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| xtremelingo Trilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6278 days ago 398 posts - 515 votes  Speaks: English*, Hindi*, Punjabi* Studies: German, French, Arabic (Written) | Message 25 of 63 18 November 2007 at 10:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Lloyd,
Wow! Have you ever studied any science? Once again, it has NOTHING to do with evolution. That's a big bang discussion, and doesn't belong here. As for Creationism. That's a nice excuse to incorporate some science to give religion a nice intelligent feel to it, and cover up the little holes that have been exposed by science over and over again. Edited by xtremelingo on 18 November 2007 at 10:08pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| vuisminebitz Triglot Groupie United States Joined 6565 days ago 86 posts - 108 votes Speaks: Yiddish, English*, Spanish Studies: Swahili | Message 26 of 63 18 November 2007 at 10:14pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Can't we get back to literature. The topic was rich literary tradition, not religion. And calling different holy books literature is bound to offend people as well.
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| lloydkirk Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6404 days ago 429 posts - 452 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Russian | Message 27 of 63 18 November 2007 at 10:15pm | IP Logged | |||||
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May I echo the same question? There is no definitive proof that the world is billions or even millions of years old. Science is riddled with 'holes' and unanswered questions. Sorry to burst your bubble...
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| Frisco Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6847 days ago 380 posts - 398 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Italian, Turkish, Mandarin | Message 28 of 63 18 November 2007 at 11:23pm | IP Logged | |||||
Sorry to burst yours, but you completely misunderstand the scientific method with your assumption that "theory" means a wild guess. Interesting also how you bash science here, but conveniently use it as an indication of a civilized society in another thread. To get this somewhat back on topic, saying evolution didn't happen because it has "holes" is like saying Spanish isn't derived from Latin because we don't have everything ever written, so we can't know if there ever was a transition. It's a desperate attempt to turn back the clock to simpler days when everything was explained away by "Goddidit!" 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| lloydkirk Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6404 days ago 429 posts - 452 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Russian | Message 29 of 63 18 November 2007 at 11:55pm | IP Logged | |||||
*Looks at topic and then at Frico's post while rolling eyes* You're logic is flawed my friend. Every linguist agrees that Spanish is derived from Latin, whereas there is a considerable segment of the scientific community who disregards Evolution. The theory simply can not be proven, it never will. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| xtremelingo Trilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6278 days ago 398 posts - 515 votes Speaks: English*, Hindi*, Punjabi* Studies: German, French, Arabic (Written) | Message 30 of 63 19 November 2007 at 1:07am | IP Logged | |||||
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Lloyd,
God has been proven? As much as Evolution is a theory, so is God. We can call God and basically all religions that believe in God, texts that promote the "Theory of God." So I don't really see what your whole point is. Like I said, any debate on religion is bound to go nowhere, because we are debating 'faith', and that is essentially subjective. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| joan.carles Bilingual Pentaglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6324 days ago 332 posts - 342 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan*, French, EnglishC1, EnglishC2, Mandarin Studies: Hungarian, Russian, Georgian | Message 31 of 63 19 November 2007 at 1:16am | IP Logged | |||||
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Mmm, religion debate... yes we'd better leave this for another thread as this was about literature in general.
I'd just like to add, thanks vuisminebits for your interesting post on Yiddish literature, I think I'm gonna try one of those children books you mention (I know the Hebrew script after having studied some Hebrew by myself, but my level of Yiddish is too low, I'd rely on German to try to understand, so why not trying children literature to start with something "easier"). BTW, some time ago I came across some books in Judeo-español, or Ladino, it was really interesting to read in that curious mix of old Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Italian, Provençal, Hebrew, Turkish and even Greek, spoken before the expulsion of Jews from Sefarad. Edited by joan.carles on 19 November 2007 at 1:17am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ? Groupie Joined 6211 days ago 43 posts - 40 votes Studies: Belarusian* | Message 32 of 63 19 November 2007 at 2:15am | IP Logged | |||||
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God bless you all.
God's perfect. So perfect SHE does not exit. French literature is overrated, though they do have some good writers: Proust, Camus, Sait-Exupér 1 person has voted this message useful |
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