King of the Americas
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All gods were invented by mankind ...
History says it was the other way around.
All gods were invented by mankind ...
Well, here we are engaging in a exercise in logic. It is possible to make deductions from flawed premises without violating any rules of logic.
However, since we are discussing complex hypothetical organisms, you either need a LOT MORE premises to fully describe what they are like and what motivates, them, or you will reach conclusions that do not follow from the premises.
With the former, it is no longer an exercise in logic and more an exercise in make-believe. With the latter, it simply fails as a logical excercise.
I don't see the point, really.
Atheism is the 'belief' there is no God...
So you don't really understand atheism either?
*I am no longer responding to the term "aliens".
Complete nonsense.History says it was the other way around.
Labradoodles are a new breed, not a new species, and only a new breed because their forebears' pedigrees are documented and their breeding controlled. Dogs of all breeds have mated for centuries and turned out mutts whose breed was never named. Left to themselves, dogs would likely breed back to a hardy, resilient, well-adapted mongrel type similar to the street dogs of the third world, superior in most ways to the fancy breeds, whose success at being dogs has been subordinated to the specialized whims of their owners. Same with humans. We're all the same species. We're genetically identical in that sense, but obviously not in the sense of being clones.So, what of all our interracial breeding...?
Labradoodles are 'new' right?
What is the human equivalent?
History says it was the other way around.
Only if you confuse myth and scripture with history.History says it was the other way around.
My singular point is that we are different, because of our environment, nutrition, society, and we've made literally steps on another world, so..."we've changed."
Let us assume for the moment that E.T. of a particular sort exist. The assumed E.T. are technologically advanced beings, once resident on earth, and correspond to the myths of ancient gods. It is stipulated for the purposes of this thread that their existence is supported by evidence, so the quality of that evidence is not a subject of discussion. If you wanted them to come back to earth, how would you go about this? Disallowed in this thread are questions about the veracity of the E.T. themselves, suggestions that the E.T. are something other than those specified, and discussions of whether we should wish them back at all.
If you don't want to take part, please excuse yourself, as you are in the way.
Let us assume for the moment that E.T. of a particular sort exist. The assumed E.T. are technologically advanced beings, once resident on earth, and correspond to the myths of ancient gods. It is stipulated for the purposes of this thread that their existence is supported by evidence, so the quality of that evidence is not a subject of discussion. If you wanted them to come back to earth, how would you go about this? Disallowed in this thread are questions about the veracity of the E.T. themselves, suggestions that the E.T. are something other than those specified, and discussions of whether we should wish them back at all.
Wrong. It is the wholesale rejection of belief.Atheism is the 'belief' there is no God,
... and all you've got is ad hominem attacks.Then again, I've only seen the surface of your ignorance. Who knows where or if there's a bottom to that well.
...I'd HAVE to assume they are familiar with our most ancient of cultural exercises.
You're making this up as you go, aren't you?We're not assuming anecdotes about what or how they are, because they've changed. Today's cattle mutilators could be yesterday manna providers. They gave Noah warning of a flood, then vaporized a couple of towns. They raised the dead, but also told Abraham to kill his kid. So, to say they are ONE thing or act(ed) in ONE consistent fashion would be inaccurate.
Dr. Lamarck, paging Dr. Lamarck. Dr. Lysenko, paging Dr. Lysenko.My singular point is that we are different, because of our environment, nutrition, society, and we've made literally steps on another world, so..."we've changed."
King of the Americas;6875813[STRIKE said:]History [/STRIKE]mythology says it was the other way around.
I think sometimes, your equivalent is when a Bulldog is bred with a Shui Tzu leaving a litter of BullShuitz.So, what of all our interracial breeding...?
Labradoodles are 'new' right?
What is the human equivalent?
Then you are excused.
I'll concede that.