Evolution, Science & Religion (Evolution)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Friday, June 22, 2012, 00:10 (4326 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

Back it up with evidence. I've got reams of literature and research showing how badly ...-
1. Antibiotics. Without which, common infections would result in millions of more deaths in a year. -2. Cardiac Surgery. Without which, heart failure (even not caused by bad diets) would be automatic failure. -3. Democratic Government. Without which, we would never be able to replace leaders when and if they went astray. (American Democracy was an enlightenment (materialist) invention.) -4. Electricity, without which, millions of people would die without proper heating or air conditioning. -5. Computers, without which, you would be unable to communicate with a huge majority of the world. -Most of the flaws you've found in "materialism" are due to the fact that things we didn't know before hand came back to bite us in some way. Countering my claims above:-1. Antibiotic resistance, which is causing extra-virulent strains to evolve and kills us. -2. High-fat, low-fiber diets, which cause the majority of heart disease we see in the first place. -3. Facism, something that couldn't exist without a democratic majority. -4. Sulphur dioxide emissions--caused by burning coal. -5. Blinders here. Can't find a single *real* negative to computers. -Point being: You're blaming "materialists" for being unable to predict the future... something no prophet of antiquity was actually able to do. -So what's your real argument, then, Tony?

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