The Big Rock of Oz… July 9, 2009

Well, it has been many many months since I last posted, I am pretty useless at maintaining this blog. For that I apologise.

I guess I should start off by saying, I am now back in Australia, finally… My hubby got his visa in March, and we left the Netherlands at the end of May, with a quick stop at Norway and then the UK. We arrived back in Oz on the 13th of June

We are now finally set up, and have a nice little apartment in Brisbane.. My hubby is now looking for jobs, he has an interview tonight, and I am looking into university courses, and trying to get my act together in regards to getting fit, and sorting out my back pain…. We are enjoying it here so far, I mean 19 degrees in winter – who can complain about that?!? The only annoying thing is the crappy media and dodgy free-to-air TV shows, but I spend most of my time online anyway, so I don’t really care too much about that

Anyway, something today inspired me to write a little post, so I thought I would get back into it again

There has been a push in the last week or so to try and impose a ban on the climbing of Uluru by tourists. Many people think this is silly, and Uluru should be open for all, but in this case I actually disagree..  And in opposition to what may people may think, respect (or lack of) for the religious beliefs of indigenous people does not have anything to do with my opinion on this matter. I will explain why in the post below…

I guess I should first provide a bit of a background about my upbringing before I get into this…  I grew up in a very small town, close to a several Aboriginal communites, and have grown up with a taste of Aboriginal culture thanks to the many elder’s that came to our school to provide demonstrations of native Art, Dance, Music and Culture.. I also have an artist uncle, who derives much of his influence from Aboriginal culture and artwork.. He has told me many things about native culture and through him I have met many Aboriginal artists myself…

Through my upbringing I learned to be quite sensitive to the Aboriginal culture and saw first hand the racism, poverty and lack of understanding towards them that continues to this day. Many of the Aboriginals that I met did not actually believe the dreamtime myths etc.. These were more akin to fairytales. The Aboriginals maintained the culture of their ancestors because it held a special place in their heart. The culture held significant historical value to them and kept the memories of their ancestors alive. That said, there were some that did believe in such mythology, but I will not get into this, as superstitions have nothing to do with my view on this matter…

Now for an analogy…

When my mother was young, her sister was killed in a car crash. Mum had a large variety of toys  that once belonged to my aunt. The toys were very cool, and for many many years I was forbidden from playing with them.. I could never understand why. To me they were just toys, and toys were there to be played with. Yet mum kept them up on a high shelf and I was not allowed to touch them….  Only now do I understand why..

To my mother, these were not ‘just toys’. These held the memory of my Aunt, and hence were very important to my mother. These toys had a history and when my mother looked at them, she was able to remember the great times she had with her sister. To me they were toys, but to my mother they were much much more…

You see, in a way this is similar to the importance of Uluru to the Aboriginal people.  To them, Uluru holds the memories of their ancestors, and the dreamtime stories they were told come to life. This monolith contains memories of a culture that has otherwise been lost, and to the Aboriginal community is of upmost historical importance. To many of us, Uluru is just a really cool, gigantic rock, but to the Aboriginals it symbolises much more than that.. It is a piece of their history and contains memories of their ancestors.. It is because of this, that I can understand why they do not want tourists climbing all over it. It is also why I have no intention of climbing Uluru if I ever visit it.

I couldn’t give two sh*ts about the superstition surrounding it, and think that the significance of this landmark is not just limited to the Aboriginal people’s religious beliefs. It is a  reminder of their history and culture, and therefore I think the wishes of the traditional owners should be respected..

Anyhoo, I hope that my rant made some sense, and that it didn’t offend anyone, as this is not my intention…

Have a good one,

1azylizzie xo

Abiogenesis and Evolution – learn the difference. March 15, 2009

This is just going to be a quick post, to let everyone know that I am still alive. I am really, very lazy when it comes to writing in my blog, so I would recommend to anyone reading this that they follow me on twitter, as I generally share my thoughts and rants more often that way.

