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10-06-2012, 01:46 PM
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More Utterances from a GOP House Science Committee Member
"God's word is true. I've come to understand that. All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the big bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell," said Broun, who is an MD. "It's lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior.
"You see, there are a lot of scientific data that I've found out as a scientist that actually show that this is really a young Earth. I don't believe that the earth's but about 9,000 years old. I believe it was created in six days as we know them. That's what the Bible says." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...n_1944808.html What in the world are assclowns like this guy (and Todd Akin, BTW) doing serving on the House Science Committee?
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10-06-2012, 02:15 PM
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I think they're there for the same reason that the Republicans have James Ihofe on Environment and Public Works. These people are appointed to these committees precisely because they are opposed to the role of the committee on which they serve. John
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10-11-2012, 03:07 PM
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10-17-2012, 02:58 PM
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Define "DAY". Gotta love these yahoos who take every work in the Bible literally.
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10-17-2012, 06:23 PM
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10-17-2012, 08:15 PM
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I don't believe in god or follow any religion, but neither do I blindly follow and/or just accept everything put forth thus far by science. Theories and hypothesis, much of it unverifiable. So some of this stuff is anyone's guess. The bible was partly an accounting of the science available at the time. I've tried to find scientific proof for a lot of issues where it just isn't there. It all takes a leap of faith so I try not to knock religious theology too hard. Who am I to say one faith is better than another. As long as killing people or knowingly lying to people isn't part of it. A lot of science and religion is actually on equal footing in terms of proof.
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10-17-2012, 08:18 PM
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10-17-2012, 08:34 PM
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 The twinkle in the parents eyes?
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I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. - Mr. Underhill
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10-17-2012, 08:47 PM
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The most practical answer is that human life begins at the point of viability, or the point at which a fetus can survive on its own. That's around 6 or 7 months (I think). Early Christians put it at the moment of "quickening". That's the moment that the mother first feels the child moving inside her. Somewhat later, in the Dark Ages, Christianity permitted abortion if the aborted fetus didn't look human.  Jews, at around the time of Christ considered that a child wasn't fully human until it had survived for a month. This whole thing about being human at the time of conception is very recent and, again, philosophical rather than scientific. John
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