Some really cool photographs. Will make you see the beauty in both God and science.

Whoever thought one would preclude the other, as if, either, or...

Wow, stinky does philosphy too?

I myself believe there is no one answer. Some things can be answered by science but some questions can only be answered by faith.

Charles will be jealous of those pics. Nice.

Lao Tstinky

My spouse is off visiting her Mom. I could really misbehave if so inclined.
Hmm...
(devil horns sprouting on head even as I speak)
I am going to leave the TV on all night. To the bass fishing channel!
Woot!

The Way of Lao.

Reminds me of a quote from Star Wars Episode III:

'Only the Sith deal in absolutes.'

Well said, Charles.

re: #3 chicagodudewhotrades

Wow, stinky does philosphy too?

I wanna' see him assume the lotus position.

Wise.

Evolution is this this millennia's "earth is the center of the universe and if you believe otherwise you're not a Christian" controversy.

And just like that, hopefully, one day all Christians will have accepted evolution just like they now accept that the Earth revolves around the sun.

Plato Beaumont?

Stinky Aristotle?

Blowing through heaven and earth, and in our hearts and the heart of every living thing, is a gigantic breath–a great Cry–which we call God. Plant life wished to continue its motionless sleep next to stagnant waters, but the Cry leaped up within it and violently shook its roots: "Away, let go of the earth, walk!" Had the tree been able to think and judge, it would have cried, "I don't want to. What are you urging me to do? You are demanding the impossible!" But the Cry, without pity, kept shaking its roots and shouting, "Away, let go of the earth, walk!"

It shouted in this way for thousands of eons; and lo! as a result of desire and struggle, life escaped the motionless tree and was liberated.
Animals appeared–worms–making themselves at home in water and mud. "We're just fine here," they said. "We have peace and security; we're not budging!"
But the terrible Cry hammered itself pitilessly into their loins. "Leave the mud, stand up, give birth to your betters!"
"We don't want to! We can't!"
"You can't, but I can. Stand up!"
And lo! after thousands of eons, humans emerged, trembling on their still unsolid legs.
The human being is a centaur; our equine hoofs are planted in the ground, but our body from breast to head is worked on and tormented by the merciless Cry. We have been fighting, again for thousands of eons, to draw ourselves, like a sword, out of our animalistic scabbard. We are also fighting–and this is our new struggle–to draw ourselves out of our human scabbard. Humans call in despair. "Where can I go? I have reached the pinnacle, beyond is the abyss." And the Cry answers, "I am beyond. Stand up!" All things are centaurs. If this were not the case, the world would rot into inertness and sterility.

Nikos Kazantzakis, Report to Greco

But does God believe in Evolution?
I can't wait to find out.
As for the existence of God, I have no idea if She exists, where They live, which political party He belongs to, what Its favorite color is.........etc..........etc..........

Power to the Correct People!
(Even the agnostics.)

"Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment. "
-- LaoTzu

The truth is not stinky
but Stinky is the truth

Word.

My Republican AG nominee in MT has now received national attention. Interesting article, worth a look.

That's interesting in the the Tao wouldn't argue with evolution- it would accept it as the Tao. Very wise man, that Lao Stinky.

"Evolution is Intelligent Design"

-P.J. O'Rourke On The Wealth of Nations

re: #18 Sharmuta

Er- in that.

Brandon Rush traded to Indiana!
I need a beer!
woo-hooo!

The Tao of Pee Yeew

re: #21 HoosierHoops

Brandon Rush traded to Indiana!
I need a beer!
woo-hooo!

Who is this Brandon Rush of whom you speak, and is he worth one beer?

re: #1 stevieray

Hippie version:

It's amazing what you see after clouds of smoke.

re: #12 mikalm

The human being is a centaur

I always knew humanity was the centaur of the universe.

A riddle:

Keffiyah over face
Che' TShirt, jeans/cargo pants
Depends or other large diaper...

Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution

re: #26 buzzsawmonkey

I always knew humanity was the centaur of the universe.

