Why?

I was scanning the blogosphere, trying to find some interesting material when I read SolidFoundations blog. In it he challenges anyone to debate him on evolution. I am pasting the most recent post I placed on his blog.

Why is it Creationists always feel the need to debate evolution? Evolution never says a god does not exist, yet they persist as if it does. Anyway, here is a debate I have been having with a person who believes such a way.

Solid . . . your SuperEgo speaks again.

Your offer intrigued me. Debate the origins of life, opening your mind to the outside world. Mind you . . . you invited me into your blog and your life.
You still think that it is either God or evolution, it cannot be both. You did not catch my main point, but I digress.

1) I brought up the swine flu to show how a normal human flu gene can evolve into a completely different virus. The swine flu did not just come into being; it evolved over a period of 60 years. This is due to viruses having a faster evolutionary scale than humans or other animals. Point being, it evolved into something totally different, hence evolution.
Secondly, you want to make a jump from chimpanzee to man; the “missing link” as you put it. There is no “missing link,” but a record of fossils that show the story. Through Carbon dating, yes I know that word Carbon again, scientists calculate the age of the fossils.

As scientists find more fossils to add to the record, the “missing link” argument becomes more of a falsehood held onto by the creationist movement. To this your SuperEgo warns you: Do not fill in the holes of Science with God because as those holes are answered, God becomes smaller.

2) Although there are theories that there could be silicon based life forms on other planets, I am arguing from the scientific facts. Facts tend to have a liberal bias. *Smiles* When I was debating you I thought you were a thoughtful man yearning for an honest debate on creationism vs. evolution; but now, I can see I am wrong. When all life on this planet is Carbon based, you bring up an inanimate object that happens to be Carbon coming to life. Need I say more? When you have a true argument I will follow suit, but please don’t belittle me with childish hogwash.

3) You are beginning to see the light on this one. Darwin’s faith is his own, as is everybody’s. Notice I have never once ridiculed your faith of God. To say that Darwin’s point is invalid because later in life he became agnostic is pointless. Being agnostic takes nothing away from his findings. Remember that Darwin discovered evolution in the 1800s. There have been over 160 years of research and fossil records discovered to support the main point of evolution.

4) Homosexuality. For homosexuality to be passed out of the gene pool through extinction, it would first have to be a gene. I did state this previously. I said that it is the chemical makeup of the brain that determines the sexual orientation of the living organism. I am going to add a link to a video you should watch from CNN.
Link: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/05/18/dnt.ne.transgender.kid.ketv
Notice that the child was born a biological male, but has the chemical makeup of a female. This does happen within the minority of all species. It is not genetically passed down.

5) I eagerly await your reply to my main question. I too know the whole argument about the “limitations of the human mind.” This argument is a paradox. Religions teach this argument all over the world as a last resort when all others fail. For example, debate a Mormon at length. When you demolish all of their arguments as to the existence of Maroni and the planet Kolab they say, “Well I feel the conviction in my heart; that is how I know I am right.” How am I supposed to logically argue with that? The same is true with the “limitations of the human mind.”

My main point is that religion is less about science than it is about faith. Faith is a fruit of the spirit and is not to be confused with fact. The world, what you see, what you touch, what we can prove is fact. The theory that an invisible god watches us from above is faith. No matter how much you think I am wrong about this, the fact will always remain until the supposed second coming.

Please come back with grown up arguments next time.
-SuperEgo

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Ego: Psychoanalysis in Freudian psychology, one of three main divisions of the mind, containing consciousness and memory and involved with control, planning, and conforming to reality.

Super Ego: According to Freudian theory, the part of the mind that acts as a conscience to the ego, developing moral standards and rules through contact with parents and society.