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Interesting to see the shapes in which bees create their honeycombs. Almost mathematically precise... Hexagons are one of the most efficient shapes strength wise.

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But this isn't any evidence for a creator... :roll:
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Straws collapse into hexagons if compressed inot each other...if fact bees makes them circular and the weight compresses them...
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zoegirl wrote:Straws collapse into hexagons if compressed inot each other...if fact bees makes them circular and the weight compresses them...
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I am always amazed as I look at them when I pour them in my bowl for breakfast in the morning. :pound: :shakehead:
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Maybe it's on their eyes as well.. A hexagon world..

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No gravity to play God here... ;)
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But your original post was on honeycombs, was it not?
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If you are saying it's an accident that they turn into hexagon's then be my guest.. It still doesn't deny a creator.
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No
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I am saying that you changed the topic.
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BGoodForGoodSake wrote:No
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I am saying that you changed the topic.
I see God's design.... In everything. I'm not changing my topic.
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Gman wrote:But this isn't any evidence for a creator... :roll:
My wife has a beautiful ass. She must have been created! :lol:

Seriously,this is not evidence; to claim it as such is just short-sighted. Could you explain to me in what way this points to a creator?
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Rigger wrote:Seriously,this is not evidence; to claim it as such is just short-sighted. Could you explain to me in what way this points to a creator?
Do honeycombs create themselves out of luck or does a bee create it?
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Why are you looking for evidence? Isn't the point of faith that you don't have any evidence? If you had evidence of proof of God's existence, you could no longer have faith! And then, ironically, religion would be in a whole heap of doo-doo.
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RollingStone wrote:Why are you looking for evidence? Isn't the point of faith that you don't have any evidence? If you had evidence of proof of God's existence, you could no longer have faith! And then, ironically, religion would be in a whole heap of doo-doo.
That is a common misconception about what faith in the Christian context is. Faith does not mean to have blind faith in the existence of God, but that one trusts the atonement and justification of the cross.

Showing evidence, like GMan is here, is confirmation of the created order, and not meant to be some method of convincing non-believers that God exists.
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RollingStone wrote:Why are you looking for evidence? Isn't the point of faith that you don't have any evidence? If you had evidence of proof of God's existence, you could no longer have faith! And then, ironically, religion would be in a whole heap of doo-doo.
God expects us to use our minds - Mt 22:36-38, Romans 12:2... But in terms of scientific evidence, nothing is said to have 100% proof. Nothing.. Therefore whatever your belief or religion is, if you believe in God or if you believe that nature is the supreme creator...

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Well... Faith... ;)
The heart cannot rejoice in what the mind rejects as false - Galileo

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I saw a program about these honeybees a few years ago. Their defense speaks design to me. They know just what temperature will work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_cerana_japonica
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