That's a very fauning response, don'cha think?

re: #27 BigPapa

A riddle:

Keffiyah over face
Che' TShirt, jeans/cargo pants
Depends or other large diaper...

Answer: Aging hippie?

.... a Recreate68 'protester' prepared for the Brown Note. I'm too lazy to do a photoshop job, but anybody with a modicum of talent and a few minutes of time...

re: #23 The Shadow Do

Who is this Brandon Rush of whom you speak, and is he worth one beer?

hey shadow..It's open thread and i'm blogging about the NBA draft..
and here come the Caps..INDIANA SCORD RUSH!
LARRY LEGEND HAS BRILLIANT DRAFT!
Sorry..i always wanted to do the cap thing...that was kindof fun..
:)

re: #26 buzzsawmonkey

And while we're on the subject of fauns...

re: #33 mikalm

It's the Pan-theistic thread.

re: #31 BigPapa

LOL !

re: #33 mikalm

And while we're on the subject of

I have always felt that the view that God could not have used evolution to develop this world is a slap at God's abilities.

The logic seems to go like this. God gave man a brain that he can use to observe the world. Using that brain, man observes and finds out all sorts of things about our world, where oil is located, how the strata of the Grand Canyon formed, why water erodes sandstone to make caves, etc.

However, when man uses their god-given brain to observe the fossil records and sees obvious evidence that evolution occurred, man is supposed to ignore it. That is the opposite of what the brain was given for.

What this ends up meaning is that God is mean-spirited, rewarding man in some instances and punishing man for using the same ability in other instances.

To say that God could not have used evolution is to diminish gods powers.

re: #33 mikalm

What now? Faunsa and Flora and Cherubimina and Centaroids?

I cut my shirt sleeves off at the shoulders today.
I'm exercising my constitutional right to bare arms.

Is the like the Tao of Stinky? Or Stinky of Laos? No, Stinky of Taos--that's it. In any case, that pipe wrench of his gives me the willies.

re: #32 HoosierHoops

hey shadow..It's open thread and i'm blogging about the NBA draft..
and here come the Caps..INDIANA SCORD RUSH!
LARRY LEGEND HAS BRILLIANT DRAFT!
Sorry..i always wanted to do the cap thing...that was kindof fun..
:)

I'm with ya Hoosier, being an ex hoosier myself. But I'm not too sure about all the excitement? Isn't he a small forward and isn't he going to have to become a guard? Can do? How long? How good?
/don't get too excited about draft picks. Most end up sucking.

BAH! I deny it all. Behold the true word:

Funk upon a time
In the days of the Funkapus
The concept of specially-designed Afronauts
Capable of funkatizing galaxies
Was first laid on man-child
But was later repossessed
And placed among the secrets of the pyramids
Until a more positive attitude
Towards this most sacred phenomenon,
Clone Funk,
Could be acquired

(we want the funk, give up the funk)
There in these terrestrial projects
It would wait, along with its coinhabitants of kings and pharoahs
Like sleeping beauties with a kiss
That would release them to multiply
In the image of the chosen one:
Dr Funkenstein.
And funk is its own reward.
May I frighten you?

re: #39 jim in virginia

How about the right to arm bears?

I carry this over from the previous thread because I think it is just that important. Please visit these links and participate.

video of telethon

And to donate to our brave warriors, go here.

we also get the ex-blue devil mcdaniel in the trade..heard he was good?

re: #42 spidly

Amen, my brother. (Say it like Bootsy Collins)

re: #44 GeeWiz

Way to go, Gee Wiz !

re: #7 rawmuse

My spouse is off visiting her Mom. I could really misbehave if so inclined.
Hmm...
(devil horns sprouting on head even as I speak)
I am going to leave the TV on all night. To the bass fishing channel!
Woot!

