Just because most Muslims don't blow themselves up, doesn't mean they're moderates.

Are people posting fake answers?

A:

If what you're saying is true, with the whole "Traumatised" and "permanently mentally scarred", I mean, is he really fit to run the most powerful country in the world then?

At 7/24/08 05:17 AM, JackPhantasm wrote: Congratulations. An ability, used by people (who are created through genetics), that isn't...genetically based?

Okay. The ability we were talking about was being able to develop new technologies.
Say Guy A and Guy B, well, exist.
Both equally intelligent at birth, guy A decides to become an engineer of some description and takes appropriate tertiary education to become one, and guy B decides to become a lawyer (and so on.
Guy A develops amazing new technology that helps the world. Guy B is just a lawyer.

For evolution to occur in this scenario (as in, real, Darwinian scientific evolution), as suggested in Toast's post, the ability to develop new technologies as Guy A did must be passed down through his genes to his offspring.
Because unless the ability to be good at technology is inherent, guy B's son is just as likely, at birth, to be as good at developing technology as Guy A's son.

My point is, generally evolution only

At 7/22/08 09:59 PM, EKublai wrote: This is a worldly affair, money is no object.

Yeah not quite.

At 7/24/08 05:05 AM, Toast wrote: Here's an interesting question: if our technology didn't prevent weaker beings from dying more often, would people who can contribute more to technology be naturally selected?

Only if said ability is genetically based.

At 7/24/08 04:10 AM, JackPhantasm wrote: To answer your other question, it's merely based on my understanding of the bible. Reading the bible then looking at the world and applying the two to each other.

Like everyone should do with everything.

No, because you've already got your conclusion to begin with.

At 7/23/08 10:31 PM, JackPhantasm wrote: Adam and Eve are a metaphor for the initial information necessary to become sentient.

Based on what?

Billions of Christians for hundreds and hundreds of years have believed Adam & eve to be real people, but then suddenly we find out about evolution and it's all just a metaphor.

At 7/22/08 10:53 PM, Shaggytheclown17 wrote: you are not a fucking animal.

Humans are actually the very definition of animals.

Fucking moron can't even spell "idiot" properly.

At 7/22/08 10:18 PM, Shaggytheclown17 wrote:
Good luck managing a Denny"s douchebag.

More like, biomedical research laboratory, thank you very much.

At 7/22/08 11:13 PM, Elfer wrote:

At 7/22/08 10:58 PM, Shaggytheclown17 wrote: Go ahead and laugh you ignorant fools, I was once like you.

Yeah, right up until the accident.

OH.

OH.

At 7/22/08 04:21 AM, JackPhantasm wrote: Shaggy.

What I say is nothing of what you respond.

It really took you this long?

At 7/21/08 04:03 PM, Shaggytheclown17 wrote: Haw haw.

Enjoy minimum wage, faggot.

At 7/21/08 05:18 AM, smc316 wrote: In this case, natural selection has improved.

We were talking more about humans, in which case it definitely has not.

At 7/21/08 04:34 AM, GunnerX86 wrote: I have decided that we should pull out our troops, but only so they don't fget hit by the nukes we should launch in the Middle East.

You're not a complete fucking moron.

And Intelligent Design is a valid science.

At 7/20/08 10:27 PM, JackPhantasm wrote: Wow.

You guys assume that we're not still changing, just because "we keep people alive."

Haha.

You don't understand evolution AT ALL, then.

I'm not sure that you do.

A changing society is not "evolution" in the Darwinian sense of the word.

If you think technology is actually a form of evolution, tell me how humans as a species have genetically changed as a result.

load of shit.

At 7/20/08 06:17 PM, Nylo wrote: B.S. Just my opinion.

Um, how can you have knowledge of such an unfair dismissal (and mention it) but then have a hard time believing the story?

At 7/20/08 12:51 PM, Wolf-Raven wrote: We don't remind people to buckle up their seat belts. The ones who don't are obviously the detriment to society, and they'll be killed in any crash!

Yeah but that's not genetic.

At 7/19/08 06:26 PM, Seatbeltnazi wrote: You DO know that Anarchism is a form of govenrment, right?

No, it's a lack thereof.

That's like saying that not wearing a shirt is a type of clothing.

Yes, indeed; I find it funny how evolution has given us the intelligence to develop science and technologies that keep everyone alive thus preventing further evolution.

No, a theory is a hypothesis with supporting evidence.

Something that merely 'has not been disproved" but has no proof is a hypothesis.

At 7/19/08 10:54 AM, BuddhaGeo wrote:

At 7/15/08 06:35 PM, SadisticMonkey wrote:

Maybe he was kciked out because he was likely to kill his own team mates instead of the enemy, you never know, an atheist wouldn't give a shit since he believes what he does means nothing after he dies.

Are you serious?

I didn't say that you fucking douche bag.

Your point is moot because obviously 9/11 was an inside job.

At 7/18/08 08:53 PM, JackPhantasm wrote:
There's not enough point there to justify that racism.

OH shut the fuck up.

I swear, what's with people and using the word "racism".

At 7/17/08 11:13 PM, Idiosyncratic wrote: Because, statistically, there are more Christians than atheists.

I meant taking ratios into account.

It doesn't prove anything. If there were just about as many atheists I'm sure the crime rates would be around the same.

Well statistics say that Atheists are less likely to murder someone per capita.
But the only point I was trying to make is that Atheists aren't for some reason more likely to kill people that they shouldn't, as that's what shaggytheclown was asserting.

But my point is proven even if Atheist/Christian crime rates are exactly the same.

but yeah, this isn't some bullshit "Christians are immoral" argument, so don't you worry.

Most prisoners tend to convert after incarceration anyway, wouldn't you say?

Well I'm sure some do, but I would definitely not say most.

And I wasn't just basing my claims off of the percentage of Christian inmates either; states with higher percentages of Christians generally have higher crime rates.

But remember, I mention this only to refute the original claim. I'm not trying to insinuate anything else.

Jesus, there's already a ID thread on the first page of politics.
Lurk moar

Dammit.

Shaggy deleted his 'Mountain dew' video with him in it and now only has bullshit VenomfangX vidsd as his videos.

At 7/16/08 06:59 PM, jamboreen wrote: I don't think you can judge a country of upwards 500 million

I honestly think all validity of your opinions regarding America is lost when you're out about their population by ~200 Million people.

I mean, Jesus, come on, if you want people to take your topic seriously at least wikipedia it first.