Doom Shepherd

If I ran Disney Studios: http://jeftoon01.deviantart.com/gallery/11344500 (No, I'm not the artist. But... DANG!)

Then He shouldn't have designed me to do just that. Also, if God's mind and ways unpredictable and incomprehensible, what's prayer for? Exercise?

Is there anything I said that does NOT logically follow from what YOU said? That's an OLD joke, by the way. I heard it from Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard. Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you did not know." Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?" Depends. This is apparently how British schoolkids see America: http://www.omgfunnypictures.com/the-u-s-of-new-calitexas-217500.html Are you kidding? I'm 39, and wayyyyy too immature to ever have kids. I still collect action rfigures and comic books. I do have a 4-year-old nephew I'm grooming as an apprentice, though. He'll be just as smart and evil, but more ambitious. In 30 years, he'll be running this planet.

So tell me, is "infinite" intelligence consistent with a being who can be surprised and upset? Is it consistent with a universe that is allegedly made for man, but which is in fact extremely inimical to human life? Is it consistent with even a world that is allegedly made for man, even though only a small part of its surface is easily habitable? Is it consistent with personally attempting to kill Moses because his son wasn't circumsized? (Exodus 4:24–26) ...and FAILING?? Is infinite intelligence in any way consistent with creating two completely ignorant people, while also creating what is said to be the greatest liar and human-hater of all time, and then allowing them to interact? (The story of Adam and Eve and the Serpent) You see, once you attempt to define something, even god, you open it up to the possibility of "disproving" it by pointing out that the definition is inconsistent with observed reality. A definition of God is a "God hypotheses." If the hypothesis does not fit the collected data, it needs must be discarded.

I cannot accept that! 6.9 million years ago means outdated' date=' vague carbon dating/fossil dating technology. I've studied how inaccurate those measures are.[/quote'] As danielsanger said, there ARE examples of humans witnessing species evolving into other species. I posted a link to a list of many of these instances a few pages back. It generally is observed in plants and animals that have short lifespans and reproduction cycles, so that many generations can be observed in a relatively short period of time. For example, fruit flies, worms, bacteria, mice and fish. Another link: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/speciation.html Have you heard of MRSA? It's one of the most obvious examples. A species of streptococcus that evolved as a result of human activity (our over-use of antibiotics) is now a genuine threat to people in hospitals. As for radioactive dating, it's fuzzy, but you know it has to be real, because everything that has to do with measuring atomic decay is all based on the same principles. If those principles are even slightly wrong, then anything based on them would not work. This woud include things like nuclear power plants and atom bombs. (Flash Fact: They work, therefore the principles they are based on are sound.) I used to know a guy who made claims about how we date the age of the universe. He claimed that the dating using the speed of light was wrong because the speed of light was slowing down. He had to shut up after I pointed out that light was just one kind of electromagnetic radiation, and that if it changed the way he was asserting, nothing from radios to microwaves to our own eyes would work.

Which means that everybody who preaches the "truth" puts people in danger of Hell who were not in danger before they heard. Ergo, people who talk about God and Jesus are bad people for putting other innocent people in danger of Hell. If you want to save your child, NEVER tell them about God or Jesus. Apparently, the best way to get into heaven is to treat it like Fight Club.

It might be wrong to feel that way. It is also entirely human and natural. Now yes, some people took the cheering to dumb extremes. I myself didn't cheer, though I am pleased as punch that he's dead. This is mainly because I equate the cheerers with the people who, when their team wins a game, say "WE" won. No, you did not win, if you did not participate. I would say you are in on this "we" if you ae a member of the armed services or anyone who has been actively working towards the capture or killing of BinLaden or his ilk. Then you get to cheer just as the guys sitting behind the desks at Mission Control cheered when Apollo 11 landed. They were part of the effort. So I won't cheer, or celebrate, or do anything more than call members of my family who are servicepeople, and maybe make a couple of donations to charities I support (for the karma, you understand.) But I'm still glad the lousy piece of crap is dead. *And he smiled quietly to himself.* Ain't nothing wrong with that. Stoop to his level? Not possible. Not even CLOSE.

My country isn't right all the time. But I am.

Get off your troll horse and stop pretending that that's what I said. Yeah, let's look at that. Just for fun, I checked out the Wiki page for the Humanitarian response to the Asian Tsunami. When the Asian Tsunami hit, The US sent 2 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS full of aid and equipment and food and rescue planes, medical ships, and at last count some $2.825 BILLION in donations, governmental and private. I'll give props to the UK for sending about 1/4 of that, ships, helicopters, planes, etc. New Zealand sent $60.3 million and 2 clunky planes. To put it in perspective, the US's Mormons and Mennonites alone donated about that much. Still, impressive for an itty-bitty country with less global influence than Canada. I'm tempted to call shenanigans on this part. I think this is like saying "some of my best friends are black!!" But I won't. Dumb, hypocritical others, sure. Because you can bet that if you actually look at them, nearly all those "others" are currently or have recently done far worse things than America. Ask the Maori if you don't believe me. America exerts its power because it CAN. That is what power is FOR. And believing that ANY other nation would not exercise any power that it has in it's own interests is not only colossally ignorant of history, it is positively delusional.

