Although we believe in the same cause, I feel obligated to point out something here.
A scientific theory is NOT law, and it is NOT fact.
In science, a theory is an idea that has withstood the test of time and has not yet been disproven. You can NOT prove a theory. Never. EVER. You can only disprove it by experimentation.
A law is an observation of an occurence, such as the law of gravity. The law states that gravity occurs, but does not seek to explain why. There are innumerable THEORIES of gravity that seek to explain why.
1) they calculated the chances of the big bang and all to be like 1 in 10^1000000000000000000000000000000000... i personally think those odds to be utterly ridiculous AND impossible
In defense of the often-attacked Big Bang theory:
We're here, aren't we? Please tell me who "they" is and exactly how they "calculated" those enormous odds. The fact is, something happened for us to be here, we don't know exactly what, but we can guess.
Many people attack science by comparing it to religion. This is very unfair, it's like comparing apples to oranges. Science can never provide more than an educated guess; it doesn't claim to know everything, and never has. If you have difficulty accepting that science will never provide all the answers, then perhaps you should choose religion instead.
Side note: one chance in 10^1000000000000000000000000000000000 is still a chance.
(2) WHICH theory of evolutionn do you believe? you do know there are over 100 of them right?
Which theory of creation do you believe? You do know there are over 100 of them, right?
(3) as far as the "et al" type stuff... billions of years, come on, they use carbon & uranium dating IN A LAB setting, you can't use that process for something that has existed IN NATURE for however many 100's or 1000's of years, because you have ***NO*** means of observation over all those years
What the hell are you talking about? Certainly this "process" can be used in a lab setting. What do you propose, that they do it outside on the grass? I don't see what you're driving at here.
(4) there was a FOSSILIZED cowboy boot found in Texas (i believe it was in TX)... and unless "scientific" theories say cowboys existed billions of years ago, hrmm, guess that blows that theory
So what is your belief on this issue? That "God created the heavens and the Earth, and oh yeah a cowboy boot to boot"?
First of all, present your sources before making such a claim, so that we can evaluate it and decide for ourselves whether it's total bullshit or not. When you've done this, THEN we can argue over whether or not a) this story is valid and if so, then b) how it happened, whether by divine intervention or a simple process of science.
(5) scientists have talked about the different ages of layers of soil on the earth (almost like rings on a tree show its age), yet for the billions of years they estimate, they can't seem to explain why LARGE sections of lands (we're talking many acres) in Texas have 3 such layers INVERTED as though someone removed them, flipped them, and put them back. Accident or design? (i think you could guess my vote
I would once again ask you for your source, but as this is almost a direct quote from the Scientology website, I have no problems guessing.
What galls me is when people are confronted with a mystery, and instead of logically examining the problem and trying to discover what's going on, they immediately jump to the conclusion that it was a "miracle", caused by the "hand of God". It galls me further when they presume to attack US for looking at the situation reasonably and logically.
Maybe the Jehovah's Witnesses were right all along.
And how do we "know" indeed? Yes, that's right, because you've been told so! And who by? The liberals in charge of "educating" our young, that have made it impossible to have decent Christian teachings taught in schools because it would let people see the lies they have wrought throughout our society!
Liberals educating the young, teaching them free thought and open mindedness, as opposed to Bible-wielding fiery-tongued preachers "educating" them, turning them into more mindless, clueless people such as yourself? I choose the former. Thought of the latter is absolutely revolting.
See here for why Creationism is scientifically proven, and that currently cosmology is nothing more than a tool of the Godless in their purge of Christianity.
"Scientifically proven"? Give me a break. Scientology is a religion, not a science.
Time and time again, Creationists attack rational thought with their verbal slander and hateful accusations. Are you a religion, or a hate-mongering group of insecure assholes? I leave the choice to you.
What?
I have a 3 gig drive. Unlike the apparent majority of computer users, I can't afford to run out and buy a new hard drive when I run out of space, so I use my available space as efficiently as possible.
The idea of maintaining separate copies of DLLs for each application defeats the entire purpose of DLLs to begin with (code sharing with advantages), and is a sloppy approach as well. This is a fix, not a solution. There's a difference.
We can't have 100 copies of the same DLL floating around on a hard disk and simply write it off as correct because there's plenty of storage space to waste, regardless of how much extra space we have. No self-respecting system designer or programmer would ever do something like that.
I've certainly never found a working mp3 ripper that runs on NT4
Eh? I'm running NT4 now, and I can rip fine with any number of ripping utilities. Audiograbber, Autocatalyst, etc. Poor drivers on your end, I'm guessing.
The fact that you "Spent your childhood downloading porn" illuatrates the danger of it - it is ADDICTIVE and has been shown to cause relationship problems later in life. If you want your kid to grow up with a healthy attitude to sex and their fellow human beings, you need to keep up with what they are reading and looking at.
*blink*
It has? By whom?
I'm 17 years old, and I'll admit straightaway that I look at pr0n from time to time when the "urge" surfaces. I am by no means "addicted" to it, however. It's just a form of entertainment.
A friend of mind is a very avid collector of pr0n, in fact he has one of the biggest collections of it I have ever seen, yet he's just a normal guy in all other aspects. Certainly not "addicted" to it.
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Although we believe in the same cause, I feel obligated to point out something here.
