1251. Can't Darwin and God get along?

Comment #202587 by mordacious1 on July 1, 2008 at 4:18 pm

I've been waiting awhile for all the great Darwin articles and books that will be out. I hope that it is not going to be mostly like this nonsense, or comparing Darwin to Lincoln. I mean, shit, why do they have to do this? [insert irate's word]

1252. Fire the starting gun! The Darwin year begins...NOW!

Comment #202565 by mordacious1 on July 1, 2008 at 3:57 pm

The beer is cold, so time to start popping the caps. I have fireworks, but they're banned in my area (CA) because of dryness and fires. But that (dryness and smoke) makes the beer all the more necessary. So it's a Darwin-win situation.

[edit] I also celebrated by ordering one of the new RDF mugs, nice looking mug...might even hold a whole beer.

1253. Who Was More Important: Lincoln or Darwin?

Comment #202080 by mordacious1 on June 30, 2008 at 8:19 pm

I don't think W.C. started smoking the stogie until he was three, so...

edit: I didn't know one of his Aka's was Mahatma Kane Jeeves.

1254. Who Was More Important: Lincoln or Darwin?

Comment #202077 by mordacious1 on June 30, 2008 at 8:11 pm

Obama: "Just think...what would Lincoln say if we could bring him back for a few minutes today?"

Newswoman: "Uh...maybe...How'd the play end?"

1255. Who Was More Important: Lincoln or Darwin?

Comment #202076 by mordacious1 on June 30, 2008 at 8:06 pm

Sorry, W.C. Fields wasn't born until 1880 .

1256. Who Was More Important: Lincoln or Darwin?

Comment #202072 by mordacious1 on June 30, 2008 at 7:43 pm

If they want to compare americans, who were contemporaries with Darwin, who contributed to western culture and civilization, then I would nominate Dr. W.C. Minor, long before considering Lincoln.

1257. Stephen Hawking's explosive new theory

Comment #202069 by mordacious1 on June 30, 2008 at 7:27 pm

Oystein, et al

It sure makes my day coming to this site and finding you guys discussing physics. Oystein I'm glad you're posting here, I'm really enjoying it.

It sure beats reading page after page of Al and Fanusi discuss Shariah (ducks).

1258. Who Was More Important: Lincoln or Darwin?

Comment #201843 by mordacious1 on June 30, 2008 at 10:08 am

Some writer got an assignment to write something about Darwin, because he's "hot" right now, and this is the best he could do.

edit: Malcolm Jones joined Newsweek as the Art Editor in 1989. This is their cover story, btw. He might have given himself the assignment, which makes it worse.

1259. Stephen Hawking's explosive new theory

Comment #201831 by mordacious1 on June 30, 2008 at 9:53 am

Gee Toto, things are labeled theories pretty quickly around here.

Working backwards from what exists now is not new, just not as popular as it used to be.

This "theory":
"fits nicely with string theory-the most popular candidate for the theory of everything". It reminds me of that old muffler shop commercial "Will that muffler fit my car?" "We will make it fit" (shows hammer)

1260. Mormons urged to back ban on same-sex marriage

Comment #201667 by mordacious1 on June 30, 2008 at 2:54 am

phatbat

Do you mean Robert? He's confusing enough without changing his name.

1261. Evangelical grunts

Comment #201602 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 9:26 pm

I know, you don't have to spell it to kill it.

1262. Mormons urged to back ban on same-sex marriage

Comment #201595 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 9:14 pm

MPhil

You're talking about getting some sleep? Isn't it after 6 A.M. where you are? You gotta cut back on the partying man.

1263. Evangelical grunts

Comment #201581 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 8:32 pm

But they can't spell Eleanor.

1264. Evangelical grunts

Comment #201561 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 7:57 pm

natrone23

As I've posted on this site previously. I served alongside of a lot of Marines and did not find the religion aspect a problem amongst them. I found the Air Force had the biggest problem, then the Army.

