tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post3238449616152684517..comments2023-11-09T02:43:59.293-08:00Comments on Christian Medical Comment: Twenty questions atheists struggle to answerPeter Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17222354018504253042noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-60023256206073995522014-12-14T10:30:08.605-08:002014-12-14T10:30:08.605-08:00Perhaps there is no correct answer yet; and perhap...Perhaps there is no correct answer yet; and perhaps there never will be. But I'm sure there are over 20 questions religious believers would struggle to answer. There is no need to pick people who believe different things out to the other people, as we are all equal, and have the right to believe whatever we want to/don't want to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-34380356449029745112014-09-13T08:27:20.727-07:002014-09-13T08:27:20.727-07:00Are you claiming Chris' question is so obvious...Are you claiming Chris' question is so obviously and laughably false that although you have the killer response at your idle fingertips, you would rather inveigle us into the anarchic netherworld of the Internet, there seek that same truth from strangers? You indolent, heartless, prankster you! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-31126865887097601212014-09-13T07:59:54.940-07:002014-09-13T07:59:54.940-07:00Good shooting bagguley.
But re the supernatural – ...Good shooting bagguley.<br />But re the supernatural – does anyone have to account for what someone else believes? As with religion, the onus is really on the believer to make a watertight case – if he so chooses.The supernatural is a moving target anyway. The unexplained, with its buzzing swarm of naysayers, sarcastics, ridiculers and speculative theorists, will eventually either transition to enlightenment or sink from sight as irrefutable nonsense. A stone (a fragment of stony meteorite) has never plonked sizzling in farmer’s field. It can’t have, because we know there are no stones up in the sky – once went the ostensibly rational argument. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-78970736408638501862014-05-22T13:41:56.863-07:002014-05-22T13:41:56.863-07:00why don't you try to actually find some eviden...why don't you try to actually find some evidence for your deeeeeep rooted assurance in this topic, because the last time I checked, the Big Bang Theory and the Theory of Evolution were exactly what they are named: THEORIESAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-70507890806666997842014-01-27T05:36:34.180-08:002014-01-27T05:36:34.180-08:00You see no reasonable answers because the reasonin...You see no reasonable answers because the reasoning portion of your intellectual faculties is in the off position. Turned off by the theology that has rusted your mental circuitry. The premise of these question is wrong. Atheists don't struggle with the answers to them. We have perfectly reasonable, rational answers. It is the theist you struggles to find reasonable answers. You have the same silly, unsubstantiated answer for every one of these questions: God did it. Nevermind that you have not one iota of credible, empirical evidence to warrant supporting the claim that God exists.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07161224835245897647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-56412502934979026442014-01-08T16:38:56.592-08:002014-01-08T16:38:56.592-08:00The author is correct.....I see NO "good"...The author is correct.....I see NO "good" answers to these 20 questions.....at least not here, not among any of these efforts to answer them.....very good questions.....no reasonable answers seen here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-33939043194976226462013-11-06T11:25:06.360-08:002013-11-06T11:25:06.360-08:00-" 10.How do we account for self-awareness? I...-" 10.How do we account for self-awareness? I think, therefore I am."<br /><br />Je pense donc je suis<br />René Descarte<br /><br />Good one my friend, good oneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474498588902047075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-58747103769579329992013-11-04T06:17:45.787-08:002013-11-04T06:17:45.787-08:001) We don’t know exactly yet – quantum fluctuation...1) We don’t know exactly yet – quantum fluctuations is most likely<br />2) Who says it is “fine tuned” – Stating that the universe is fine tuned is the same as stating that a hole in the ground has been fine tuned to exactly fit the puddle of water that fills it. Classic “Arse about Face argument from ignorance”<br />3) Define “rational” <br />4) DNA did not arise in the sense that it was created in its current form from base chemicals without any intermediate steps. DNA has itself evolved from earlier self-replicating systems. Amino acids have been formed in processes analogous to conditions on early earth and/or in the solar system.