Stories are still stories, no matter what fool spews them. We are born, we die and nothing comes of us. What use is there in life? Helping others is a waste of time, and yet so is self-satisfaction. In the end, there is nothing. Pitiful creatures we. We eat the fruit of the dirt until, at our last breath, we slump into it again.
ALTHOUGH I'M A CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN (Baptist), I no longer believe that the Bible teaches eternal torment or suffering. The Bible teaches eternal punishment, but it's not eternal torment. In my popular Internet article, TRADITIONAL DOCTRINE OF HELL EVOLVED FROM GREEK ROOTS, I explain how and why teaching of eternal torment entered early into Christianity and how Scriptures have been misinterpreted and taken out of context to support that teaching. ~Babu G. Ranganathan (B.A. theology/biology
SCIENCE SHOWS THAT THE UNIVERSE, because of entropy, could not have sustained itself eternally. Einstein confirmed that space, matter, and time had a beginning! That beginning had to be supernatural because natural laws have no ability to bring the universe into existence from nothing. The supernatural cannot be proved by science but science points to a supernatural intelligence for the origin and order of the universe ~ HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM (Article)
NATURAL LIMITS TO EVOLUTION: Only evolution within "kinds" is genetically possible (i.e. varieties of dogs, cats, etc.), but not evolution across "kinds" (i.e. from worm to human). How were species living, reproducing if their reproductive system, vital structures, and organs hadn't evolved yet? Read my Pravda Internet article: WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS! I discuss: Punctuated Equilibrium, "Junk DNA," genetics, mutations, natural selection, fossils, genetic/biological similarities between species.
BLIND WATCHMAKER NO ARGUMENT. Natural selection is no "blind watchmaker" because it can only "select" from traits having survival value. It doesn't produce those traits. It only operates once there is life and reproduction, not before, so it couldn't be involved in life's origins. A partially-evolved cell (an oxymoron) would quickly disintegrate. It couldn't wait ("survive") millions of years for chance to complete it and then make it living! Read: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
DAWKINS, HITCHENS, AND HAWKING REFUSE TO DEBATE with creationists who are SCIENTISTS, such as the scientists at The Institute for Creation (ICR) Research. Dawkins and his friends only debate non-scientist creationists. ICR scientists have written excellent articles on "Vestigial" Structures, Fossils, Genetics, Mutations, "Junk DNA," Natural Selection, Age of The Earth, Dinosaurs and The Bible, etc., etc. Just peruse their articles archive.
DEBATE IS NOT OVER. In Darwin's time not enough science was known to refute macro-evolution. There was no understanding of genetics. Darwin thought the cell was just a simple glob. No one knew about DNA, RNA, proteins. Modern evolutionists now know, but the theory is entrenched as gospel and a lot of personal motives are at stake as well. Just saying that something evolved doesn't make it so! Schools should present both sides! Read my article WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS!
APES ARE QUITE COMFORTABLE IN HOW THEY WALK, just as humans are quite comfortable in how they walk. Even a slight change in the position of a muscle or bone, for either, would be excruciatingly painful and would not be an advantage for survival. There's no hard evidence that humans evolved from an ape-like creature anymore than there's hard evidence that apes evolved from a four-legged dog-like creature. Read Internet article: MISSING LINKS THAT NEVER WERE.
ALL REAL EVOLUTION ( i.e. varieties of dogs, cats, etc.) is the expression, over time, of already existing genes. Evolution is possible only if there’s information (genes) directing it. Only variations of already existing genes are possible, which means only limited evolution and adaptations are possible. Nature can only work with the "cards" it has. Nature is not a genetic engineer! It can't invent new genes. That’s evolutionary faith, not science. Read my article, WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS!
GENETIC INFORMATION DOESN'T HAPPEN BY CHANCE, so it's more logical to believe that genetic similarities between all forms of life are due to a common Designer who designed similar functions for similar purposes. It doesn't mean all forms of life are biologically related! "Junk DNA" isn't junk. These non-coding segments of DNA have recently been found to be vital in regulating gene expression. Read: WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS!
@Bobathefish dawins story? evolution is fact. it is not a story. it has no value's to moral behaviour. while i agree that misusing of the biblocal stories is not a argument against the stories but then again the stories truely are afwull stories. in what way is the story of noah's ark or the genoicides good?
I'm not sure if they misused Darwin's "story" of survival of the fittest or if they misused the Bible and that it's normal for the Jews to be considered as traitors, after all they did betray Jesus... however, one thing is for sure: million's of people died and Hitler did it with the Pope's blessing, not with Darwin's blessing. As a matter of fact, Hitler had banned atheism and any Darwinian writings. BTW, how does a scientific observation prompt you to go genocidal?