Last weekend my hubby and I went to Berlin to apply for his Aussie visa, and luckily, it went extremely well, and he was fortunate enough to be granted entry into Australia YAY! He has 2 yrs of probation in Oz, and after that he will get permanent residency So lets hope that he’s a good boy and stays out of trouble for the first couple of yrs .

A little while ago I had a debate with a believer in ‘Intelligent Design’ via twitter. I was amazed at how utterly stupid this person was. His ‘proof’ of god was the basic argument of ‘things look like they have been designed’. Sorry, but NO. That is not sufficient proof of ANYTHING. Our brains have evolved to see patterns in everything. We have evolved this way because it is necessary for us to see these patterns, in order to make sense of the world around us. Seeing patterns in things does not point to a designer. It proves NOTHING. This person was also stupid enough to assume that evolution tries to explain the origin of life.

To all theists, Creationists and believers of Intelligent Design, lets get something clear:

EVOLUTION explains the diversity of life. Not how it started.

ABIOGENESIS: Explains the origin of life from non-life.

Despite the opinions of the idiots who believe nonsense such as intelligent design, Abiogenesis is by no means untestable or unprovable.  We have already managed to create synthetic life several times in the laboratory, with scientists recently creating a fully functioning ribisome: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/22273/?a=f

While the synthetic life we have created is not exactly the same as that which was around when the earth was young, we are getting much closer and I am very confident that we will be capable of creating such organisms in the near future.

The mountains of research that helps to strengthen the FACT of evolution, and the amazing research/experiments that are taking place to make life from non-life far outnumber the supposed ‘proofs’ of an intelligent designer.

Until ACTUAL evidence for an intelligent designer arises, this crackpot theory can go in my filing cabinet alongside Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.

Anyway, thats enough from me today. Time to continue relaxing

If anyone has found some great information/research on abiogenesis, please send me the links, because I enjoy reading about it.

Have a great and godless weekend

1azylizzie x

The facebook debate :) February 27, 2009

I know it has been a while since I posted on my blog. Sorry :S.

Unfortunately I am just too damn lazy and am so tired after work, that writing in my blog is more often than not the last thing I consider doing when I get home.

However, today I thought I would write a little, becuase I engaged in a very interesting facebook discussion with an old family friend from back home…

The whole thing started when I posted the following as my facebook status:

Another reason why the Catholic chruch sucks – http://www.elpasotimes.com/nationworld/ci_117 92202.
Admittedly it was not the most eloquent thing to have posted, but never did I think it would spark something like this:

Friend:

Hey what’s wrong with us Cattle Ticks Liz … do you know & realise that when all religions are pulled apart, analysed & historically positioned the only 1 true church is the Catholic Church, hence the highest authority in the Pope exists – a direct & uninterupted lineage right back to Jesus’s crucifiction & his annointed & chosen first pope in Peter who was one of his 12 disciples, no other religion can have its origins based from the time of the resurection of Jesus, only the Catholic Church was annointed by god Liz, all other religions are offshoots of disgruntled christians, ie. Luther, Calvin, King Henry VIII, Church of Scientology from the freak Hubbard, the Mormons which are funded by the originators of Tupperware, & on we could go, then the Eastern Religions do not recognise Jesus as god but as a prophet so they have no actual god just a misinterpretation of the original old testament … so I can only comment that if the Catholic Church sucks all other offshoots are farcical

… the previous comment was truncated by the maximum allowable length of comments & was just a light hearted, innocent & non-provocative attempt by me to engage you a little more on your comment … I realise the Catholic Church also has many regrettable historical chapters in its history, but they were from the blunders and hypocrisy that mankind brought to the table in running the church with maligned indignations that weren’t in true faith, the essence of christianity & its faith especially as the true believers & followers of the Catholic Church will attest to is in following the ten commandments as god intended them to be carried out, … so dear Liz … I hear you & accept your viewpoint of course but I would love to know why you have singled out the Catholic Church when all other religions have no glorious past either & are departures and conspired deviations from the original scriptures that they have transfigured & none can ever be the true original religion…

1azylizzie:

I don’t agree with any religion, as I do not believe in any gods, so I think that the Catholic religion is no better than any other Therefore I also believe that no religion can be considered ‘true’

I just think it is disgraceful that this priest who is actually doing something worthwhile is getting into trouble for something so petty as handing out condoms to prevent rape and not discriminating against same sex couples.