<br />5) See 4 <br />6) Prove that irreducibly complex enzyme chains exist<br />7) Any grouping of animals isolated from its siblings generates different language systems. The longer the isolation the greater the changes. If groups became isolated before complex language had evolved then the co-evolution of language would be much more distinct. By tracking the similarities and differences in languages it is possible to identify when and where groupings became isolated. Different languages document the evolution of humanity<br />8) Who says they did? The Early Jormon era in ~10000BCE suggests this question is factually wrong.<br />9) A meaningless question. The fact that each human experiences a different social, environmental and educational system determines that each responds to stimulus in a very different way.<br />10) Self-awareness is a function of increased complexity of the brain due to evolution. The ability to predict the result of an external stimulus based on both personal experience and memories of witnessing events. <br />11) Define material universe. The universe is “blind” and “uncontrolled” so cares not for your decisions. In the sense that if you jump off a building you have forfeited the “free will” to stay that high above the ground as gravity trumps your will power.<br />12) See 9 and 10<br />13) Empathy – Morality is a codification of empathetic responses required to enable social living<br />14) Outside the religious leadership, who says it does? <br />15) We don’t<br />16) See 13<br />17) Two reasons a) Humans have evolved brains that are extremely good at pattern seeking we see cause and effect continuously (I rub two sticks together and make fire) When we see an effect (sun rising, tides, thunder, earthquakes, seasons changing, death) we therefore expect a cause. If we can’t *see* a cause, primitive humans attributed the effect to the supernatural (gods or witches). “god” is a useful place holder to stick into those gaps of our understanding. This created “gods”. b) Rulers discovered that “god” is a useful social control mechanism and so adopted, codified and structured god worship in order to help control the population.<br />18) The null hypothesis. We invented the supernatural to explain the unexplained. We have yet to find anything that “requires” a supernatural.<br />19) This I think is a difficult question for the religious to answer. You’re the ones claiming that there is an existence after death yet have provided zero evidence to demonstrate it. <br />20) a) Prove that a tomb (empty or full) ever existed. b) Prove that the resurrection occurred. c) As for the growth of the church see 17) <br /> <br />Random Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02726693339554149851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-35711844237867565392013-09-19T14:45:41.694-07:002013-09-19T14:45:41.694-07:00The entire exercise can be dismissed simply becaus...The entire exercise can be dismissed simply because of the beginning of question number 20... "What accounts for the empty tomb...?" What extra-Biblical evidence is there FOR an empty tomb, or a resurrection for that matter? That is Begging the Question, i.e. basing a conclusion on an assumption that is as much in need of proof or demonstration as the conclusion itself. You can't expect an explanation for something before first proving that it occurred!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-22863347156753208122013-09-09T09:05:06.628-07:002013-09-09T09:05:06.628-07:00If Americans are related to Europeans, why are the...If Americans are related to Europeans, why are there still Europeans ...Galactorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07918879026128556588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-52400610493022983052013-08-30T05:58:00.431-07:002013-08-30T05:58:00.431-07:00Here is what I don't understand...If everythin...Here is what I don't understand...If everything is evolving and changing and adapting..why is the original species still around? If we truly are an evolved ape...why do apes still exist at all?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03737387635443650157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-70959677992408476852013-08-27T22:21:55.565-07:002013-08-27T22:21:55.565-07:00It is so refreshing to see the level of scientific...It is so refreshing to see the level of scientific knowledge displayed by ordinary people that is evidenced on this page. I work with a bunch of engineers and have lots of friends in research and various sciences and I have to say that rarely, at work or social outings, do I get as much scientific knowledge thrown at me as I do on here.<br />Now, the next time Yahoo runs an article decrying the lack of science education among the population I shall be able use my comment to point them to this location. Why are you all holding onto the evident genius displayed here??? Please, please publish your research! I suspect that this gathering of great minds could, in three days, wipe out cancer and get us to Mars or the sun and almost as an afterthought figure out a way to overcome our dependance on fossil fuels!