[quote]pookie wrote:
KJ Bridgewater wrote:
Pookie,
Keep mocking God, and one day you’ll wake up in Edmonton, then you’ll pray to God to smite you, just to be put out of your misery.
As long as it’s not New Jersey.
By the way, did you know that “Edmonton” comes from an old indian word meaning “Even duller than Calgary.”
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Pookie you’re killing me man!
[quote]pookie wrote:
By the way, did you know that “Edmonton” comes from an old indian word meaning “Even duller than Calgary.”
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Um, yeah. For the purposes of my joke, the selection of Deadmonton, was not arbitrary.
Anyways, at the pace your going God is going to bypass Alberta and send you straight to Utah.
What happens when I announce Myself as God?
[quote]toddjacobs13 wrote:
Pookie,
Love the thread.
Here’s my proposal for the secular birth ceremony a la The Lion King. Find a boulder and a monkey. Give the newborn to the monkey and have him climb onto the boulder and hold the baby up in the air. Time this all to happen just at sunrise, so all of the waking animals can bow down to the new baby. Make sure Elton John is playing in the background.
Todd[/quote]
All that medicine has done over the past century to reduce infant mortality rates would be undone in at once. It would be cool though.
I use to consider my self an atheist, but not any longer although I still don?t believe in a god rather I think it?s best to view all religions as schools of philosophy there to be learned.
Religion is just another name for a cult.
?Who cares if Jesus was a god it?s what he said that?s important, NOT WHAT HE IS OR ISNT.?-By the great Reverend Bob Shefter
[quote]kroby wrote:
What happens when I announce Myself as God?[/quote]
We laugh.
So said the word of Pookie.
It really frightens me that there are som many fundamentalist evangelicals that are so single minded on this issue.
First they say a day wasn’t a day, then, maybe 10000 years isnt 10000 years, and ignore all the palentological evidence found, go on about what has not been found, and counter oon an argument that is…it is written.
I am worried, seriously worried.
If anyone wants to look at some of prof ricahrd dawkins stuff:
http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/dawkins/WorldOfDawkins-archive/index.shtml
[quote]LIFTICVSMAXIMVS wrote:
pookie wrote:
Do you think we could begin other threads similarly to discuss evolution, physics and moral issues while keeping the Scripture-Pasters™ out?
I think we can use a little subterfuge–a reconnaissance mission, if you will–and post a “Jesus Christ is not your Savior” thread. Meanwhile, all the bible-bangers will be stumbling over themselves to “prove” it wrong; thus a distraction will occur on the rest of the site and then we can have a real scientific argument/discussion about…anthing scientific.
Frankly, I want to discuss how monkeys turned into man and how the “Big-bang” created everything as we know it…and how to perform abortions with a rusty butterknife, a lemon wedge, and a bottle of Drain-O.[/quote]
give the mother the bottle of dain o, and there you have 2 for 1!
I find the real problem with Christian fundamentalists is they just have to learn to put the “FUN” back into fundamentalist like the muslims have.
Here’s something that might be interesting to discuss without the Babble Thumpers…
http://www.discover.com/issues/mar-06/cover/
It’s about how viruses might have been primordial in the forming of life on Earth. Most probably an important piece in the puzzle of how life arose from the primordial soup.
[quote]pookie wrote:
vroom wrote:
Want to make a bet that we don’t get any Islamic people posting?
Even if we post cartoons?[/quote]
at least they cant burn down your church
Well that certainly adds up, if one follows evolution, then it would make sense that the first formes of self propagating biological “organismes” would be virus as they’re only shealthed( or unshealthed) R/DNA, even some modern viruses are mearly sheathed RNA molecules unable to express proteins (picornavirus) without host machinery, and while modern viruses are obligatory parasitic, those archaic versions may have been able to replicate due to the reducing (vs our present oxidative) environment but i bet the stongest link to the origins of life being evolution is the existence of prions.
i recently renounced a cake.
does that count?
[quote]miniross wrote:
i recently renounced a cake.
does that count?[/quote]
It’s not the same, since the cake actually existed. I’m more into renouncing make believe.
ok, i renounce the totally tasty but fat and sugar free cake.
Thats better.
[quote]miniross wrote:
ok, i renounce the totally tasty but fat and sugar free cake.
Thats better.[/quote]
Yeah, but know you’ve pissed off all the “totally tasty but fat and sugar free cake” believers.
You can’t win.
I had one come to the door asking me if i believed in the totally tasty but fat free cake (TTBFFC) today. The idea was very seductive, but there were flaws.
I am sure the ingredients had corn syrup.
Those bloody liars. I tell you, you cant trust anyone these days. next thing, people will be telling me the earth is 10000 years old and elephants were designed. how drunk was THAT designer.
Designers make buggattis.
From alt.humor.best-of-usenet:
[i]On the subject of music and vehicles, I was wandering through a car wrecker’s yard one day and came across a vehicle that looked like it must have gone underneath a semi-trailer. The roof was just about fully caved in, the dash was up near the front seat.
Not much chance of survival. I noticed a cassette sticking out of the player and reached in to see what it was: an album of Christian music with memorable numbers such as “When Jesus Is With Me, I’ll Be Safe”. I’d say avoid any form of Christian music unless you have a death wish.
Peter[/i]
[quote]miniross wrote:
Designers make buggattis.[/quote]
In fairness, they also made Yugos.
From the “You couldn’t make this shit up” dept:
Texas pastor electrocuted during baptism
Ironically enough, in the “U.S. Life” section of MSNBC.