SageAgainstTheMachine

I assume it was translated, though.

I thought they were due! The game was fixed! The Globetrotters used a ladder of Pete's sake! C'mon he's just spinning the ball in front of your face. Take it!!

Closing in on 250 replies and this thread hasn't made it to PPP. I'm actually a little disappointed.

In order of preferability... 1) Sex 2) Hiking 3) Basketball 4) Jogging 5) Meditation

And 7% presumably said "I don't know", probably the most intellectually honest answer.

You're seeing something I'm not. It indicates that 46% of total responses were "God created humans pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years." A separate 32% responded that evolution occurred with God's help.

It's pretty hypocritical if you ask me. God gave us minds capable of analysis, but we go to Hell for using them.

Then it only follows that we too are a test run. You've got the fingerprints of /r/atheism all over ya!

I'd love it if there was a literature board here on TBD.

Selmon, I would say the best thing is just to approach this site (and you might say life) with a sense of humor. Some of what you post will be ignored into oblivion, other stuff will catch on as time goes on. Please know, though, that everybody gets ribbed around here. Especially on OTW. Take things less personally and you'll experience it less. Head over to the main board and people are a bit more caustic, but still mostly civil and entertaining. Head over to PPP and...well...don't head over to PPP. Oh and use the site to learn about football. Some of the posters are VERY knowledgeable. As an addendum, if you want to instigate better conversation, try to ascertain what other people are interested in. Like everything else, your opinion is essentially a commodity. People will buy it or not buy it on THEIR prerogative, not yours. If you post an intriguing statistics-based research project on the Bills' linebacker situation, you'll get tons of replies. A movie review on The Smurfs? Not so much.

At least you don't hear very much anymore from the folks who claimed the Jews buried fake 'dinosaur' fossils.

"But the Theory of Evolution is just a theory! It's flawed!" - Person who believes man rode on dinosaurs like horses 6,000 years ago. (seriously, check out the Creation Museum)

Quite true. The trouble is, when it comes to religion, people essentially have their minds made up. So debate leads to argumentation, which leads to proselytizing, which leads to douchebaggery. EDIT: And in regards to the Christmas thing, there is no war on Christmas. Christmas absolutely monopolizes late November through early January in this country.

Whoever you're quoting didn't post those things in this thread. If people are talking about thinning the herd, that is pretty !@#$ed, but the next time I hear of a violent crime in the name of No God will be the first. Anyway, atheists in general refuse to look in the mirror? Isn't that painting with the broad brush you want to condemn?

Happy FB good Doctor!

Very sorry to hear of your loss. Yet another testament to why it's not just a game.

My favorite: "But isn't your life just so meaningless?"

May his noodly appendage bless you always.

I've only read the synopsis on wikipedia and the mention of this still makes me shudder.

I was referring specifically to the creation story in Genesis, which in my opinion absolutely counts as mythology. It is unsubstantiated. If I've been overly harsh, I can assure you that wasn't my intention. Most religious people are decent and kind. Most PEOPLE are decent and kind. That, I do believe.

Wouldn't the onus, then, be to teach every theory on creation and let the kids decide? The Navajo have a pretty intriguing mythology. As for who's more zealous among the zealots from each group, there's nothing but empirical evidence. I will say that atheists aren't known for promising eternal torture to those who don't align.

The difference being that Evolution Theory is striving toward 100% accuracy, while Judeo-Christian creation mythology is 100% unsubstantiated and just fine with it. Which, as you point out, shouldn't be a problem. Live and let live, right? Except, HERE'S the problem...many Creationists would prefer that public schools eschew scientific theory for mythology. Sadly, there has been some success in this regard. That officially makes it a social issue. People should believe what makes them happy. In fact, believing that there's a god who set evolution in motion is logical. Not my belief, but it defies nothing besides the burden of proof. But let's not write a false narrative where the majority of the vitriol is coming from the agnostic side. Let me ask you something. If poll results were released tomorrow that showed 46% of Americans believed Zeus and Prometheus crafted mankind out of clay, wouldn't you find that just a little troublesome?

I'm a novice to this realm, but this seems like an interesting tidbit...what's the deal?

And they say pimpin aint easy!

Not one of those situations where you can clear it with HR?