<br /><br />...oh, BTW on number one don't use the Big Bang Theory as an answer. It was first postulated by a Catholic Monseigneur, Georges Lemaître. It kind of shoots the all religious people are idiots trope in the foot ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12294876120423246989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-4862315992712934482013-08-27T22:06:45.333-07:002013-08-27T22:06:45.333-07:00I agree. I can't see the relevance of most of...I agree. I can't see the relevance of most of these to the question of whether or not there is a God.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12294876120423246989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-64881513852278623042013-08-27T22:01:31.996-07:002013-08-27T22:01:31.996-07:00I'm not sure science and humility go quite tog...I'm not sure science and humility go quite together at all times. Surely the commercial applications of science at times leave a lot to be desired with regard to humility as well as side effects. Likewise theology and arrogance are not always yokemates. Theology spends a great deal of time and energy asking why or what or tries to figure out those answers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12294876120423246989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-11059539986417918002013-08-27T21:49:22.483-07:002013-08-27T21:49:22.483-07:00Yes, religions have "retarted" (sic) sci...Yes, religions have "retarted" (sic) scientific advance. Oh. Wait...the majority of universities in the world were founded by religious organizations :(<br /><br />Not all religions have a problem with the theory of evolution.<br /><br />So, there isn't some grand atheist conspiracy but I am to assume that there IS some grand religious conspiracy aimed at science, knowledge and learning. Convenient then that religion has been so involved in learning across the centuries. Even...even to the level of developing concepts of mathematics such as zero and infinity which were necessary and specifically developed in order to advance religious thought. But of course that is all in the past, with some even originating in non-Christian religions so I guess it doesn't count. Atheism on the other hand has brought us...ummm...hmmm...Hitchens!!! Yes! Christopher Hitchens! Because he accomplished so, so much that will last and which moved humanity forward. At least Dawkins is a scientist. Then again, so are Freeman Dyson, Charles Townes, Werner Arber, George Coyne (oddly a Catholic priest and an opponent of Intelligent design, how could that be? Aren't all religious mindless sheep?), Gerhard Ertl, John Gurdon, Brian Kobilka, and on, and on, and on; all believers in fairy tales (or as some would put it, God).<br />John Napier utilized the logarithms he invented for analyzing the Book of Revelations to produce dates to correspond with the events described. Newton also spent a great deal of time applying mathematics to the Bible in attempts to work out dates and a deeper meaning of certain passages. Clearly neither of these two were 'religious' in name only. Rather they were religious almost in the extreme; somewhat obsessed with it, as was Pascal. The Big Bang Theory, by the way, was first postulated by the Catholic Monseigneur Georges Lemaître. Einstein also seems to have freely believed in God as well.<br /><br />Frankly, God and science are in no way incompatible. Science is the means of gaining knowledge of the physical world and religion or simply belief in God or some other higher power is the means of getting to other answers. The believing scientist generally sees science as a way of understanding the universe that God put here for our unraveling. The idea that there are 20 questions that will prove atheists wrong is as ludicrous as the idea that there are 20 questions that will prove believers wrong. At the bottom of it all there is a mystery. Some choose to believe in one answer to that riddle others choose to believe a different answer. There is no proof of one over the other, except as we accept one unproven idea or another to be valid. I choose to believe in God. Others do not. To me the true losers in this ageless inquiry are those who refuse to entertain the idea that they may be incorrect and either never begin or who cease prematurely the pursuit of a clarification of their position. I have a great many friends who are both atheist and religious. I tend to like the best those who are interested in the deeper questions, whether I agree with their conclusion or not. I like to think that there is a God and that upon anyone's meeting God there will be a generally favorable outlook on those who earnestly sought truth and knowledge regardless of the conclusion they drew.