I think what this priest is doing is wonderful and I think it is disgraceful how the Catholic Church is treating him.

Oh i don’t single out the catholic church, there are many many religions that I also pick at, don’t worry

I strongly oppose Islam and the Mormon Church as well as The Church of Scientology (Especially Scientology!).

I just think that when a certain religion is completely defying all logic/reason and not recognising when people are doing something right because of an outdated ideology, that it should be brought to everyone’s attention

Friend:

Yes 2 of my 3 sisters were married by Father Peter Kennedy & have been in his ‘flock’ for most of his 20 years he has been the Parish Priest at South Brisbane, so I know they like many Catholics who have been church goers to his style of worshipping & carrying out of the scriptures are very upset at the heavy handed assault by the Archbishop & supposedly decreed by the Pope … I see where the dilemna is for the hierarchy in not taking some action as his practices are renegade in the view of the church, however I am with you & the many catholics who believe the church has to move and preach to the changes in culture that time and society expects & evolves into, it has to be not so backward thinking & locked in the dark ages when it comes to the issues that Father Peter Kennedy has tried to address & ordain as necessary & I agree with his stance & so too must the Catholic church and over time it will, but presently the issues are contentious & needs much divine inspiration to get there

1azylizzie:

Yeah I’m not arguing that every catholic is of this opinion (that would just be plain stupid and wrong) but I just think that the reaction to this priest by the ‘leaders’ of the church was totally wrong in every way, and unacceptable. It puts the Catholic church in a very very bad light

Unfortunately while many people of faith are nice and do no harm, the religion itself, (This applies to all religions not just Catholicism) can create an environment from where such intolerance can rise.

This is why I reject the idea of a god or (theism) as there is not a shred of evidence supporting the idea,(hence the why it is defined as ‘faith’) and the belief in certain holy scripture causes more harm than good in most cases. I am not going to believe anything unless it is supported by solid evidence.

That said, I am not having a go at you, because we both know that you yourself are a good upstanding member of society

Unfortunately I was a little more apologetic than I usually would be, as this family friend is very close with my parents, and I did not want to start some ridiculous family feud, but when my husband read it he said that I pretty much shut him up and that his comments = FAIL

Also if he had cared to read the actual article properly, he would have noticed that it was about a Brazilian priest, and not an Australian priest who got into trouble with the church for similar practices, but I let him slide on this one

anyway, I hope you all have a great and godless weekend!

Bye for now!

1azylizzie x

They have sunk to a new low… February 10, 2009

As you all may know, Australia is in the middle of its most tragic and devastating peacetime disaster in it’s history. Bushfires are raging in our southeast state – Victoria, with many of them believed to be started by arsonists.

Whole families have lost their lives, and entire communities have been destroyed. These communities are small and many of their members have died. Something that it is not easy for a small community to handle – I know because I grew up in a very small community.

There is large scale pain and suffering, and the people of these areas have lost everything. On top of this, because of their isolation, many people still do not know whether their loved ones are safe…..

These fires have affected the whole nation of Australia, with many of us in mourning for the losses and many of us donating money towards the relief effort…

Or so I thought…

It seems that the religious nut-jobs out there are pinning these fires on their ‘god’, and claiming that it is his/her/it’s revenge at the nation for being tolerant of homosexuals, and for allowing so much sin into the country.

