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In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled Those Defensive Darwinists, aft_lizard wrote:

"You're darn right I used that term.The evolutionists arguments and tactics mirror that of the 3rd Reich."

This statement is untrue, and you know it is. You are deliberately lying. God will burn you in flaming filth for a billion years because you lied.

In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled We're not in Kansas anymore (Krauthammer slams Intelligent Design), Steve_Seattle wrote:

"The theory of evolution is basically a denial that there is ANY intelligence in the universe. It requires that a Boeing 747 be regarded as a product of blind chance. Why? Because if all of nature operates according to blind mechanism, natural selection, and inexplicable mutations, then there is no reason or guiding intelligence ANYWHERE in the process from the pre-biotic soup all the way to the 747."

This is a self-evidently stupid statement.

Evolution by natural selection explains precisely HOW complexity can emerge from random changes. Natural selection acts as the "ratchet," favoring certain changes over others.

If you don't understand this, you're too ignorant to be making public comments on the subject. And if you do understand it, then you're deliberately lying and will go to Hell when you die.

In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled Vatican Official Refutes Intelligent Design, mlc9852 wrote:

"Basically, what he points out is that Darwinists are closed minded and simply refuse to admit any discussion."

"That is pretty evident on these threads, isn't it?"

Whereas the Creationists are _entirely_ open-minded. So open that the wind whistles through.

"Evangelical Christians who don't vote for _my_ party are a threat to the nation."

In the interests of "fairness" we should point out that maybe God put that rock there.

String theory _is_ falsifiable. It makes certain statements about the Universe which are disprovable -- in particular about Calabi-Yau shapes. There's a great account in Brian Greene's book on string theory about one such early test.

Saying it's not falsifiable means that either:
a) You don't know what you're talking about, in which case you shouldn't be blathering about this, or
b) You're deliberately lying to us, in which case God will boil you in magma for a billion years.

This is SO COOL! Imagine writing about this one for a homework assignment:

"I went on this cruise with my parents to Kenya. Suddenly, we were attacked by pirates! But the crew used a sonic disruptor beam to scare away the pirates, and we all were safe. The end."

"Timmy, please see me after class. This was to be a non-fiction report."

I suggest housing the "detainees" in pine boxes six feet underground.

Sounds like they need a whiff of grapeshot.

Don't worry, everyone. I'm sure the ACLU will move swiftly to fight this violation of religious freedom.

In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled Picky female frogs drive evolution of new species in less than 8,000 years, Conservativehomeschoolmama wrote:

"It's still a frog. It did not turn into a salamander or a snake. I would put this article under *adaptation* not evolution."

"Frog" is not a species. It's a whole group of species, just like salamanders and snakes. Here we have direct evidence of one species of frog splitting into two. And, yes, it's an adaptation to environmental change. THAT'S WHAT EVOLUTION IS ALL ABOUT!

Trying to dodge the issue via semantic games is dishonest. God will boil you in molten sulfur for a billion years for being dishonest.

Maybe someone should contact these guys:

http://www.unit.org.uk/

In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled Barf Alert: ACLU's 'intelligent design' in Dover case, DoctorRansom wrote:
"I shan't defend ID all that much; it's not nearly adequate as a "scientific" perspective and operates according to the evolution-believers' core assumptions about uniformitarianism and the very nature of science. More here."

In other words you ADMIT that "Intelligent Design" isn't science. Which means that the people who advocate teaching it in science class are dishonest. Which means God will put them in a pit of burning magma for the rest of eternity because they are liars.

In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled A Shrinking New Orleans, Bob Eimiller wrote:

"hmmmm Are you a gambling man? I would suspect the "odds" of more Hurricanes inundating that "hole" in the ground called "The Big Easy" are enormously... no infinitesimally greater than an earthquake swallowing another major city... There is an annual hurricane season in the Gulf of Mexico... IS there such thing as an earthquake season??? un uh"


What a remarkably idiotic argument. First of all, go buy a dictionary and find out what "infinitesimally" means.
Next, consider that New Orleans has been flooded by a hurricane exactly once during its 300-year history. San Francisco has been hit by severe quakes twice in the past century. In other words, _observed data_ suggests quakes are more common than hurricanes.

In addition, your information about the "hole in the ground" is incorrect. While portions of the city are below sea level, much of it is not.

Also, you seem to be under the weird impression that since one hurricane hit NO in 300 years, they're going to be attracted to it from now on. Given your demonstrated ignorance of probability, I'll happily play against you at any gambling game.

I love it: equal time for crackpots. If this argument is accepted, I'm going to demand that all schools teach my theory that Christ was actually a reptilian space alien. I _deserve_ to have the schools help propagate it because the Christian establishment thinks it's nutty.

In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled A Shrinking New Orleans, Bob Eimiller wrote:

You want a suggestion??

FILL IT IN and MOVE ON!


Okay. Now let's also abandon all cities on active geological faults (San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle), all other low-lying coastal cities (Houston, Miami, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston), all cities in river floodplains (St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Cincinnatti, Kansas City, Memphis, Minneapolis, St. Paul), and all cities in deserts without adequate water supplies (Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque). Everyone in the United States has to move to Chicago.

In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled Barf Alert: ACLU's 'intelligent design' in Dover case, DoctorRansom wrote:

"How are replication errors and retroviruses or even the evolving bird flu examples of completely new, randomly chosen information that has been added?"

Seems pretty obvious to me. Random changes in DNA create new sequences coding for different proteins. Sometimes these new proteins enable the organism to do something it couldn't do before. And the process doesn't violate thermodynamics because there's a total increase in entropy.

Now, I'd like _you_ to explain how Intelligent Design accounts for things like a mutating flu virus? Does a Designer make new viruses? (Is God using biological warfare?)

What mechanism does the Intelligent Designer use to make changes in the organism's DNA. Be specific. If ID is an actual scientific theory, it has to explain things like this.

Friday night games end in violence because fans get drunk. But if we move them to Saturday they'll have _all day_ to be drinking so by the time the game starts they'll be passed out in the parking lot! Problem solved!

"Intelligent Design is _entirely_ different from Creationism. ID is spelled with a capital I and a capital D, while Creationism has a big C at the beginning. No similarity at all."

So how come the Republicans can't line up some friendly local District Attorneys to indict these guys? A few well-publicized cases and the Dems might lose their enthusiasm for letting two-bit local officials go after national representatives.