1. National home sales will hit a 5-year low. Dallas isn’t as hard hit, but the time it takes to sell a home on the market has increased.
2. Troy Dungan was roasted yesterday afternoon. The money fact: he owns 220 bowties.
3. A biology professor will speak at SMU tomorrow about the theory of evolution and how it differs from the cute children’s fable known as “intelligent design.” Idiots welcome.
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Lord Xenu disagrees!
I’m certainly not knowledgeable on the subject but to be clear are you saying people who believe in Intelligent Design are idiots?
Ding, ding, ding. I think we have a winner…
They are idiots.
Hopefully Mr Professor guy will take the time to explain the real definition of the word “theory” and how the idiots have tried to turn it into slang for “hypothesis” or “crazy idea I pulled out of my ass”.
My, aren’t we starting out caustic today.
I believe in a creator God, but I also believe in evolution. Just curious, does that make me an idiot?
Bill H, you’ve got a point. Intelligent Designers are not idiots. Eric was wrong to imply that. They’re actually quite clever. Two words: Wedge Document.
My flagellum is waving at you.
I thought you had that removed, Tim?
I think it just makes you wishy-washy.
You should watch this Tim:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/
Also, the flagellum, the immune system, all things Creationists point to as irreducible complex can in fact be explained through evolution. You just have to actually listen.
No, no… DC8’s carried the frozen aliens to Hawaii, releasing their souls into the atmosphere. There, they were brainwashed, and then attached to cavemen.
I’m sick of the ID/Evo secret agenda to create a false dichotomy. His Lordship FSM have mercy on you all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster
also, it’s always a good day to think outside the idiot-box Try to understand this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot
For those who don’t believe in God, period, you’re entitled to your opinion. I can’t prove my view, and neither can you.
To Bethany: How is it wishy-washy to believe that the universe was created, but then to also believe the fossil record and other clear evidence that natural selection has occurred over time?
The problem with evolution as we know it in 2007 is that the “theory” is not as airtight as some of you think. There are many, many problems with evolutionary theory. If you bring up the “problems” or “challenges” with the “theory” you are accused of being a “creationists” or you are accused of “being anti-intellectual” or your are “forced” to “come up with a better theory”.
Why can’t we explore the existing problems with evolutionary theory without being labeled a religious zealot.
Book suggestion: Read The Black Swan. Though it has nothing to do with Evolution it focuses on Man’s strong desire for “causality” or “reasons” for things. Evolution provides easy answers for people.
Evolution provides no causality, only an analysis of biological mechanisms. Like all scientific theories, it has yielded tangible results and is subject to periodic revision.
Believing in God does not make you an idiot. Believing God has a place in the science classroom makes you a retrograde dolt.
My problem with evolutionary theory: It doesn’t explain how someone as smart as I am can also be so ruggedly handsome. If that makes me a creationist, so be it.
Suggested reading: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design
by Jonathan Wells.
Go to:
http://www.conservativebookclub.com/products/BookPage.asp?prod_cd=c6948
Let us all hope that some day, the “scientists” stop their conspiracy to suppress The Truth™ about Evolution and Climate Change and The Great Dallas Housing Market.
Folks: Please to read this, then get back to me.
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/behe.html
Exactly. They’re suppressing hard data that mankind are God’s special little lambs.
Eric,
Finding inconsistencies in Darwinian theory is different than proposing a comprehensive, testable theory of one’s own.
I believe in God, personally — not that that should have any bearing on this conversation. Which is exactly the point.
This proves that anyone who voted for Bush TWICE clearly does not care about us going into this unfounded evolution against a God who never attacked us to begin with.
The only way to end this evolution is to vote Apostle in ‘08.
This may be slightly off topic, but I think warning labels monkey with natural selection.
Way to kill the discussion, Bethany.
A smiley face in the comments, Trey? Do tell how that managed to get by the filter…
As with so much else in life, I plead ignorance.
I try. Have any others you’d like me to stop?
“This may be slightly off topic, but I think warning labels monkey with natural selection.”
I think we’re in agreeance on that one!
I believe in both evolution and creationism. Simple question to fellow Christians: how long is a day to God?
I’m going way back here, but I believe somewhere in one of the Peters it says a day to God is like 1,000 years. I’m not sure if that was on a really long, boring day though.
Jesus was a gay!