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2 hours ago, TreeBeard said:
Scientifically, it has shown to be a fact. If your definition of false is that it contradicts the bible, then I guess it would be false. But that’s not how science works.
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How Persuasive is Evolution from a scientific perspective ?
Science deals with measurements and observations. Mendleev made the famous remark “science begins with measurement”. Einstein made the even more famous remark “What can be measured is science, everything else is speculation”. What measurements support the theory of evolution?
None.
None, that is, as long as one is thinking in terms of evolution as it is sold to the public. The idea that life progresses from simple to complex, from molecules to man. The idea that new organs and structures appear because “good” mutations generate new information in the DNA. The idea embodied in Julian Huxley’s definition of evolution:
“…a directional and essentially irreversible process occurring in time, which in its course gives rise to an increase of variety and an increasingly high level of organisation in its products”.
Has any scientist ever observed any such increase of variety or increase in organisation happening?
No.
On the contrary, observation shows that if structural changes occur they are changes for the worse - loss of function, damage - never advance or improvement. Many thousands of mutations have been observed. Not one has ever led to the kind of progress that evolution demands. The evolutionary texts in desperation point to one mutation which they claim to be “good” - a mutation which damages the blood and causes a disease called sickle cell anaemia. This is a serious, debilitating disease, so how can it be held up as a “good” mutation. The fact is that the blood cells are so damaged that a parasite called Plasmodium cannot live and multiply in them. Plasmodium causes malaria, so if you have sickle cell anaemia you are unlikely to die of malaria (though more likely to die of almost any other disease!). A better description would be a harmful mutation with one good side effect if you happen to live in a malarial region.
In order to get over this difficulty evolution has to be redefined (though the public is not told about this!). The definitions used today by evolutionists have to be very carefully phrased and utterly lame. Take for example that of Chris Colby in “An Introduction to Evolutionary Biology”: Unquote
Part of an article by Professor Philip Stott. For the whole article go to:
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2 minutes ago, West said:
Are you a tyrant in the open?
No, I find you to be a supporter of anarchists, insurgents/ criminality.
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2 minutes ago, West said:
Canadians sing O Canada as Trudeau's browshirts try and posture.
Are you a far right anarchist in hiding?
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1 hour ago, bush_cheney2004 said:
False...it is the direct and equivalent successor to the War Measures Act. It is martial law by any other name, including banking transactions.
It is also funded by Canadians, who also fund partisan things in the U.S. (e.g. lobbyists).
The government has found links between people arrested in Coutts, Alberta with firearm offences /criminality and protesters in Ottawa. They share the same ideology and extremism.
The Emergency Measures Act is the best way to deal with anarchists / criminals. Thirteen people have been arrested at Coutts Alberta and four are charged with conspiracy to commit murder. The Act also gives power to prohibit blockades of critical infrastructure such as border crossings, bridges, airports, etc. which would be targeted by insurrectionists/ anarchists.
A security expert says there are far right anarchists around which the government has to be prepared to deal with. How did Canada get to this situation?
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1 hour ago, bush_cheney2004 said:
False...it is the direct and equivalent successor to the War Measures Act. It is martial law by any other name, including banking transactions.
It is also funded by Canadians, who also fund partisan things in the U.S. (e.g. lobbyists).
The convoy donated money is funding illegal activities like blockading borders, illegal occupation of Ottawa, and all the illegal harassment, noise, and stopping people from going to work or do their jobs.
No it is not the same as the War Measures Act. It is used for specific actions to stop illegal acts, enable powers to force tow trucks to tow vehicles, etc. It also is different than the War Measures Act in that it has built in accountability to Parliament and must be approved by Parliament.
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2 hours ago, Dougie93 said:
you're a Christian ?
nice to have you here, brother
in His ministry together
God has nothing to do with law-breakers, anarchists and criminals. He opposes them. You can't claim to be on God's side and support anarchy, sedition against the government and law-breaking.
" 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain." Romans 13: 3, 4 KJV
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26 minutes ago, bush_cheney2004 said:
Trump never "cleared the streets" for the entire nation. If you are comfortable with what Trudeau has done here, that's fine. But other Canadians will rightfully disagree...or is that not allowed anymore either ?
Canadian or American...the larger issue is plain to see...or ignored by partisan folks. Martial law use to be for Haiti...not Canada.
The Emergency Act is not the War Measures Act and there is no Army being sent in. The Emergency act is not being applied everywhere. You are spreading false information in claiming it is to clear the streets "everywhere". It is not. It is only being applied where there are illegal acts, such as the occupation of Ottawa, the capital city, because it is an insurrection, an attempt by a far right group to overthrow the government and set up an unelected dictatorship. It is 60% funded by far right radicals in other countries, mainly in the U.S. The act gives the police and authorities more tools to effectively deal with the anarchy and occupation as well as stop the flow of money to fund it.
