af.

If there was a tread started Asking posters Specifically if they Feel Guilty for not praying.... I'd have no input because I'm not in that number, and I'm sure I wouldn't have heated debate about creationism in response... I thought it was pretty straight forward.
 
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and take personal offense to any discussion or topic
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Is the thread's OP not about an ideology? Why are you throwing a hiss over an ideology discussion on a thread about ideologies?
No, ideology really didn't enter my head when I posed the direct question. I was just curious, I guess, if people were going to say, yes, I really do, or something like maybe, It's the polite thing to say but oftentimes I don't follow through (as, admittedly, I sometimes forget to do). Kind of like when you say, How are you?, you're not meaning you want them to give you the results of your last doctor visit.

I'm happy that most are following through and I will try to be better.
 

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