New NASA Maps Show A Bad Day On Earth

Stephen Lau writes "ScienceDaily has an article talking about the new NASA maps that reveal the geography of the North American continent in amazing detail. One of the maps provides strong evidence of a 112 mile wide, 3000 foot deep impact crater which they believe was the comet/asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs and more than 70% of Earth's living species 65 million years ago."

Comments

Re:Fight Meteor Impacts, Not Iraq

[The Bungi]

I know you're trolling, but I have one and only one word for you:

Bruce Willis

(OK, maybe two)

Re:Man, every asteroid kills the poor dinosaurs

[Surak]

Yeah, but how do they know that this *particular* asteroid wiped out most of the species on the planet 65 million years ago? As the parent poster pointed out, there have been many such asteroid impacts discovered, and there's no proof one way or the other that one or any of them caused the extinction of the dinos. It's not like anyone was around 65 million years ago to see it.

Re:IF YOU MOD THE PARENT POST DOWN

[stormraven]

Way to be tolerant. I'm impressed.

Perhaps if you were less a student of religion and more a student of history you would realize that Christianity has arguably caused more evil overall than any other organization in history, with the possible exception of Nazi Germany.

Allow me to clarify. The longevity of the Roman empire was brought about by its openness and acceptance of the gods of others. They might not have always believed in them, but they respected them. Naturally they expected their own gods to be respected, and when the Christians told them to go to hell instead. This was, in fact, largely ignored until Nero blamed the burning of Rome on them, and they used it to turn public opinion their way, breed dissent, and bring down the Roman empire.

Or perhaps I should bring mention to the Inquisition. Contrary to what many think, it lasted from around the time Christians got real political power to around the time of the American colonies (remember the Salem witch trials?). They wanted to stamp out any and all other religions, and used whatever means necessary to do so. If you disobeyed, you would be murdered.

Now, add in the Crusades. The men who went didn't go for religious purposes. They went to loot, pillage, and rape, a task they fulfilled with grim efficiency. Well, ok, maybe some went for religious reasons, but not all that many of them were so deluded.

You can question the credibility of some of these claims, but they can each be backed up by historical fact. I will admit Christians weren't the only reason for the decline of rome, but they WERE one of the major factors in Rome's fall, and I challenge you all to provide to provide broad-based, credible proof that states otherwise.

And likewise, I challenge any of you to provide any real credible verifiable undeniable proof of the existance of the Christian god. I doubt it can be done.