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Annoying creationists

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Yahzi said:
Change is bad.

(Assuming you worked hard to get where you are.)

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:D

If it was good enough to make my father rich ... and good enough to make his father rich ... it should be good enough to make me rich. Not referring to hard work, of course.

I have a Computer Science degree from 1976, in no small part because I saw it as the best ticket to buy. I've been de-skilled in my own lifetime. Go on someone, pass me the gun and tell me again that change is good.
 
The best part about annoying a creationist is that you then get to go to hell. I hear the chicks there are hot.
 
There is one sure-fire way to annoy Creationists -- IGNORE them!

Really, many 'creos' seem to engage 'evos' (and vice-versa) in pointless arguments for the attention alone. Since nothing offends a fanatic so much as indifference to their particular idealistic cause, ignoring them is a mortal offense.

And by 'pointless,' I mean that neither side is ever going to convince the other of the truth and validity of their argument. Even if their facts are in order and their reasoning sound, no-one will win. So, why bother?

BTW: This is my first post on JREF.

- Fnord of Dyscordia -
 
Fnord, I disagree with your last point. While one who believes what they believe regardless of the amount of evidence may not ever be convinced by any argument, one who belives what they believe entirely because of evidence, who can and does change their mind as new evidence comes in, would certainly be willing to hear the other side's arguments if they are in fact sound and valid. So no, I'd say a rational person who came to believe in evolution for rational reasons WOULD in fact be convinced of creationism IF they had valid evidence and arguments for it. As of yet, they have not.

As to ignoring them, that's fun too. Unfortunatly, ignoring them has led to this point where they are trying to get it taught in public schools. Ignoring is no longer an option.
 
I was referring to the extreme cases on both sides. Of course, there is somewhere in the middle where a dichotomy of thought can be held.

As for wanting to teach Creationism in public schools -- let them try. But give those kids an earlier start on Philosophy and Reason, especially when it comes to recognizing fallacious statements and unsubstantiated data.

You know; the "Scientific Method."

Once people know how to think for themselves, they should reach the rational conclusions on their own. Otherwise, they are innocents caught in the middle of a doctrinal war, getting fired upon from both sides. Sooner or later, they'll shut everything out and muddle along without reason or thought to their own existance.

THAT is the tragedy.

-Fnord of Dyscordia-
 
Are we missing an "O" in fnoord, or is my brain screwed? Or neither?

I do not need to see fnoords right after watching someone get chased down my street in Torchwood. Gimme a break.
 
More reasons for head-frick : both election episodes of West Wing Series 7 in succession. Said episodes arriving on DVD accompanied by a bottle of 10-year-old Jamieson's Malt. And the following earlier in the day when everything seemed to be pretty normal :

There's this excellent pub up the way that was known as the Poet's Corner since forever, way before Dylan Thomas got thrown out for mine-sweeping. About ten years ago the name was changed to the thoroughly innapropriate Tut 'n' Shive (immediately re-christened the Twp and Swive, look it up). Fortunately the pub remained essentially the same. Even when there was scaffolding in the pool-room to hold up the roof well, hey, there was never open access. Three tables in what's essentially an attic, waddya gonna expect?

The bullet had to be bit in the end. The pub has re-opened - and the name has been changed again. Now it's the Poet's Corner. Where will it end? Do we just have to put up with it? Have we no say?
 
Bronze Dog said:
I've got an annoying Creationist. Feel free to deal with him so I won't have to waste my time when you can do the same.
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You could at least demonstrate how a master does it. Whether Paul felt he needed to be unleashed by you before he had a try is for Paul to say. If he decides he should bother. I can't, off the top of my head, imagine why he would.
 
Fnord said:
As for wanting to teach Creationism in public schools -- let them try. But give those kids an earlier start on Philosophy and Reason, especially when it comes to recognizing fallacious statements and unsubstantiated data.

You know; the "Scientific Method."

Once people know how to think for themselves, they should reach the rational conclusions on their own. Otherwise, they are innocents caught in the middle of a doctrinal war, getting fired upon from both sides. Sooner or later, they'll shut everything out and muddle along without reason or thought to their own existance.
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Aren't they trying to stop the teaching of how to think in the education system in the USA?
 
