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BlindMessiah
What if, all those hundreds of years of research, and studies, and conclusions, that scientists have made, were true? Let's just say, that God didn't create life, and evolution did it. Please stick with me here. And for the sake of the argument, let's assume, that the earth, is in fact, not a living organism. What kind of implications, could this have for our planet? Purely hypothetical question.
Cradle of Fish
You sound as if there's something wrong with such a naturalistic worldview.
BlindMessiah
QUOTE (Cradle of Fish @ Jan 2 2008, 10:51 PM) *
You sound as if there's something wrong with such a naturalistic worldview.


lol, no, this was just a joke. I was poking fun at the other two what if threads.
Stellar
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Let's just say, that God didn't create life, and evolution did it. Please stick with me here. And for the sake of the argument, let's assume, that the earth, is in fact, not a living organism. What kind of implications, could this have for our planet? Purely hypothetical question.


Well, it would imply that our knowledge of evolution is flawed, to start with... because evolution doesnt create life.
Lt_Ripley
well the first wouldn't change.

the second ? well the earth is 'alive' , if the core cooled and stopped the rest of the earth pretty much 'dies' .
Agent. Mulder
QUOTE (Stellar @ Jan 3 2008, 02:04 AM) *
Well, it would imply that our knowledge of evolution is flawed, to start with... because evolution doesnt create life.


yeop. just what i was gonna say. evolution comes after life.
cant really compare the two here
BlindMessiah
My mistake, by life, I meant human life. My bad.
Caesius
QUOTE (BlindMessiah @ Jan 2 2008, 03:33 PM) *
What if, all those hundreds of years of research, and studies, and conclusions, that scientists have made, were true? Let's just say, that God didn't create life, and evolution did it. Please stick with me here. And for the sake of the argument, let's assume, that the earth, is in fact, not a living organism. What kind of implications, could this have for our planet? Purely hypothetical question.

As I see it, we would have exactly the same world we have today. Nothing would change. The world may actually be exactly as your statement intends.* People will still believe their various beliefs. People do. For example, I have observed that even when scientific evidence disproves a particular belief, there are those that argue that this very evidence was put there to test their faith.

Now, if the question were what if everyone in the world believed the parameters of your What If, then I suspect we’d have far more suicides. Some require such beliefs in order for their lives to have meaning.

*I see this may have been a hypothetical in jest, but since some took your words literally, instead of simply responding to the basic intent of the premise, I decided to actually address it as though I was unaware of the previous "What If's."
MissMelsWell
You were aware that there are a vast number of christians like myself that believe in evolution more or less, right?
Cadetak
Probably the same thing that happened when they proved the earth wasn't flat.
MissMelsWell
QUOTE (Cadetak @ Jan 3 2008, 12:59 AM) *
Probably the same thing that happened when they proved the earth wasn't flat.


Precisely.
Saru
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lol, no, this was just a joke. I was poking fun at the other two what if threads.

Since there's already two "what if" threads and this one isn't intended as a serious discussion I think we can safely close it down.
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