scottheisel Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 These people, apparently: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8032641.stm "I believe the Earth is around 5,500 years old. If you don't believe in Genesis, you don't believe in anything else." Look, I don't care if you believe in God, Allah, Yahweh, Buddha, Mohammed or whatever -- but if you're on this board and you legitimately believe this planet is 6,000 years old and was created in six days, that seriously bums me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brotherkyle Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 answer: retarded people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 There are over 100 ways science is able to look at the Earth and 90 say it is thousands of years old - only 10 say it's real old." Wow, I don't even know where to start with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I liked this: "I personally don't know, but natural selection seems to be the only thing people go on. It should be more open," he says. "There are sometimes better explanations for things, I mean people thought the earth was flat." I never thought a creationist would use the "people used to think the world was flat" argument to assert even more absurd religious dogma. It was so hard not to make cracks at creationism when I was teaching Grade 12 Geography for a few weeks. We looked at the unique species of animals in places like Australia and Madagascar and discussed how those places have animals unlike anywhere else in the world because the islands broke off from other continents so long ago they followed their own evolutionary path. I guess the other option is Noah had them all on his boat and conveniently redistributed them to their unique locales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxamaphone Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 This just in: Stupid people do/say stupid things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 This article is hilarious/very sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostatsea Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 The same people that go to this! http://www.holylandexperience.com/ Fun for the whole family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll76 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 These people scare the shit out of me. Mass insanity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrycola Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 The same people that go to this!http://www.holylandexperience.com/ Fun for the whole family That's so nice that it's wheelchair assessable too so even the handicapped folks can enjoy some good S&M Jesus action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonix Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 watch it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll76 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I liked it, even if it is heavy handed and filled with the dumbest people on the planet. The message is right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melikecheese Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Some co-workers took a trip there, they are not religious at all, more for a fun time to laugh. It also bums me out that people can think the earth is 5,500 years old. Those people need free subscriptions to the Discovery Channel and National Geographic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kevinb Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I still think it would be interesting to see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I want to go so bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmonaut Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Places like this exist for people who like to hear their beliefs repeated back to them. It reinforces their absurd ideas and validates them. It's the same reason why people listen to Rush Limbaugh - they like to exist in an echo chamber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Some co-workers took a trip there, they are not religious at all, more for a fun time to laugh.It also bums me out that people can think the earth is 5,500 years old. Those people need free subscriptions to the Discovery Channel and National Geographic... yeah I can get over the fact that some people need to believe in imaginary beings and forces, but to not grasp the idea that the planet is what....like 900 Billion years old? I just watched one of those documentaries on the Discovery Channel about the theoretical history of the earth and the plate tectonic movement and the formation of the continents, etc. ...fascinating stuff...but regardless people need to understand physics and that you really can't fake Carbon 14 testing and deny that dinosaurs roamed the earth 65 Million years ago ...and that yes, we used to be monkeys and before that we were probably fish and before that we were probably micro-organisms(and all points in between) and that evolution does exist and got us to the point we're at now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kevinb Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 OK I am going to make a bit of a stupid comment here, but I guess that is not different from anything else I ever post here haha. Now I am pretty open to anything I don't really have a solid belief but how is it that we evolved from monkeys yet it still isn't happening to this day. Let's say that is what happened for sake of argument how is it that science hasn't found a way to repeat that process? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 OK I am going to make a bit of a stupid comment here, but I guess that is not different from anything else I ever post here haha.Now I am pretty open to anything I don't really have a solid belief but how is it that we evolved from monkeys yet it still isn't happening to this day. Because evolution took place over the course of 900 billion years. It's still happening now but there is no possible way to see it because any minute change takes at least hundreds of thousands of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masjohn Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 OK I am going to make a bit of a stupid comment here, but I guess that is not different from anything else I ever post here haha.Now I am pretty open to anything I don't really have a solid belief but how is it that we evolved from monkeys yet it still isn't happening to this day. Because evolution took place over the course of 900 billion years. It's still happening now but there is no possible way to see it because any minute change takes at least hundreds of thousands of years. exactly. you can see evidence of evolution fairly recently due to environmental changes. and on a side note: as a biology major, I don't understand how anyone could still think the earth is 5,500 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmonaut Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 OK I am going to make a bit of a stupid comment here, but I guess that is not different from anything else I ever post here haha.Now I am pretty open to anything I don't really have a solid belief but how is it that we evolved from monkeys