CapelDodger said:
Are we missing an "O" in fnoord, or is my brain screwed? Or neither?

I do not need to see fnoords right after watching someone get chased down my street in Torchwood. Gimme a break.
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Hee! I've had fun recognising areas where I've worked in Torchwood, but watching your street on TV must be slightly disturbing.

On a side note, the Urdd Eisteddfod was held in the field behind our house this year, and I had the strange experience of waking up to see the Tardis out of my bedroom window.
 
McCulloch said:
Aren't they trying to stop the teaching of how to think in the education system in the USA?
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Who or what do you mean by "they"?

a) The Government.
b) The Gnomes of Zurich.
c) The Limosine Liberals.
d) The Ivory-Tower Conservatives.
e) The Feminists, Feminazis, and/or Feministas.
f) The Public School Boards.
g) The Religionists.
h) The Atheists.
i) All of the above.
j) None of the above.

Personally, I choose "i) All of the above."
 
Fnord said:
Who or what do you mean by "they"?
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I'm not one for the "they" term either, it lacks rigour.

There are always interests in any society that do not welcome independant thought because their status and other privileges are founded on diktat, not persuasion. Be it aristocracy, religion, or economic oligarchy. Which do tend to fade into each other. "He's the lord because his father was, the church says that's right and proper, and he owns your ass". So shut up.

I don't doubt the forces of anti-rationality have been gaining momentum over the last decade or three. I'm fifty-something, I remember the days when science was on a roll (where's my jet-pack?!) and superstition apparently reeling. It's different now. To my mind there was a cusp around 1973-76 in the Anglo-Saxon world, which is my arena of experience. It was later in the Muslim world, starting weakly in 1979 - Iranian Revolution, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and Zia ul-Haq Islamising Pakistan - but catching a fair wind in its sails. The Soviet block suppressed anti-rationality unintentionally by making every citizen a cynic, and the post-Soviet experience has carried on the good work. China's social trajectories have never been closely synced to the West, Western impressions notwithstanding. I've given up trying to understand Japan, life's too short.

The world is in the early stages of a Great Crisis, the sort of thing that has occurred before at a regional level. At each such crisis the region is larger; at this one it's reached global. That hasn't happened before. And at each such crisis period the irrational and anti-rational gain ground because the rational says you're screwed. And who wants to hear that.
 
Mashuna said:
Hee! I've had fun recognising areas where I've worked in Torchwood, but watching your street on TV must be slightly disturbing.
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It's not as if I live in Los Angeles, you know? Initial reaction : how did I not notice the filming? I work from home, I shop locally, I chat regularly with neighbours. Then it occurred to me that none of us would raise - or do raise - an eyelid when somebody is chased past our window by a copper. And todays's filming technology means you can shoot it almost as quickly as you do it.

The spooky gas-mask double in first series New Who (as it's known round here) meant the crew were encamped on the old (closed) Cardiff Royal Infirmary for a week or so, everybody knew it was going to feature. I turned into the Hayes a few months ago to find it decked out for Xmas, I was fazed for a few seconds there, then recalled the special Xmas episode to introduce the new side-kick. But twenty seconds of pursuit shots? Wouldn't leave a mark.

The Torchwood Cardiff looks so amazing I'm considering moving there :) .

On a side note, the Urdd Eisteddfod was held in the field behind our house this year, and I had the strange experience of waking up to see the Tardis out of my bedroom window.
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I've had nights like that too.
 
CapelDodger said:
It's not as if I live in Los Angeles, you know? Initial reaction : how did I not notice the filming? I work from home, I shop locally, I chat regularly with neighbours. Then it occurred to me that none of us would raise - or do raise - an eyelid when somebody is chased past our window by a copper.
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How often are people chased by your window by cops?! I'd certainly give it a second thought, and would certainly be VERY interested.
 
Examination of the original text confirms that there is only one "O" in fnord. My recollection was that there were two. Which, given the context, is downright disturbing.
 
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