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Just now, Yzermandius19 said:
listen to Jagmeet Singh, listen to the tyrannical government
obvious troll is obvious
So says an admitted anarchist.
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8 minutes ago, West said:
You use strong language which doesn't exactly reflect what's actually going on.
Nice try
If you don't believe me, listen to the media, listen to Jagmeet Singh, the leader of the NDP, listen to what the government is saying. Singh says this is clearly an insurrection. Their clearly stated goal is to have an unelected group replace the democratically-elected government. They are using harassment of citizens, attacking workers, attacking people and using children as shields.
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3 minutes ago, West said:
Who's revolting???
By continuing to occupy Ottawa they are continuing to break the laws and the emergency act. This is illegal and a revolt against the authorities and government.
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28 minutes ago, West said:
@Moonbox
Do you expect us to take you guys seriously with a comment like this?
An insurrection? ?
insurrection: [noun] an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government.
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Police are just now distributing warnings to the protesters.
RCMP will be giving a news conference soon.
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This is an attempted insurrection. You and a number of others on here appear to be supporting it. Most of the protesters don't even know themselves they are being used by a hard core of highly organized insurrectionists trying to over throw the Parliamentary system and government. They and you are being used. This was all sold as just a peaceful protest for freedom. That is not what it is at all.
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Website owner, Why are you accessing my pasteboard?
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Just now, myata said:
Whatever pipe dream you're watching it's wrong and poisonous. Not going to suggest weaning off as you appear to be hopelessly addicted, sorry. But it's plainly false, deceitful and wrong.
You are being used and totally deceived. You are actually supporting criminals. Definitely an attempted takeover of government.
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2 minutes ago, Dougie93 said:
you are just too afraid to stand up to the tyrant
so you are making up excuses as to why you shouldn't
everybody knows, including you
Careful bud. This is an attempted insurrection. You and a number of others on here appear to be supporting it which may be accessories to crime. Most of the protesters don't even know themselves they are being used by a hard core of highly organized insurrectionists trying to over throw the Parliamentary system and government. They are being used. The people on here are also being used by them. They was all sold as just a peaceful protest for freedom. That is not what it is at all.
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2 hours ago, West said:
Throwing around nonsense doesn't make you any more credible.
You think this is just a peaceful protest? The truth has been coming out. This is run by a highly organized movement intent on overthrowing the democratically-elected government and Parliamentary system. CTV just reported this again. Wake up goof.
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2 hours ago, myata said:
Let's have an international quiz: a government invokes emergency powers in response to a peaceful protest of citizens. Which country is it?
a) China b) Russia c) Iran d) North Korea e) None of the above
Why, seriously? Worth trying!
No bud. You are badly deceived. Many of the players in it think they are just peaceful protesters but they are being used by a small group of conspirators. This is an attempted insurrection driven by foreign money from the far right in the U.S.
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It never ceases to amaze me how naive many people are on here. People's hate for Trudeau and the health restrictions has blinded them to the fact that Canada is under seige by a mob including seditionists who want to overthrow our democratic system. Arrests have already been made of people for conspiracy to commit murder. We still don't know what the authorities may encounter in removing the illegal Ottawa blockade-occupation.
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10 minutes ago, Yzermandius19 said:
no need to go anywhere to find out what it's like
we have one right here
you in fact support many of the tyrannical measures used in China also being used in Canada
you only seem to notice the tyranny when China does it though
somehow when Canada does it, you claim it's not tyrannical
The so-called "freedom convoy" is nothing other than an attempt by a far right seditionist mob run out of the U.S. by Trumpsters to overthrow our Parliamentary system and duly elected minority government. RCMP, CSIS, and the government have been fully informed of this. About 60% of the funding has come from U.S. far right sources. Guns, ammo has been seized in Coutts and at least a dozen people arrested. Four have been arrested and will be charged or are charged with conspiracy to commit murder. Wake up!
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4 hours ago, Infidel Dog said:
In answer to what appears to be the query of this this thread though...
The ultimate objective of the nascent tyrant is, of course, totalitarian rule.
So they create a problem with authoritarian undemocratic edicts then when there's enough of a stink they offer a solution.
It's what they do.
Nonsense. Ever heard we have a Parliamentary system with an elected minority government?
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The imposition of the act has been an obvious necessity for the past 2-1/2 weeks as the occupation of a city became an uncontrollable disaster.
The declared attempt to overthrow our democratic system and occupation of the capital city should be an obvious reason to anyone paying attention.
