Head hurt! TDN mean! Count Blucher mean!
My cellar, my house: same same big. Build cellar bigger than house? Why build cellar? Tie bait to ground. Velociraptor come, tear Alan Grant and Amy Grant to pieces. Drop house. Smoosh velociraptor. Open tourist attraction: Grants Tomb.
The sad thing is, most priests and ministers would roll their eyes at such a “museum”.
Not Christians. All organized religions.
And the two points of view are not mutually exclusive. Obviously, I am not one of the religious whackos that the Republicans have gotten in bed with. And that action was one of the stupidest things the Republicans have ever done.
Why is that sad? I hope they would.
I went to a Catholic University that put the highest premium on intellectual life. It saddens me that because of junk like this, people think Christians can’t think, which they very much can and do.
It’s worth Pitting any time it shows up in the news.
Something like 50% of all Americans could be considered Creationists. It’s sad in the sense that if most of them listened to their priest or minister, they wouldn’t be!
I was not challenging your pitting.
I was wondering why there was another story on the thing, given that it has not yet opened and that there seems to be no milepost event connected to its construction, this week.
And it wasn’t the religious whackos that came up with the term “Jesus horses,” now, was it? That was SNL. What kind of whacko are you and what have you been in bed with?
Nevermind. I know to you I’m just another fan who shares your contempt for Creationism.
Who would be buried in it?
What’s sad to me is that $25 million was spent on spreading ignorance. That money could been used to fight ignorance, like, say, by replacing the hamsters running this board with a server farm, making the board free again, and hiring more moderators and actually paying them. With just a tiny fraction of that money, this board could be the biggest one on the internet, and fighting ignorance to a degree never dreamt of.
Instead, they bring a B.C. comic to life.
Or, you can go with the adorably sacreligious.
The house broken velociraptor upthread.
Could be? Why is that? According to whom? Would you care to elaborate upon this assertion?
In 2001, 54% of the U.S. adult population identified themselves as non-Catholic Christians (cite). I would find it very difficult to believe that over 90% of them could be considered creationists. Even here in Kentucky, most of the Christians I’ve met do not interpret the Bible literally and believe Creationism to be fact (just my own anecdotal evidence FWIW).
Keep this pitting directed at the Ken Ham and his Creationist cohorts and fellow fundies funding his ‘museum’ project. Leave the rest of Kentucky out of this.
Also, *controversy *only has just one ‘e’ in it.
Why do you assume that Catholics can’t be creationists? They shouldn’t be, but many are. I would say that if you think God created humans in their present form, you’re a creationist. 55% of Americans think that.
There’s nothing in Catholic doctrine that says you cab’t be a creationist. The Church does not actually take an official position on the truth of evolution but only says that it doesn’t conflict with Catholic teaching. You can actually believe either way without being a heretic. The only thing the Church insists on is a belief that God created the universe and created the human soul.
I probably should have said “needn’t be”. Still, the Catholic Church does not teach creationism, and I suspect that many Catholics who believe in it think they are following the Church’s teachings.
I think I read in the papers, one of the first things Benedict XVI did as pope was declare that intelligent-design theory is consistent with Catholic doctrine. Can’t find a cite, though. At least he’s not supporting young-Earth creationism.
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An admirable suggestion, but perhaps a more practical approach would be not to buy the servers at Radio Shack. I don’t think upgrading the hamsters will do it this time.
Thank you for elaborating; your point is clear now. I was assuming creationists to be those who believe God created humans as described in Genesis. The linked survey defines creationists in broader terms.
According to that same survey, 37% of Americans favor teaching Creationism instead of evolution. :eek: