First, thank you for your effort. While this is cool and exciting, creationists tend to not accept this. They will tend to use the bliblically inspired term ākindā, which does not have a clear definition. They will argue that two populations of, say, fish that have evolved (through microevolution, as they are so incredibly fond of) to not interbreed, meaning that we have speciation, still are the same kind. Or, more plainly, they are still fish, so no āmacro evolutionā have happened, as they will claim. Discussing with this breed of creationists is like nailing jello to a wall. They refuse to acknowledge that very long-term accumulation of āmicro-evolutionaryā traits can lead to something like the evolution of, say, a tiktaalik-like creature to mammals. Often, they will build a straw man from this, like this one that was presented in a creationist lecture I once attended***: āAccording to evolution, a cow will give birth to an orangutan, which will then give birth to a human. Ridiculous!ā
*** Yes, it was extremely painful to listen to this shit.
According to whom? IN MY OPINION some Zen masters are full of humbug.
IN MY OPINION any experience one has with Zen is meaningful. I admit that claiming any experience due Zen may be committing a post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy. However, I donāt believe thatās the case. MY perception is that the unique experience I had was indeed the result of solving the Zen Koan.
I was describing a personal,subjective experience which was real for me. It was not my intention to be didactic. Apologies if I came across that way. I really, truly, donāt give a flaming flying furnurkle if you believe me or not.
Thought for today:
" A thousand monks,a thousand religions" (Buddhist saying)
I donāt think anything qualifies as āemptiness,ā so lets go for āDeepity.ā Iām fairly certain it was intended as a deepity when I wrote itā¦ Weāll leave it to Ratty do deal with the Einstein reference in his delusional rat mind.
Two Christians under the same Church roof will not agree on the qualities of the god they are worshiping. (Richard Dawkins, Matt Dillahaunty, Aron Ra, Christopher Hitchens, Dan Barker, Isaac Asimov, Ruth Hurmence, Sam Harris, Seth Andrews, everyone on this site, and the rest of the atheist community. Who needs a Buddhist Koan when you have āRealityā staring you in the face? āAthousand Atheists, a thousand ways of comprehending a simple Buddhist Koan.ā
Thereās thousands of religious beliefs in the world, and many different stories of creation. Evey region of earth has their own separate beliefs, see also (Morgan Freeman The Story Of God.)
If I am understanding this correctly this time, most atheists do not believe in a god because of lack of evidence. God also can not be disproved but thereās no evidence for a god either.
I refuse to believe in something when thereās too much a lack of evidence to prove a god exists. I will admit thereās nothing to disprove it either.