garnet13aj
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[/QUOTE]I thought of 4 people I know within about 30 seconds that didn't have --- until marriage because they were Christians. I'm sure there are plenty more in our church and I just don't know about it, it's not really a subject that comes up often. There actually are people out there who follow this command. And it's probably more than you think. If you don't hang around those crowds, you probably would think it's 0% of the population.
FYI, I'm a virgin, so you can stop acusing me of hanging out w/the wrong crowd. I was speaking generally of people in Africa and the AIDS/STD epidemic there. Education about contraception would greatly increase their quality of life. And even here, --- ed will greatly decrease the amount of STD's and unwanted pregnancies in our country. Just because a certain part of the population waits doesn't mean the rest deserve STDs.
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Originally Posted by garnet13aj
I've seen evolution occur. Bacteria replicate at a fast enough rate that it is possible.
because evolution happens at an extremely slow rate.
I believe these are conflicting statements
You are right, I didn't specify. Evolution in bacteria is fast because they replicated quickly. Evolution in animals is slow because we replicate slowly. It takes thousands upon thousands of years to go through as many generations as it takes bacteria to go through in a few weeks.
You are contradicting yourself. You are saying this...
1. People in Africa don't follow the ideas of the Bible
2. The Pope is at fault for preventing knowledge of Condoms to people in Africa.
FYI, I'm a virgin, so you can stop acusing me of hanging out w/the wrong crowd. I was speaking generally of people in Africa and the AIDS/STD epidemic there. Education about contraception would greatly increase their quality of life. And even here, --- ed will greatly decrease the amount of STD's and unwanted pregnancies in our country. Just because a certain part of the population waits doesn't mean the rest deserve STDs.
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Originally Posted by garnet13aj
I've seen evolution occur. Bacteria replicate at a fast enough rate that it is possible.
because evolution happens at an extremely slow rate.
I believe these are conflicting statements
You are right, I didn't specify. Evolution in bacteria is fast because they replicated quickly. Evolution in animals is slow because we replicate slowly. It takes thousands upon thousands of years to go through as many generations as it takes bacteria to go through in a few weeks.
You are contradicting yourself. You are saying this...
1. People in Africa don't follow the ideas of the Bible
2. The Pope is at fault for preventing knowledge of Condoms to people in Africa.
If the pope encouraged the Catholics missionaries to teach contraception when waiting for marriage wasn't going to happen, there wouldn't be as high a rate of STD's and AIDS. Why openly preaching that --- before marriage is wrong and also contraceptives are wrong. They can ignore the first statement, but they don't have any knoweledge of the second statement. Sam Harris explains it much better than I do, I'll try to find how he explains it and get back to you.