Creationists Argue Nessie Exists

Darat said:
Wasn't there some monster enthusiast that claimed that Loch Ness was connected by deep underwater passages to the sea?
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Yes, I remember that. That'll be why Loch Ness is fresh-water, and the height of the loch is significantly (52 feet according to Wikipedia) above sea level....

The most interesting statistic I can remember about the loch is that you could fit every human being on the planet in there quite comfortably. It may not be wide, but it's long and it's deep.

And you can "drive" right round it on Google maps. Go take a look.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=lo...Vr6VD5z4yRBrhHFKTjqYPA&cbp=12,166.61,,0,23.49

Rolfe.
 
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Cherry Island (or Eilean Muireach to use its gaelic name) is an excellent example of a crannog, an artificial island created during the iron age. Examples of landscape engineering from thousands of years ago are fascinating.
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The most interesting statistic I can remember about the loch is that you could fit every human being on the planet in there quite comfortably. It may not be wide, but it's long and it's deep.
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Wow. I never heard of either of those things. I'll have to read some more about Loch Ness now.
 
Back to the ACE folks, who came up with this foolishness, who have plenty more. A blog by an ex-Christian Fundamentalist has a list of the Top 5 lies, and the Nessie lie ranks only 5th on the list:

http://leavingfundamentalism.wordpr...lies-told-by-accelerated-christian-education/

Number 1? "...human footprints have been found alongside dinosaur tracks in the bed of the Paluxy River, Texas."

But at the bottom is a link for even worse "Lies from ACE". Looks like the curriculum tries to overwhelm kids with so much misinformation that they can't use critical thinking to discern truth from fiction. IMO.
 
Solar Fusion is a MYTH? Why are these people even allowed to operate heavy machinery and motor vehicles and eat food with sharp utensils. Not only that they still believe teh Paluxy Hoax is real.

YEC is the cancer that is killing the entire faith.
 
IIRC, Loch Ness wasn't formed until the last ice age. Plesiosaurs were long extinct by then. Not much use to someone who thinks the world was created 6000 years ago, of course.

I wonder what this particular bunch of creationists make of fossils? If dinosaurs never existed and they were put there to test our faith, for example, why is there a live dinosaur in Loch Ness?
 
Ian Osborne said:
IIRC, Loch Ness wasn't formed until the last ice age. Plesiosaurs were long extinct by then. Not much use to someone who thinks the world was created 6000 years ago, of course.

I wonder what this particular bunch of creationists make of fossils? If dinosaurs never existed and they were put there to test our faith, for example, why is there a live dinosaur in Loch Ness?
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Maybe Nessie is a leviathan that slipped through the (admittedly quite large gauge) net.

Or maybe its just another case of cognitive dissonance.
 
Puppycow said:
Then it is a loch but also a lake...
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The Russians call a lake an Озеро.
The Scots call a lake a loch.
The English call a lake a lake.

None is more "correct".

It may be named Loch Ness, but nevertheless, it's a lake.

Get over it.[1]
ETA : [1] oops - obviously not directed at you Puppycow.
 
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EHocking said:
The Russians call a lake an Озеро.
The Scots call a lake a loch.
The English call a lake a lake.

None is more "correct".

It may be named Loch Ness, but nevertheless, it's a lake.

Get over it.[1]
ETA : [1] oops - obviously not directed at you Puppycow.
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Like I asked, how *********** hard is it to just use "Loch" and stop being contrary?

I don't know whose being the worst pedant here (actually I think I do).
 
Tricky said:
The English changed it from "loch" to "lake" so they could stop spitting on people.
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Not true, they changed it because every time they tried to say it (they pronounce it "lock" and I bet you do too) they showed themselves up.

It was/is easier for them to use the term, lake.
 
bluesjnr said:
Like I asked, how *********** hard is it to just use "Loch" and stop being contrary?
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Well there's all those dictionaries that would have to expunge the word "lake", the books that would have to be reprinted, that ballet would need to be renamed too. And Emerson and Palmer's mate. No, I think keeping the word "lake" might be a good idea.
 
Tricky said:
The English changed it from "loch" to "lake" so they could stop spitting on people.
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This also explains why the Scots kept it.




[ Most buses I've been on have "No Smoking" signs. It wasn't until I moved to Dundee that a saw one with a "No spitting" sign. ]
 
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Rolfe said:
Yes, I remember that. That'll be why Loch Ness is fresh-water, and the height of the loch is significantly (52 feet according to Wikipedia) above sea level....
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Oh, well that's an even better reason why there can't be an underground passage. The top 52 feet of it would just drain right out.
 
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