Leave the toilet seat up, the whole time!

re: #39 jim in virginia

I cut my shirt sleeves off at the shoulders today.
I'm exercising my constitutional right to bare arms.

wear that getup too long and you'll be tweeking, putting 6" lift on your truck, and beating up women

re: #38 Carridine

Best fictional work on the subject: Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan. Very dark, classic horror novella...

Oh boy!
Mr Wolf is taking the little animals out for ice cream
and I am going to take a bubble bath ! :)
bbl

re: #51 wolfie

Oh boy!
Mr Wolf is taking the little animals out for ice cream
and I am going to take a bubble bath ! :)
bbl

Calgon: Take me away!

re: #41 The Shadow Do

I'm with ya Hoosier, being an ex hoosier myself. But I'm not too sure about all the excitement? Isn't he a small forward and isn't he going to have to become a guard? Can do? How long? How good?
/don't get too excited about draft picks. Most end up sucking.

hey shadow..Mr. Rush just won a national championship and is coming to Indy...
I know most draft picks suck..unlike the NFL.. it's really wierd..
hey ex-hoosier..what part of the country do you know live in?
( 5 bucks says cali..hahaha)

re: #48 Roentgen

Leave the toilet seat up, the whole time!

Heathen !

I've got a question:

I've noticed recently that two new or new-ish lizards don't have a football or other avatar next to their nics.

Does anyone know why this would be? (I'm just curious.)

Good evening all! Finally back up after my hard drive took a permanent vacation! That just stinks , except my computer is sooo fast now!

re: #56 CapeCoddah

Good evening all! Finally back up after my hard drive took a permanent vacation! That just stinks , except my computer is sooo fast now!

Hope you had everything backed up

Belief in God does not preclude belief in evolution.
Belief in evolution does not preclude belief in God.
Do not trust those who insist otherwise.

True. But that doesn't make evolution by random mutation any less RIDICULOUS and impossible.

re: #10 white rabbit

Wise.

Evolution is this this millennia's "earth is the center of the universe and if you believe otherwise you're not a Christian" controversy.

And just like that, hopefully, one day all Christians will have accepted evolution just like they now accept that the Earth revolves around the sun.

I don't know if I will ever accept the theory of evolution in toto in its present form but, I'm closer to that than I am to the ID folks.

re: #57 HoosierHoops

Business computer, I back it up obsessively, its the only one I have with all the client and dispatch info on it. If I don't back up, you don't get picked up when your flight arrives! Plus, I have a great tech who can get anything back.

re: #59 MandyManners

nobody accepts "The" theory of evolution in toto, because it's not one complete ideology. There are several different theories which attempt to explain the subject. Scientists debate and research and study the issue and continually update the theories. That's how science works.

re: #53 HoosierHoops

hey shadow..Mr. Rush just won a national championship and is coming to Indy...
I know most draft picks suck..unlike the NFL.. it's really wierd..
hey ex-hoosier..what part of the country do you know live in?
( 5 bucks says cali..hahaha)

OK, ya owe me $5 son. I'm in Texas via Colorado. Left Ft Wayne area then on to Terre Haute about 35 years ago. That's right, I predate Larry Legend at ISU (go trees) bless his ugly ass perfect basketball god soul.

Go Mavs!

re: #53 HoosierHoops

hey shadow..Mr. Rush just won a national championship and is coming to Indy...
I know most draft picks suck..unlike the NFL.. it's really wierd..
hey ex-hoosier..what part of the country do you know live in?
( 5 bucks says cali..hahaha)

how bout JO to the Craptors?

They say there is a 50:50 chance that the North Pole will be open water this year.
Linkie

So, if the ice at the North Pole is melted, like why isn't NYC, Miami, LA, SFO, Seattle, ... underwater like all the eco-freaks said would happen?

re: #7 rawmuse

My spouse is off visiting her Mom. I could really misbehave if so inclined.
Hmm...
(devil horns sprouting on head even as I speak)
I am going to leave the TV on all night. To the bass fishing channel!
Woot!

WOW!
Way to burn the candle at both ends!

