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I'm not sure what the question means, or whether I have the chops in biochemistry to reply... But here's something that addresses that at least obliquely https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/science-blog/origin-first-genomes

What choice? Choice to follow? We can choose to follow a profession or a social group or all sorts of things... Surely you don't mean to imply that belief is a choice???🧐😱

Ah, for the best. I replied to something just now before seeing this. He'll never answer, so much the better. We've had stuff like this in the past and gave people a really long leash - with which they only bashed people with. 🙄😣😥

How do you think this affects things for them?

Can you define the meaning of the verb "casting" in this context?

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A kind of evidence I would be deeply intrigued by and somewhat likely find at least somewhat convincing would be something like this: Imagine if contemporary religious leaders like the Pope, the Dalai Lama, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Orthodox Patriarchs, Head Rabbis of various countries...

or women... are there women amongst the Messengers - are there thought to be women Messengers? How are these facts known? This statement makes some sense to me.

That circles back to my original question WHAT constitutes evidence? Scriptures? Why? There must be a reason why scriptures, words on a page, physically written by humans, counts so heavily... why? I'd like evidence that was less ambiguous - signs of some kind that communicate a direct message...

Survival of the fittest. If the trait helps the organism survive long enough to pass on its genes to the next generation, the genes survive and continue to develop the traits.

Seriously?

I Saw the Sign - by Ace of Base

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Soon? 🤔

That would be great!

@Thomas & @moralorel What does this mean? Can you say more about this? (I mean this specifically- you've both said a lot on closely related thoughts but I want to hone in on the who and what god is question)

https://www.premierchristianity.com/opinion/kirk-camerons-view-of-hell-is-controversial-but-i-think-hes-right/20653.article Actor Kirk Cameron, long time outspoken evangelical, has recently reported that his theology leans more towards annihilationist or conditionalist soteriology rather than...

But on the plus side, bit by bit, with repeated conversations, each person who participates in such conversations has the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding and more nuanced views and/or better or more nuanced ways to argue their points in the future, if so desired.

(so many possible answers) Which implies first you had the convictions, then you critiqued them, then the results of the critiques exist as evidence What I was meaning to say here was what I said more clearly just above - it sounds like you're saying you had convictions of some kind- my follow...

I don't understand what you mean. Or what you are concluding... or the case you are making. I think you are skipping some steps?