Comments on: Fired for being too good at your job

by: junk science

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:18:15 +0000

I think Young Eatrh Creationists believe the sun always put out UVB.

Yes, I’m sure they’ve spent long hours working that question out to everyone’s satisfaction.

by: bacopa

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:51:14 +0000

Phonecian, I think Young Eatrh Creationists believe the sun always put out UVB. The water canopy and high air pressure protected us fron UV radiation. I suppose the pre-flood vegitation contained hoge amounts of absorbable vitamin D so we could survive without at least a little UVB. And the metabolism of turtles and arid lizards must have been completely different. If these critters don’t get UVB, they die fast.

And MsDarwin: Don’t you ever wonder what the world would be like if the eastern monotheistic faiths had never taken foothold in the west? If Antiochus had won, there probably never would have been anything like Christianity or Islam, though Judaism would probably persist as an obscure cult.

Thanks for saying my rant was Hitchens-like. I aim to emulate the best

by: Phoenician in a time of Romans

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:15:11 +0000

Well, at least they’re dark skinned Europeans at the Creation Museom.

Presumably skin cancer is just one of those things due to the Fall. Who knew biting an apple would cause the sun to start putting out UV-B?

by: Dan, Grand High Emperor of Bananas Foster

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:31:27 +0000

This credential mongering is an ad hominem tactic to dodge incon ven ient criticism. If points raised are valid, what matters the source? Why stoop to personalities rather than judge ideas on their merits?

Shorter loopy Christian fascist: “Having even the slightest fucking clue what you’re talking about is totally overrated.”

by: Cara

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:21:14 +0000

From Pinky’s quote of their FAQ:

If points raised are valid, what matters the source? Why stoop to personalities rather than judge ideas on their merits?

It always cracks me up when nuts like this insist they’re being criticized because of “personalities”, rather than because they HOLD STUPID FUCKING IDEAS. It’s like the MRA’s who show up here whining because we won’t “debate the issues on their merits instead of name-calling”.

There IS no merit to these ideas, therefore there’s nothing to debate. Calling someone who holds them a fucking idiot is just gravy (and optional).

by: MizDarwin

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:16:13 +0000

Hey bacopa, Christopher Hitchens called, he wants his imperialistic rant back.

by: BobbyV

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:00:08 +0000

What’s really frightening is that Texas, due to the value of its school textbook purchases, indirectly dictates what textbooks are available for the rest of the country. Any ID claptrap entering Texas schools will soon appear in other states.

by: bacopa

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:52:08 +0000

Well, at least they’re dark skinned Europeans at the Creation Museom.

It’s Haunakah now, the celebration of the most important defeat of the secular West by the superstitious East. We all hail our successes at Marathon and Salamis, but when Antiochus lost to the Maccabees, the West lost. If Antiochus had won there’d be no Christianiy or Islam.

by: Pinky

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:15:30 +0000

Arun, I love humor, but that one is not in good taste, IMHO

I’ve heard worse. I actually find that funny. Considering the ‘religious’ right’s focus on ‘those damn immigrants’.

Hypocrisy knows many forms…

by: MikeEss

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:45:06 +0000

“Which leads to the thought that God expelled them ‘cause he mistook them for illegal immigrants”

Arun, I love humor, but that one is not in good taste, IMHO…