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Postby Ayreonia » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:03 am

Zoetland wrote:
Mewtinigrad wrote:It's moments like these when I'm glad that I don't live in the Bible Belt.

Bible Belt?

It's like a chastity belt, but it starts screaming psalms if someone else tries to take it off you.
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Postby Zoetland » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:03 am

Pandeeria wrote:
Zoetland wrote:Bible Belt?


Y'know, the southern states that are really religious such as Texas, Louisiana, etc.

Oh, you mean the R.N.T.H.S.
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Postby New Libertarian States » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:03 am

Starkiller101 wrote:
Tlaceceyaya wrote:It's not called the theory of evolution.
There's evolution, and there's the (scientific) theory of evolution by natural selection.
Evolution is still a bunch of BS

Not the topic at hand.
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Postby Mapleleafia » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:03 am

I know not all you guys are like this but it's moments like these I'm happy I'm not Christian.
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Postby Bundesdeutschland » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:03 am

I'm a Christian and I'm saying....

What is going on here?! Okay, I personally don't mind the evolutionist part, but global warming? Really?
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Postby Mewtinigrad » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:04 am

Zoetland wrote:
Mewtinigrad wrote:It's moments like these when I'm glad that I don't live in the Bible Belt.

Bible Belt?

Yep. It's that stretch of states from Texas to North Dakota. They're all incredibly socially and politically conservative, and have a very high amount of fundamentalist Christians who are intolerant of other religions or denominations of Christianity. It's the kind of place that treats Jack Chick tracts as a work of art that should be viewed by anyone.
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Postby Priory Academy USSR » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:04 am

Zoetland wrote:
Mewtinigrad wrote:It's moments like these when I'm glad that I don't live in the Bible Belt.

Bible Belt?


Basically the God-fearing southern USA.
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Postby Qazox » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:04 am

European Socialist Republic wrote:All I hear them say is: "We can't teach our children facts because that infringes upon their freedom to remain stupid."


Exactly.
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Postby Neo Rome Republic » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:04 am

This type of crap essentially, what sparked my hatred of Religion(s). I honestly wish, I could be proud of the US, things like this however, ruin that possibility.
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Postby Natair » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:04 am

Zoetland wrote:
Pandeeria wrote:
Y'know, the southern states that are really religious such as Texas, Louisiana, etc.

Oh, you mean the R.N.T.H.S.

Do I want to know?

Yes, yes I do.
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Postby Hebalobia » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:05 am

Yeah, I'm with you. :palm:

They're essentially claiming that Evolution is a religion and therefore teaching it to the exclusion of Creationism violates the 1st Amendment. What's next? Gravity, Relativity and Heliocentrism being banned as religions as well?

These people bring "stupid" to a whole different level.
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Postby Pandeeria » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:05 am

Mapleleafia wrote:I know not all you guys are like this but it's moments like these I'm happy I'm not Christian.


It's moments like these that I'm disappointed in humanity for still believing and essentially enforcing the idea of a deity in schools.

Zoetland wrote:
Pandeeria wrote:
Y'know, the southern states that are really religious such as Texas, Louisiana, etc.

Oh, you mean the R.N.T.H.S.


What? :blink:
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Postby The Serbian Empire » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:06 am

Science explains both tornadoes and the origins of life better than some religious text. Otherwise, why would the Christians still reside in Kansas where nearly a hundred tornadoes strike a year? If I were as crazy into the religion as they are, I would have taken the hundreds of tornadoes as a reason to move to Maine, Alaska, or Montana.

Note: I left Christianity in my youth.
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Postby New Libertarian States » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:06 am

Hebalobia wrote:Yeah, I'm with you. :palm:

They're essentially claiming that Evolution is a religion and therefore teaching it to the exclusion of Creationism violates the 1st Amendment. What's next? Gravity, Relativity and Heliocentrism being banned as religions as well?

These people bring "stupid" to a whole different level.