Just a little "pass it on" feel-good story. I saw an accordion for sale on Craigslist, for a measly 100 dollars. I could tell from the picture it was a very good accordion, Italian, about 40 years old.

Well, I emailed the owner. Her mother dies (she was 80 years old) and it was the mothers accordion, and they wanted it to go to someone who had an appreciation for accordions.

Well, I'm coming out here, but I have played the accordion for over 45 years. I have an early electronic model (1962), very heavy, all tubes, and becuase of the weight, I rarely play it.

This accordion was just the right size. We arranged to meet near my apartment.

Well, when she showed up, I went to hand here the 100 cash, and she tells me that she wants to give me the accordion. I didn't see that coming.

She wouldn't take a penny for it, she said I sounded like someone who would treat the instrument well, and she wanted to pass it on to someone like me.

So, for all those accordion lovers out there, here's a little "Lady of Spain" to you and K.M of Lakewood Colorado.

Restores a little faith in people, doesn't it?

Walter in Golden, Co.

"The fact is that when you have that many fires - and there are still 700 fires left all over the state of California - you get stretched thin with the resources," Schwarzenegger said.
The state's largest fire, located about 20 miles east of the Big Sur fire in a more remote area of the Los Padres forest, also continued to vex firefighters, having scorched more than 92 square miles and destroyed two homes. The blaze, sparked by a campfire on June 8, was about 71 percent contained.

How much crap has California dumped into the atmosphere and caused Global warming over the last 10 years.

STOP GLOBAL WARMING,
GET RID OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

ESP BERKLEY.

【坐在最前面� x7684;小姑娘何翁 433;琳第一个发&#x95E E;："北京奥运&#x4F1 A;五个福娃中， 我最喜欢欢欢� x548C;晶 晶，您最喜欢� x54EA;一个？"琳琳� x7684;问题引来一 247;笑声。胡锦&#x6D9 B;笑着告诉她： "五个福娃我都 喜 欢。"
胡锦涛主席的� x56DE;答引起了符 965;瀚小朋友的&#x678 1;大兴趣："我&#x60F 3;当国家主席， 怎么样才能当� x56FD;家 主席？"在爽朗 的笑声中，胡� x9526;涛语重心长 730;说："不管你 57F;大以后想干&#x4EC 0;么，从小都要 好 好学习，培养� x81EA;己良好的品 FB7;，锻炼一个&#x506 5;康的体魄，这 样将来不管干� x4EC0;么你都一定 0FD;成功 。"】

re: #28 Sharmuta

Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution

I'm going to continue to promote this book. It was written by a former creationist scientist, gives a great history of the controversy starting at Darwin, and lays out the scientific and theological problems with ID in layman's terms so that just about anyone can understand. It's very readable, and not lengthy. I hope some will give it a chance.

LOUISVILLE, Ky — Sonny Landham carved out a tough-guy reputation in a series of big-screen roles, from roughing up Sylvester Stallone to getting tossed out a window by Carl Weathers. He pulls no punches in his newest role: Libertarian challenger to a man known for political toughness, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Now 67 and living in northeastern Kentucky, the man who played Billy Bear in "48 Hours" and was killed by an alien in "Predator" admits his action-movie days are behind him. "I think I'm having wild action when I take two aspirin with my hot chocolate at night," he quipped.

SNIP

But the bid includes some campaign baggage that seems scripted for Hollywood, instead of socially conservative Kentucky. Early in his acting career in the 1970s, Landham bared it all in adult films.

Asked whether that could hurt him politically, Landham replied, "What can I do? That was a part of my life you cannot call back."

But he does express regrets.

"If I was going to do it now — knowing that I'm going to have four children, knowing that I was going to run for office — no, I wouldn't make that choice," he told The Associated Press in an interview. "But at the time I made the choice of getting a paycheck, staying alive for your big break."

Landham also served more than 2 1/2 years in federal prison after being convicted of making threatening and obscene phone calls to his ex-wife. The conviction was thrown out by a federal appeals court that found he committed no crime.

