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"Evolution is only a theory" stickers...

SixSixSix

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I don't know how many of you are on the eSkeptic mailing list, but I see that the intelligent design "unproven" sticker brigade are still at it.

I'm wondering if they would accept a similar ruling that required all Bibles to have a sticker saying, "The events and entities described in this book are not proven, and should be examined critically". ;)
 
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SixSixSix said:
I'm wondering if they would accept a similar ruling that required all Bibles to have a sticker saying, "The events and entities described in this book are not proven, and should be examined critically". ;)
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All Bibles used as sources for history/science research should have such a sticker... not that I'd know why people would like to use a Bible for science research... :rolleyes:
 
SixSixSix said:
I don't know how many of you are on the eSkeptic mailing list, but I see that the intelligent design "unproven" sticker brigade are still at it.

I'm wondering if they would accept a similar ruling that required all Bibles to have a sticker saying, "The events and entities described in this book are not proven, and should be examined critically". ;)
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BLING!

Exccellent idea.

We should make those stickers and put them in the bibles we find in our hotel rooms. Especially at TAMs.....
 
SixSixSix said:
I'm wondering if they would accept a similar ruling that required all Bibles to have a sticker saying, "The events and entities described in this book are not proven, and should be examined critically". ;)
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I reckon the disclaimer used for the film Anastasia would make a good addition to the cover of every bible or other religious tome...

"While some of the characters and events depicted in this book were inspired by well-known historical figures and events, the portrayal of such characters and the depiction of such events are fictional. All other characters and incidents portrayed and names used were created for the purpose of fictitious dramatization and any similarity to the names, characters, and history of actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental and unintentional." source

It should, of course, be printed in the style of the warnings on a box of cigarettes and preferably contain references to endangering your health too.
 
Something like this...?
 

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If Jon Stewart made a joke about that bible, I swear I would literally die laughing.

I've come close before while watching him.
 
Diabolos said:
Something like this...?
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Diabolos you've inspired me. I screen print for a living..signs, decals, control panels etc. I'm going to talk to my friend in the art department when I go in tonight and see if he'll do up some artwork for me. We have tons of offcuts lying around that I can use. Great stuff!
 
I have no problem with the "Evolution is just a theory" stickers, or at least I wouldn't, if they also explained what a theory really is, although, these stickers are deceptive because the wording implies that a theory is equivalent to "wild guess submitted at TRUTH".

If I were teaching a science class in a school district that required these stupid stickers, I would be forced to spend a day or two, explaining exactly what a scientific theory is, and what it is based on. And then I would be really mean, and make the kids write a several page paper on what a scientific theory is (depending on the age range, of course).

I think it is a great lapse in our education that most people really have no clue what a theory really is, and in our culture is often used in to mean, "My wild idea that I pulled out of my butt".
 
Tirdun said:
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Personally, I like atomic theory as a better example. Not only is it only a theory, it's still only _called_ a theory. With gravity, some will claim that it is a law, so it doesn't count.

But there is no atomic _law_.
 
CFLarsen said:
BLING!

Exccellent idea.

We should make those stickers and put them in the bibles we find in our hotel rooms. Especially at TAMs.....
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I doubt it's a good idea to place stickers on anything in a hotel room, or for that matter, on any book except for copies in one's personal library.
 
pgwenthold said:
Personally, I like atomic theory as a better example. Not only is it only a theory, it's still only _called_ a theory.
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Ah, good call! Germ theory and color theory were my favorites to bring up, for that very reason. ("Do we also need stickers claiming that no one really knows for sure whether yellow and blue make green?") A third one will round them out nicely.
 
ceo_esq said:
I doubt it's a good idea to place stickers on anything in a hotel room, or for that matter, on any book except for copies in one's personal library.
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Also, I'd be hard pressed to think of anyplace where hotel bibles are less read than Vegas.
 
ceo_esq said:
I doubt it's a good idea to place stickers on anything in a hotel room, or for that matter, on any book except for copies in one's personal library.
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But the Bible's aren't owned by the hotel. They're donated by the Gideon society, and free for you to take. So you won't get in trouble for stickering them. I believe that there are some Gideon stickers made just for that purpose, at www.evolvefish.com

One of my favourite TAM4 souvenirs is the Bible from my hotel, defaced by Penn.
 
I want to put stickers on Gideon Bibles that say things like "HIDDEN MICROPHONE INSIDE!" Not that I actually believe it, I just want to make everyone paranoid.
 
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Jas said:
But the Bible's aren't owned by the hotel. They're donated by the Gideon society, and free for you to take. So you won't get in trouble for stickering them.
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Sorry to shift into lawyer mode, but being free for you to take is not the same as being free for you to deface and leave for the next guest. Now that I think of it, I spend a fair amount of time in hotels, and I don't recall ever reading anything on that Bible that would indicate it is unconditionally free for you to take. I could be wrong; you apparently took one, so maybe you could verify this. I suspect that the Bible in the hotel still belongs to the Gideons, who may or may not allow people to take it home with them, but who are likely entitled not to have the Bible stickered and put back where it was originally placed.
 
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