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DL-44
Lunatic (VI) Inmate

From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

IP logged posted posted 02-26-2008 15:06 Edit Quote

Continuation of the negative direction in Texas:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8V045HO0.html

I find this insanely frightening...and find even more frightening the fact that so few people seem even slightly interested or bothered...

WebShaman
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: Happy Hunting Grounds...
Insane since: Mar 2001

IP logged posted posted 02-26-2008 15:25 Edit Quote
quote:
"I just think that there has to be something far more than just a big-bang theory ... that it just happened haphazardly. I just have a hard time believing that that would be the case."



Ah, just because he "has a hard time believing", it can't be.

And WTF does ID have to do with the Big-Bang?!

That is how seriously f**ked up these people are.

You are correct, DL - it is insanely frightening.

WebShaman | The keenest sorrow (and greatest truth) is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
- Sophocles

Tyberius Prime
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist with Finglongers

From: Germany
Insane since: Sep 2001

IP logged posted posted 02-26-2008 15:26 Edit Quote

oh... this is the inteligent design movement, not the one for identification cards

White Hawk
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: zero divided.
Insane since: May 2004

IP logged posted posted 02-26-2008 18:00 Edit Quote

It seems, after generations of striving against enforced ignorance, we're all taking a step backwards from social and scientific enlightenment. It's the same the world over; we're being forced back into the dark ages by a fear of offending the religious zealot.

It's not just frightening - it's saddening.

The mention of Big Bang theory in relation to ID or evolution just shows Gonzalez up as a fool. Is there a stronger phrase than 'utter, raving f**k-wit'? How do these dangerously stupid individuals get to have a say in anything other than whether they want Frosties or Sugar Puffs for breakfast?

quote:
I just think that there has to be something far more...



So do I, Gonzo, but that doesn't make the little fairy-folk inside my PC any more f***ing real, does it?

WebShaman
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: Happy Hunting Grounds...
Insane since: Mar 2001

IP logged posted posted 02-26-2008 22:08 Edit Quote
quote:
How do these dangerously stupid individuals get to have a say in anything other than whether they want Frosties or Sugar Puffs for breakfast?



When people like Jade vote for them.

I bet this Gonzales is Catholic. Lately, if one looks at the demographics of religion and its changing nature in the US, one sees that there has been a big influx of Latin American Catholics helping stabilize the otherwise struggling Roman Catholic numbers Survey: US Religious Landscape In Flux

quote:
The Roman Catholic Church has lost more members than any faith tradition because of affiliation swapping, the survey found. While nearly one in three Americans were raised Catholic, fewer than one in four say they're Catholic today. That means roughly 10 percent of all Americans are ex-Catholics.

The share of the population that identifies as Catholic, however, has remained fairly stable in recent decades thanks to an influx of immigrant Catholics, mostly from Latin America. Nearly half of all Catholics under 30 are Hispanic, the survey found.



And we all know that the Catholic Church is extremely resistent to Scientific Fact and the Scientific Method.

WebShaman | The keenest sorrow (and greatest truth) is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
- Sophocles

hyperbole
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Madison, Indiana
Insane since: Aug 2000

IP logged posted posted 02-27-2008 19:36 Edit Quote
quote:

WebShaman said:

And we all know that the Catholic Church is extremely resistent to Scientific Fact and the Scientific Method.



Actually, WS, I'm surprised to hear you say that. What are you basing this on? I was under the impression that there are fairly large portions (large in relation to other organizations such as government, not in relation to the entire population of the church) that are devoted to scientific research.

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-- not necessarily stoned... just beautiful.

DL-44
Lunatic (VI) Inmate

From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

IP logged posted posted 02-27-2008 21:47 Edit Quote

Historically the Catholic Church has been extremely resistant to scientific discovery.
There have been many great leaps made in that regard, and the church has devoted a significant amount of resources to scientific research in the last several decades.

Catholics, as a group, however, do not seem to have kept up with that initiative, and the current pope has made a great number of statements that I would call contradictory to the outlook of the previous two popes. Especially in regard to evolutionary science.

