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Ice-Age Fossils Unearthed At Construction Site In California
An anonymous reader writes: Constructions workers in Carlsbad, CA. have recently discovered Ice Age mammoth and prehistoric bison fossils during an excavation. The fossils were taken to the San Diego Museum of Natural History for examination and storage. "The bison fossil, which includes a skull and partial skeleton, is the most unusual and probably the most complete of the larger animals found at the project site. These are big animals, much larger than modern plains bison," said curator of paleontology at the San Diego Museum of Natural History, Tom Deméré.
For California to have had ab uce age
Because nobody Rs TFA: This was found in Carlsbad, closer to San Diego than LA -- any chance we can skip the Encino Man jokes? Please?
That the Earth is only 5,000 years old continue. They're so stupid.
Most Christians don't believe that. As in, the vast, vast majority of Christians reject the Young Earth viewpoint. The overwhelming majority of Bible-believing Christians accept the scientific Old Earth viewpoint. But hey, if you have to lie about a group and grossly misrepresent them just to try to make them look bad, you are actually paying them a compliment. It means of all the flaws that all groups of people always have, because they are people, you couldn't find a Christian flaw that was more obvious than some stupid lie, so you went with that lie. As a Christian I am grateful for this, and I hope more people follow your example. It can only help the cause of the Christian faith. Your desperation and hatred is a greater and more obvious testament to our validity than any charity or good works I could name. After all, you could always claim that charity was done for some kind of PR or other ulterior motive. And most Christians who sacrifice their money and time to perform charity want to be anonymous because the opinions of fellow men/women are not their goal. But no, your childish resentment is completely genuine, and completely blatant, and for that, I thank you.
I need them for clearing land in northern Minnesota. Hopefully before it all burns.
Just what every project manager wants to hear, "Everybody go home we found some bones. We'll call you when you can come back".
I must have been asleep.
I though Pat Robertson was still alive?
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Agreed. Most Christians do not interpret a partial family tree listing as a representation of the age of the earth. Most people that believe in God do not reject science. its a pitiful stereotype. The anti-religion crowd likes to belittle and attack as stupid anyone that believes in a higher power. Its not an appealing physiological profile for slashdot members to treat people that way.
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>The anti-religion crowd likes to belittle and attack as stupid anyone that believes in a higher power.
Would you like some fries with your strawman?
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I don't think he was being entirely serious, and I could have sworn I heard a whooshing sound when I read your comment. But just for the record, mammoths indeed were not dinosaurs and lived in a completely different time period together with early humans who hunted them.
Thats why I modded him funny and posted anonymous.
Nobody could actually be that thick. On the other hand, never give up a good opportunity to make fun of religion.
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Ice-Age Fossils Unearthed At Construction Site In California
Oh, early Republican convention no doubt. McCain for sure.
If they found an acorn, they better stay away from a safe distance. There's probably a prehistoric squirrel or something nearby and believe me, he's trouble.
You don't know really religious people if you still believe that. They don't call it "blind faith" for nothing.
Aaaah, yes. There's that lack of faith in scientific study. Gotta bash Christians right off the bat, even though no one mentioned it. Loser.
Most people that believe in God do not reject science.
Except when it comes to their particular precious little unfounded beliefs, which they have to retain so that a) they can think their parents were good people and not just another cog in a system of control which brainwashed them and b) so they can think they're intelligent and logical and haven't just wasted their life believing unfounded bullshit completely unsupported by any science or logic.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Well I try not to.
Maybe. Or it could be that out of the many ridiculous things you believe it's the most related to the topic at hand.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
The purported record of births and deaths in the Bible leads to the inescapable conclusion that the earth is about 6000 years old. If you define Christian as someone you believes, reads, and understands the Bible, anyone rejecting the young earth claim is not a Christian.
On the other hand, if the Bible is just a collection of allegories, then any conclusion is possible by suitably "interpreting" the text. In that case, Christianity means nothing. You can't have it both ways.
The reality? Most people don't bother examining their beliefs carefully, don't see the contradictions and don't worry about it when contradictions are pointed out. They try to live their lives reasonably and otherwise don't agonize over things that don't really affect them. It's not a bad way to live, but it's not how mankind advances.
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Just what every project manager wants to hear, "Everybody go home we found some bones. We'll call you when you can come back".
''Take your time, this is kind of cool,'' said John Suster, Cornerstone's project superintendent after his team notified him of the find.
''It's a perfect example of how a mass grading operation can still be sensitive to historical and paleontological concerns. We stop everything or go grade another area on the site,' 'said Cornerstone CEO, Ure Kretowicz, who was apparently excited his company found the fossils at the project site.