SNIP

Yeah. Right.

re: #68 ted

【坐在最前 面的小姑娘 何翁琳琳第 一个发问： "北京奥运&#x4F1 A;五个福娃&#x4E2 D;，我最喜&#x6B2 2;欢欢和晶 晶，您最喜 欢哪一个？ "琳琳的问&#x989 8;引来一片&#x7B1 1;声。胡锦&#x6D9 B;笑着告诉&#x597 9;："五个福&#x5 A03;我都喜 欢。"
胡锦涛主席 的回答引起 了符祥瀚小 朋友的极大 兴趣："我&#x60F 3;当国家主&#x5E2 D;，怎么样&#x624 D;能当国家 主席？"在&#x723 D;朗的笑声&#x4E2 D;，胡锦涛&#x8BE D;重心长地&#x8BF 4;："不管你&#x9 57F;大以后想&#x5 E72;什么，从&#x5 C0F;都要好 好学习，培 养自己良好 的品德，锻 炼一个健康 的体魄，这 样将来不管 干什么你都 一定能成功 。"】

Smile whenhyou say that.

Ya know , every time Charles starts a thread like this, there are bruised feelings. But it deals with the eternal question & lots of preconceived notions. The exploration of the fundamental question is fascinating.
I have usually been a bystander because I generally agree with the quotation at the top.
However , i did comment that no matter what , nobody actually believed in the Genesis account of Creation.
I was so wrong . The literalists shocked me.
It is a fairy tale. Ancient man's way of trying to explain things.
A belief in a Deity is not predicated on Genesis.

And why does the tab in my IE Browser say "#ctop" on this page? Must be due to GorbalWarming too.

re: #66 Walter L. Newton

Very nice.

re: #71 MandyManners

:>) And dont forget the eggroll.

re: #61 Kenneth

nobody accepts "The" theory of evolution in toto, because it's not one complete ideology. There are several different theories which attempt to explain the subject. Scientists debate and research and study the issue and continually update the theories. That's how science works.

I just will never buy the idea that we descended from apes. I believe that God created humans as distinct creatures, endowed with reason and a soul.

re: #48 Roentgen

Leave the toilet seat up, the whole time!

Yeah, & let the dog drnnk out of it & both of you have a beer.

re: #50 mikalm

Best fictional work on the subject: Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan. Very dark, classic horror novella...

Machen was a great writer. Overlooked by many because of the competition in that time. His writing was as great as Lovecraft or Howard.

re: #68 ted

【坐在最前 面的小姑娘 何翁琳琳第 一个发问： "北京奥运&#x4F1 A;五个福娃&#x4E2 D;，我最喜&#x6B2 2;欢欢和晶 晶，您最喜 欢哪一个？ "琳琳的问&#x989 8;引来一片&#x7B1 1;声。胡锦&#x6D9 B;笑着告诉&#x597 9;："五个福&#x5 A03;我都喜 欢。"
胡锦涛主席 的回答引起 了符祥瀚小 朋友的极大 兴趣："我&#x60F 3;当国家主&#x5E2 D;，怎么样&#x624 D;能当国家 主席？"在&#x723 D;朗的笑声&#x4E2 D;，胡锦涛&#x8BE D;重心长地&#x8BF 4;："不管你&#x9 57F;大以后想&#x5 E72;什么，从&#x5 C0F;都要好 好学习，培 养自己良好 的品德，锻 炼一个健康 的体魄，这 样将来不管 干什么你都 一定能成功 。"】

re: #62 The Shadow Do

OK, ya owe me $5 son. I'm in Texas via Colorado. Left Ft Wayne area then on to Terre Haute about 35 years ago. That's right, I predate Larry Legend at ISU (go trees) bless his ugly ass perfect basketball god soul.

Go Mavs!

