[quote]A Bush supporter.[/quote] Well, maybe this isn't exactly true. But it is true to say that a true American is more likely not a Bush supporter. The election against Al Gore proves it. Most people don't even like Al Gore very much, and we elected him instead.
[quote]Because it is listed as a sin in the Bible, That does it. Then there is no need to know why.[/quote] I think this is the essential difference between myself and someone who is religious. A key goal in my mind is to discover how to become that source of information that people trust. If I can explain to someone how the bible actually says what I think, then I should wield unlimited power over their knowledge. Maybe, then, I could introduce rational thought.
[quote]I think your reply #58 may be the 3rd time now you take the Lord's name in vain.[/quote] Vishnu, you're right. Allah. I'm sorry. Sheevah. Buddah's belly! Oops. Fuck.
[quote]Guess you never heard of miracles, eh?[/quote] If you get cancer, you go ahead and wait on a miracle. I'll inject some Taxol, and we'll see who lives longer. [edit: jesus. this is macabre. i am sorry.]
[quote]Was it wrong of them? Or was wrong of me to expect something more?[/quote] I vote wrong of them. Then again, I have never been very popular with my friends... I mean the people who could have potentially become them. I have found that people obssess too much about looking cool or looking smart or not looking awkward or being better or being prettier or having a better girlfriend or having a better car or being able to afford that flasy new lawn mower to cut the weeds the
The problem with belief is that God does not cure cancer. The study of proteomics, on the other hand, has a shot. I think that's where I clash most with religion. Religion produces nothing. Why believe that God created the stars, the moon, and the people of Earth, to the exclusion of investigating homology, when accepting science has some truly applicable benefits?
[quote]Can you imagine what women would think if they really knew our deep thoughts?[/quote] They know. They just aren't interested.
[quote]Yeah, define truth for me, Ock, that's something I never got the secular standpoint of.[/quote] If what I believe leads me to correctly predict the workings of reality and continues to do so, then with each correct prediction I come closer to knowing a truth. This is the scientific standpoint. Mathematicians believe that the entire world can be broken down and explained in quantifiable terms. Thus, ultimate truth comes from accounting for every single variable in the universe and
[quote]Good Catholics never PLAN on big families, they are just good Catholics and dont use birth control![/quote] The good news is that Catholicism cannot be inherited.
Was anyone else disappointed with Space Oddessey's ending, or lack thereof?
Ah miscarriages. The world's number 1 killer. We should really do something about them.
[quote]if they are viewed to be sane[/quote] KILL THE CRAZIES. Ha ha. Just kidding. Bad choice of words.
[quote]We can see how euthanasia (killing the aged and disabled) flows from abortion (killing the unborn). So yes, this is the argument that comes from those who think euthanasia is the way to go. With both the evil of abortion and euthanasia, society rids itself of those it decides is unwanted.[/quote] Objection! Fallacy of non causa pro causa (slippery slope). Abortion does not lead to euthanasia. Abortion should only be legal if the individual is terminated before it knew it
[quote]ha! He's not. So where does that leave you now?[/quote] He used to be a member of LDS, and he admits to continuing influence.
[quote]Mormons are great.[/quote] I happen to like Mormans, too. They gave me a great turkey dinner for free. The only issue I had was that one time during the meal when 10 guys in suits jumped me and told me I could have my own planet or some bullshit like that.
[quote]One might argue that extending the life of the elderly causes greater harm[/quote] Good point. I think we should start by taking you out. I should have suspected this from the mormon.
[quote]I don't pretend to understand the science in your original post but I am pleased to see someone offering valid science as some proof of evolution against the countless creationist articles that only offer various tracts from the bible. Thanks for being a voice of reason.[/quote] Eh, what don't you understand?
[quote]where things are true for one person and not for another.[/quote] hold the phone! if its hurtful to the world and our human community, its true for everyone that it is wrong. the absence of family planning is one such wrong-doing. use condoms people
[quote]arrested for having Kerry bumper stickers on their cars?[/quote] What? Post it. That doesn't make sense. It sounds like a bad PR move with no benefit.
[quote]Nope, undergrad. Second year...well, I'll be a third year in two weeks.[/quote] I'll be a second year in two weeks ;). Assuming I pass my finals and the Emory finacial aid office doesn't give me AIDS.
[quote]That argument makes NO sense. Allowing spoiled children to get their way is how we wound up with GW,[/quote] No, we ended up with GW because America cheated us out of our [I]elected[/I] president, Al Gore.
[quote]when I'm walking to class...[/quote] what year are you? are you a grad student?
[quote]I think a big difference between Christians and others, are that nearly all Christians deal in absolutes, while the others don't. They (christians) fail to understand differing opinions because they're so indoctrinated in their faith. They can't understand anything else, they always have to apply their faith to it. Get what i mean?[/quote] Yes. I know. Blind faith is a serious detriment to reason.
[quote]Yes, of course, the Miller-Urey has to do with evolution. The Miller-Urey experiment is in the chapter titled, "the first signs of life" and there is information there about spontaneous generation which describes abiogenesis.[/quote] I think you are confusing the inclusion of outdated scientific beliefs in order to "evolve" a student's understanding for assertion of those beliefs. NO ONE believes in spontaneous generation.(I should be careful. I'll find that one quack.) Who was i
[quote]Well..the Miller-Urey experiment was more than flawed...Truth is ...It FAILED; it didn't simulate conditions on "early" earth and it has nothing to do with the origin of life. Why then is the Miller-Urey experiment of 1953 still featured in student's biology textbooks as an icon of Evolution? Instead of being told the truth, students are given the misleading impression that scientists have empirically demonstrated the origin of life. What a crock! Scientists since then have been
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