11/13/2022 0 Comments Uh uh uh you didn t say the magic word![]() Explain to me how this is postworthy except as an excuse to vent about religion, and also how the "discussion" here is any different from that in the other 4,999 such threads. I wouldn't give them a dime myself and I think the rationale is ridiculous, but that's true of all sorts of museums and other institutions that I don't see held up for ridicule on the front page of MeFi. Some people like it, some don't, you pays your money and you takes your choice. #Uh uh uh you didn t say the magic word fullWhat, museums have to be "beyond reproach" now? Did I miss a section of the Patriot Act? It's a building full of exhibits of various types. So you're down with the creationist-educational-dinosaur-museum thing, languagehat? You consider it beyond reproach? Posted by Adamchik at 1:29 PM on May 22, 2005 The truth as presented in the Jewish bible is much more difficult, nuanced, and multi-faceted than many people are willing to believe. If one reads the text of the Jewish bible in a poor translation, without explanation or commentary, and take the resultant unrecognizable product literally, you will end up with a mess. There is a lot of discussion on its usefulness, but most scientists actually believe that carbon dating is only useful for objects less than 50,000 years old. These include the assumption that the rate of decay has remained constant over the years, the rate of formation has remained constant, atmospheric concentrations have remained the same, and the assumption that all life uses Carbon-14 equally.Īgain, I don't have any problem with dinosaurs that are hundreds of millions of years old or more, but the "scientific method" also uses a lot of bizarre assumptions on pure faith, and is prone to human bias more than many believe. Time and space are created dimensions, that were created after the original creation ex nihilio.īriefly, even one of the most authoritative rabbinic writers, Rambam, wrote that the creation story in Bereshis (Genesis) is a metaphysical story, not to be taken literally.Īny discussion of this issue should probably also mention the very serious problems with Carbon-14 dating. The world was certainly at some point created ex nihilio, which science will probably eventually confirm, but there is no (Jewish) biblical problem with dinosaurs roaming the earth. Without the 73 or so volumes of the Talmud ("the oral law"), which provides so much of the explanation, the bible taken literally is often impossible to understand. It makes perfect sense why, for the Jews, the day of the translation of the Jewish bible from its original Hebrew (the "Septuagint" translation) is considered a tragic day. Posted by mk1gti at 1:01 PM on May 22, 2005 of Homeland Security, No fly lists, endless war on terror and related budget shortages for everything else needed to run or advance a society), reduction of funding for education, sending as many jobs overseas as they can think of 'for the sake of the stockholders', disempowerment of the 'liberal media' (sock puppets). Not saying we should build concentration camps or anything, but it certainly does seem that this government is moving in the direction of doing everything it can to disenfranchise the citizen from active participation in the function of government (Dept. They certainly seem to think that would be the best thing to do with those who do not share their deluded, backward views. We may as well fence off the country to keep the easily misled and enraged from harming others. One may as well bathe with swine in a pigsty. Pander to them and you've got a very solid bloc of voters.Īnd there's the rub: Who in their right, civilized mind would want to lower themselves to consort with such pointy-headed morons. Karl Rove's strategy to hook the idiot fundies was a stroke of electoral brilliance. Posted by Heywood Mogroot at 12:46 PM on May 22, 2005 Pander to them and you've got a very solid bloc of voters. While I think we anti-Busheviks have built Karl Rove into a arch-mastermind, certainly his strategy to hook the idiot fundies was a stroke of electoral brilliance. Not to politicize things, but it needs to be said that Christian fundies, at 20% of the electorate, gave Bush his strongest support among any demographic, 80%. So 45% of the country is uneducatable dumbasses.Īnd 34% of the country think the bible is the literal, inerrant word of God. Which of the following statements comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings?ġ) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process Ģ) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God had no part in this process ģ) God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so? Hipnerd: Gallup says Creationism has a very, very strong penentration in the US: ![]()
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