I am once again amazed at the total lack of empathy by such people, and how they are so quick to turn a horrible tragedy into a marketing scheme to scare people into joining their faith…

The Theists have sunk to a new low…

There are many factors that could have caused these fires, many of them are thought to be arson, and if you want to play the blame game – fine, but not once should it be assumed that these people deserved what they got…

What about the young children that died? What about the wildlife and farm animals that perished? Am I right in assuming that they somehow deserved this too? I would love to know what the small children did to piss off God so much…

The first idiot to make such ridiculous statements was Pastor Danny Nalliah. You can see the full article about his disgraceful claims here:

http://www.smh.com.au/national/pastors-abortion-dream-inflames-bushfire-tragedy-20090210-832f.html

The second idiot that I came across spouting this hateful nonsense was a YouTube user: vatican998. You can see the YouTube video and comment here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulSv6mQ5RgM

I have already commented on the video (my username on YouTube is muso05).

Anyway that’s enough ranting from me. Time to relax and watch some TV. If anyone wants to donate to the fire appeal they can do so by visiting www.redcross.org.au

If anyone wants to donate to help the animals injured by the fires, visit http://www.rspcavic.org/campaigns_news/news_bushfires.htm

That’s it for today.

1azylizzie x

Another weekend is over…. February 8, 2009

Well another weekend is nearly over…

*sigh*

I wish that we had a 3 day weekend instead of only 2 days. Especially when you have to do shit shiftwork. I don’t know why but I find that shiftwork really messes up my body. I always feel tired and and because of this, never have enough energy to do the things that I want….

I wish that shiftwork would be abolished…

Oh well, as I said in my previous post, we’re close to going back home to Australia, and then, hopefully my days of shiftwork will be over…..

I’ve also been glued to the news lately, as southern Australia is being ravaged by horrific bushfires:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25023335-1243,00.html

These fires have been the worst in over 20 years, with apparently 96 people reported dead. A whole town has been destroyed.

I can only imagine what those poor people must have gone through. Some of the footage that I have seen, including that of a singed (but surviving) koala, is just heartbreaking.

One of my ‘friends’ on facebook updated her status, saying that she was ‘praying’ for the victims of the fires. While I admire her good intent, this comment angered me a little. I felt like replying to her, informing her that her prayer will have little affect, and that perhaps she should donate some money to the relief efforts instead…

It annoys me that people would rather put their hope in some invisible make-believe sky fairy, instead of ACTUALLY doing something to fix the many issues that we face in society. Saying that you’re going to ‘pray’ that things get better, is just another way of saying that you’re too lazy to get up off your butt to help, and will therefore just hope for the best.

I however intend to donate money for the relief effort, so that the people affected by the fires can start rebuilding their lives.

http://www.redcross.org.au/vic/services_emergencyservices_victorian-bushfires-appeal-2009.htm

bye for now

1azylizzie x

Another week of blah…… February 6, 2009

I haven’t updated this blog in a while, mainly because I have been feeling lazy as hell, but also because I have been very tired after work…

This has been the week from hell, not only did I have to endure the usually insufferable stream of bull**** from my Supervisor, but had to sit and watch while several of my colleagues were fired in front of me.

What makes this story even more disgraceful, is that one of my colleagues who just got ‘canned’, has been working her butt off for this disgraceful company for over 2 years. You see, my tight arsed employers have hired a bunch of new staff for lower wages, so instead of cutting all of the inexperienced workers, they are firing a lot of the older staff.

I honestly cannot wait until the day that my husband receives his visa for Australia. As soon as he does this I am handing in my resignation. I cannot wait to quit my job. I have never worked for a company so terribly disorganised and unconcerned for its employee’s.

oh well….

My Crazy Catholic Cousin wrote on my sister’s facebook page the other day, saying how she didn’t agree with evolution… I had to (metaphorically) bite my tongue from retorting to this outrageously stupid comment..

Honestly, do the idiotic theists among us actually think that they will make the fact of evolution, along with the many other scientific facts, disappear if they simply choose not to agree with them? Its just like saying ‘poverty doesn’t exist, because I don’t believe in poverty’. See how flawed this logic is?