I did hear Marines use "jesus" alot, just not in the religious context.

edit: I was acting 1st Sgt of a company in Arizona for awhile and I had an African American Gunny in charge of the Marine contigent. Everything he said started with jesus christ. j.c. who fucked up my barracks, j.c. I've never seen so much dirt in a weapon, etc. Once we were driving along and spotted a Marine Pvt. hitchhiking with his shirt unbuttoned. The gunny must of said j.c. a hundred times in 5 minutes. Had to love the guy though, he was funny as all shit.

1265. Mormons urged to back ban on same-sex marriage

Comment #201553 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 7:47 pm

MPhil

Off topic. My condolences if you are a soccer fan.

1266. Aliens need Christ's redemption, too

Comment #201454 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 4:56 pm

decius

You didn't read the whole thing, did you? I quit after a few paragraphs. It's awful.

1267. Aliens need Christ's redemption, too

Comment #201448 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 4:53 pm

It suprises me that anyone would convert into the catholic church when people born catholic are leaving it in droves. He must have heard about the free sex with young boys.

1268. Aliens need Christ's redemption, too

Comment #201437 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 4:31 pm

St. Francis describes our fellow creatures on earth as "brothers and sisters" so why not consider ET's as brothers?

Do we get to eat them too?

1269. Your Brain Lies to You

Comment #201428 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 4:25 pm

I got married by a judge who couldn't give a crap.

1270. Mormons urged to back ban on same-sex marriage

Comment #201412 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 4:14 pm

TGT

I used to drink alot of beer with 3 members of the German team in the '70's and became a fan. And having lived there for 15 years, it's like my second home.

1271. Mormons urged to back ban on same-sex marriage

Comment #201389 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 4:00 pm

TGT

Shit, I was supporting the Germans, Spain has been putting out some good players as of late, same in men's tennis.

1272. Mormons urged to back ban on same-sex marriage

Comment #201381 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 3:56 pm

So Bob doesn't believe in the trinity. He believes in god, jesus being the son of god, the holy spirit?, Isn't this the trinity? Or does he believe that these are separate entities? I think this is why I became an atheist at a young age.

1273. Mormons urged to back ban on same-sex marriage

Comment #201349 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 3:35 pm

Sorry, all this religious nonsense confuses me. I should stick to science.

1274. Mormons urged to back ban on same-sex marriage

Comment #201331 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 3:25 pm

So who knocked mary up?

1275. Mormons urged to back ban on same-sex marriage

Comment #201317 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 3:14 pm

So, protestants don't believe in the immaculate conception? Didn't know that. How could jesus be the son of god then?

1276. Mormons urged to back ban on same-sex marriage

Comment #201305 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 3:05 pm

8teist

You're making rational arguments. So I am left alone being the only one with all his arrows in his quiver being ridicule?

You know, I'm glad this O'Brien chap showed up. I was getting tired of everyone beating up on islam, too easy of a target.

1277. Mormons urged to back ban on same-sex marriage

Comment #201291 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 2:55 pm

Tera

I agree with you that the holy spirit did not get mary pregnant, but what makes you think it was her husband? I think she would not have to come up with a story like that if there wasn't a little hanky panky going on.

1278. Mormons urged to back ban on same-sex marriage

Comment #201282 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 2:48 pm

Podaar

Sorry, my wife stole my computer, yes LA and Oakland, and the Eagles....one less g in his name.
He was a great defensive end, 15th in career sacks, and yes the LA sunshine will give you that coppertone look.

1279. Mormons urged to back ban on same-sex marriage

Comment #201234 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 1:04 pm

Crap I made that promise to Tera not to call people [insert irate's word]. Good time to use it methinks, damn.

I'll try another tactic:

Robert O'Brien, I'm sure that you're an intellectual giant among your christian brethren.

Subtle, no?

