There is a scene from a series called Joan of Arcadia (a truly undervalued series from the early 2000s) where Joan asks teen boy God to show her a miracle, and he points to a tree. She says “that’s just a tree” and he replies “Lets see you make one”...
By this logic cancer is a miracle. God can be anything, as long as we're willing to torture and twist the meaning of the word to desperately grasp at a fake divine in a real world.
You have a lot of terms conflated in a way that tells me you would benefit from learning more about these ideas.
Natural selection is the opposite of a motivation. All it really is this: Traits that help an organism live to reproduce or do not adversely affect its opportunity or ability to reproduce will continue to propagate in a population of organisms. Traits that hinder an organism in reproducing or adversely affect its opportunity or ability to reproduce will gradually be expressed less. There isn't a motivation for that, it's a self-selecting process. If an organism can't reproduce, it can't pass its traits on to the next generation. If it can reproduce, it can pass its traits on to the next generation.
Life isn't motivated to survive because an omnipotent superintelligence wants it to be. All the life that didn't give a shit about surviving didn't live long enough to propagate.
Natural selection does not provide an origin for life or the universe. I agree with the other poster who mentions that organic matter - and life - is a result of the basic nature of matter in the universe. I wouldn't say I know much about the origin of the universe, but inserting a god into it just kicks the can down the road. Every issue you might have with the big bang is just moved one completely unverifiable step away by throwing a god into the equation. Who made god? And, if god can exist without being created, why could not the universe?
They're not saying it is invalid, they are wondering how long it will take for China to immediately flip on this once it's about their own interests, because they constantly talk out of both sides of their mouth on this sort of thing.
No shit, they were discussing the possible geopolitical implications, not saying China is uniquely duplicitous. Please use your media literacy to not insert words into people's mouths.
Act like a spy and rapist, be treated like a spy and rapist.
Whistleblowers are impartial. They don't withhold information to help tip the scales. Edward Snowden is a whistle blower. Julian Assange is a Russian asset and a rapist.
Assange got e-mails for both Republican and Democratic parties from a Russian hacker associated with the Kremlin and then specifically chose to withhold the Republican e-mails and release the Democratic e-mails. If he meant anything he said about transparency, he would have released everything, but that's not what he or his employers wanted. They wanted their puppet president in Trump, and Assange was happy to help like the Russian asset he is.
Wait until you go back to watch the original cartoon and find it's just a competent kids show for two seasons and one season of rushed nothing.
Maybe the reason these adaptations keep not working is because the source material isn't actually the magnum opus the people who watched it when they were 10 years old think it is.
Maybe it's just cursed, but the conversation around this show feels a lot like Star Wars that way.
From what I’ve observed, many accounts which were critiqued to the current Modi govt have been withheld in the country. Accounts of farmer leaders were also suspended amid the ongoing farmers protest in the country. It’s worth noting that India will see the general elections this year around May.
And if you think this is a just India thing, that Twitter is not trying to tip the scales toward fascists in your country's elections, you should think again. This is important to consider wherever you are.
The group of more than a dozen masked individuals marched wearing red shirts and black pants, waving flags with swastikas on them. It is not clear at this time who the group is or affiliated with, though many of the shirts said “Blood Tribe.”
The idea of a Christian America means different things to different people. Pollsters have found a wide circle of Americans who hold general God-and-country sentiments....
Dominion Theology is damn near mainstream in the Republican Party. No one ever accused Christians of being logically consistent. All simply assume their bullshit interpretation will win out in the end because God.
U.S. and British officials maintain that their attacks target “Houthi” military positions – ammunition stores and missile launch sites, but the reality of the ground tells a different story. Yemeni civilians say they are blind and indiscriminate and often leave civilians maimed or killed. Assuming the U.S. and UK are...
Two climate activists on Tuesday targeted Botticelli’s masterpiece “The Birth of Venus” hanging at Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, attaching images of recent flood damage in the Tuscany region on the protective glass.
You find magic from your God and we find magic everywhere (lemmy.world)
There is a scene from a series called Joan of Arcadia (a truly undervalued series from the early 2000s) where Joan asks teen boy God to show her a miracle, and he points to a tree. She says “that’s just a tree” and he replies “Lets see you make one”...
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China to ICJ: Palestine has ‘inalienable right’ to armed resistance (www.aljazeera.com)
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Netflix’s live-action Avatar has its heart in the right place, but its pacing and uneven performances leave a lot to be desired.
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From what I’ve observed, many accounts which were critiqued to the current Modi govt have been withheld in the country. Accounts of farmer leaders were also suspended amid the ongoing farmers protest in the country. It’s worth noting that India will see the general elections this year around May.
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The group of more than a dozen masked individuals marched wearing red shirts and black pants, waving flags with swastikas on them. It is not clear at this time who the group is or affiliated with, though many of the shirts said “Blood Tribe.”
Trump is suddenly in need of a lot of cash. That’s everyone’s problem. (www.vox.com)
Two recent verdicts have now left Donald Trump on the hook for nearly half a billion dollars....
Many believe the founders wanted a Christian America. Some want the government to declare one now (apnews.com)
The idea of a Christian America means different things to different people. Pollsters have found a wide circle of Americans who hold general God-and-country sentiments....
The Threat of All Out War: Yemen Nears the Tipping Point As US Airstrikes Intensify (www.mintpressnews.com)
U.S. and British officials maintain that their attacks target “Houthi” military positions – ammunition stores and missile launch sites, but the reality of the ground tells a different story. Yemeni civilians say they are blind and indiscriminate and often leave civilians maimed or killed. Assuming the U.S. and UK are...
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Climate activists target Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus' in Florence's Uffizi Gallery (apnews.com)
Two climate activists on Tuesday targeted Botticelli’s masterpiece “The Birth of Venus” hanging at Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, attaching images of recent flood damage in the Tuscany region on the protective glass.