"and teaching that evolution proves that God does not exist has no bearing in a science class either. i'm pretty sure that's why a lot of people hate evolution--so many other people try to use it as proof that religion is wrong."
Some religious people are open-minded enough to fit evolution into their worldview. Others don't find any creation theories to be credible unless they include a talking snake.
Early Christianity had the same effect in Europe...
"It is owing to this long interregnum of science, and to no other cause, that we have now to look back through a vast chasm of many hundred years to the respectable characters we call the Ancients. Had the progression of knowledge gone on proportionably with the stock that before existed, that chasm would have been filled up with characters rising superior in knowledge to each other; and those Ancients we now so much admire would have appeared respectably in the background of the scene. But the christian system laid all waste; and if we take our stand about the beginning of the sixteenth century, we look back through that long chasm, to the times of the Ancients, as over a vast sandy desert, in which not a shrub appears to intercept the vision to the fertile hills beyond."
Did anyone have an Atari 5200? The buttons were damn near impossible to press (at least for a 10 year old). My thumb-tips were purple at the end of every Centipede session.
Did any consoles have a Pause function before the 5200?
"kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known a man by lying with him; but all the women-children that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for Yourselves."
"We are descendants of people who did nasty things," the woman said. "We don't like to admit there were barbarians in our ancestry. A Reverend Mother must admit it. We have no choice."
Murbella had the knack of only thinking her questions now. Why must I . . .
"The victors bred. We are their descendants. Victory often was gained at great moral price. Barbarism is not even an adequate word for some of the things our ancestors did."
I miss our server rack. It used to be in an alcove near our workstations and the white noise was wonderful. I couldn't hear other people's phone conversations and they couldn't hear mine. Everything was blocked out except for the blissful hum. Now I'm on a different floor and can hear every word spoken around me. It's distracting as hell.
I need a fan to sleep too, for both the noise and the air circulation. My whole family is that way, and now I've passed the addiction along to my girlfriend. Sleeping in a still, silent room now is horrible.
We went to war with Iraq because Hussein was killing his people?? Ohhhh, I forgot to turn my code wheel to Tuesday to see what today's justification was.
That's similar to Voltron's formula, though I can't remember the specifics. A Robeast would attack, the team would get in their Lions, the Robeast would grow huge, the team would form Voltron and STILL have trouble. Then FORM! BLAZING! SWORD! and they cut the Robeast in half. And they all lived happily ever after (except for Sven).
Isn't that like being genetically predisposed to enjoy, say, oranges over raspberries, or a genetic condition where you simply like the color aqua best?
Or like being genetically predisposed to use your left hand over your right hand?
This has been bugging me since Ep 2...are we supposed to like Anakin? Care about him? Root for him? Honestly he seems like kind of a dick. He's arrogant, whiny, petulant, rude and self-absorbed. I thought his story was supposed to be a really really good guy who gets pushed over the edge and becomes a really really bad guy...a fall from grace. But this guy doesn't have far to fall.
Personally, Obi-Wan is the only character I actually like.
'To say that George Lucas cannot write a love scene is an understatement; greeting cards have expressed more passion.'
Hayden Christensen isn't helping matters either with his acting "talents". I think it's hilarious that the Clone Wars producers has to intentionally find a voice actor who could give a performance as flat and wooden as Christensen's.
Hey, me too. I can't stand the mustard yellow color scheme on all the "Your Rights Online" articles, so I got the Proxomitron to change it to an easy neutral grey for me.
I also use it to block off-site images, flash and most ads, so most sites I look at end up looking pretty wretched by the time they load. But who cares? I'm getting information and leaving. I don't care about the design.
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"and teaching that evolution proves that God does not exist has no bearing in a science class either. i'm pretty sure that's why a lot of people hate evolution--so many other people try to use it as proof that religion is wrong."
Some religious people are open-minded enough to fit evolution into their worldview. Others don't find any creation theories to be credible unless they include a talking snake.
Early Christianity had the same effect in Europe...
"It is owing to this long interregnum of science, and to no other cause, that we have now to look back through a vast chasm of many hundred years to the respectable characters we call the Ancients. Had the progression of knowledge gone on proportionably with the stock that before existed, that chasm would have been filled up with characters rising superior in knowledge to each other; and those Ancients we now so much admire would have appeared respectably in the background of the scene. But the christian system laid all waste; and if we take our stand about the beginning of the sixteenth century, we look back through that long chasm, to the times of the Ancients, as over a vast sandy desert, in which not a shrub appears to intercept the vision to the fertile hills beyond."
-Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Did anyone have an Atari 5200? The buttons were damn near impossible to press (at least for a 10 year old). My thumb-tips were purple at the end of every Centipede session.
Did any consoles have a Pause function before the 5200?
"Where did the Shake 'n Bake come from?"
I thought we'd established that you can't call on someone to rationalize their bullshit beliefs. It just "is".
And man...you trot out Hobson's choice? It's a pretty big fucking leap from ID to Heaven & Hell.
"There's a right to believe in whatever preposterous mythological bullshit you want without being called on it?
Yep"
Terrific! Then I should introduce you to my theory of the universe...it involves Shake 'n Bake and a whole lotta unicorns.
My beliefs are perfectly valid! I'm not a fool or a moron! Wheee!
There's a right to believe in whatever preposterous mythological bullshit you want without being called on it?
Eleventeen sounds suspiciously similar to my pending patent for highlighting Hobbit numbers like "eleventy-one". I suggest you cease and desist now.
Dear mods: I don't think the word "Offtopic" means what you think it means.
Oh, another fun quote...
"kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known a man by lying with him; but all the women-children that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for Yourselves."
Moses, the Bible
"We are descendants of people who did nasty things," the woman said. "We don't
like to admit there were barbarians in our ancestry. A Reverend Mother must
admit it. We have no choice."
Murbella had the knack of only thinking her questions now. Why must I . . .
"The victors bred. We are their descendants. Victory often was gained at great
moral price. Barbarism is not even an adequate word for some of the things our
ancestors did."
Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune
"If anyone can give actual provable examples of the US government abridging Constitutionally protected free speech, I'd love to hear it."
Does Howard Stern count?
An enormous rock with a name from the Underwold? The obvious choice is Sisyphus.
I miss our server rack. It used to be in an alcove near our workstations and the white noise was wonderful. I couldn't hear other people's phone conversations and they couldn't hear mine. Everything was blocked out except for the blissful hum. Now I'm on a different floor and can hear every word spoken around me. It's distracting as hell.
I need a fan to sleep too, for both the noise and the air circulation. My whole family is that way, and now I've passed the addiction along to my girlfriend. Sleeping in a still, silent room now is horrible.
Rote memorization is quite different from actual learning.
Wasn't Zazzle like a fairy or something that taught you how to read in some lame Apple II game?
Oh no! Your imaginary deity might feel imaginary anger at the US!
Is it okay if I imagine repenting?
Burn.
We went to war with Iraq because Hussein was killing his people?? Ohhhh, I forgot to turn my code wheel to Tuesday to see what today's justification was.
That's similar to Voltron's formula, though I can't remember the specifics. A Robeast would attack, the team would get in their Lions, the Robeast would grow huge, the team would form Voltron and STILL have trouble. Then FORM! BLAZING! SWORD! and they cut the Robeast in half. And they all lived happily ever after (except for Sven).
No, you're thinking of the government.
Or like being genetically predisposed to use your left hand over your right hand?
This has been bugging me since Ep 2...are we supposed to like Anakin? Care about him? Root for him? Honestly he seems like kind of a dick. He's arrogant, whiny, petulant, rude and self-absorbed. I thought his story was supposed to be a really really good guy who gets pushed over the edge and becomes a really really bad guy...a fall from grace. But this guy doesn't have far to fall.
Personally, Obi-Wan is the only character I actually like.
'To say that George Lucas cannot write a love scene is an understatement; greeting cards have expressed more passion.'
Hayden Christensen isn't helping matters either with his acting "talents". I think it's hilarious that the Clone Wars producers has to intentionally find a voice actor who could give a performance as flat and wooden as Christensen's.
Hey, me too. I can't stand the mustard yellow color scheme on all the "Your Rights Online" articles, so I got the Proxomitron to change it to an easy neutral grey for me.
I also use it to block off-site images, flash and most ads, so most sites I look at end up looking pretty wretched by the time they load. But who cares? I'm getting information and leaving. I don't care about the design.
I think "The Empire Strikes Back" would have worked equally well.