The holy church of general relativity.
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by Liriena » Mon Mar 11, 2013 2:25 pm
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Postby Iaeptus » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:06 am

New Libertarian States wrote:This is Kansas after all.
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^This. Anything that comes from across the pond has sadly failed to surprise me for several years. Apart from gay marriage. I was very surprised when that started on over there.
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Postby Zoetland » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:06 am

Pandeeria wrote:
Mapleleafia wrote:I know not all you guys are like this but it's moments like these I'm happy I'm not Christian.


It's moments like these that I'm disappointed in humanity for still believing and essentially enforcing the idea of a deity in schools.

Zoetland wrote:Oh, you mean the R.N.T.H.S.


What? :blink:

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Postby New Andureo » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:06 am

“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.”

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Postby Pandeeria » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:07 am

Zoetland wrote:
Pandeeria wrote:
It's moments like these that I'm disappointed in humanity for still believing and essentially enforcing the idea of a deity in schools.



What? :blink:

Religious Nuts That Hate Science


Oh.
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In capitalism, you pretty much have a 50/50 chance of being rich or poor. In communism, it's 1/99. What makes people think they have the luck/skill to become the 1% if they can't even succeed in a 50/50 society???
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Postby European Socialist Republic » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:07 am

Natair wrote:As a former resident of Kansas I say: :palm:

It's called the THEORY of Evolution for a REASON.

Anyways, global warming has NOTHING to do with this.

Time to learn your definitions.

"Fact: In science, an observation that has been repeatedly confirmed and for all practical purposes is accepted as "true." Truth in science, however, is never final, and what is accepted as a fact today may be modified or even discarded tomorrow.

Hypothesis: A tentative statement about the natural world leading to deductions that can be tested. If the deductions are verified, it becomes more probable that the hypothesis is correct. If the deductions are incorrect, the original hypothesis can be abandoned or modified. Hypotheses can be used to build more complex inferences and explanations.

Law: A descriptive generalization about how some aspect of the natural world behaves under stated circumstances.

Theory: In science, a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world that can incorporate facts, laws, inferences, and tested hypotheses.

The contention that evolution should be taught as a "theory, not as a fact" confuses the common use of these words with the scientific use. In science, theories do not turn into facts through the accumulation of evidence. Rather, theories are the end points of science. They are understandings that develop from extensive observation, experimentation, and creative reflection. They incorporate a large body of scientific facts, laws, tested hypotheses, and logical inferences. In this sense, evolution is one of the strongest and most useful scientific theories we have."
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Postby Jetan » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:08 am

Wow. :palm: I'm clad our christians aren't this type.

Starkiller101 wrote:
Tlaceceyaya wrote:It's not called the theory of evolution.
There's evolution, and there's the (scientific) theory of evolution by natural selection.
Evolution is still a bunch of BS

Evolution is a proven fact, unlike a bearded space fairy.
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Postby Starkiller101 » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:08 am

New Andureo wrote:“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.”

― Neil deGrasse Tyson
no totally true
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Postby Zoetland » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:09 am

Starkiller101 wrote:
New Andureo wrote:“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.”

― Neil deGrasse Tyson
no totally true

It is.
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Postby Pandeeria » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:09 am

Starkiller101 wrote:
New Andureo wrote:“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.”

― Neil deGrasse Tyson
no totally true


How so?
Lavochkin wrote:Never got why educated people support communism.

In capitalism, you pretty much have a 50/50 chance of being rich or poor. In communism, it's 1/99. What makes people think they have the luck/skill to become the 1% if they can't even succeed in a 50/50 society???
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Postby New Libertarian States » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:09 am

Starkiller101 wrote:
New Andureo wrote:“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.”

― Neil deGrasse Tyson
no totally true

*cough*Not the topic at hand *cough*
Also, why not?
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Do you hear the people sing?
Singing the song of "No one cares".
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who are sick NK waving its dick.
When the beating of our ignore cannon
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when we nuke Pyongyang!

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Postby Nervium » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:10 am

God obviously loves global warming.
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