The article says that they have voted not to teach evolution. I'm not sure what that means. Does that mean they are not teaching evolutionary theory at all? Or does that mean that the word evolution wont be mentioned anywhere? Doesn't really say..
Seems folks here are all up in arms over nothing. I've seen several mentions of "how the poor kids will be effected" boo fricken hoo I grew up praying in public school and saying the pledge and I turned out alright. In fact, I might just be one of the guys that will pull over and help you change a tire during the rain, or give you a ride from the airport when you dont have one, or help you make rent when you cant (all these things I have done for people I didn't know).
Let's not get so excited..
Evolution as a theory does quite nicely explain the finches and that sort of thing. We can see natural evolution occur in many different animals and even in humans. That's difficult to argue.
But the real question is, does the Evolutionary Theory _fully_ and I mean _fully_, without a doubt, for certain explain our origins? I think that's where the true battle is. I really don't think it does a particularly good job of that, not in my eyes. The "origin" part of it beings with a nebulous, figurative, primordial ooze and then (after a while) came fish, then they walked (you know the story)......and (drumroll please) KABLAMMO! Here we are after 70ish (give or take 10-100) million years. Numbers like that are so nebulous that it's hard for me to believe. But we seem to know how old the universe is now, wonder how long it will be before they update that figure? A decade is a good be, probably 5 years...
The Second Law of Thermodynamics states "The entropy of an isolated system not in equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value at equilibrium". Folks, we don't get get order from disorder, not on this scale (earth). Order on this scale from disorder does not make sense to me. How many times do you have to pour out a bucket of sand before you have a nice sand castle? I think we'd all agree that a Sand Castle would never occur from pouring sand onto sand. I cant believe that we are a result of a cosmic accident of epic proportions.....Just a Little something I thought I'd throw in...
The Creed of the Modern Thinker:
by Steve Turner:
We believe in Marx freud and darwin We believe everything is OK as long as you don't hurt anyone to the best of your definition of hurt, and to the best of your definition of knowledge.
We believe in sex before, during, and after marriage. We believe in the therapy of sin. We believe that adultery is fun. We believe that sodomy's OK. We believe that taboos are taboo.
We believe that everything's getting better despite evidence to the contrary. The evidence must be investigated And you can prove anything with evidence.
We believe there's something in horoscopes UFO's and bent spoons. Jesus was a good man just like Buddha, Mohammed, and ourselves. He was a good moral teacher though we think His good morals were really bad.
We believe that all religions are basically the same-at least the one that we read were: They all believe in love and goodness. They only differ on matters of creation, sin, heaven, hell, God, and salvation.
We believe that after death comes the Nothing Because when you ask the dead what happens they say nothing. If death is not the end, if the dead have lied, then its compulsory heaven for all excepting perhaps Hitler, Stalin, and Genghis Kahn
We believe in Masters and Johnson What's selected is average. What's average is normal. What's normal is good.
We believe in total disarmament. We believe there are direct links between warfare and bloodshed. Americans should beat their guns into tractors. And the Russians would be sure to follow.
The article on Feed Mag boasts that this he will be "the first person to travel faster than the speed of sound". Not so! Was done back in the sixties. Super Sonic speeds were reached by a man in a space suit that jumped from a ballon. The guy is still alive today. I saw him on an interview on the discovery channel.
Sure we Evolved. Yes we started out very smart and we evolved from there.. we built the pyramids and other wonders that modern science/construction remain baffled about. Then we devolved. we went into the dark ages and couldn't find our own asses in a pothole. then hell, we evolved again now we have computers and were so much more advanced. were nonviolent and refined. yes folks there's proof that evolution is a steady progression... whatever..
Search for "linux ip masq". You get NOTHING. Search for "google". You get NOTHING. If you search for "theindex", you get NOTHING. Theindex isn't even self aware... WTF?? If you search for "theindex" on google you get paydirt on the second hit. If you search for "google" on google you get google as the first hit. Makes sense to me. I'm sticking with google...nuff said.
-Ironworks
I run Linux (Mandrake 7.1, XFree 4.01, and Helix Gnome) on an IBM 380Z (300Mhz, 64meg ram). Netscape 6 always chewed my ram and began utilizing swap space when I started it. I'm now using Mozilla 18 (Nightly Build) to type this. It is TONS faster on page rendering and my swap space monitor (GTOP) is telling me that I'm not using ANY swap space. I actually have 5 meg of memory free right now. I'm glad I switched. And won't be back. Netscape is NOT ready for release.
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The article says that they have voted not to teach evolution. I'm not sure what that means. Does that mean they are not teaching evolutionary theory at all? Or does that mean that the word evolution wont be mentioned anywhere? Doesn't really say..
