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Re:Creationism and conspiracism share a common teleological ... by dwaltrip on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @11:55AM (#17819591)
It's not stating that our perception of time doesn't start at 0. It's stating that god created the universe specifically to look like something it wasn't.
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Re:Creationism and conspiracism share a common teleological ... by jrs95 on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @09:05PM (#17823692)
Also not a stretch if you already believe he has involvement in human affairs and also goes out of his way to leave no hard evidence of his existence
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Re:Creationism and conspiracism share a common teleological ... by dwaltrip on Thursday August 23, 2018 @03:20AM (#17825243)
Seems like a wee bit of a jump to suggest purposeful, direct deception regarding the large-scale history of the cosmos and all of life on Earth.
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Re:Creationism and conspiracism share a common teleological ... by jrs95 on Thursday August 23, 2018 @08:32PM (#17831829)
Well if you actually buy the all powerful thing, the concepts of effort or complexity don’t really apply
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Re:Creationism and conspiracism share a common teleological ... by dwaltrip on Friday August 24, 2018 @02:40AM (#17833208)
It's not about effort. It's about all the pieces of the story making sense -- or failing to do so, due to being a human creation that is forced to reconcile with new understanding, especially in cosmology and biology.
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