Comments Posted By ken
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LOUDER PLEASE...THE CRICKETS ARE CHIRPING
Gang of One:
Are you insane? I excused NO depravity. I pointed out logically, rationally, the nature of a flame war. The kind of hyperbole you visit on me for putting this in perspective says far more about YOUR sanity than my moral decency.
You gotta get out more.
Comment Posted By Ken On 9.07.2006 @ 16:22
It was a FLAME WAR. That's all. Grow up ye indignant types....and welcome to the internet. Were you all born yesterday?
Yeah, Deb was bad, and yeah Jeff was bad. They flamed each other 'til someone went off. Happens all the time on the net. In this case, Deb went off and Jeff wins the war. Simple.
FYI, you won't see this kinda stuff on sites where the non-dick slapping blogger moderates or disllows public comment.
Jeff as Jesus and Deb as the anti-Christ is just a tad hard to swallow gang.
Comment Posted By Ken On 9.07.2006 @ 12:15
AP IMPLIES CRITICISM OF FEMA FOR TAKING TWO DAYS TO BRING PAPER SHUFFLERS TO LA
In war (in this case political war), truth is the first casualty.
Comment Posted By Ken On 7.09.2005 @ 22:58
Wholeheartedly agree with you. There is chaos after a disaster. People are going to drop balls. Terrible tradegies are going to occur. It's the nature of major disasters. Left and right mudslinging is really not going to solve anything. Plans and structures must be modified to ensure better performance in the future. It's almost as if American people expect everyone to be perfect and everything to work perfectly. Well, they aren't and they don't.
Comment Posted By Ken On 7.09.2005 @ 22:54
THE MARYHUNTER WEIGHS IN ON ID
Einstein had no belief in a personal God such as the God of the Bible. Darwin lost all belief and died an atheist.
Your statement about Einstein, while possibly technically correct, is misleading at best. Einstein was a firm believer in God as a creator of the universe. Darwin studied, enthusiastically, theology early in his career. It was not uncommon for theologeons to be naturalists as they saw directive to learn and understand God's creation. Prior to the twentienth century, science was often the pursuit of religious people. But they were usually not the ones cowed by dogma in favour of reporting the world as they observed it.
I am rather disappointed to read some of what I am seeing here. Scientists should not be so cavalier about the current rage over ID v. evolution being taught in schools. As scientists, you should be well aware that ID is not a scientific theory, by any stretch. And the debate is not one of whether evolution discounts the existance of God; it does not and no scientist would tell you that it does. The argument is about wheter ID is to be taught as an alternative "theory" to evolution, something it clearly is not. I have no problem with ID or creationism being taught is school as a separate subject, but it does not belong in science class. And you as scientists should know that.
This is an issue that proponents of ID are insisting that the state sponsor a particular idealogy. If ID is ok to teach as a "theory," why not Norse or Greek mythology and the attendant stories about the beginning of the universe? You cannot claim one mythical story is preferential to others without demonstrating the true agenda being pursued by creationists.
The fact is that our pursuit of an understanding of the universe and its various subsystems and the laws that govern those does not conflict with a belief in God. No scientific theory has ever made any statement that God does not exists. What science does conflict with is a literalistic interpretation of the Bible, and that is what has creationists steamed and that is why they are pursuing this ID agenda with such vigour.
I would also like to say that this some of the more interesting and sane discussion of this subject i have seen around the blogs. While disagreements are present, the tone is a pleasant relief from what I have usually seen.
I wrote something about this here. If you get a chance, let me know what you think or just leave a comment. thanks.
http://cntodd.blogspot.com/2005/08/wrong-stuff.html
Comment Posted By ken On 8.08.2005 @ 16:00