I bow to you sir...
kind regards..

re: #66 Walter L. Newton

That's an awesome story. I always tell my kids that despite what they may hear on the news, and that they will meet jerks, there are way more good people I the world than bad ones.

re: #66 Walter L. Newton

Just a little "pass it on" feel-good story. I saw an accordion for sale on Craigslist, for a measly 100 dollars. I could tell from the picture it was a very good accordion, Italian, about 40 years old.

Well, I emailed the owner. Her mother dies (she was 80 years old) and it was the mothers accordion, and they wanted it to go to someone who had an appreciation for accordions.

Well, I'm coming out here, but I have played the accordion for over 45 years. I have an early electronic model (1962), very heavy, all tubes, and becuase of the weight, I rarely play it.

This accordion was just the right size. We arranged to meet near my apartment.

Well, when she showed up, I went to hand here the 100 cash, and she tells me that she wants to give me the accordion. I didn't see that coming.

She wouldn't take a penny for it, she said I sounded like someone who would treat the instrument well, and she wanted to pass it on to someone like me.

So, for all those accordion lovers out there, here's a little "Lady of Spain" to you and K.M of Lakewood Colorado.

Restores a little faith in people, doesn't it?

Walter in Golden, Co.

That is so sweet!

Of course, you could use some of that $100 you saved to buy a care package as part of the telethon at Soldiers' Angels...

re: #76 MandyManners

I just will never buy the idea that we descended from apes. I believe that God created humans as distinct creatures, endowed with reason and a soul.

GMABWTA!

{MandyManners}

MWAH!

Belief in God does not preclude belief in evolution.
Belief in evolution does not preclude belief in God.
Do not trust those who insist otherwise.

— Lao Stinky

That I have no disagreement!

Richard Dawkins in an interview was asked this:

Is atheism the logical extension of believing in evolution?

Dawkins said this:

They clearly can't be irrevocably linked because a very large number of theologians believe in evolution. In fact, any respectable theologian of the Catholic or Anglican or any other sensible church believes in evolution. Similarly, a very large number of evolutionary scientists are also religious. My personal feeling is that understanding evolution led me to atheism.

So...what is he saying or insinuating here?

Stinky is a pretty wise person. Shouldn't that be the Tao of Stinky?

re: #68 ted

【坐在最前 面的小姑娘 何翁琳琳第 一个发问： "北京奥运&#x4F1 A;五个福娃&#x4E2 D;，我最喜&#x6B2 2;欢欢和晶 晶，您最喜 欢哪一个？ "琳琳的问&#x989 8;引来一片&#x7B1 1;声。胡锦&#x6D9 B;笑着告诉&#x597 9;："五个福 A03;我都喜 欢。"
胡锦涛主席 的回答引起 了符祥瀚小 朋友的极大 兴趣："我&#x60F 3;当国家主&#x5E2 D;，怎么样&#x624 D;能当国家 主席？"在&#x723 D;朗的笑声&#x4E2 D;，胡锦涛&#x8BE D;重心长地&#x8BF 4;："不管你 57F;大以后想 E72;什么，从 C0F;都要好 好学习，培 养自己良好 的品德，锻 炼一个健康 的体魄，这 样将来不管 干什么你都 一定能成功 。"】

Damn, my post got eaten...

Try this again...

(Inspecting seal on my fresh bottle of coke)

re: #75 ted

:>) And dont forget the eggroll.

Make mine vegetarian, please.

Ted, you didn't send me the Decoder Ring... I think it says something about drinking more Ovaltine.

re: #44 GeeWiz

I carry this over from the previous thread because I think it is just that important. Please visit these links and participate.

video of telethon

And to donate to our brave warriors, go here.

Thanks for reminding me. I had meant to do that all day. Looks like I'm going to have to call them direct, as my perfectly pristine credit was declined. They may be having verification problems.

re: #6 itellu3times

itu3t -

Lao Tstin Ky anyone? - Actually it is more or less what Albert Einstein said.

-S-

re: #64 Max Darkside

They say there is a 50:50 chance that the North Pole will be open water this year.
Linkie

So, if the ice at the North Pole is melted, like why isn't NYC, Miami, LA, SFO, Seattle, ... underwater like all the eco-freaks said would happen?

