# For David B, the good Doctor and others who are knowledgable about Creation debate **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 12, 1999, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218 "1999-11-12T22:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/441 "1999-12-08T20:12:00Z")
Don’t interpret silence as meaning they’re all stunned. Could just be a coinkydink, could be they got bored and went to play in the Mondex thread… ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/442 "1999-12-08T20:16:00Z")
Yeah, I know, but it was still odd. I mean, they had been posting like rabbits (well, you know what I mean) and then suddenly nothing. Might also be 'cus I didn’t spell out “creation” and “evolution” in the thread title, but just called it “c/e.” BTW, seriously, is Meara anybody from around here as far as we know? ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/443 "1999-12-08T20:20:00Z")
Not that I know of. We should invite her over, she seems capable of rational discourse. She might like it better here. We could use some more women in GD too. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/444 "1999-12-08T20:22:00Z")
(I am speculating that Meara is a she based on her username. Unwise, perhaps) ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/445 "1999-12-08T20:35:00Z")
You should know better than that, my gay lover! 🙂 I’m hesitant to invite _anybody_ from there over to here, though… ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/446 "1999-12-08T20:52:00Z")
**Gaudere** , your assumption is correct. According to [http://www.leftbehind.com/cgi-bbs/Forum2/HTML/004199-3.html](http://www.leftbehind.com/cgi-bbs/Forum2/HTML/004199-3.html) , **Meara** is a 22-year old woman, married, no kids. Her profile indicates that she is a Princeton-educated internet developer. (LBMB’s search function _works_, because they don’t have a bunch of non-believers moderating and administrating. 😉 ) ## Based on her input over there, I agree that someone should invite her over. Livin’ on Tums, Vitamin E and Rogaine ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/447 "1999-12-09T02:41:00Z")
**David B** , the posting by the imitation JAB Over There can be found on Page One of “ANOTHER SCHOOL SHOOTING”. The link is above us in one of your own posts. All the Fake JAB did was post “Hello” twice. Then **Joshua TenForty** wanted to know how he could tell the real JAB from the fake. I replied, “Faith.” Incidentally, no one has posted to that thread Over There since I replied to **Josh**. I have taken steps to ensure that no one in the future can use my name and password. I either open a second Window and close the one containing The Straight Dope, or I turn the computer off and re-boot. Either way, my name and password remain secure. (No one can _read_ my password, of course; there are just six \*'s up there in the space. But it can be _used_ by anyone if I don’t erase it somehow.) * * * Fighting my own ignorance since 1957. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/448 "1999-12-09T04:32:00Z")
manhattan wrote: > [@](#): > > Based on her input over there, I agree that someone should invite her over. Just don’t tell her about this thread. We don’t want to let her know how we’ve been paving the way for the Antichrist until she’s been admitted to our Inner Circle. 🙂 * * * “Love 'em, fear 'em, and leave 'em alone.” – Dr. Spockiavelli ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/449 "1999-12-09T16:52:00Z")
One argument against inviting Meara: She actually _read_ the Left Behind series. Considering what somebody (Gaudere?) posted – an excerpt – I shudder at the mere thought. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/450 "1999-12-09T16:58:00Z")
I has hoping she had just stumbled on the board, as we did, and did not actually read–or worse yet, like–that crap. I would feel compelled to force-feed her some _decent_ books if that were the case. IMHO, the Left Behind series is the Circus Peanuts of literature. ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/451 "1999-12-09T17:13:00Z")
David - How is her reading something making it bad? I myself have been thinking of checking out a LB book because I like knowledge and try and learn things. You do realize that saying something like that is like a creationist saying, “We can’t invite David to this site bcause he’s read science,” don’t you? Just trying to be objective here. * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/452 "1999-12-09T17:16:00Z")
Gaudere: Hey! I **like** circus peanuts! Satan: I was mostly joking, based not so much on the ideas in the story (which may actually be quite creative for all I know) but the excerpt of rather poor writing quality posted by Gaudere. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/453 "1999-12-09T17:18:00Z")
I should add, however, that I still don’t think it’s a good idea to invite _anybody_ from there over to here, just because, well, we have this thread here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/454 "1999-12-09T17:19:00Z")
It’s really really _really_ bad writing, Satan. Honestly, I don’t really care if she likes those books, she seems intelligent, but it’s like finding out someone thinks Harlequin novels are good literature. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/455 "1999-12-09T17:19:00Z")
I don’t know there’s a problem with her having read the books, only if she accepts them as gospel. Theology is to the _Left Behind_ series as Science is to: a) _USA Today_’s Infographics b) _Independence Day_ c) Pons and Fleischmann d) Rush Limbaugh e) all of the above No cheating now. ---
**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/456 "1999-12-09T21:24:00Z")
Their board seems to be down…wonder how many posts will be left? -David ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/457 "1999-12-09T21:33:00Z")
$5 says my thread on separation of church & state gets deleted. Plus the lovely response I just made on the rationalization thread. _shrug_ * * * “There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.” - William James ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/458 "1999-12-09T21:48:00Z")
You owe me five bucks. 😉 When was it down? I hadn’t noticed (though I’ve only checked in periodically today). I did notice that early this morning or yesterday (it all blurs together), I got an internal server error one time, but it was back up a few seconds later. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/459 "1999-12-09T21:48:00Z")
Nah, they’re back. Don’t see anything missing, so far. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218/460 "1999-12-09T21:51:00Z")
DavidB - Go to hell. And I mean that in the NICEST way possible. No rationalization here! 🙂 * * * “There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.” - William James [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-b-the-good-doctor-and-others-who-are-knowledgable-about-creation-debate/17218.md?page=24)