1280. Mormons urged to back ban on same-sex marriage

Comment #201222 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 12:54 pm

Gregg

Your quote is hard to read. (thanks for fixing it)

Ps. So this is what you've been up to since leaving the Raiders. (you have to be an american football fan to get that one).

1281. Award-winning comedian George Carlin dies

Comment #201198 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 12:18 pm

Since George died, I've been thinking of oxymorons alot. During half-time of a soccer match the announcer said: "That ends a half of exciting soccer." Now there's an oxymoron: exciting soccer.

Since the Europeans are all watching the finals of the Euro's, I can say this and not get too much flack.

1282. Evangelical grunts

Comment #201194 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 12:05 pm

I've been out of the military for awhile, but I think you'd be suprised how many well educated people are serving in the enlisted ranks. When I graduated from college, I joined the army and they offered me a direct commission, I turned it down because I didn't want all the shit that a butter bar had to put up with. I just wanted to travel. I was soon in charge of a counter intelligence unit with 24 enlisted people. I'm thinking, I've got a triple major from university, better educated than most junior officers...how am I going to relate to these guys.
Out of the 24, 5 had masters degrees, 9 others has BA or BS degrees. The least educated guy in the unit, hadn't finished high school but spoke 5 languages fluently...a real asset BTW. I was floored. Granted not all units are like this, but it doesn't take a college degree to scramble eggs if you are a cook, and when I was in basic, the best shots were southern boys who had less education, but could shoot a squirrel at a hundred yards...

The military does a good job at putting the smart people in areas where they can be useful, and the less educated in areas where they can still reach whatever potential they might have.

As far as criticizing the military because they are fighting an unpopular war, there is no one that wants to fight these wars less than those serving. It is a real sacrifice they are making. The wars are the fault of civilians, not the military.

As far as xians doing their thing in the military, I had problems with it...which I commented on before, so I won't go into that here.

Chris Davis: Stay alert and come home in one piece.

1283. Your Brain Lies to You

Comment #201168 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 10:02 am

Tera

I just watched Borat for this first time the other night. Loved the part where they check into a B&B run by Jews. Looking at the family pictures on the wall, "So, all these people are Jews? Where are the horns?". And then the two bugs crawl under his door and they have to leave because the Jews have "shape-shifted".

1284. A secular world is a sane world

Comment #201164 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 9:39 am

Billy Sands

A priest involved with two women? I would think the catholic church would be pretty happy with that. It's not altar boys this time. I'm suprised they fired him, I would think they'd put him in charge of a home for wayward women in another country. Locally, we had a priest molesting boys, and they sent him to a school for children in Mexico and no one will send him back to face charges because the church will also lose money if he is found guilty.

Damn, this guy seems to be leading the good life. Two mistresses, a yacht, a nice house...and my mom told me I should be a priest.

1285. Richard Dawkins on Doctor Who

Comment #201088 by mordacious1 on June 29, 2008 at 1:40 am

I'm sure they wanted someone that everyone would recognize as a real scientist. They could have put a cosmologist in the spot, and it would've made more sense, but not be as funny.

1286. Common New Atheist Fallacies

Comment #200989 by mordacious1 on June 28, 2008 at 5:27 pm

Jim

I'm not saying I can't get along with fucktards.

Let's say you are in CA, and your best friend, a guy, is getting married to another man. As they come out of the church after the happy event, there are a bunch of xians with anti-gay signs outside and they are screaming homophobic remarks (This, by the way, is happening at gay weddings in CA since in was legalized). I suppose you're going to smile and wave politely? Not me. Nope.

1287. I believe that there is no God.

Comment #200972 by mordacious1 on June 28, 2008 at 4:45 pm

Tera

According to Logicel under the thread "common new atheist fallacies", you don't exist.

1288. Common New Atheist Fallacies

Comment #200961 by mordacious1 on June 28, 2008 at 4:03 pm

Tera

Logicel thinks you don't exist...hmmm If you could only convince the IRS.

