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Mike the Lab Rat

Great fun. I actually liked it better than the Spiderman flicks. Stay to the end of the closing credits. A nice surprise awaits you. Thanks for the tip - I and my charges (my son and three of his frieds) sat through all the credits thanks to you...and it was well worth it. Samuel L. Jackson as Nick ...

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But the purpose of the Bible is not to educate one about 'truths' or 'non-truths' of science. The Bible's purpose is to for the salvation of man who is fundamentally lost in darkness apart from God. Bravo. Rack the ever-lovin heck out of 'tart. I think that he and St. Augustine are of a like mind o...

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You've gone with a strawman/red herring/apples-oranges point that you're accusing others of... I've done nothing of the sort. I just happened to notice, while typing the post - that holy shit - the planets must have aligned, or maybe it's a sign of the apocalypse...but for the first time that I can...

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2. Your example doesn't work since, according to you, the evolutionary process has a beginning and end. I thought it was a matter of ongoing mutations (btw, forgive the rabit trail, but didn't you say once that mutations were different than evolutionary processes?). Therefore, how could MVScal ever...

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Now, are you going to answer my query about Dr. David Berlinski and his words or not? I watched the video. All of it. Berlinksi is an idiot. A pompous idiot. The evolutionary progression from the whale's land-dwelling ancestors to its current form are , and have been, well-documented . Berlinksi's ...

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Apparently, Ben Stein's fellow Jews take exception to his casual association of Darwin and the Nazis: The film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed misappropriates the Holocaust and its imagery as a part of its political effort to discredit the scientific community which rejects so-called intelligent d...

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Proof that even God hates Christian rock.

Mike the Lab Rat

John Derbyshire at National Review Online has a pretty good article on Ben Stein's idocy as well as some background on the history of outright dishonesty by the ID crowd: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZGYwMzdjOWRmNGRhOWQ4MTQyZDMxNjNhYTU1YTE5Njk=&w=MA==" onclick="window.open(this...

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From what I've been able to read up on regarding the guys picked, I'm pretty pleased about the Bills getting McKelvin and Hardy.

Mike the Lab Rat

Mike, as a scientist, when you heard about Sternberg, did you investigate this yourself? Actually, yes I did, when the story first came out. Sternberg was NOT "fired" by the Smithsonian because he was never an employee. That was (and is) verifiable. I thought you didn't watch the movie. I...

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To be honest, I don't think Stein was trying to change any minds. Rather, I think it was more to point out that professors and the like aren't allowed to even question evolution or mention ID as a possible alternative. Hey, bcb, here's an example of how Ben Stein's lack of honesty (and credibility)...

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Let's not forget that soon after the Christian denomination got some power, it proceeded to turn around and then persecute other faiths.

So much for the claims of moral superiority.

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The URL itself lend itself to providing context, "Open-Letter-to-a-victim-of-Ben-Steins-lying-propaganda,Richard-Dawkins" http://richarddawkins.net/article,2488" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, Open-Letter-to-a-victim-of-Ben-Steins-lying-propaganda,Richard-Dawkins...

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Richard Dawkins very nicely deals with some of what we're discussing in this very thread in the following link: http://richarddawkins.net/article,2488,Open-Letter-to-a-victim-of-Ben-Steins-lying-propaganda,Richard-Dawkins" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Really? Sin, http://...

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Richard Dawkins very nicely deals with some of what we're discussing in this very thread in the following link:

http://richarddawkins.net/article,2488, ... rd-Dawkins" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Darwinism didn't lead to Nazism. However, in the form it took with Hitler's 'master race' desires, Nazism DID lead back to Darwinism. Yes, many other good things point back to Darwinism, but Nazism is a bad one that points back to it. Are you so incapable of accepting this? Incapable of accepting u...

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On the one hand you write this: Darwinism led to eugenics led to Nazism. (which, as Dins, mvscal, and Bri have pointed out, is factually inaccurate for MANY reasons) And then you have the laughable gall to write this: Son, I know that the Nazis were big fans of skewed Biblical interpretations. Perha...

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I remember one commercial jingle back from the days of my youth, growing up downstate...

"Schaefer...Is The...One Beer to Have When You’re Having More Than One!"

What a great freaking sales pitch - "If you're gonna get fucked up, drink OUR BEER!"

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1. your panda thumb link didn't work. Please re-post and I'll gladly check it out. The link was for an RSS feed, and some folks' browsers don't like the direct link. Try this one: http://www.pandasthumb.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; 2. As per macroevolution, are you ...

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I don't think that Stein said that evolutionary theory led to nazism (in fact, he did a good job in prefacing the argument so as not to state that.) What he said was that Nazis DID use Darwinism and eugenics in their desire to create a 'master race'. Also, he did state that quote by Darwin. There w...

