God must love the stupid. He made so many of them

Capitol Hill Blue ^ | February 4, 2003 | DOUG THOMPSON

[ErnBatavia]

On Saturday, the last piece of debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia had not hit the ground before idiots everywhere started screaming the accident was (1) a terrorist attack or (2) part of some grand conspiracy by our elected officials to divert money from the space program and into the coming war with Iraq or (3) any other theory just as loony.

Unfortunately, Free Republic had waaay more than it's share of the above....one of this forum's more shameful and embarrassing periods.

[Quix]

WELL SAID.

My seDiments as well.

I do consider Flight 800 now a proven missle attack. From what group/forces is another issue.

The Columbia seems to be a straightforward thing--evidently of the left wing being damaged by the falling insulation--perhaps attributable to Dilldo's budget cuts; to bureaucratic inertia; dimwitted/arrogant oversight etc.

Though theoretically, GIVEN the mass numbers of people and complexities involved, it seems to me the shuttles COULD BE a prime target for sabotage. I don't consider that Columbia is an example of a successful case thereof.

I too consider the 'gubment' to be quite capable of all kinds of skullduggery and that WITHOUT taking into account the global govermnet tyranny folks. But I also believe there's tons of ignorant stuff as well as more than a little disinformation spread liberally around.

But seeing as how we have some challenges understanding and describing; wrestling difinitively and exhaustively with 'simple' things like light, electricity and gravity . . . I suppose it's not too far fetched that complexities like government with hoards of disperate values and goals conflicting all over the place . . . that such complexities would result in no small number of theories, claims and counter claims is not overly surprising.

I find comfort in the chaos through walking with my hand in the hand of the Man from Galilee. He knows The Father and manifests The Father. He's promised to never leave me and that where He is, I'll be. That has the capacity to cover a multitude of worries.

[Quix]

How much of the recent evidence have you read?

Do you REALLY DOUBT that Dilldo and Shrillary Hillary WOULD have gleefully covered up a significant threat to his reelection 3 months later?

[Quix]

Ahhhh and on what criteria are you going to measure what category of brilliance, knowledge?

Let me choose. I'm a decent shrink. Perhaps I can find a variable you'd be stupid or looney on.

. . . unless, of course, you claim to be God . . . which could shorten the assessment time considerably.

[Quix]

Methinks the failure is to forget to factor in

the degrading, destructive pollution of sin upon the gene pool--physically, spiritually and otherwise.

I do agree we are made in God's image. I'm not precisely nor exhaustively confident of what that means exactly. I think at least it means some spiritual similarity and some capacity to think, choose and bear the imprint of personality.

Whatever else it means must not be important, for now.

[Mr. Jeeves]

“A recurring theme,” Diaz said “was resentment that Bush would somehow exploit the tragedy for political gain.

If it had happened on Clinton's watch, we would be saying the same thing. One man's lunatic is another man's sober realist, I guess.

[greydog]

Mr Darwin was right

[CyberAnt]

GOD is a spirit! Therefore, man is a spirit, man has a soul (his mind, will and emotions), and man lives in a body.

Man (his spirit) will live forever (just like GOD). The real question is, WHERE WILL YOU LIVE. GOD gave each of us a choice where we want our spirit to live - in hell (spiritual death), or in heaven (spiritual life) with HIM.

Then ... in order to give us a clue ... GOD said, "but choose life". Deut. 28

[Dog Gone]

Stupids and loonies are two different animals.

They are not mutually exclusive, though.

Loonies generally are a tougher breed, and impossible to defeat in argument. They won't concede a point in argument, even when facing compelling proof.

Unfortunately, both groups vote.

[Quix]

I used to give Darwin more than the benefit of the doubt and see no big conflict between his very shakey theory and Christianity.

I've come to realize, his theory is bankrupt on a number of accounts.

I may not buy every jot and tittle of the "Creationists" who sometimes say silly things almost as much as the Darwinists. But the evidence for Creation is too vast, deep, high in quality and logically unassailable.

But hey, God is the one who says: "The fool has said in his heart, 'there is no God.'"

I've learned it's wiser not to argue with Him--especially while deluding one's self that one has a better vantage point than He has.

[Quix]

THANKS.

NICELY PUT, imho.

[savedbygrace]

If we could only devise a compelling plan to convince them all to move to one state . . . . .

[ErnBatavia]

I do consider Flight 800 now a proven missle attack.

See? Right here on this very thread!

[Erasmus]

I believe the technical term for what these folks are doing is "wasting oxygen."

You could consider them to be Greenies. While it is true that their use of O2 has no immediate beneficial result, they are at least converting it into CO2 for use by trees.

<)%^)

[Rocky]

and that Elvis was alive and well and living in Costa Rica.

Yeah. Everyone knows he's in Minnesota.

[metesky]

Where's Michael Rivero when we need him?

[RecentConvert]

"Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed at." - Gustave Flaubert

[Marysecretary]

Please, not NY. We have our share of them already.

[savedbygrace]

That was part of my plan, based on the concept of birds flocking together. We need to pick a state that already has a lot of 'em to start with, but that has plenty of room for expansion.

[Marysecretary]

Hmm, California (around Hollywood) comes to mind.