[quote user="OldCrow"]   And yes, I do take Genesis as fact. The flood explains why we have now zero live dinosaurs, but a lot of perfectly preserved bones. But that's about all I'm going to say about this. Let's not flood the Sidebar with another argument on evolution, shall we? [/quote]Now, how about those ...

[quote user="Ben L."] In the words of my professor, “Your optimizer produces correct code some of the time. Of course, the optimizer always producing a NOP for your entire program is correct some of the time, and it's a whole lot faster than what you're doing.”[/quote]Was that Dr Joe Newcomer?

[quote user="OldCrow"] [quote user="Buttembly Coder"][quote user="OldCrow"]Oh, they often have kids, ...But the kids tend to not inherit the cancer, which causes the mutation to be lost. Cancer is inherited in three generations approximately... never.[/quote] Congratulations, you're close to figuring out how ...

[quote user="OldCrow"] [quote user="Buttembly Coder"][quote user="OldCrow"]Cancer's a good example against evolution in that it doesn't actually go into the gene pool, unless it happens to your sperm.[/quote] I forgot about that part where cancer always kills people before they have kids. Cancer can and does ...

[quote user="OldCrow"] [quote user="Zecc"] [quote user="OldCrow"]Also, there is no such thing as "random mutation" when a new individual's DNA is born. There is randomness involved, yes; which genes the child gets from the sum of its parents is random. But no actual mutation or creation of totally new ...

[quote user="OldCrow"] Or in short, according to DNA family trees, fly + cat = duck. And we know that that is unlikely. So, on further investigation of the presumed DNA developments, also presuming that evolution did happen, there are two options left. First is a super-creature, from which all other species have come through ...

[quote user="OldCrow"]  [quote user="alegr"] What's your understanding fo "soul"? [/quote] I suppose you could call it consciousness. But what else is included, I'm afraid I can not give a sufficient answer for this. [/quote]What is a minimum amount of conciousness to have a soul? If you don't ...

[quote user="OldCrow"]But it is your soul that goes to judgement, not your body.[/quote] What's your understanding fo "soul"?  [quote user="OldCrow"] I'll throw a counter-question here. If humans were the result of evolution, why have such a thing a conscience? It serves evolutionarily no purpose ...

[quote user="OldCrow"]The logic's there too, if you actually bother to read the Bible. Few do. We usually call them "christians".[/quote]What's the best way to make a person a non-believer? Have him read the whole Old Testament and New Testament. To see the atrocities and depravities described there done in the ...

[quote user="OldCrow"]And for those who go to Heaven, I presume there is the joy of... well, at least of finally getting to know why this world was made. [/quote] I've always been curious: does your soul go to Heaven  as your conscience with all memories, to enjoy eternal life? What if you got Alzheimer? Then you spend the ...