Interesting that the story is more about 'the creation of love'. This is not something the bible actually talks about (as far as I remember, it's been a while for me :) ).
Het zijn beide "scheppingsverhalen", zegt u, terwijl ze beide in een totaal andere traditie staan, en bovendien de tekstimmanente intentie radicaal verschilt: Genesis beschrijft autoriaal hoe een god de aarde en de mens schept, Aristofanes verhaalt dronken over menselijk liefdesverlangen; de mens en zijn driegeslachtelijke natuur bestaat bij A. al.
En literatuur geen "wetenschap"? Geen natuurwetenschap, wel geesteswetenschap. Literatuur en fantasie zijn zo "echt" als uw hand.
@leidenaar123 Ik stel dat ook het verhaal uit Genesis fantasie is. Wie weet hoe dat verhaal ooit verzonnen is. Misschien ook wel tijdens een diner tussen vrienden, die een metafoorrijk verhaal ging vertellen. Overigens is het Bijbelse scheppingsverhaal een ratjetoe van allerhande scheppingsverhalen die in die tijd ook door andere religies werden aangehangen. Dus Genesis is al een creatieve spin off van andere vertelsels. Daarmee doet het in wezen dus niets af aan enig ander vertelsel.
1. Het Genesisverhaal afzetten tegen het Symposion is problematisch, zoniet raar: appels en niet eens meer peren, eerder appels en auto's: het zijn echt totaal, maar dan ook totáál, andere tekstsoorten.
2. Plato laat een fictieve gast een dronken vermakelijk gesprek voeren, waarvan de inhoud, los van de context van het hele werkje, evenzeer homo- of vrouw-onvriendelijk geïnterpreteerd worden kan.
1. Problematisch voor wie? Boris maakt duidelijk, dat het inderdaad een heel ander soort teksten zijn. Het verhaal van Plato sluit veel beter aan bij de moderne moraal, ondanks de ouderdom.
2. Ik ken het verhaal, en ik zou niet weten hoe ik het als homo- of vrouwonvriendelijk zou moeten interpreteren.... leg eens uit?
3. Waarom? Een vertaling is een vertaling. Als Koolschijn iets belangrijks toe zou voegen, zou het een onbetrouwbare vertaler zijn.
1 Beste Leidenaar123, dit is een column, dus is het de bedoeling dat je een stelling betrekt. Natuurlijk is dit verhaal op een andere wijze ontstaan dan Genesis. Maar dat geldt voor zoveel 'verhalen' over de schepping. Mijn punt is: zowel Genesis als het verhaal uit Symposium zijn 'verhalen', niet echt. Beiden zijn niet wetenschappelijk juist, maar kunnen wel als metafoor dienen.
@Withamask Well, the vlog is about the power of stories.. And the fact that in the Plato story Gods are mentioned shouldn't be a problem. They are just figures in the made-up story.
Hmm, you diqualify everyone who attachs value to (parts of) the story of Adam, Eve and creationism and talk (instead of that story) about another nice story with (I do agree) nice values. In what way do you call this better? Because of the interpretation? Again, the story which you tell about has good values. But these are other values. Don't set the whole story aside because of a doubtful clarificition. You can do better than that. :)
@krisspel Well, the Plato story is nice because it more inclusive than the adam and eve story. But the vlog is also about the fact that alternative, old stories can be nice too.
Stories are still stories, no matter what fool spews them. We are born, we die and nothing comes of us. What use is there in life? Helping others is a waste of time, and yet so is self-satisfaction. In the end, there is nothing. Pitiful creatures we. We eat the fruit of the dirt until, at our last breath, we slump into it again.
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ALTHOUGH I'M A CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN (Baptist), I no longer believe that the Bible teaches eternal torment or suffering. The Bible teaches eternal punishment, but it's not eternal torment. In my popular Internet article, TRADITIONAL DOCTRINE OF HELL EVOLVED FROM GREEK ROOTS, I explain how and why teaching of eternal torment entered early into Christianity and how Scriptures have been misinterpreted and taken out of context to support that teaching. ~Babu G. Ranganathan (B.A. theology/biology
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SCIENCE SHOWS THAT THE UNIVERSE, because of entropy, could not have sustained itself eternally. Einstein confirmed that space, matter, and time had a beginning! That beginning had to be supernatural because natural laws have no ability to bring the universe into existence from nothing. The supernatural cannot be proved by science but science points to a supernatural intelligence for the origin and order of the universe ~ HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM (Article)
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NATURAL LIMITS TO EVOLUTION: Only evolution within "kinds" is genetically possible (i.e. varieties of dogs, cats, etc.), but not evolution across "kinds" (i.e. from worm to human). How were species living, reproducing if their reproductive system, vital structures, and organs hadn't evolved yet? Read my Pravda Internet article: WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS! I discuss: Punctuated Equilibrium, "Junk DNA," genetics, mutations, natural selection, fossils, genetic/biological similarities between species.