Undersea volcanoes may be the reason.

Just keep believing there is no God.

Tell him that when you get there.

[Link: heritage.stsci.edu...]

re: #65 Typicalwhitey

WOW!
Way to burn the candle at both ends!

Toilet seat, up night. Oh, yeah.

Up ALL night.
PIMF

re: #65 Typicalwhitey

go TO Michelle's web site to contribute moneys to our troops in care packets send to them!Michelle Malkin's web site Hot air.com!

re: #82 goddessoftheclassroom

Great segue, Goddess! And, an awesome idea.

re: #76 MandyManners

I just will never buy the idea that we descended from apes.

Obviously you've never met my brother-in-law...

But seriously, I believe humans decended from apes, and we have a soul. Maybe apes have ape-souls too?

re: #79 SasquatchOnSteroids

This page is from the Thoughts of Chairman Mao Lao Stinky...Available from The Peoples Press in Berkely, CA., for $3.95

S'up?

re: #76 MandyManners

I just will never buy the idea that we descended from apes. I believe that God created humans as distinct creatures, endowed with reason and a soul.

No evidence to the contrary that I have seen Mandy. In fact it looks like other apes are distinct in their lineage along the ole family tree. Would not surprise this old agnostic to find we sprung from some relatively hairless branch along the way (no offense to recent hair salon experiences).

re: #67 ibmkeyboard

How much crap has California dumped into the atmosphere and caused Global warming over the last 10 years.

STOP GLOBAL WARMING,
GET RID OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

ESP BERKLEY.

I care less about that than the amount of crap California has dumped into other states. (Human Detritus).

And this doesn't mean Cali lizards, you guys have given me an optimism for California that I didn't have before. I thought Cali was the moonbat mother hive.

re: #92 ibmkeyboard

Just keep believing there is no God.

Tell him that when you get there.

[Link:

re: #91 rawmuse

I'll be back.re: #84 Psaturn

Gee- I think he's saying that for him, he's most comfortable as an atheist.

I've also read accounts of islamic apostates becoming atheists. Is this to say that any muslim looking critically at islam is going to end up an atheist?

re: #82 goddessoftheclassroom

That is so sweet!

Of course, you could use some of that $100 you saved to buy a care package as part of the telethon at Soldiers' Angels...

Ok, I sent them some money through PayPal. Thanks for the suggestion.

Walter in Golden, Co.

re: #84 Psaturn

He is saying that was HIS personal feeling on the matter. Believing in evolution did not make me an atheist.

re: #64 Max Darkside

They say there is a 50:50 chance that the North Pole will be open water this year.
Linkie

So, if the ice at the North Pole is melted, like why isn't NYC, Miami, LA, SFO, Seattle, ... underwater like all the eco-freaks said would happen?

"Max" -

Think of what happens in a glass of WATER with ICE in it when the ICE MELTS - Figure the Oceans are more or less like that.

-S-

re: #60 CapeCoddah

Business computer, I back it up obsessively, its the only one I have with all the client and dispatch info on it. If I don't back up, you don't get picked up when your flight arrives! Plus, I have a great tech who can get anything back.

that's great.
everybody i know uses NAS 1 TB drives and we all back each others stuff up...

re: #91 rawmuse
That was interesting:

"The scientists say the heat released by the explosions is not contributing to the melting of the Arctic ice, but Sohn says the huge volumes of CO2 gas that belched out of the undersea volcanoes likely contributed to rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere."

re: #91 rawmuse

re: #97 Kenneth

Obviously you've never met my brother-in-law...

But seriously, I believe humans decended from apes, and we have a soul. Maybe apes have ape-souls too?

No no no! Dogs have souls. God loves dogs. Who wouldn't?

re: #80 HoosierHoops

I bow to you sir...
kind regards..

And to you Hoosier. Perfect NBA finals Mavs vs. Pacers