Holding your fingers in your ears, and singing ‘la la la la la’ does not make something any less true.

I cannot stand it when people deliberately ignore facts, such as that of evolution, because they are too scared/lazy/stupid/stubborn to understand them or because they have to admit that they are wrong.

Unfortunately, too many idiots in this world would rather stand by their unsupported beliefs, because they are too self absorbed and egocentric to admit that there are flaws in their logic..

I sincerely hope that this attitude changes, as I do not want my children to grow up in a world filled with such stupidity.

anyway, that’s enough ranting for today…

Have a good weekend

1azylizzie x

A Small victory in the fight for reason and justice… January 31, 2009

Well, the weekend is finally here, and I am feeling much better… The last few days I was struck down by a cold that my husband has been afflicted with over the past week… He is still not 100% but luckily my immune system is fighting a bit better than his, and I’m feeling good yay!

I sent my sister the ‘Meet your Meat’ video by PETA and told her to watch it, so that she can see one of the many reasons why I have chosen to be vegan. Luckily my sister is open to this sort of stuff, and she was kind enough to take the time to watch the video. She was so upset by it that she cried for hours. She also got her husband to watch it, and apparently he turned quite pale and looked rather sick for a while afterwards..

It had such an effect on her that she told me she cannot look at meat now without feeling sick, so she has decided to try the vegetarian lifestyle for a while.. She had many questions, all of which I was able to answer, and I sent her several links to some good websites promoting vegan living. She was initially concerned about her daughters health, but after doing a bit of research, realised that her infant child can also have a healthy diet without consuming animal products.

I have to say I am feeling very proud of her at the moment, for having the courage to watch the video with an open mind, and to openly admit that her meat consumption was causing unnecessary suffering and cruelty to many many animals.. She gave me a list of things that she fed her daughter, so that she could get my opinion on whether it was balenced/healthy enough. I was very impressed and agreed that her new vegan diet for her baby was more than adequete.

My sister has also been reading up on evolution and science, and has watched some ‘atheist’ videos I sent her, in particular the videos by Thunderf00t on YouTube and some footage of Richard Dawkins. She has now also confessed to me that there is not enough evidence supporting a god or gods, and has realised that she is also an atheist.

I am very happy with my sister, because while she is not the most academic of people,  she at least is open to discussion and is able to think rationally enough to change her opinions based on new found evidence and logical argument. She has impressed me greatly by her ability to admit the failings in the Creation hypothesis and to admit that her (very basic) belief in a creator was not justified. I am so glad that at least one person in my family of devout Catholics and carnivores has been willing to look at the evidence supporting science over creation and has been able to realise that consuming animal products is not necessary and creates a market for unjust torture and death.

I just wish that I was back in Oz so that I could be there for her if she has any questions or needs help… Oh well, I have at least reassured her that I am just an email away if she needs any support, help or information.

If only all the other theists and Animal Eaters could follow my sister’s example.

1azylizzie x

Do you enjoy eating dead, tortured animals? January 28, 2009

Yesterday I decided to update my facebook status, to include a link of PETA’s video ‘Meet your Meat’ : http://www.meat.org/, just to share with the world the tragic reality of the meat market.

I did not post the link to offend certain people or cause a stir. I posted it because I could. Plain and simple.  The hilarious thing, is that the video obviously did get to some people, and one girl in particular (who funnily enough is also a devout evangelical christian) commented on my ’status’, trying to provide a justification for her meat consumption. I found the post quite funny, so I decided that I would share it with the rest of the world:

“Ok, so I don’t eat meat often. But when I do it’s always free range from the farmers’ market from the farmer. They do lots of important scientific testing on animals. I know saying no to eating meat should mean I say no to any cancer treatment also. That all requires animal testing where eventually the animal dies. I can’t reconcile it, you know.

