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We are the asteroid
Submitted by Wonderist on March 22, 2010 - 7:46pm.Sometimes metaphors are apt. Sometimes they are damn near perfect.
From a fascinating blog post on Scientific American, by Scott D. Sampson, Dismiss dinosaurs as failures...and pave a path to a bleak future:
Over the past half-billion years, there have been five major mass extinctions, with the dinosaurs wiped out in the most recent of these. We now face the sixth mass extinction, which threatens to tear apart the fabric of the biosphere, with drastic consequences for most life on this planet, including us. In better times, species losses tick along at a barely discernable rate—perhaps one every five years. At present, somewhere between 50 and 150 species disappear every day, never to be seen again. (Once again, uncertainty in the actual value comes mostly from a lack of basic knowledge about how many species exist.)
This time around, a single species—Homo sapiens—has become the external force driving the decimation of millions of other species. Yes, we are the asteroid now colliding with the planet.
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James Randi: Of course I accept you
Submitted by Sapient on March 22, 2010 - 7:20pm.James Randi has come out of the closet at 81 years old.
The original story is on his SWIFT blog, here is a portion...
http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/914-how-to-say-it.html
Well, here goes. I really resent the term, but I use it because it’s recognized and accepted.
I’m gay.
From some seventy years of personal experience, I can tell you that there’s not much “gay” about being homosexual. For the first twenty years of my life, I had to live in the shadows, in a culture that was — at least outwardly — totally hostile to any hint of that variation of life-style. At no time did I choose to adopt any protective coloration, though; my cultivation of an abundant beard was not at all a deception, but part of my costume as a conjuror.
Clockcat... question, plz.
Submitted by Kapkao on March 21, 2010 - 12:29am.Doomy prefers those that enjoy close combat over ranged weaponry, and only respects strength and martial prowess.
- What sort of Martial Prowess are we talking about here? Taekwondo? Ninjitsu? Kung-Fu? Bushido? Fisticuffs? Kick-Boxing? Wrestling? Fencing? Choke-Hold? Boxer Rebellion-ism? Chinese Triad? Yakuza? Testudo Formation? Phalanx Formation?
I need something to strive towards in my (nearly unlimited) spare time........ 
My personalized, typed answer to the Blasphemy Challenge: Deicidal Rage (full of sound and fury, signifying "MEH"!
Submitted by Kapkao on March 18, 2010 - 3:52am.Wut und mut zu Gott!
as to everything else:
Where to start with this post I found.....
Submitted by Abu Lahab on March 16, 2010 - 10:15pm.The argument FOR Creationism:
A single base strand of DNA for all organisms proves creation by design
DNA is a code any code has to be written it obviously cannot evolve in code form.
End of thread if you want it explained in full, PM I would be glad to explain but its
be done to death on here before so lets not bore the forum again.
And by the way unlike some I dont just say anything is bollocks without having looked in to it and studied it for years, But thats just me.
This chap is serious, too. He goes on to add:
Because I have researched and studied the fossil records.
Researched and studied The Geologic column and the geologic strata in the ground.
Researched and studied Micro and Macro evolution.
Researched and studied Archaeology, Etc,Etc
So after studying it you make a intellectual decision to which is truth Creation or Evolution.
There is thousands and thousands of years of evidence for us to do this with.
If people wouldnt have studied and looked at things we wouldnt have had all the major breakthroughs
in history they could have just been like you and said oh fuck it we cant find anything.
You can stand by anything you like mush I know what I beleive and it aint what somebody told me.
'Kin 'ell......
Let's work together to promote the atheist heroes of the week
Submitted by Sapient on March 3, 2010 - 1:18am.I want to extend my congratulations to the Atheist Agenda students The University of Texas at San Antonio. They put themselves on the line in public to raise awareness. Much like the Blasphemy Challenge they have found a way to be controversial thereby grabbing attention and literally forcing theists to think. I should bring you up to speed if you're not familiar. Over the last few days Atheist Agenda students have gathered on campus with magazines and books of various types of pornography and offered to swap any holy book for some porn. The campaign is called smut for smut.
"Forced to wear diapers until he was 20..." (aka MST3K humor)
Submitted by Kapkao on February 21, 2010 - 3:34pm."Well it's... better to start a film that way than to end one."
"Hey you in the back! This is an anti-machine rally -quit doing the robot!"
"A cyberpunk Van Gogh!"
"WHEN GYM TEACHERS ACT..."
"I am so leaving this pretentious dick"
"He actually tried acting and it nearly killed him!"
Amazing, fascinating and... disappointing, all at once.
Submitted by Kapkao on February 21, 2010 - 4:17am.
This is from a poll result taken from facebook.
Initially it was 44.9%=yes and 55.1%=no
'Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man'
Submitted by Kapkao on February 21, 2010 - 2:48am.edit1: perhaps I should clarify... I find this interesting because this statement basically pulls the rug out from under a particular branch of the Abrahamic Religions (even if only a little bit)