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I've known about this movie for months. And I've given precisely all the attention it deserves. It is getting panned left and right (even Fox panned it). According to the box office receipts, moviegoers agree. Anyone who wants to read a series of articles that go into FAR more detail about the clapt...

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SunCoastSooner wrote:Isn't B from Pittsburgh?

Ummm...not that I'm aware of. He went to college in western NY (SUNY/Geneseo) and some other college in NY.

AFAIK, he's a native NYer.

Mike the Lab Rat

Yep, definitely looking forward to this one, as is my 9-year-old son (he asked to have us take him and his friends to see it for his upcoming birthday).

Previews look good, and somehow I think that RJ Downey will manage to be believable as the talented but selfish alcoholic Tony Stark.

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I guess the quality of living in Pittsburgh and Philly explains why so damn many of your state's major instituitions alumni move here to Florida... What does the quality of living in Pittsburgh or Philly have to do with NY's major institutions? Brian lives in Rochester, NY. A craphole in and of its...

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Ultimately, the American Catholic chooses to do what he/she wants to do - nothing more, nothing less. It's easier to cut a check than it is to ask too many questions...which suits the pedo-protectors to a perfect T. Yep. It's really hard for a lot of people who were born and raised in the faith to ...

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Dinsdale wrote: A tired line of overwrought crap meant to tug the heartstrings....

Geez, you're not gonna cry now are ya?

Mike the Lab Rat

C'mon big man, come out from behind your keyboard and either refuse to pay your taxes, organize huge public protests Uhm, Mike the Dumb Ass... What makes you so sure I haven't done exactly that? Because you would have made DAMNED sure to publicize your actions right here on this old board and anypl...

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So, if every last catholic withdrew their support, and quit giving any money while making it clear that tey would find a new church until their demands to weed out every last pedo and make amends with their victims, it wouldn't have any æffect? My God but you are a dimwit. Do you honestly think tha...

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From the outside looking in, the appearance is that those in charge of running the catholic church from the local level up to the very top have known for a very long time what was happening and allowing it to continue unabated for decades (probably longer). If a bum is in front of a liquor store as...

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I prefer to look at the whole picture. Each candidate has a public life and record that stretches back for years. This gaffe, like everything else that has been said, gets put into the mental hopper for later use. I like to look at what the candidate says currently. His comment was fresh, not somet...

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After I switched from being a "lapsed Roman Catholic" to an active Episcopalian, my younger brother (the Carmelite monk) gave me a "gift subscription" to a magazine called "The Rock." It was a magazine of RCC apologetics and took a hard line on following Church Docrine....

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I never cease to be amazed when discussing this issue. Why do common catholics automatically take criticism of the organization as criticism of ALL CATHOLICS?. maybe because of idiocy like this: So, you folks decrying the catholic-bashing... You completely withdrew from the church, withheld all don...

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^^^^^^^^

Now, see, THAT is a quote worthy of a sig file....

Mike the Lab Rat

How sad that the only way a Republican can hope to win is for his surrogates to slander and defame the opposition Yep. McCain seems to be able to fly under the media's radar while Hillary and Obama go at each other and provide soundbites. I can't even remember the last time you said something good ...

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No excuse making or justification, just not going to lump the entire Church in with the actions of a small percentage of sickos. I'll leave that to the holier than thou dumbfucks like Dins, mv, yourself, etc.... In case you missed it, the current Pope is the man who signed off on the "don't as...

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Fucking priceless. So, you folks decrying the catholic-bashing... You completely withdrew from the church, withheld all donations, and publicly demanded accountability for the sheltering of known pedophiles, right? Left the RCC years and years ago. Continue your bigotry and broad-brush accusations...

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I am shocked that you are making some horrifically awful generalizations and ad hominems regarding both Obama and his supporters. I expect that kind of crap from the dittoheads around here. But you're smarter than that. Sure Obama's made verbal gaffes. But he question that should be asked is how Ob...

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Mike, there was no way you were ever going to pull the lever for Obama. Or McCain. Or Hillary. Your Libertarian principles will not allow you to. True, but I was at least intrigued enough by the messianic hooplah to look into the guy. I was hardly shocked to find him to be just another elitist con-...

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How about the fact that they are a nominally Biblically based fascistic hierarchy with pretensions to political power? Does that work for you? Sure. Keep in mind, however, that the description you've given also manages to describe pretty much ALL of the major Christian denominations (plus perhaps a...

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But wait... isn't he now saying it was just a poor choice of words? Precisely. Does Obama honestly hold that condescending view of blue-collar America? Based upon the fact that he refuses to disown the racist, radical nutjob he called his "spiritual advisor" and that his wife whines about...

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