But yes, I agree. Intensive farming = bad bad bad.”

Unfortunately I was at work when she posted this comment, so I didn’t really have time to respond. My husband took care of that matter for me however, and sent her the following:

“Free range is just a marketing scam to make us consumers think we are doing the right thing. In most countries there is no control if a product is truly free range.
We are still slaughtering animals and using them as we see fit. We have the knowledge and means to not eat meat. It’s better for the animals, as we let them live, and it is much better for the environment.
Could you kill your own meat? Would you kill your pet to have some meat or even a human? In the end, meat is meat by pure definition.

If you want 100% accurate medical research you should support stem cell research. Or if you want to be extremely controversial, you would ask the government to use death sentenced prisoners for research. Using animals is far from accurate. What can cure something in a rat might kill us.
If I eat 4 avocados nothing will happen to me, maybe a bit of a grumpy tummy, but that’s it. If I feed a cat 4 avocados it will die, as avocado is more or less a poison for many animals.

As I see it, animals is not for us to take and use as we please. I would never do anything to an animal that I couldn’t do to a human.

I would never torture, kill, eat or inflict some kind of mental and physical pain on a human; and the same goes for animals.

What gives us the right to torture, kill and eat animals as they were inanimate objects or like apples on a tree?”

I think that he answered her quite well and I am interested to see whether she replies or not. I am hoping that these comments don’t blow up into a bizarre facebook war argument, but I’ll guess I’ll just need to wait and see.

In a way I am glad that the video managed to cause a stir, even if it was only this one person who decided to watch it. She obviously felt guilty about her dietary choices, otherwise she wouldn’t have sent such a strange comment, in a vain attempt to justify her meat consumption.

I doubt that my husband’s comments will affect her enough to make her consider alternative food choices, but one can always hope

Have a good one,

1azylizzie x

Homo Sapiens – The worlds nastiest creatures… January 25, 2009

Today was going quite well, until my husband found the following link, and posted it on twitter:

‘Child matador kills six bulls in Mexico’ – http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jWKkXq6vL1nm-5POR0arckAAs78g

This article disgusted me on so many levels, and I felt that I just had to write something about it.

I find it absolutely horrific that these parents are willing to instill such warped and cruel values onto their child. A child only has a basic instinctual  understanding of what is right or wrong, and it is well documented that most of our values are learned primarily from our parents. I find it utterly disgraceful that these parents are allowed to teach such horrific moral standards to their child. I can guarantee that most children would find the act of killing an innocent animal in the name of ’sport’ absolutely horrifying. This particular child’s ability to unashamedly kill 6 innocent animals was not something he would have done without the external influence of his parents. How anyone can teach their child that the shameless butchering and torturing of an animal is ‘fun’, is beyond me. These parents should be put on trial, and this child should be removed from their custody. I know that this sounds harsh, but the revolting ideals that they are passing onto this boy are unacceptable, just as is childhood religious indoctrination. I, just like many people  from child protection services, would like to see these parents be put on trial for what they have done. They have warped this child’s thinking and have callously taught him that being deliberately cruel to another creature is heroic and entertaining..

I  find it disgusting that Bullfighting is legal at all, and am continuously frustrated that people are willing to accept it because it is a ‘tradition’. That kind of arguement is starting to get very old, it is just like saying thate the ritual sacrifice of virgins is a tradition and should be allowed to continue.

I cannot understand why the Spanish and Mexican governments etc, (these are just two of several countries that allow this practice), continue to let this ’sport’ happen. Bullfighting is the systematic and deliberate torture of an innocent, frightened animal. Any sane human being would not want their pet to go through such a horrific ordeal, how should it be any different for the poor bulls? These animals experience fear, sadness and pain just as we do. How can any compassionate person not feel saddened or angered by the plight of these animals?

Sometimes I feel ashamed to be a human being.

1azylizzie x

Your opinion proves nothing….. January 24, 2009

Well another week has passed, and once again I managed to survive the boredum that is my day job..