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BLIND WATCHMAKER NO ARGUMENT. Natural selection is no "blind watchmaker" because it can only "select" from traits having survival value. It doesn't produce those traits. It only operates once there is life and reproduction, not before, so it couldn't be involved in life's origins. A partially-evolved cell (an oxymoron) would quickly disintegrate. It couldn't wait ("survive") millions of years for chance to complete it and then make it living! Read: HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM
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DAWKINS, HITCHENS, AND HAWKING REFUSE TO DEBATE with creationists who are SCIENTISTS, such as the scientists at The Institute for Creation (ICR) Research. Dawkins and his friends only debate non-scientist creationists. ICR scientists have written excellent articles on "Vestigial" Structures, Fossils, Genetics, Mutations, "Junk DNA," Natural Selection, Age of The Earth, Dinosaurs and The Bible, etc., etc. Just peruse their articles archive.
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DEBATE IS NOT OVER. In Darwin's time not enough science was known to refute macro-evolution. There was no understanding of genetics. Darwin thought the cell was just a simple glob. No one knew about DNA, RNA, proteins. Modern evolutionists now know, but the theory is entrenched as gospel and a lot of personal motives are at stake as well. Just saying that something evolved doesn't make it so! Schools should present both sides! Read my article WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS!
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APES ARE QUITE COMFORTABLE IN HOW THEY WALK, just as humans are quite comfortable in how they walk. Even a slight change in the position of a muscle or bone, for either, would be excruciatingly painful and would not be an advantage for survival. There's no hard evidence that humans evolved from an ape-like creature anymore than there's hard evidence that apes evolved from a four-legged dog-like creature. Read Internet article: MISSING LINKS THAT NEVER WERE.
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ALL REAL EVOLUTION ( i.e. varieties of dogs, cats, etc.) is the expression, over time, of already existing genes. Evolution is possible only if there’s information (genes) directing it. Only variations of already existing genes are possible, which means only limited evolution and adaptations are possible. Nature can only work with the "cards" it has. Nature is not a genetic engineer! It can't invent new genes. That’s evolutionary faith, not science. Read my article, WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS!
Mogley52 6 months ago
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GENETIC INFORMATION DOESN'T HAPPEN BY CHANCE, so it's more logical to believe that genetic similarities between all forms of life are due to a common Designer who designed similar functions for similar purposes. It doesn't mean all forms of life are biologically related! "Junk DNA" isn't junk. These non-coding segments of DNA have recently been found to be vital in regulating gene expression. Read: WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS!
Mogley52 6 months ago
How silly to say that because someone has misused the Biblical story of creation, its values are not good...
Did the nazis misuse Darwin´s story of survival of the fittest and that it is normal for the weak to die?
Bobathefish 11 months ago
@Bobathefish dawins story? evolution is fact. it is not a story. it has no value's to moral behaviour. while i agree that misusing of the biblocal stories is not a argument against the stories but then again the stories truely are afwull stories. in what way is the story of noah's ark or the genoicides good?
primeyuri 8 months ago
@Bobathefish
I'm not sure if they misused Darwin's "story" of survival of the fittest or if they misused the Bible and that it's normal for the Jews to be considered as traitors, after all they did betray Jesus... however, one thing is for sure: million's of people died and Hitler did it with the Pope's blessing, not with Darwin's blessing. As a matter of fact, Hitler had banned atheism and any Darwinian writings. BTW, how does a scientific observation prompt you to go genocidal?
ozpowermo 6 months ago
Interesting that the story is more about 'the creation of love'. This is not something the bible actually talks about (as far as I remember, it's been a while for me :) ).
wjvanzeist 1 year ago
Jim Jefferies: "The bible should be one page of paper and on that paper it should say: Try not to be a cunt."
scienide77 1 year ago
@scienide77 ;-)
Borisvdham 1 year ago
@scienide77 he fears bananas, like us atheists!
