Introducing MonstersInsideMe

[MonstersInsideMe]

My name is Amanda. I'm a Christian living in Michigan.  I'm not here to shove Jesus down anyone's throat. I talk a lot so my posts will probably be few and far between but also excruciatingly long. I'm very opinionated, but that doesn't mean you have to agree with anything I say (though I do smile a little when people do agree with me; it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside). I hope to get to know all of you, so see you around!

[curiosityandthecat]

Well, Amanda, welcome to the forum (something you would certainly not be if you were here to shove Jesus down anyone's throat   ).

[MonstersInsideMe]

Thank you for the warm welcome.  Frankly I wasn't sure what the response would be to my introduction to the forum, so thank you!

[curiosityandthecat]

Thank you for the warm welcome.  Frankly I wasn't sure what the response would be to my introduction to the forum, so thank you!

Everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt; atheists know this better than most. You'll find good, intelligent, well-spoken people here. I promise.  

[JillSwift]

Welcome

Interesting choice of user-name. Is it something particularly meaningful to you?

[AlP]

Hi Amanda, I look forward to your long posts =).

[MonstersInsideMe]

Well, I am studying microbiology and hope to pursue graduate work in the field of medical microbiology working to find treatments for parasites and such or working to start out as a medical technician testing lab samples maybe.  I am also majoring in the Environment though and hope to set up a purification system for water in Mexico.  My username comes from a program on animal planet called Monsters Inside Me about parasites. I know, weird right?

Also, I'm a big Harry Potter fan and enjoyed the first three Twilight books when they first came out but now I am kind of wary about displaying too much interest because of the huge craze that has begun over Twilight in which I want no part. Also, I fought valiantly to save the show Moonlight that was on CBS last year but got cancelled.  It was about a vampire PI (nothing like Angel although I also greatly enjoyed Buffy as a child...and Xena, Hercules, Jack of All Trades, Cleopatra 2525, Beastmaster, and Star Trek.  Mind you I was about 7-12 in this period).  Where was I?  So yeah, I really loved Moonlight.

Sorry about the long post...I guess I like to talk about myself.  I like to hear about others too though, so feel free to tell me something about yourselves! (here or in a PM)

[JillSwift]

Well, I am studying microbiology and hope to pursue graduate work in the field of medical microbiology working to find treatments for parasites and such or working to start out as a medical technician testing lab samples maybe.  I am also majoring in the Environment though and hope to set up a purification system for water in Mexico.  My username comes from a program on animal planet called Monsters Inside Me about parasites. I know, weird right?

Not weird, cool.

[MonstersInsideMe]

Well, I am studying microbiology and hope to pursue graduate work in the field of medical microbiology working to find treatments for parasites and such or working to start out as a medical technician testing lab samples maybe.  I am also majoring in the Environment though and hope to set up a purification system for water in Mexico.  My username comes from a program on animal planet called Monsters Inside Me about parasites. I know, weird right?

Not weird, cool.

I had to add this smiley too, but it doesn't mean anything I just wanted to use it:  :brick:  :flip:  :typehappy:  woohoo  :exphug:  :fish:  :cake:    :read

Gosh, this is sooooo much fun!  I'm such a smiley w****. (I don't want to get a warning for language on my first day) :eek:

OK, I'm really done with the smileys now.  

[hismikeness]

Well, I am studying microbiology and hope to pursue graduate work in the field of medical microbiology working to find treatments for parasites and such or working to start out as a medical technician testing lab samples maybe.  I am also majoring in the Environment though and hope to set up a purification system for water in Mexico.  My username comes from a program on animal planet called Monsters Inside Me about parasites. I know, weird right?

In your microbiology class, have you ever thought about why these billions (if not trillions) of microbes and parasites and such, though created (allegedly) by god aren't mentioned in the bible? Something I've thought about before and never gotten a good answer to. He created em, so he obviously knew about em...

Hismikeness

[Whitney]

Hi, welcome to the forum.

Gosh, this is sooooo much fun!  I'm such a smiley w****. (I don't want to get a warning for language on my first day) :eek:

We don't worry about "bad" words here as long as they aren't used in a derogatory sense and directed towards another user or group of people.

[MonstersInsideMe]

In your microbiology class, have you ever thought about why these billions (if not trillions) of microbes and parasites and such, though created (allegedly) by god aren't mentioned in the bible? Something I've thought about before and never gotten a good answer to. He created em, so he obviously knew about em...

Hismikeness

Actually, scholars say that the really old commandments to the Jews in the old testament about some things like preparing food and such that sound so strange to us today were actually to prevent diseases though the people back then wouldn't have understood anything about "microbes" because they hadn't even thought that small yet (due to the microscope not being invented yet)!  I watched a program about that on the history channel.

Also, I can see why microbes wouldn't be in the Bible yet because none of the authors would have known anything about them and it would have just been confusing.

I did post something in the creationism section about how the monomers of the prebiotic soup in ancient Earth had to be incubated in minerals found in mud and clay to become amino acids-->proteins, the building blocks of life.  This comes from my textbook. This reminded me of genesis when the Bible says that God made man out of the dust and breathed life into him.  Science says that this is pretty much what happened (I mean minus the God part, that comes from my own personal beliefs).  Amino acids rose up out of the mud and clay and spontaneously became living.  See chemical evolution for more info.

I've been trying to find some Bible verses about the food and washing commandments, but I don't know my Bible that well.    sorry.  

Thank you for all the warm welcomes!  I feel so warm and fuzzy inside!
~Amanda~

[hismikeness]

This reminded me of genesis when the Bible says that God made man out of the dust and breathed life into him. Science says that this is pretty much what happened.

I don't know if this is being nitpicky, but, if God simply guided the amino acids together in the soup to spark life, and the Bible quote says he breathed life in to man from the dust, that isn't really how it went since those amino acids only formed proteins to be the foundation for the most primitive of all life, which evolved in to everything, including 99% of the species that ever existed that are extinct, not man. Not for another four point some billion years later at least. To me, that is kind of a stretch to compare the science and the Bible verse in question.

But in fairness, you did say "reminded you of" not "this is exactly how the Bible tells it"  

Hismikeness

[MonstersInsideMe]

This reminded me of genesis when the Bible says that God made man out of the dust and breathed life into him. Science says that this is pretty much what happened.

I don't know if this is being nitpicky, but, if God simply guided the amino acids together in the soup to spark life, and the Bible quote says he breathed life in to man from the dust, that isn't really how it went since those amino acids only formed proteins to be the foundation for the most primitive of all life, which evolved in to everything, including 99% of the species that ever existed that are extinct, not man. Not for another four point some billion years later at least. To me, that is kind of a stretch to compare the science and the Bible verse in question.

But in fairness, you did say "reminded you of" not "this is exactly how the Bible tells it"  

Hismikeness

It helps that I don't take the Bible as 100% literal, like it didn't really only take 7 days to create everything (not to be confused with 100% true, though I still have issues to work through with the Bible)

[Tanker]

Well from what I can tell you're not a "fundmentalist" more of a moderate or even liberal Christaian (correct me if I'm wrong). Which if true is a good thing for both yourself and the other posters here. Most "fundies" just come to preach and/or troll. Which is just a waste of time, not to mention make many peoples religious ... aversion even stronger. You are not the first Christian or religious poster but those willing to have an open and unabusive dialogue are sadly rare. (Speaking of which has anyone heard from Titan lately?) Welcome to or humble forum I'm glad you have arrived and look forward to your views on guided evolution (mabye quasi-guided?), which is what it appears you believe. AAaagain I welcome you.