A scientific theory is NOT law, and it is NOT fact.
In science, a theory is an idea that has withstood the test of time and has not yet been disproven. You can NOT prove a theory. Never. EVER. You can only disprove it by experimentation.
A law is an observation of an occurence, such as the law of gravity. The law states that gravity occurs, but does not seek to explain why. There are innumerable THEORIES of gravity that seek to explain why.
1) they calculated the chances of the big bang and all to be like 1 in 10^1000000000000000000000000000000000... i personally think those odds to be utterly ridiculous AND impossible
In defense of the often-attacked Big Bang theory:
We're here, aren't we? Please tell me who "they" is and exactly how they "calculated" those enormous odds. The fact is, something happened for us to be here, we don't know exactly what, but we can guess.
Many people attack science by comparing it to religion. This is very unfair, it's like comparing apples to oranges. Science can never provide more than an educated guess; it doesn't claim to know everything, and never has. If you have difficulty accepting that science will never provide all the answers, then perhaps you should choose religion instead.
Side note: one chance in 10^1000000000000000000000000000000000 is still a chance.
(2) WHICH theory of evolutionn do you believe? you do know there are over 100 of them right?
Which theory of creation do you believe? You do know there are over 100 of them, right?
(3) as far as the "et al" type stuff... billions of years, come on, they use carbon & uranium dating IN A LAB setting, you can't use that process for something that has existed IN NATURE for however many 100's or 1000's of years, because you have ***NO*** means of observation over all those years
What the hell are you talking about? Certainly this "process" can be used in a lab setting. What do you propose, that they do it outside on the grass? I don't see what you're driving at here.
(4) there was a FOSSILIZED cowboy boot found in Texas (i believe it was in TX)... and unless "scientific" theories say cowboys existed billions of years ago, hrmm, guess that blows that theory
So what is your belief on this issue? That "God created the heavens and the Earth, and oh yeah a cowboy boot to boot"?
First of all, present your sources before making such a claim, so that we can evaluate it and decide for ourselves whether it's total bullshit or not. When you've done this, THEN we can argue over whether or not a) this story is valid and if so, then b) how it happened, whether by divine intervention or a simple process of science.
(5) scientists have talked about the different ages of layers of soil on the earth (almost like rings on a tree show its age), yet for the billions of years they estimate, they can't seem to explain why LARGE sections of lands (we're talking many acres) in Texas have 3 such layers INVERTED as though someone removed them, flipped them, and put them back. Accident or design? (i think you could guess my vote
I would once again ask you for your source, but as this is almost a direct quote from the Scientology website, I have no problems guessing.
What galls me is when people are confronted with a mystery, and instead of logically examining the problem and trying to discover what's going on, they immediately jump to the conclusion that it was a "miracle", caused by the "hand of God". It galls me further when they presume to attack US for looking at the situation reasonably and logically.
Maybe the Jehovah's Witnesses were right all along.
Nobody wants to hear this, troll.
And how do we "know" indeed? Yes, that's right, because you've been told so! And who by? The liberals in charge of "educating" our young, that have made it impossible to have decent Christian teachings taught in schools because it would let people see the lies they have wrought throughout our society!
Liberals educating the young, teaching them free thought and open mindedness, as opposed to Bible-wielding fiery-tongued preachers "educating" them, turning them into more mindless, clueless people such as yourself? I choose the former. Thought of the latter is absolutely revolting.
See here for why Creationism is scientifically proven, and that currently cosmology is nothing more than a tool of the Godless in their purge of Christianity.
"Scientifically proven"? Give me a break. Scientology is a religion, not a science.
Time and time again, Creationists attack rational thought with their verbal slander and hateful accusations. Are you a religion, or a hate-mongering group of insecure assholes? I leave the choice to you.
I don't know if you've looked around recently, but even 40-gig drives are going for just $100 or so these days.
You sound like Microsoft.
What? I have a 3 gig drive. Unlike the apparent majority of computer users, I can't afford to run out and buy a new hard drive when I run out of space, so I use my available space as efficiently as possible. The idea of maintaining separate copies of DLLs for each application defeats the entire purpose of DLLs to begin with (code sharing with advantages), and is a sloppy approach as well. This is a fix, not a solution. There's a difference. We can't have 100 copies of the same DLL floating around on a hard disk and simply write it off as correct because there's plenty of storage space to waste, regardless of how much extra space we have. No self-respecting system designer or programmer would ever do something like that.
I've certainly never found a working mp3 ripper that runs on NT4
Eh? I'm running NT4 now, and I can rip fine with any number of ripping utilities. Audiograbber, Autocatalyst, etc. Poor drivers on your end, I'm guessing.
The fact that you "Spent your childhood downloading porn" illuatrates the danger of it - it is ADDICTIVE and has been shown to cause relationship problems later in life. If you want your kid to grow up with a healthy attitude to sex and their fellow human beings, you need to keep up with what they are reading and looking at. *blink* It has? By whom? I'm 17 years old, and I'll admit straightaway that I look at pr0n from time to time when the "urge" surfaces. I am by no means "addicted" to it, however. It's just a form of entertainment. A friend of mind is a very avid collector of pr0n, in fact he has one of the biggest collections of it I have ever seen, yet he's just a normal guy in all other aspects. Certainly not "addicted" to it.