.....and (drumroll please) KABLAMMO! Here we are after 70ish (give or take 10-100) million years. Numbers like that are so nebulous that it's hard for me to believe. But we seem to know how old the universe is now, wonder how long it will be before they update that figure? A decade is a good be, probably 5 years...
..Just a Little something I thought I'd throw in...
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Seems folks here are all up in arms over nothing. I've seen several mentions of "how the poor kids will be effected" boo fricken hoo I grew up praying in public school and saying the pledge and I turned out alright. In fact, I might just be one of the guys that will pull over and help you change a tire during the rain, or give you a ride from the airport when you dont have one, or help you make rent when you cant (all these things I have done for people I didn't know).
Let's not get so excited..
Evolution as a theory does quite nicely explain the finches and that sort of thing. We can see natural evolution occur in many different animals and even in humans. That's difficult to argue.
But the real question is, does the Evolutionary Theory _fully_ and I mean _fully_, without a doubt, for certain explain our origins? I think that's where the true battle is. I really don't think it does a particularly good job of that, not in my eyes. The "origin" part of it beings with a nebulous, figurative, primordial ooze and then (after a while) came fish, then they walked (you know the story).
The Second Law of Thermodynamics states "The entropy of an isolated system not in equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value at equilibrium". Folks, we don't get get order from disorder, not on this scale (earth). Order on this scale from disorder does not make sense to me. How many times do you have to pour out a bucket of sand before you have a nice sand castle? I think we'd all agree that a Sand Castle would never occur from pouring sand onto sand. I cant believe that we are a result of a cosmic accident of epic proportions...
The Creed of the Modern Thinker:
by Steve Turner:
We believe in Marx freud and darwin
We believe everything is OK
as long as you don't hurt anyone
to the best of your definition of hurt,
and to the best of your definition of knowledge.
We believe in sex before, during, and after marriage.
We believe in the therapy of sin.
We believe that adultery is fun.
We believe that sodomy's OK.
We believe that taboos are taboo.
We believe that everything's getting better
despite evidence to the contrary.
The evidence must be investigated
And you can prove anything with evidence.
We believe there's something in horoscopes UFO's and bent spoons.
Jesus was a good man just like Buddha, Mohammed, and ourselves.
He was a good moral teacher though we think
His good morals were really bad.
We believe that all religions are basically the same-at least the one that we read were:
They all believe in love and goodness.
They only differ on matters of creation,
sin, heaven, hell, God, and salvation.
We believe that after death comes the Nothing
Because when you ask the dead what happens they say nothing.
If death is not the end, if the dead have lied, then its
compulsory heaven for all excepting perhaps
Hitler, Stalin, and Genghis Kahn
We believe in Masters and Johnson
What's selected is average.
What's average is normal.
What's normal is good.
We believe in total disarmament.
We believe there are direct links between warfare and bloodshed.
Americans should beat their guns into tractors
And the Russians would be sure to follow.
We believe that man is essentially good
The article on Feed Mag boasts that this he will be "the first person to travel faster than the speed of sound". Not so! Was done back in the sixties. Super Sonic speeds were reached by a man in a space suit that jumped from a ballon. The guy is still alive today. I saw him on an interview on the discovery channel.
There is scientific evidence that we've don't live as long and we are biologically smaller in size than in ancient times.. interesting none the less..
Sure we Evolved. Yes we started out very smart and we evolved from there.. we built the pyramids and other wonders that modern science/construction remain baffled about. Then we devolved. we went into the dark ages and couldn't find our own asses in a pothole. then hell, we evolved again now we have computers and were so much more advanced. were nonviolent and refined. yes folks there's proof that evolution is a steady progression... whatever..
Dude, nobody pays attention to Anonoymous Cowards. Get a login or get a life. I got the nut to post my name bitch.
Search for "linux ip masq". You get NOTHING. Search for "google". You get NOTHING. If you search for "theindex", you get NOTHING. Theindex isn't even self aware... WTF?? If you search for "theindex" on google you get paydirt on the second hit. If you search for "google" on google you get google as the first hit. Makes sense to me. I'm sticking with google...nuff said. -Ironworks
I run Linux (Mandrake 7.1, XFree 4.01, and Helix Gnome) on an IBM 380Z (300Mhz, 64meg ram). Netscape 6 always chewed my ram and began utilizing swap space when I started it. I'm now using Mozilla 18 (Nightly Build) to type this. It is TONS faster on page rendering and my swap space monitor (GTOP) is telling me that I'm not using ANY swap space. I actually have 5 meg of memory free right now. I'm glad I switched. And won't be back. Netscape is NOT ready for release.