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Just sayin'... August 24, 2011 10:00 am Jody

Every now and again someone says something that mirrors my thoughts and verbalizes it ever so much better than myself. My brother-in-law Eric writes:

As a logician, it cracks me up when the champions of reason, science and empirical evidence get the vapors over Rick Perry questioning the veracity of the “science” of global warming. Do they notice the paradox of unflinching Darwinian beliefs while ignoring a species ability to evolve when our environment changes? C’mon journalists, use some of that hard science and logic they taught you in J-school. Oh, they didn’t?

  • See what you and Eric started? by ER 2011-08-24 18:40:10
    • I *did* post this on Flame. I don't understand your paranoia for the Christian right...but I see that it is ... by Jody 2011-08-24 19:22:55
      • Well, paranoia strikes deep, you know. I had to listen to the wailing about the New Dark Ages through most of ... by TB 2011-08-24 19:51:11
        • Yeah, these guys believe I deserve to spend eternity in god's torture chamber because I don't believe in their crackpot ... by ER 2011-08-24 19:35:59
      • If you really believe the Universe was created by god in less than a week about 6000 years ago, then ... by ER 2011-08-24 10:43:49
        • From one troglodyte to another :-) The people that believe that the planet Earth was created in six Earth days TOTALLY ... by johannes 2011-08-24 19:28:36
          • Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But it was in another context altogether. by ER 2011-08-24 19:38:19
          • *Tongue in cheek*....very snarky m'dear ER...:) At least I don't think the Universe is 6000 years old and that is as ... by Jody 2011-08-24 11:52:07
            • A belief in a Supreme Being is not an absurd speculation as to how the world got here. I ... by ER 2011-08-24 12:48:40
              • You mean Santa Claus DOESN'T deliver presents on Christmas Eve? Who delivers them then? by Eri 2011-08-24 21:15:06
                • The government, of course. The only Santa Claus Democrats believe in. :) by TB 2011-08-24 21:41:12
                • I don't believe the world is 6,000 years old any more than you do, or for that matter, any more ... by TB 2011-08-24 13:42:02
                  • Your bristling indignation has been duly noted, and will be treated with the contempt it deserves. You have more fear ... by ER 2011-08-24 15:59:32
                    • There was no indignation, bristling or otherwise. There are no "these people." This is why I asked you to consider ... by TB 2011-08-24 16:23:00
                      • My parents were agnostic, my grandparents deist. They believed there was probably some kind of god, but they claimed no ... by ER 2011-08-24 18:01:41
                        • A massive majority of Americans are religious. Most of them believing that we are, at some level, a product ... by TB 2011-08-24 18:17:12
                          • It's precisely those victories of secular society which are so resisted by your fundamentalist allies. They are the ones ... by ER 2011-08-24 18:29:50
                            • Aren't you making my point? The real religious extremists have declined over the years, and are still failing. ... by TB 2011-08-24 18:40:22
                              • TB, those Podunk schools are mostly in Texas, and its Perry who is proud that in his state both "theories" ... by ER 2011-08-24 19:12:34
              • Come to think of it, if you really believe the Universe was created by god in less than a week ... by ER 2011-08-24 11:41:18
                • And yet, as irrational beliefs go, this one has done considerably less damage in the past century or so than ... by TB 2011-08-24 12:11:12
                  • Quit making excuses for these troglodytes, TB. Dammit, you're supposedly a rational, scientific thinker. I know you yourself do ... by ER 2011-08-24 13:02:44
                    • You're not listening. You're still ranting. Four in ten. 78 percent if you count the "God-guided evolution" people. ... by TB 2011-08-24 16:37:01
                      • No. I'm not ranting, I'm merely letting you know that when you step in to defend and back up your ... by ER 2011-08-24 18:17:53
                      • EDIT: And you're right, that will not be a killer issue with voters, left or right. But I would ... by ER 2011-08-24 13:06:12

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