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12294876120423246989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-54556817776879711722013-08-26T14:57:29.534-07:002013-08-26T14:57:29.534-07:00It is God's love that gave us His law he tells...It is God's love that gave us His law he tells us it is for a purpose. That we may have better health. That we may prosper. that we may have peace. That it may be a school master that leads us to Christ. These rules are fundamental to civilisation whether they come from the Bible or not. It is clear that to bring up children it is best within a loving relationship between 1 man and 1 woman. This has been pushed one side with disastrous results in the Western World. Disease through casual sex has rocketed. The Christian ethic to control drinking has also been abandoned with the result of no go zones at night time and hospitals full of patients with alcohol related diseases. As churches close new prisons are built because the messages of the Bible are not taught anymore. It is a continue message of " as long as you are enjoying yourself that's great. Make yourself rich. look after no one. Ask me if I care. There is no God it is the survival of the fittest. There's not one of us perfect but we do need to bring God back into our thinking and His love which is to look after you and give you hope as Peter outlines above Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03864091230929514206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-67413904210819771892013-08-26T14:33:12.512-07:002013-08-26T14:33:12.512-07:00I learned at an early age that 0+0=0. Stephen Hawk...I learned at an early age that 0+0=0. Stephen Hawking said on TV recently. "We now know that everything appeared from nothing". The stubborn fact is that you cannot get anything out of nothing. The universe we live in is made of materials that have a beginning and end. There must have been a miracle some time in the past. God is Spirit, a different dimension to the material universe. We are here because there was something here before nothing "God" We have discovered electricity and radio waves recently. Perhaps you still have to discover that other dimension God the power behind the universe. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03864091230929514206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-11128504465737560902013-07-25T04:42:14.919-07:002013-07-25T04:42:14.919-07:001.What caused the universe to exist?
The Big Bang....1.What caused the universe to exist?<br />The Big Bang. What caused the Big Bang? I don't know. But let's not make up fairy tales until we know. Cause we will.<br /><br />2.What explains the fine tuning of the universe?<br />There's no reason to think the fundamental physical constants are variables. There are indeed constants. Just remember it's non-sequitur to suggest the Christian God follows from creation/design. Even if there was a designer, it doesn't follow from there that it's still around, that is alive, that is only one, that cares about us, that listens to prayers, that had a son, that has any of the Biblical God's attributes, that cares about what church we go to, or whether we go at all, that cares in what position we have sex or with whom, etc. I always perceive that behind the Intelligent Design arguments there's always a Christian agenda. That's so intellectually dishonest.<br /><br />3.Why is the universe rational?<br />There's no reason to think it is. It's more like our brains evolved to make sense of it.<br /><br />4.How did DNA and amino acids arise?<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller%E2%80%93Urey_experiment<br /><br />5.Where did the genetic code come from?<br />It evolved.<br /><br />6.How do irreducibly complex enzyme chains evolve?<br />What a contradictory question: is something is irreducibly complex, how could have evolved? The answer is it couldn't be both. If there are irreducibly complex enzymes they didn't evolve. If those enzymes evolved they are not irreducibly complex.<br /><br />7.How do we account for the origin of 116 distinct language families?<br />You should ask linguists, not atheists.<br /><br />8.Why did cities suddenly appear all over the world between 3,000 and 1,000BC?<br />Ask historians and anthropologists, not atheists.<br /><br />9.How is independent thought possible in a world ruled by chance and necessity?<br />Chance? There's no chance. <br /><br />10.How do we account for self-awareness?<br />Associative areas in the brain that combine an element of I-ness, an element of now-ness and element of here-ness along with emotions.<br /><br />11.How is free will possible in a material universe?<br />Free-will is an illusion.<br /><br />12.How do we account for conscience?<br />Refer to the evolution of the human brain, more precisely the evolution of the social cortex, aka, the pre-frontal cortex.<br /><br />13.On what basis can we make moral judgements?<br />Moral sentiments and social emotions, sympathy, empathy, culture, law, etc.<br /><br />14.Why does suffering matter?<br />Cause of the parts of the brain that govern sympathy, empathy and innate revulsion to hurting and killing.<br /><br />15.Why do human beings matter?<br />Same as 14.<br /><br />16.Why care about justice?<br />We have no choice. Our sense of justice is a moral sentiment and social emotion genetically contained.<br /><br />17.How do we account for the almost universal belief in the supernatural?<br />By-product of the misfiring of cognitive mechanisms that are not perfect.<br /><br />18.How do we know the supernatural does not exist?<br />It might as well exist, but whatever comes into contact with our reality at any point, it can be observed and measured and quantified, it stops being supernatural to become natural.<br /><br />19.How can we know if there is conscious existence after death?<br />I don't know. I'm not sure we can know that. Maybe one day we might find the way. For now there's no good reason to think our consciousness remains after death. Mind is what the brain does, and when the brain dies the mind dies with it.<br /><br />20.What accounts for the empty tomb, resurrection appearances and growth of the church?<br />Mythology, word of mouth, rumors, human gullibility, political agendas, mythical elaboration, etc.cirogalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03465618266447799391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-68637772320055217392013-06-13T14:22:43.414-07:002013-06-13T14:22:43.414-07:00Once again, the mistake is made of confusing the d...Once again, the mistake is made of confusing the debate between (existence of a god vs non existence of a god) and (existence of the Christian god vs non existence of the Christian god). Arguments for the existence of "a god" make me stop and think and while non-persuasive, do give me food for thought. However, those arguments don't even state anything about the Christian god. In effect all you've done is give some weak arguments for deism and smugly slapped a Christian label on them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192648995523196766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-69611096218715665112013-05-06T18:42:34.824-07:002013-05-06T18:42:34.824-07:00If they presumably Robert means the disciples of J...If they presumably Robert means the disciples of Jesus hid the body why would they change from being whimps to openly brave and bold in the face of all opposition from the religious leaders and the Roman authorities? The reason it was reported that Jesus had risen from the dead by women who in those days and in that culture were not respected witnesses is that it happened! RAYMONDOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11694354911916985273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-4390017314813220572013-04-29T18:28:55.641-07:002013-04-29T18:28:55.641-07:00Oh, boy. Somebody's been reading Lee Strobel t...Oh, boy. Somebody's been reading Lee Strobel too often. I'll start with this site: www.caseagainstfaith.com<br /><br />Now onto the issues:<br /><br />1.What caused the universe to exist?<br /><br />Don't know. Doesn't mean goddidit.<br /><br />2.What explains the fine tuning of the universe?<br /><br />It's not fine-tuned for life. You're assuming your conclusion without proving it. Your logic is ass-backwards.<br /><br />3.Why is the universe rational?<br /><br />Another lie. The universe is neither rational or irrational. It simply exists. It is neither caring nor cruel nor indifferent. It is as conscious and rational as a rock.<br /><br />4.How did DNA and amino acids arise?<br /><br />Abiogenesis. The specifics are unknown, but we do know it's possible. Look up the Miller-Urey experiment.<br /><br />5.Where did the genetic code come from?<br /><br />See above.<br /><br />6.How do irreducibly complex enzyme chains evolve?<br /><br />Study evolution. If you believe it to be nonsensical, kindly do us a favour and stop getting vaccinated against the flu every year.<br /><br />7.How do we account for the origin of 116 distinct language families?<br /><br />Human migration.<br /><br />8.Why did cities suddenly appear all over the world between 3,000 and 1,000BC?<br /><br />The shift from hunter-gatherer societies to agrarian societies.<br /><br />9.How is independent thought possible in a world ruled by chance and necessity?<br /><br />More garbage. Chance does not "rule" the universe. You seem to be assuming that the laws of physics, chemistry etc are ruled by chance and necessity.<br /><br />10.How do we account for self-awareness?<br /><br />Study neuroscience and the evolution of animal brains.<br /><br />11.How is free will possible in a material universe?<br /><br />Self-awareness, sentience and education. Free will is impossible if an omnipotent and omniscient god exists. Try harder. Your lack of effort is really showing.