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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:58 PM Original message |
Florida school superintendent on evolution: "There's holes in it you can drive a truck through." |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. these peoples' ancestors used to say awful things about blacks and jews as subspecies nt |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. But we are expected to politely respect their archaic goat herder superstitions based on the |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. I wish he would have said |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. Bush-olution |
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ToughLuck (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. evolution |
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ToughLuck (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. evolution |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. This one in particular will backfire badly. |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
6. You wanna see some real holes? Look at creation "science." |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. "They tried banning, substituting creationism, then intelligent design...now they will try..doubt." |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
8. Shouldn't that be "holes you could ride a dinosaur through" ? |
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TheUniverse (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. ... |
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trusty elf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
51. Dumbassic Park |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
9. Skepticism is good and in fact mandatory but out and out denial is stupid. |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. Sowing doubt has worked well against the science of global climate change |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Very good point. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
11. I sure would like to hear what "holes" they have found |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. Not as big as the hole in your head and your ass. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
13. Evolution IS fact... |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. YAY! |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. That's what it boils down to. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
44. Yes it is, but I think of it more as a LAW. nt |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
63. And if reality can be forged in that way... |
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Iktomiwicasa (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
15. They can kick and scream... |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. And you can download the judge's decision here... |
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Iktomiwicasa (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. thanks for providing that link |
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jaybeat (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
59. There was a great special on PBS about that trial |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Thanks for the reminder....here is the link. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
16. it is child abuse to have this man as school Supt. |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
17. Having lived in N Fl for several years |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. Thanks to Mr. Insane President.... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. We have gone backwards in time. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #19 |
42. +1 |
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C_eh_N_eh_D_eh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
22. There's a clash of thought patterns here. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
23. We don't know everything about gravity, I guess we should stop |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Not to mention astronomy |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I can see a fossil of an Isotelus but as yet I haven't seen this |
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postman07 (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
24. think about this |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. Bush voters: OK with no health care, jobs, so long as no evolution taught and gays can't marry. |
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water (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. If they think there are "holes" in evolution theory... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. On a related note, this is a fantastically interesting video. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
31. The biggest hole is in his brain. nt |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
32. It's only a "theory" as far as actual scientists are concerned... to the lay audience, it's FACT |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'm so sick of this shit |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
37. Only if you've evolved opposable thumbs nt |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
38. Intelligent design is a fact |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I think comparative religion should be required for all Christians. |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #39 |
52. What would fundies think if they (gasp) learned the truth? |
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malakai2 (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
40. Then drive a truck through those holes, Mr. Bennett |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
43. Evolution is the LAW... |
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allalone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
45. grammar police here |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:20 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Was hoping someone would catch that. |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
46. Have fun driving that truck without science. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
47. The Bible: There's holes in it you can sail the Titanic through |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 06:57 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. No shit.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
49. Perhaps these folks should do WITHOUT antibiotics |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
50. People who announce to the world they believe they were "created by God"... |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
54. Florida is peculiar in that south is north and north is south. |
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NoFederales (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
55. Well, it's "just a theory"; yup, just like gravity. Lemme know Mr. Bennett |
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GTurck (569 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
56. Did the bozo.. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
57. ""It just shows the nature of Florida", Blanton said" |
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newburgh (225 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
58. Hey, Pasteur's bogus and unproven theories on germ and viruses... |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
60. Good thing the Bible is completely airtight in its logic. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. What's the name for that kind of circular reasoning? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
61. Video link to NOVA's program about the Dover decision. |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
65. evolutionary biology is one of the foundations of modern medicine |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
66. ... whereas Creation Theory puts up a blockade that even rational thought can not get past. |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
67. Just as long as Jesus is driving the truck, we'll be fine. |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
68. And, typically, they don't go into detail |
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protowhale (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Louis-t, you don't want to know |
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Homer Wells (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
70. There are considerably larger holes |
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BobTheSubgenius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
71. Unbelievable. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
72. Obsessed with Fantasy......he rejects Reality...I know a lot of peeps just like him. |
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