Why Literal?

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First, I would appreciate it if you capitalized 'Bible' (it's a Holy doctrine that has been used, since the time of Christ, and unfortunately perverted by atheists).

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Oh, I am willing to bet that most "bible perversion" is done in the name of God, by other Christian sects that you don't agree with, rather than by Atheists.

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You see, since the Bible goes against evolution, there is no scientific evidence FOR evolution,

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The bible also goes against the Germ Theory of Disease and the Theory of a Heliocentric Solar System.Does this mean that, because the bible goes against these ideas, that there is no evidence that germs cause disease, that the sun is the center of our solar system?------------------
"Evolution is a 'theory', just like gravity. If you don't like it, go jump off a bridge."

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If the Bible really does go against the Germ Theory of Disease or a Heliocentric Solar System, I'll go with the Bible. I don't believe that the Bible does go against these theories, though.

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Well, the bible says that God and demons cause disease.The bible also says that God made the sun stand still in the sky.

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If Scientific American magazine came out with an article written by acclaimed wise scientits,

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It would be a start that they had good previous work, but the evidence would be what would ultimately give credence to the article, not the scientist's credentials.

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stating that they had proven that those theories were untrue, you would read it, no?

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Sure, I would read it.

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If there was any fossilization at all for evolution, I would take modern science a lot more seriously.

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You reject all fossil evidence? Please explain how the millions of fossils we have found acrually point away from the ToE. Be specific. Educade me as to the error of my thinking.

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If the theory of Evolution was based on observable, repeatable, falsifiable evidence, it could be called a scientific theory.

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It is, and it is.Please explain detailed examples of how it isn't.

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Show me an irrefutable, definite contradiction in the Bible in your next comment, and I'll show you a misconception.

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Please address my contradition that I posted in Conspirator's thread "There are no contradictions in the Bible".It concerns that discrepancies in the timing of Jesus' death between the gospels. John is different than the other three.I'll look for your reply over there.

I always thought that the myth about apricot kernels and cancer was about laetrile, not amygda-something like Boo is talking about.Here is a great site which deals with such isses from an evidence standpoint:Home Page | Quackwatch...and here is a page devoted to the apricot kernels:http://www.quackwatch.org/...atedTopics/Cancer/laetrile.html

Cancer is also much more common today because people don't die anywhere near as often as they used to of a whole bunch of other reasons, like child birth, influenza, tuberculosis, smallpox, etc.There were a lot more work-related deaths back in the day, too, before we had worker safety laws, which required protective clothing and safe equipment.

Dr. Comninellis is a medical doctor and a assistant professor of community and family medicine at the University of Minessota, Kansas City. He graduated in 1882.He doesn't seem to be an Oncologist, so I don't know why he would pretend to be an expert in cancer.Oh, and BooBoo, do you actually believe that a huge discovery like "apricot kernels prevent ALL CANCER" wouldn't earn someone the Nobel?If your assertion that all doctors everywhere are "covering up" this "incredible truth", just for the money, then why didn't they do the same thing each time another huge discovery was made which put a bunch of people out of business?