<br /><br />12.How do we account for conscience?<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQUxmJR9a5Y<br /><br />Counter-question - how do you account for the lack of conscience in psychopaths if your god supposedly wrote the moral law on our hearts?<br /><br />13.On what basis can we make moral judgements?<br /><br />On the effects of acts on suffering and happiness, which is what morality is all about (unless you're brainwashed or evil).<br /><br />14.Why does suffering matter?<br /><br />Because suffering is bad by definition. It obviously matters little to you, being an anti-choice pro-suffering prick.<br /><br />15.Why do human beings matter?<br /><br />Because we are sentient (self-aware).<br /><br />16.Why care about justice?<br /><br />Because fairness leads to a happier, healthier society.<br /><br />Thank you also for implying that the ONLY reason you have refrained from killing (which does not always include murder) is because god told you to.<br /><br />17.How do we account for the almost universal belief in the supernatural?<br /><br />Because, as sentient beings, we are curious and tend to implant "explanations" for things we do not fully comprehend.<br /><br />18.How do we know the supernatural does not exist?<br /><br />Because there's no evidence for it. Why do you disbelieve in Vishnu, Krishna and Mithra?<br /><br />19.How can we know if there is conscious existence after death?<br /><br />We can't, but all the evidence suggests that our consciousness ceases to exist upon death.<br /><br />20.What accounts for the empty tomb, resurrection appearances and growth of the church?<br /><br />Got any sources outside the Babble? Until you can produce any corroborative evidence, the bible will remain fictitious. Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14029187310122412297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-56193344278030404122013-03-27T10:24:30.463-07:002013-03-27T10:24:30.463-07:00I am a doctor too (PhD in math and computer scienc...I am a doctor too (PhD in math and computer science). I believe in evolution, but not in Darwinian evolution. The only intellectual ground to believe in Darwinian evolution is that without Darwinian evolution, one would have to believe in creation - and therefore believe in God. However, careful study of the performance of Darwinian systems (I work in this field) didn't find any evidence of Darwinian evolution being able to substantially increase the degree of complexity of the field it is applied to. Evolution works inside a particular species. Inter-species evolution and co-evolution theories are totally incompatible with the age of the universe.<br />As a human, I am a Christian (and therefore a creationist!); as a scientist, I can't negate the evidence of some form of intelligent design - probably what the philosophers call a "primary creator being".<br />By the way, I agree with atheists that God doesn't exist: if God is the creator of the universe, he can't be part of it. God doesn't exist: he IS. And out of the reach of science. We only can describe some of his properties, but science and intelligence and whatever is part of the universe is unable to comprehend him.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534371829189858622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-22851510433530746562013-02-05T20:14:10.269-08:002013-02-05T20:14:10.269-08:00Having had many discussions with those Atheists wh...Having had many discussions with those Atheists who are civil enough to hold one on equal terms and my conclusion is also simple.Harga Gadgethttp://www.hargagadget.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-88095567405991439612013-01-15T21:24:37.760-08:002013-01-15T21:24:37.760-08:00Why do we have male and female? If we all "e...Why do we have male and female? If we all "evolved" from an asexual bacteria, why would sexual reproduction be needed. Think of the positives of asexual reproduction ..1) no looking for the right mate 2) quicker turn around time.<br /><br />In line with my first question for evolutionists....Which sex came first? Male or female? Did they just happen to show up at the right place and the right time and discover that sex feels good and can create babies?sharplittlearrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01042846171376519005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-9263946553142953122013-01-06T03:21:35.781-08:002013-01-06T03:21:35.781-08:00Venus is the only planet that rotates backwards (U...Venus is the only planet that rotates backwards (Uranus "rolls on its side"). Venus rotating backwards only violates conservation of momentum if you assume that from its earliest formation it has never been struck by any other substantial object and that it is not subject to any gravitational influences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com