I like this one... http://www.illwillpress.com/SWIMFISH.html

Or your average Boy Scout is as smart as ThatSmartGuy. Wilderness survival? Been there, done that, got the merit badge. That's what happens when you grow up with Army, Navy, and Marines as close relatives.

To quote a Mel Brooks movie: "Oh, a bullshit artist!" Oh, that popular to kids/teens movie? I'm sure the 5.? billion sheep out of the 6 billion people will agree on that. You would know, being a sheepier sheep than average. Incidentally, that big long piece of blather you quoted on the last page? You got SCAMMED. That was authored by Fred Williams, biblical literalist whose "qualifications" in science consist of a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering. In other words, a fellow bullshit artist.

To quote a Mel Brooks movie: "Oh, a bullshit artist!"

You believe God is evil or crazy. Nice.

I seriously doubt it... Extremist terrorists yes, idiots no. They probly have had a replacement for him since the day after he joined. He's the founder, not an employee. Most megalomaniacs aren't too keen on being replaced. Mullah Omar is #2 (if he's alive,) and we've been killing off #'s 3-more on a fairly regular basis. (The first #3, KSM, is still alive, in Gitmo) Also remember part of this raid was to grab any and all intel that might have been in the compound, and from what I've heard, that may have been a considerable haul.

The word you're failing to reach for is "deduction." It's what we have to use until a time machine is invented. Your argument is that you were hit on the head in a dark room, and when you walked into the light, and saw three guys standing there, only one of whom was holding a club and your wallet, you can't PROVE he mugged you. That is the standard of proof you are holding up. It is a stupid standard. So anyway... http://aigbusted.synthasite.com/Fossil_Transitions.php Now, if you're gonna try and claim that ALL those multiple transitional fossils have been faked (along with many more not pictured there) I'm gonna have to call you a paranoid schizophrenic. You might like this one, too. OBSERVED cases of speciation (that's when something EVOLVES into a new species.) http://aigbusted.synthasite.com/Observed_Evo.php There, I've just increased the evidential links by oh, about 30.

Osama was rich. He would have been able to put up a good case, and would have drawn out his trial for years. I'm sure they put a bullet in his head to make sure we don't deal with that. Reports are he was offered a chance to surrender, and chose instead to fight, using a woman as a shield. Remember I say, the First of May, BinLaden: shot in the head. Let’s raise a glass, for this terrorist ass is now stone-cold dead.

Colonialism used to be the blanket reason that so many Third World countries are basket cases. The Europeans came in and took all the good stuff for themselves and left behind a legacy of tribal strife and crapsack economies, then withdrew without really bothering to set up any stable governments in their place. But then a long time passed, and colonialism has started to move from being a blanket reason to becoming a blanket excuse.

Moar dakka!

Where? I see less than 3 links to material that is supposed to support Evolution. No references in any other way to any other material... That's still 1000% more than the number of links that you've provided to support your argument... whatever that is, since you seem to change your mind about what kind of Creationist you are every time one of your possiblilities is soundly thrashed. Thus far, your argument boils down to putting your hands over your ears and shouting "NUH-UH!!!"

Just think of BinLaden as the US's Guy Fawkes. (Another religious terrorist nutter, who once upon a time tried to blow up the UK's Parliament, for those who don't know.) They still celebrate that guy's death 400 years later.

What murder? This is vermin control.

Another thing that is not a myth: Bin Laden made a name for himself in Afghanistan by paying his own way and absolutely refusing to accept "outside" money. His financial support came from Saudi Arabia and his own millions. The Mujahedeen were NOT a cohesive group, all of whom received support from the same place. The rebels the US supported were the people who eventually became the "Northern Alliance" That the Taliban and BinLaden fought against.

Libya HAS, in fact, employed terrorists. The guy who blew up that US airliner over Locherbie, Scotland was Libyan. That's why he went back there to a heroes' welcome when he was released. (Thanks, UK!) On February 24, 2011, Libya's former justice minister Mustafa Abdul Jalil claimed that Muammar Gaddafi had personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing. It was a Lybian terrorist who blew up a Berlin nightclub and killed 230 people. Abu Nidal (google him, children) was sheltered and employed by Libya. Also, Libya accepted responsibility for the hijackinjg and deaths aboard UTA Flight 772. I say rather that the great stuff we do (Asian Tsunami relief, Haiti Relief, pretty damn well near everywhere relief) has a tendency to get ignored. We're like that smart kid who gets all the hate for messing up the curve and is picked last for gym... until he starts doing the jocks' homework, and then he's their best friend... for as long as they need him, then he goes back to being a pariah. There's a lot of jealousy and butthurt from the has-been and never-will-be nations, as well. Aww. someone wost their widdle empiwes! Yes, we project our power. Because we CAN, and if you could, you would too. Imagining anything else is lying to yourself. (Sorry if that was a little flamey. There are just a few things that push my annoyed button.)

I've been in some Star Trek RPG's, though they were mostly in-person games, not online. I find in-person games infinitely preferable, as online there's always some guy who wants to be "Captain combined clone of Kirk and Picard and Sisko, commanding the USS Fist of Doom from the future of the Mirror Universe with 50 quantum torpedo tubes and Type LXVIII Phasers and Uberphasic shielding with Multi-Vector Assault mode and 5000 marines aboard." So the last time I encountered that, I was like "FINE. You encounter a Borg/Shadow/Cylon Fleet of 186,000 cubes. You die. Next player!"