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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 19:04
Originally posted by AllP0werToSlaves AllP0werToSlaves wrote:

The world likes to offer black and white choices (seemingly), but the truth is often found in the grey area more so than either extreme. 


True that.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 18:15
Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Not sure how Bill Maher got involved but I hate that guy with a passion. That is all.
I used to like him but now I can't stand him (except his new rules are rather dunny though sometimes stupid like the one where he compared the nfl to the US).

Brian that avatar is too great...


oh thank you. Winter Cat has gone to Jersey Shore for a break...

And I guess that makes sense given your political shift...but I always hated him. Even as a hardcore leftist.
A moronic blowhard is one regardless!


Oh and uh...yeah you can worship Satan just keep it outta my face please?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 17:42
Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

I hate how the crowd claps at every stupid half-wit comment he makes, ensuring that any possible semi-intelligent conversation is quickly interrupted by their inane laughter. 
yes even when I liked him I didn't like that. I feel bad for the conservatives and right wingers that go to that show...

Maher used to be a libertarian. Then he got all swedish. What the hell happened is usually the other way around.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 13:43
Originally posted by Anthony H. Anthony H. wrote:

Originally posted by AllP0werToSlaves AllP0werToSlaves wrote:

The world is rife with many a false dichotomy; science v.s. religion is probably the oldest one in the book (no pun intended Wink).


You have to be careful with the dichotomy of "Science or Religion." On the surface, it is a false one; one can obviously believe in both religion and science. However, there are instances when it is a true dichotomy. For example: Belief in evolution and belief in a literal Adam & Eve. One can't have both.

In short: You have to do some tap-dancing if you want to accept both religion and science.

Exactly my point; it requires discernment of the individual. The world likes to offer black and white choices (seemingly), but the truth is often found in the grey area more so than either extreme. 


Edited by AllP0werToSlaves - February 05 2011 at 13:44
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 13:24
Originally posted by Ronnie Pilgrim Ronnie Pilgrim wrote:

I just signed up for ballroom dancing. What are my options?

LOL


Looks like Zoroastrianism for you.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 13:22
I just signed up for ballroom dancing. What are my options?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 13:16
Originally posted by AllP0werToSlaves AllP0werToSlaves wrote:

The world is rife with many a false dichotomy; science v.s. religion is probably the oldest one in the book (no pun intended Wink).


You have to be careful with the dichotomy of "Science or Religion." On the surface, it is a false one; one can obviously believe in both religion and science. However, there are instances when it is a true dichotomy. For example: Belief in evolution and belief in a literal Adam & Eve. One can't have both.

In short: You have to do some tap-dancing if you want to accept both religion and science.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 12:43
I hate how the crowd claps at every stupid half-wit comment he makes, ensuring that any possible semi-intelligent conversation is quickly interrupted by their inane laughter. 
"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 12:31
Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Not sure how Bill Maher got involved but I hate that guy with a passion. That is all.
I used to like him but now I can't stand him (except his new rules are rather dunny though sometimes stupid like the one where he compared the nfl to the US).

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 11:53
The world is rife with many a false dichotomy; science v.s. religion is probably the oldest one in the book (no pun intended Wink).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 02:36
Oh Athe, not this thread again.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 02:32
Not sure how Bill Maher got involved but I hate that guy with a passion.
That is all.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 00:44
Bill Maher loves to make people look stupid so he looks smart (the same with all political comentators or comedians). In this case, he succeeded in a major way. I believe in evolution, 100%, but I also believe in letting people explain why they have such ridiculous views. Certainly, this guy has been blinded by religion. And all people laughing at him have been blinded in this nice attempt to make every single religious person look like a fool.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2011 at 00:35
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Quote of the Day

  "I believe I came from God,
    not from a monkey.
        --  Rep. Jack Kingston on Real Time,   

THE ANTI-SCIENCE PARTY.... This segment, by way of Daily Kos' Jed Lewison, helps reinforce much of what's wrong with the state of critical thinking in the Republican Party.

"Real Time" host Bill Maher asked Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) a fairly straightforward question: "Do you believe in evolution?" Kingston not only rejected the foundation of modern biology, he explained it this way: "I believe I came from God, not from a monkey." He added, "If it happened over millions and millions of years, there should be lots of fossil evidence."

Seriously, that's what he said.

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   Hey Monkey, if I kicked your ass real hard,
   I'd likely break your tail bone.  Think about that.
   

Well, there was a Republican Representative called Ben Bridges (2007), who said that evolution was part of an agenda perpetrated by the Jews (Stupid and anti Semite).


He also operates a link called fixedearth.com  in which he says  that the earth doesn't rotate but floats motionlessly in space because there's a computerized  electro magnet engineered by God (Even the most fanatical religious lesaders should abandon this guy).

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 04 2011 at 23:53
 ^ he's right about not "coming" from monkeys, to the extent that humans are one of many hominid types having little in common with apes other than basic construction and perhaps a very distant shared gene:
  It is generally believed that the Pan/Homo separation occurred about 6 – 8 million years ago, but the molecular clock (a method of calculating evolution based on the rate at which genes mutate) suggests the genera division 4.6 – 6.2 million years agoPrevious studies looked at average genetic differences between human and chimp. The new study compares the ages of key sequences of genes of modern humans and modern chimps. Some sequences are younger than others, indicating that chimps and humans gradually separated over a period of 4 million years. The youngest human chromosome is the X chromosome which is about 1.2 million years more recent than the 22 autosomes.

And the "I believe I came from God" part of his statement is another way of saying "I don't know where I came from" which, religious views aside, is a reasonable conclusion.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 04 2011 at 23:37

Quote of the Day

  "I believe I came from God,
    not from a monkey.
        --  Rep. Jack Kingston on Real Time,   

THE ANTI-SCIENCE PARTY.... This segment, by way of Daily Kos' Jed Lewison, helps reinforce much of what's wrong with the state of critical thinking in the Republican Party.

"Real Time" host Bill Maher asked Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) a fairly straightforward question: "Do you believe in evolution?" Kingston not only rejected the foundation of modern biology, he explained it this way: "I believe I came from God, not from a monkey." He added, "If it happened over millions and millions of years, there should be lots of fossil evidence."

Seriously, that's what he said.

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   Hey Monkey, if I kicked your ass real hard,
   I'd likely break your tail bone.  Think about that.
   


Edited by Slartibartfast - February 04 2011 at 23:39
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 04 2011 at 17:49
I don't think I would pray for Shiva or Baal if I was in trouble... Quite the contrary, in fact...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 04 2011 at 10:22
Not much point of making associations to foxholes and war. Of course a a person being spoonfed from an early age in childhood with christianity will shout for god in a distressing situation. That is the point, that anyone in a situation of distress will shout for Shiva, Odin, Baal, or any kind of higher autoriry if the person in question feels hopeless.

Kobaia, Wurdah Itah!
Language is a virus from outer space.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 29 2011 at 12:42
A foxhole is an a****le with a lascivious attitude.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 29 2011 at 12:11
Don't ask don't pray
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