I am starting to get impatient and have made it my mission this weekend to look over all of my husband’s immigration papers and to write a final letter to the Australian Government (I have to delclare how I plan to financially ’sponsor’ him). The sooner we get back to Oz, the sooner we can start working towards our goals. I want to go back to university, as does my husband, and while living abroad, we have little opportunity to do so. The Netherlands is pretty good as tolerance goes,  you can get away with  speaking english everywhere, and they even teach some uni courses in english. The problem is, the courses that they are running here do not interest me and it is therefore pointless to enroll in university here…

I have been browsing through some courses of various Australian universities, and I think I have found one that interests me – Masters in Audiology. Considering that I have already done a degree in music, I have a fairly fine tuned ear and am good at identifying pitch. I have wanted to work in health care for quite a while, (as I would like to do something that actually helps society), and so after much research I have eventually narrowed my choices down to either nursing or audiology. My mother is a nurse, and this was my initial choice, but when I thought about it, audiology is a more specialised area, and there is less blood. Hence it is now my first study preference. I have been in contact with the university, and have sent them a copy of my transcripts from my previous degree. Lets just hope that they come back with some good news….

Anyway, that’s enough rubbish about myself…

I am getting increasingly frustrated at theists who continue to give weak arguments and unscientific ‘proofs’ of their god. Lets get one thing clear – There is NO proof of any god. That is why the belief in a god is called ‘FAITH’. Faith is not based on evidence.

Evidence is needed to prove something.

Using personal opinion, or interpreting poetic language in a 2000 old storybook is NOT evidence. You can not use the Bible as evidence. The sources of the Bible are dubious and there is not enough historical data to prove any of the Bible stories. The same goes for the Koran. On top of this the bible is OLD. Anyone who has completed a high school research assignment knows that the older the source the less credible it is, which brings me to another point….

To all Theists – The fact that the bible is supposedly the ‘oldest’ book is NOT something to be bragged about. Especially to atheists, because 1- The age of it proves NOTHING and 2. It makes us doubt its validity even more so. If you had any knowledge of science you would know that old sources are considered BAD sources of evidence, with out-of-date information. Science grows and changes based on NEW evidence. This is a GOOD thing. Information is kept up-to-date thanks to new research and discovery. OLD sources are definitely not reliable. Therefore, a 2000 year old book contains information that is as credible as the scientific understanding of the same era. AKA – the belief that the earth was FLAT and the idea that the sun orbited the earth. Not very accurate huh?

If you wish to debate with an atheist or try and dis-prove evolution etc at least know what you are talking about. You will get shot down very quickly otherwise.

Unlike theists, atheists have actually done some research and have a basic understanding of the subject matter. If you want to argue with us -

1. Know the theories that you are talking about. Evolution has nothing to do with the Big Bang theory, and Evolution does not involve animals magically turning into entirely different species eg – a frog becoming a giraffe.

2. Do not say that evolution is ‘just a theory’. Just because you have not looked at the evidence proving it, doesn’t mean that atheists are as ignorant as yourself. all you need to do is type the following into Google: ‘observed instances of speciation’. You will then see the all the evidence that you need.

3. If you do not know the answer to something, it DOES NOT mean that ‘god did it’. If you do not understand the scientific means of how something works then INVESTIGATE it. Making the assumption that no-one else knows the cause or reason behind certain phenomena will not help your argument at all, because most often the person arguing with you DOES know , and will slap you in the face with it. FOR EXAMPLE: Childbirth is NOT a miracle.

4. We are not walking encyclopedias.  If you want to understand the certain scientific principles/methods that we so commonly reference then GOOGLE it. We have already done so, why can’t you?

5. It is not an atheists responsibility to prove that God does or doesn’t exist. It is up to you to do, and so far, you have FAILED miserably.

Anyway, thats enough for today,

Time for me to start being productive for a change…

Fijne Weekend

1azylizzie x