05.09.08

Mercury Madness

Posted in News, Rants at 6:11 pm by alby

A couple of great things in the local paper today.

First was a comment on their website about their story of a huge new shopping centre opening in Leicester yeterday.

The Highcroft shopping centre is all I have ever dreamed of. The credit crunch is resigned to history with the opening of what will surely put Leicester along side London, New York, Paris & Bangor in the world of fashion. My only disappointment is that Leicester’s greatest ever celebrity, Mr Willie Thorne, was not there to conduct the opening…shame on you Highcroft.

Marvellous.  I thought at first it was a proper comment; then I got to “Bangor”.

The next bit was a letter printed in it today.

It was about the “Creationism vs evolution” “debate”.

Some choice picks:

In Psalms 14 and 53 God says: “The fool has said in his heart, there is no God.”

Ah so that’s the not at all circular logic ploy.  “The book that says there’s a god, says there’s a god therefore there is a god”.

I prepared the ingredient for a cake. There was a big bang and, hey presto! the ingredients came together, and lo and behold, there was a cake! Really?

Well then, if a small thing like a cake or a wristwatch need a maker, then surely the massive universe with all its minute details must have a designer and a maker more powerful and mightier than mere man. It is far easier to believe in a super-human God, than to believe the made-up tales that evolutionists teach.

Argument from ignorance.  “I can’t understand this therefore I don’t believe it.”

Incidentally, did you know that on his death-bed Darwin became a Christian; denounced his theory; and regretted that he had ever written it? So why do people cling on to it when he himself said it was all a mistake.

This is just not true.  It’s an oft repeated story but apparently his daughter was at his bedside when he died and she later stated that he did no such thing.  So there’s an argument from fallacy.

I’m sure this guy’s god will be very pleased that he has managed to not only fail to understand a damn thing about the topic but that he has also broken one of the god’s own 10 commandments (Do not bear false witness).  I seem to remember the commandments being quite important for believers to follow.  Nicely done that idiot.

Oh but look, his piece de resistance:

I am not a religious person, but I am a Christian. Religions are man-made, but Christianity is a God-given gift through Jesus Christ’s sacrifice on the cross.

I love that he’s not religious but still can’t see the irony in the rest of his sentence here.  Imbecile or weirdo?

Have fun.

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