ok, i'm not a raving sceptic (i am a sceptic of everything at first)
But you know what *they* say, if it looks too good to be true....
Smells of the archaeopteryx affair again.
Take a look at the animated gif. If this is their proof, it's not very convincing. The image is the same three frames looped. Wow, a heartbeat... no different that pumping a dead body full of electricity and getting a muscular response. What a croc of shit.
Oh and completely forgot the interesting anecdote around me taking up broadband (which is new in the uk).
I used to have a second line installed in the house (which I payed for (£10 a month)), and a dialup 56k'er, the service costing me £15 a mo.
So when broadband was introduced five months ago, for £24.99, I took it up. Ten times speedier internet, and one penny cheaper.:)
Even with Bt being arses and not opening the local loops.
Ntl provide 512 down/128 up (as standard - can go up) at £25 per mo. (That's around $33). Good price considering 4 64k ISDN lines costs my parent's business £100 per mo.
me: So mr creationist, how old is the earth?
mrc: erm, around 10,000 years
me: oh yeah, how so?
mrc: well, we calculated all the ages of the people in the bible, added up the ages going back to adam and eve, and the result was 10,000 or so.
me: wow, i never realised you were so scientific....erm, mrc...
mrc: yeh...
me: just one thing. fossils.
mrc: ah yes, they were put here on the earth by god to test our faith in him.
me: ah....
Doesn't that completely scare you? The idea of a prankster god running around digging up the land and planting dinosaur fossils "ah, let's see who believes in me now! ha ha ha"
These guys believe the bible is the true word of god....and then they go and change it..."I think what god meant to say was...." A little fucking presumptuous?
Creationists suck ass.
In science there is no fact.
Any scientific theory is still theory, and you can only disprove something. Evidence towards is the counterbalance, and readily accepted in mainstream science as poular science. It took 200 years for anyone to start believing darwin, and his theory is quite simple and makes 'sense'.
Genetics and environment working in conjunction, influencing each other, random mutations selected out, hey presto, new species.
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ok, i'm not a raving sceptic (i am a sceptic of everything at first)
But you know what *they* say, if it looks too good to be true....
Smells of the archaeopteryx affair again.
Not my acronym, but I hear TWAIN means "Thing Without An Interesting Name"
Take a look at the animated gif. If this is their proof, it's not very convincing. The image is the same three frames looped. Wow, a heartbeat... no different that pumping a dead body full of electricity and getting a muscular response. What a croc of shit.
Oh and completely forgot the interesting anecdote around me taking up broadband (which is new in the uk). :)
I used to have a second line installed in the house (which I payed for (£10 a month)), and a dialup 56k'er, the service costing me £15 a mo.
So when broadband was introduced five months ago, for £24.99, I took it up. Ten times speedier internet, and one penny cheaper.
Even with Bt being arses and not opening the local loops.
Ntl provide 512 down/128 up (as standard - can go up) at £25 per mo. (That's around $33). Good price considering 4 64k ISDN lines costs my parent's business £100 per mo.
me: So mr creationist, how old is the earth? mrc: erm, around 10,000 years me: oh yeah, how so? mrc: well, we calculated all the ages of the people in the bible, added up the ages going back to adam and eve, and the result was 10,000 or so. me: wow, i never realised you were so scientific....erm, mrc... mrc: yeh... me: just one thing. fossils. mrc: ah yes, they were put here on the earth by god to test our faith in him. me: ah.... Doesn't that completely scare you? The idea of a prankster god running around digging up the land and planting dinosaur fossils "ah, let's see who believes in me now! ha ha ha" These guys believe the bible is the true word of god....and then they go and change it..."I think what god meant to say was...." A little fucking presumptuous? Creationists suck ass.
In science there is no fact. Any scientific theory is still theory, and you can only disprove something. Evidence towards is the counterbalance, and readily accepted in mainstream science as poular science. It took 200 years for anyone to start believing darwin, and his theory is quite simple and makes 'sense'. Genetics and environment working in conjunction, influencing each other, random mutations selected out, hey presto, new species.