yet it still isn't happening to this day. Let's say that is what happened for sake of argument how is it that science hasn't found a way to repeat that process? Masjohn has a good point. The effects of adaptation and mutation are more pronounced in insects, which have comparatively short life cycles. Here's a link to the Wiki page for the peppered moth, which is often cited as an example of creatures adapting to their surroundings and genetics taking hold as a result of these adaptations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppered_moth_evolution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 FYI: The Earth's only about 4.5 billion years old. The universe is about 14 billion years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll76 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 1 10,000,000,000 YA Milky Way galaxy forms geo milky way galaxy forms 2 5,000,000,000 YA Formation of the Sun geo formation sun 3 4,600,000,000 YA Formation of Earth geo formation earth 4 3,800,000,000 YA Earth's crust solidifies geo earth's crust solidifies 5 3,500,000,000 YA First Prokaryotic cell organisms life first prokaryotic cell organisms 6 3,200,000,000 YA Moon assumes present shape geo moon assumes present shape 7 3,000,000,000 YA Blue-green algae - photosynthesis plant blue-green algae photosynthesis 8 2,400,000,000 YA Rise in the concentration of oxygen geo rise concentration oxygen 9 2,000,000,000 YA The Oklo natural fission reactor geo oklo natural fission reactor 10 1,500,000,000 YA Eukaryotic cell organisms develop life eukaryotic cell organisms develop 11 590,000,000 YA --› Cambrian period time cambrian period 12 570,000,000 YA Fossils of Ediacaran organisms are made life fossils ediacaran organisms 13 545,000,000 YA Cambrian explosion life cambrian explosion 14 505,000,000 YA ‹-- Cambrian period time cambrian period 15 490,000,000 YA Rise of the fish--first vertebrates life rise fish first vertebrates 16 430,000,000 YA Waxy coated algae begin to live on land plant waxy coated algae begin live land 17 415,000,000 YA Millipedes have evolved--first land animals life millipedes evolved first land animals 18 400,000,000 YA Seedless vascular plants evolved plant seedless vascular plants evolved 19 375,000,000 YA Appearance of primitive sharks life appearance primitive sharks 20 360,000,000 YA Seed bearing gymnosperm plants evolved plant seed bearing gymnosperm plants evolved timeline 21 340,000,000 YA Primitive insects have evolved life primitive insects evolved timeline 22 300,000,000 YA Rise of the reptiles life rise reptiles timeline 23 280,000,000 YA Supercontinent Pangaea geo supercontinent pangaea timeline 24 250,000,000 YA Permian period mass extinction life permian period mass extinction timeline 25 230,000,000 YA Roaches and termites have evolved life roaches termites evolved timeline 26 225,000,000 YA Break-up of Pangaea begins geo break-up pangaea timeline 27 213,000,000 YA --› Jurassic period time jurassic period timeline 28 200,000,000 YA Primitive crocodiles have evolved life primitive crocodiles evolved timeline 29 144,000,000 YA ‹-- Jurassic period time jurassic period timeline 30 136,000,000 YA Primitive kangaroos have evolved life primitive kangaroos evolved timeline 31 130,000,000 YA Angiosperms -- flowering plants plant angiosperms flowering plants timeline 32 90,000,000 YA Modern sharks have evolved life modern sharks evolved timeline 33 65,000,000 YA K-T Boundary--extinction of the dinosaurs life K-T boundary extinction dinosaurs timeline 34 60,000,000 YA Rats, mice, and squirrels have evolved life rats mice squirrels evolved timeline 35 50,000,000 YA Primitive monkeys have evolved life primitive monkeys evolved timeline 36 28,000,000 YA Koalas have evolved life koalas evolved timeline 37 25,000,000 YA Brassica-Arabidopsis split plant brassica arabidopsis split 38 20,000,000 YA The chimpanzee and hominid lines evolve life chimpanzee hominid lines evolve timeline 39 15,000,000 YA Rat-Mouse split life rat mouse split 40 12,000,000 YA Sorghum-Maize split plant sorghum maize split 41 10,000,000 YA Gorilla-Human-Chimp split from Orangutans life gorilla-human-chimp split orangutans 42 5,000,000 YA Human-Chimp split life human chimp split 43 4,000,000 YA Development of hominid bipedalism life development hominid bipedalism timeline 44 2,000,000 YA Widespread use of stone tools life widespread stone tools timeline 45 1,010,000 YA First firemaking by humans life first firemaking humans timeline 46 160,000 YA First modern human (Homo sapiens) life first modern human Homo sapiens timeline 47 50,000 YA Sophisticated hunting activity with tools life sophisticated hunting activity tools timeline 48 32,000 YA First record of cave paintings life first cave paintings timeline 49 15,000 YA Adoption of agriculture life adoption agriculture timeline 50 10,300 YA End of the latest Ice Age geo end latest ice age 51 10,000 BC Population: 4,000,000 hist world population history 52 5000 BC Population: 5,000,000 hist world population history 53 4000 BC Population: 7,000,000 hist world population history 54 3000 BC Population: 14,000,000 hist world population history 55 2500 BC Abacus tech abacus history 56 2000 BC Population: 27,000,000 hist world population history 57 1000 BC Population: 50,000,000 hist world population history 58 500 BC Population: 100,000,000 hist world population history 59 1 AD Population: 170,000,000 hist world population history 60 200 AD Population: 190,000,000 hist world population history 61 500 AD Population: 190,000,000 hist world population history 62 1000 AD Population: 265,000,000 hist world population history 63 1200 AD Population: 360,000,000 hist world population history 64 1400 AD Population: 350,000,000 hist world population history etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadbeat52 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Places like this exist for people who like to hear their beliefs repeated back to them. It reinforces their absurd ideas and validates them. It's the same reason why people listen to Rush Limbaugh - they like to exist in an echo chamber. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellyjanice Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 people like the Duggers are people who go there http://www.duggarfamily.com/ there was a show where their family went to the creation museum as a "science field trip" (they home school)... it made me laugh. they also had a show where they went diamond hunting and told the person who ran the place that there was no way the diamonds he had carbon dated were as old as he said they were since the earth was not around then : it makes me sad that there is a creation museum in Ohio but I suppose there are stupid people everywhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Places like this exist for people who like to hear their beliefs repeated back to them. It reinforces their absurd ideas and validates them. It's the same reason why people listen to Rush Limbaugh - they like to exist in an echo chamber. +1 Yeah, I meant to say this is a really concise and articulate point, Josh. +1 from me when I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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