This has been well-publicized in the media during this whole time. Nobody can say they don't understand it if they have been watching the news.
Secondly, this will be debated thoroughly in Parliament as the government is required to bring it into Parliament for approval within seven days. So this will give ample opportunity for everyone to understand the implementation of this act.
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10 hours ago, Moonbox said:
I'm not sure of the logistical situation for Ottawa or Windsor police. If they didn't have the resources to to enforce the law, they should have been provided with them by the provincial or federal governments. If they did have them (which it doesn't sound like) then I think we can blame poor policing.
What I'd really like is a proper explanation on why THIS protest is worth of the Emergencies Act when we didn't need it for that one:
There are a number of reasons why the act is necessary. But there is no need to for the government to give a detailed explanation, although they did issue a brief explanation. The reasons have been on the media constantly since the protest convoy started three weeks ago. It will also be debated thoroughly in Parliament as is required within seven days of enactment.
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4 hours ago, Dougie93 said:
the debt is not the only problem, combined debt in Canada is massive
now the pandemic has destroyed vast sectors of the the economy
particularly small businesses which provide most of the jobs
and now on top of that, Trudeau has imposed a tyrannical dictatorship
which undermines the currency and Trudeau is seizing control of money & assets which causes money to flee
so Canada really is a banana republic basket case
so a catastrophe even greater than Covid is coming
There is no "tyrannical dictatorship". You are full of it. Go to Russia, China, or Iran if you want to find out what a dictatorship is.
Is the world polluting the minds of young people with a false narrative of the origin and meaning of life?
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Posted · Edited by blackbird
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“Evolution is a change in the gene pool of a population over time. A gene is a hereditary unit that can be passed on unaltered for many generations. The gene pool is the set of all genes in a species or population”.
Note that it says nothing about progress or development, just change. So damage to a gene is now evolution (it gives a change in a gene pool) so it is possible to claim that this lame kind of “evolution” has been observed because both degeneration and change without increase of complexity have been observed. Also, note that this definition does not allow for the origin of life, since there is no gene pool without a living population to start with. The lame definitions of today’s professional evolutionists cause confusion and enable them to hide behind a smoke-screen whenever it suits them. In what follows the term “evolution” is used, not in this weak, emasculated, lame form, but with the normal meaning as used in the media, all school text-books and most university text-books.
Not all professional biologists are up to the sleight of hand that the leaders of the theory have come to adopt. Colbe notes:
“very few people - the majority of biologists included - have a satisfactory grasp of it … People who have a general interest in science are likely to dismiss evolution as a soft science after absorbing the pop science nonsense that abounds. The impression of it being a soft science is reinforced when biologists in unrelated fields speculate publicly about evolution.”
So here we have one evolutionary biologist calling the statements of other evolutionary biologists “nonsense” and dismissing their pronouncements as mere speculation. I certainly agree with him on that, but wonder on what grounds he exempts himself from the same criticism! A point that needs to be noted is that professional biologists know perfectly well that the evolution stories being told to the public - and found in most college textbooks - are totally untenable. I challenged one such scientist, Dr. Joel Duff, on this after a meeting in Chicago. His response was that they could not tell the public the truth (i.e. the current theory believed by the majority of “experts” at the present moment) about evolution - the public would not understand and would be confused.
Now it is certainly true that variation is observed in species. In practically any population there are different variants of some genes (called alleles), and different combinations of them occur at each mating. Also changing the arrangement of genes on the chromosome causes differences in such features as colour of hair and eyes, length of feathers and size of ears. Considerable rearrangement occurs at each mating. But such variation is not the kind needed for evolution, evolution does not call for a range of possible size of feathers, length of ears or colour of eyes, it requires the appearance of feathers, ears and eyes in the first place by chance mutations. It does not call for the rearrangement of existing information, it calls for the accidental generation of information - extremely complex information! No such event has ever been observed. Even observed resistance to poisons, often cited as evidence for evolution, seems to be produced by duplicating existing genes, not producing new ones by random chance events.
On the first requirement of science for a theory or hypothesis - measurement - any meaningful formulation of evolution fails.
To be taken seriously any theory of science must make serious predictions, and those predictions must be borne out in practice. Darwin made serious predictions about his theory. One of the most important was this:
“ … the number of intermediate and transitional links, between all living and extinct species, must have been inconceivably great. But assuredly, if this theory be true, such have lived upon this earth.”
He predicted that they would be found in the fossil record.
No such intermediate and transitional links have been found. Unquote
Creation, Evolution, Christian / Philip Stott | Evolution | Scripture & Science | Reformation International College
As you can see, the whole theory of evolution which is based on random chance processes is bunk.