Dinosaurs

[rogue06]

Everyone has preconceived notions and its impossible to do away with them.

And I appreciate your willingness to dialogue as well as your broad knowledge base of these issues. Yet, I do and will remain unconvinced. I am not sold by your evidences or by statements and particular views of certain individuals or organizations whom I may not even agree with on a plethora of other issues and whom may or may not support your own position. I've been over this enough within my own study and have developed rather firm positions as a result.

Seems like you are determined to provide an example of your first assertion

[rogue06]

Once again, "conspiracy theory" is just a form of reductio ad absurdum or hyperbole that makes a situation more impossible than it has to be. You're a Christian, right? You believe Christianity is the truth, right? Every other belief, or non-belief, is a lie, right? There have been hundreds of millions, if not billions of people for 2,000 years that were not and have not been Christian and have believed absolute lies. Would you call that a conspiracy theory?

I think you are confused as to what does and does not constitute a "lie."

[Scrawly]

So what are you asking? Why chaos exists independently of humanity's actions?

What was the purpose of the dinosaurs?

[seanD]

I think you are confused as to what does and does not constitute a "lie."

Your belief in it is your prerogative. If you're convinced of the evidence, then cool. I was refuting the argument you use to support that belief. A conspiracy theory in this case is just an exaggeration you use to discredit the argument that it's not true or discredit those who believe it's not true. Evolution doesn't have to constitute a conscious and calculated conspiracy theory, anymore than you believe non-Christian belief is a conscious and calculated conspiracy theory against Christianity.

[rogue06]

What was the purpose of the dinosaurs?

Probably similar to that of trilobites I guess

[Hamster]

It was a really creative way of making sure we had enough oil

[ThePuppyTurtle]

Evolution doesn't have to constitute a conscious and calculated conspiracy theory

Then why do 99.98% of Scientists believe it if it is not true.

[xtreem5150ahm]

Offer bacon

Burnt offering?

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[moreta]

cured bacon

Silly boy, bacon doesn't need cured, it isn't sick.

[RBerman]

Then why do 99.98% of Scientists believe it if it is not true.

Because they operate within the constraints of their presuppositions. Do you think it would be hard to go to any period in history and find 99.98% of scientists believing something that's not true?

[rogue06]

We actually have fossilized examples of dinosaur skin. They had feathers and scales

Interesting development concerning preserved dinosaur skin impressions

[seanD]

Then why do 99.98% of Scientists believe it if it is not true.

I’ll answer this with a question. Why do 5 billion people in the world believe Christianity is not true if it is? How can so many billions of people, both intelligent and not so intelligent, be so wrong all at once? Why do people believe so many different things that often conflict, whether it’s religion, politics, geopolitics, the economy, etc., and will argue vehemently that what they believe is correct and supported by facts? Why do intelligent, reasonable and sane liberals and conservatives believe so many things that are starkly different and many times conflict, and have believed these things for many decades? Both sides can’t be right about everything they disagree with. Why did so many scientists believe (and still believe) we were the cause of global warming and if we didn’t change this, we were doomed within a decade because of this? Why does this happen on a collective basis with so many people (groups of people)? Is it a conspiracy theory? Or is it that we, as human beings, have natural urges to believe what we want to believe and will not only find others to affirm those beliefs but will find anything to support that belief, whether they’re actual facts or things we interpret as facts and want to believe as facts. It’s not necessary to suppose that people, in these types of situations that involve many others, are consciously conspiring this. It’s called confirmation bias and it’s a phenomenon that we see abundantly in human nature, including very intelligent and educated people. To call it a conspiracy is reductio ad absurdum and is typically used to discredit those questioning authority or the official consensus, or even the majority view, by making something sound impossible when it doesn't have to be impossible.

[Leonhard]

Have you ever considered that people can be biased against this idea, simple because its the majority view?

[Leonhard]

Why do I never check what subforum the posts in the SB are under. Sorry mods.