Posted on 03/13/2002 4:47:26 AM PST by JediGirl
Thus breaking various links and confusing the heck out of jennyp for one, who thought it had been deleted.
guess it needed some divine guidance. LOL.
Well, I always wanted to be a swami. Of course, I always wanted to be a flasher too. And a teapot. So much ambition, so little time ...
ROTFLMAO!!! You actually made me laugh out loud! :-)
Another interesting result was that the only "abusers" of the poll (individuals "voting" hundreds of times) were anti-E's.....
It just goes to show that sometimes when you conduct an experiment expecting one result or another, you can find yourself learning a great deal about something completely different. Admittedly the poll is a small sample, but I do find it striking that both of the abusers were anti-evolutionists, even though the logs show that the poll was visited by twice as many pro-evolutionists.
I agree with your analysis, the data does tend to show that creationists tend to be a vocal fringe minority which attempts to amplify their perceived influence wherever possible.
‘I am the truth. . ..’(John 14:6)
"For most of time, men and women have assumed that the truth was there to be found out. This began to change in the 19th century and the change gathered pace in the 20th. As people began to question the existence of God, it became obvious to some, that the existence of truth requires the existence of God. With God dismissed, it became impossible to conceive of truth in any absolute sense. This has resulted in the humiliation of truth. Truth is now whatever you would like it to be."
"Truth's demise has filtered down through the great centers of learning, the arts, and on into streets and homes. Everything is possible with truth gone. Everything is permissible. Musicians make music that doesn't sound musical. Painters paint pictures that are incomprehensible to normal folk. Playwrights write plays that are nonsense, and architects design buildings that no one can understand. All this is put forward as legitimate, but what does it all mean?"
"No matter how much popular culture is encouraged to believe in the relativity of truth, no one can build a decent life on such a notion. Inevitably proponents of freedom from God, and from absolute truth, are obliged to reach outside of their own system, and borrow something from theism in order to make their lives work. The person who believes that everything is valid, will soon find that he is condemned to meaninglessness. Christ is a standing offer of escape from such a hell as this To believe that truth is like Christ, is salvation indeed..."
‘I am the truth. . ..’(John 14:6) "For most of time, men and women have assumed that the truth was there to be found out. This began to change in the 19th century and the change gathered pace in the 20th. As people began to question the existence of God, it became obvious to some, that the existence of truth requires the existence of God. With God dismissed, it became impossible to conceive of truth in any absolute sense. This has resulted in the humiliation of truth. Truth is now whatever you would like it to be."
"Truth's demise has filtered down through the great centers of learning, the arts, and on into streets and homes. Everything is possible with truth gone. Everything is permissible. Musicians make music that doesn't sound musical. Painters paint pictures that are incomprehensible to normal folk. Playwrights write plays that are nonsense, and architects design buildings that no one can understand. All this is put forward as legitimate, but what does it all mean?" "No matter how much popular culture is encouraged to believe in the relativity of truth, no one can build a decent life on such a notion. Inevitably proponents of freedom from God, and from absolute truth, are obliged to reach outside of their own system, and borrow something from theism in order to make their lives work. The person who believes that everything is valid, will soon find that he is condemned to meaninglessness. Christ is a standing offer of escape from such a hell as this To believe that truth is like Christ, is salvation indeed..."
the Truth and the... Resurrection!
Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
-- Patrick Henry (the real one)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.