WebShaman
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: Happy Hunting Grounds...
Insane since: Mar 2001

IP logged posted posted 02-27-2008 23:46 Edit Quote

Yes, as would I.

While it is true that the Catholic Church has made some improvements in how they view the Scientific Fact and the Scientific Method, they are still very resistant to it in many areas.

As is the constituency.

WebShaman | The keenest sorrow (and greatest truth) is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
- Sophocles

WebShaman
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: Happy Hunting Grounds...
Insane since: Mar 2001

IP logged posted posted 02-28-2008 13:00 Edit Quote

Correcting Misperceptions About Evolution

We desperately need more of this!

WebShaman | The keenest sorrow (and greatest truth) is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
- Sophocles

White Hawk
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: zero divided.
Insane since: May 2004

IP logged posted posted 02-28-2008 13:23 Edit Quote

Sorry, but I find it laughable that anybody can claim that the Catholic Church has lowered its resistance to scientific progress. If there has been any change in its stance, it will be for no other purpose than to better address the curiosity of its followers in a manner that befits its prime directive; keep the people ignorant!

This prime directive has a purpose - instill fear of the Church and its representatives, and aid oppression of the masses. The CC has nothing to do with worshipping God, but with the unquestioning worship of His self-proclaimed representatives - proliferant child-rapists included.

The Catholic Church has prospered as a direct result of this directive, and continues to do so today. Anybody who claims otherwise is ignorant of CC history and current events.

You might as well claim that the Pope/CC was anti-Nazi.

DL-44
Lunatic (VI) Inmate

From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

IP logged posted posted 02-28-2008 23:38 Edit Quote

Apparently you don't have to deal with too many southern baptists over across the pond

You all know I am not one to defend the catholic church by any means...but their efforts in various realms of science are fairly comprehensive for a strictly religious organization.

FWIW

WebShaman
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: Happy Hunting Grounds...
Insane since: Mar 2001

IP logged posted posted 02-29-2008 09:12 Edit Quote
quote:
You all know I am not one to defend the catholic church by any means...but their efforts in various realms of science are fairly comprehensive for a strictly religious organization.



Yes, therefore I said that the Catholic Church has made some improvements in how they view Scientific Fact and the Scientific Method.

WebShaman | The keenest sorrow (and greatest truth) is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
- Sophocles

NoJive
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: The Land of one Headlight on.
Insane since: May 2001

IP logged posted posted 02-29-2008 10:00 Edit Quote
quote:

DL-44 said:

Continuation of the negative direction in Texas:


Inbreeding. I'm sure it's inbreeding. Just take a look at the Bush clan... those ears... that pointy nose..those beady eyes. Wait a minute that's the Royal Family. =)


You are correct tho'... it is insanely frightening and I thank you for keeping your eyes open for these throw-backs.

___________________________________________________________________________
?It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.? Voltaire

DL-44
Lunatic (VI) Inmate

From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

IP logged posted posted 03-06-2008 18:56 Edit Quote

~sigh~
And now more from Florida. My head hurts, and I want to cry. Or shoot someone. Haven't decided for sure

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_education_edblog/2008/03/will-we-be-hear.html

quote:

Short recap: By a 4-3 vote,The State Board of Education approved new science standards last month that were controversial because they require teaching evolution. As a compromise of sorts -- it didn't really appease opponents and angered the standards' backers -- the board inserted the phrase "scientific theory of" before the word evolution.

After the vote, John Stemberger, the head of the Florida Family Policy Council ,said social conservatives would push for an "academic freedom" measure when the Legislature convenes this month. Such a proposal would protect teachers who teach alternatives to evolution. House Speaker Marco Rubio -- who wanted evolution taught as a theory -- told the Florida Baptist Witness such a plan might gain traction in the house.

White Hawk
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: zero divided.
Insane since: May 2004

IP logged posted posted 03-07-2008 00:24 Edit Quote

Hmmm... I have oddly mixed feelings about that one... o.O

WebShaman
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: Happy Hunting Grounds...
Insane since: Mar 2001

IP logged posted posted 03-07-2008 09:53 Edit Quote

Stupidity beyond Belief.

Yup.

WebShaman | The keenest sorrow (and greatest truth) is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
- Sophocles



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