1289. Evangelical grunts

Comment #200779 by mordacious1 on June 28, 2008 at 8:24 am

The problem is, many churches, including the mormans, consider serving in the military as fulfilling a mission. Mormans are supposed to go on a "mission" when they are young adults, serving in the military qualifies for completing this requirement. Their sole purpose for being there is to make converts.

1290. The $10,000-a-Month Psychic

Comment #200767 by mordacious1 on June 28, 2008 at 8:13 am

She was strapped for cash after her marriage ended. How come she married a guy that she should have known was going to divorce her. If I knew, because I'm psychic, that my marriage was going to end, I would have put away a few bucks.

1291. Texas Supreme Court rules church can't be sued in exorcism

Comment #200760 by mordacious1 on June 28, 2008 at 7:59 am

Tera said: "I hope this goes to the supreme court."

Do you mean the court that has 5 members that are of a church that supports excorcism? Good luck with that. It would be better if it just stops at a federal appeals level.

1292. Common New Atheist Fallacies

Comment #200606 by mordacious1 on June 28, 2008 at 1:35 am

Two things. First, it's nice to hear Hitch smack down a religious nut once in awhile. It keeps the morale of the troops up. Nothing like Hitch mopping up the floor with a religious quack, feeeeels soooo gooood. Also it is like fighting fire with fire.

Second, ridicule does work. When my son was little, I tried to rationally tell him why picking his nose in public wasn't OK. Nothing got through to him. First day of Kindergarten, some kid says: "look at that kid picking his boogers". It ended then and there. One can learn a lot from ridicule. Of course, I had to throw in a lesson about not always giving into ridicule if your right. In this case though, he realized he was grossing other kids out, and quit.

1293. A secular world is a sane world

Comment #200596 by mordacious1 on June 28, 2008 at 12:56 am

When is Josh going to get this site back to automatically posting links? It is annoying.

1294. PZ Myers - Expelled from Expelled

Comment #200593 by mordacious1 on June 28, 2008 at 12:48 am

I think this is mis-titled, PZ speaks more to other topics than he does the expelled nonsense, so if you're sick of expelled, I wouldn't avoid this at all.

1295. A secular world is a sane world

Comment #200590 by mordacious1 on June 28, 2008 at 12:37 am

David

Tera doesn't want me calling you and your kind fucktards anymore, so I won't, but just remember, I'm thinking it.

"This reminds me of the kind of rant one gets from the BNP or any neo-fascist group. An angry middle aged white man stares to camera and spouts irrational, emotive prejudice which only appeals to those who already share those prejudices."

Reminds me more of you.

1296. Non-voters: It's all in God's hands

Comment #200559 by mordacious1 on June 27, 2008 at 10:17 pm

Layla

I would think that a lot of muslim women do not vote, or maybe are not allowed to, by the men in their families, which if true would reduce the muslim vote by up to 50%. Although in the U.S. it is probably not that high, but could be a factor.

1297. Psychiatrists: Least Religious But Most Interested In Patients' Religion

Comment #200557 by mordacious1 on June 27, 2008 at 10:08 pm

Boy, tough crowd tonight.

Tera

Sometimes I wonder about your sense of humor, sometimes I don't.

1298. Psychiatrists: Least Religious But Most Interested In Patients' Religion

Comment #200542 by mordacious1 on June 27, 2008 at 8:47 pm

Dr.: So what do you think about god?

Patient: I think about alot of things, why?


edit: Do you guys get this joke, or did it fall flat?

1299. Psychiatrists: Least Religious But Most Interested In Patients' Religion

Comment #200540 by mordacious1 on June 27, 2008 at 8:44 pm

If the god-stuff really worked, why would these people need to turn to psychiatrists?

1300. Common New Atheist Fallacies

Comment #200536 by mordacious1 on June 27, 2008 at 8:32 pm

Tera

No, no, you are banned by the Geneva Convention. I checked.