BrendanIsCool 11 months ago
Het zijn beide "scheppingsverhalen", zegt u, terwijl ze beide in een totaal andere traditie staan, en bovendien de tekstimmanente intentie radicaal verschilt: Genesis beschrijft autoriaal hoe een god de aarde en de mens schept, Aristofanes verhaalt dronken over menselijk liefdesverlangen; de mens en zijn driegeslachtelijke natuur bestaat bij A. al.
En literatuur geen "wetenschap"? Geen natuurwetenschap, wel geesteswetenschap. Literatuur en fantasie zijn zo "echt" als uw hand.
leidenaar123 1 year ago
@leidenaar123 Ik stel dat ook het verhaal uit Genesis fantasie is. Wie weet hoe dat verhaal ooit verzonnen is. Misschien ook wel tijdens een diner tussen vrienden, die een metafoorrijk verhaal ging vertellen. Overigens is het Bijbelse scheppingsverhaal een ratjetoe van allerhande scheppingsverhalen die in die tijd ook door andere religies werden aangehangen. Dus Genesis is al een creatieve spin off van andere vertelsels. Daarmee doet het in wezen dus niets af aan enig ander vertelsel.
Borisvdham 1 year ago
Geachte heer van der Ham,
1. Het Genesisverhaal afzetten tegen het Symposion is problematisch, zoniet raar: appels en niet eens meer peren, eerder appels en auto's: het zijn echt totaal, maar dan ook totáál, andere tekstsoorten.
2. Plato laat een fictieve gast een dronken vermakelijk gesprek voeren, waarvan de inhoud, los van de context van het hele werkje, evenzeer homo- of vrouw-onvriendelijk geïnterpreteerd worden kan.
3. Lees de Nederlandse vertaling van Koolschijn.
Groet, EvB
leidenaar123 1 year ago
@leidenaar123
1. Problematisch voor wie? Boris maakt duidelijk, dat het inderdaad een heel ander soort teksten zijn. Het verhaal van Plato sluit veel beter aan bij de moderne moraal, ondanks de ouderdom.
2. Ik ken het verhaal, en ik zou niet weten hoe ik het als homo- of vrouwonvriendelijk zou moeten interpreteren.... leg eens uit?
3. Waarom? Een vertaling is een vertaling. Als Koolschijn iets belangrijks toe zou voegen, zou het een onbetrouwbare vertaler zijn.
henkvanderlaak 1 year ago
@leidenaar123
1 Beste Leidenaar123, dit is een column, dus is het de bedoeling dat je een stelling betrekt. Natuurlijk is dit verhaal op een andere wijze ontstaan dan Genesis. Maar dat geldt voor zoveel 'verhalen' over de schepping. Mijn punt is: zowel Genesis als het verhaal uit Symposium zijn 'verhalen', niet echt. Beiden zijn niet wetenschappelijk juist, maar kunnen wel als metafoor dienen.
2 Deze Aristofanes is idd gast op een feest.
3 Heb ik gedaan
Borisvdham 1 year ago
god en liefde gaan niet samen.god,moord en kindermisbruik wel.god and love dont go together.god,murder and child abuse go perfectly together amen
starfishinspace 1 year ago
zeg boris from the ham lul is gewoon nederlands
starfishinspace 1 year ago
@starfishinspace Yes that knocks (dat klopt)
Borisvdham 1 year ago
kakaccent
wesleyis16 1 year ago
"An Atheist Story on Creation and Love"
Too bad the larger part of the vlog was about gods/religion :/
Withamask 1 year ago
@Withamask Well, the vlog is about the power of stories.. And the fact that in the Plato story Gods are mentioned shouldn't be a problem. They are just figures in the made-up story.
Borisvdham 1 year ago
Hmm, you diqualify everyone who attachs value to (parts of) the story of Adam, Eve and creationism and talk (instead of that story) about another nice story with (I do agree) nice values. In what way do you call this better? Because of the interpretation? Again, the story which you tell about has good values. But these are other values. Don't set the whole story aside because of a doubtful clarificition. You can do better than that. :)
krisspel 1 year ago
@krisspel Well, the Plato story is nice because it more inclusive than the adam and eve story. But the vlog is also about the fact that alternative, old stories can be nice too.
Borisvdham 1 year ago
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krisspel 1 year ago
Kudos!
nyBrit 1 year ago
@nyBrit well, thanx!
Borisvdham 1 year ago
Great story, once again!
nickvanruiven 1 year ago 7
@nickvanruiven Thanx!
Borisvdham 1 year ago