Stephen Hawking changes his mind ...

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Someone once told me;
"They will poo-poo the word of people who study empirical evidence, but wouldn't dream of questioning the word of a guy who listens to the advice of flaming shrubbery."

Dave

What a great line, I can't stop laughing.

[Deczor]

Don't get me wrong. I was raised a catholic and had a lot of dealings with the church when I was a kid. A good portion, by no means a majority though, of the priests and bishops I've met and talked to have been really genuine and caring people, not to mention very well educated. (the others were all bitter, idiot, stubborn, power-hungry wind-bags)

Thing is, the good guys would be that even if they weren't part of any church. I'd go further to say that their faith has limited them in that they can't have families to pass on their excellent genes to or be good fathers to potentially awesome kids. Also, they are limited in ideas they can have or things they can do. They are unable to partake in the full pantheon of human expression or intellectualism because of what some dudes wrote few hundred years ago. So, in my mind, that makes the guys I'm talking about idiots too.

Too wide a brush? Well, I don't know what a spade is, but I call a shovel a 'shovel'.

[whell]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Someone once told me;
"They will poo-poo the word of people who study empirical evidence, but wouldn't dream of questioning the word of a guy who listens to the advice of flaming shrubbery."

Dave

Oh, hell. Is Obama playing with matches again??

[BlueStreak]

Yeah, that's what it is....................

Dave

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Yeah, that's what it is....................

Dave

Hey Blue, Having that distinguished-looking gentleman in your avatar gets me mixed up between you and Merrylander. But then, I'm easily confused.

Regards,

D-Ray

[piece-itpete]

Thank the moderates for answering that, I leave it unanswered

Originally Posted by finnbow

Actually the theory put forth in his book (Chariots of the Gods) is more plausible than those espoused in the Bible, IMHO. That, however, is what one might call "Damning with faint praise."

You've GOT to be kidding!

Originally Posted by whell

Oh, hell. Is Obama playing with matches again??

Bam! lol.

Pete

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

Hey Blue, Having that distinguished-looking gentleman in your avatar gets me mixed up between you and Merrylander. But then, I'm easily confused.

Regards,

D-Ray

Samuel Gompers. Please don't tell me you don't know who he was.

Dave

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Actually the theory put forth in his book (Chariots of the Gods) is more plausible than those espoused in the Bible, IMHO. That, however, is what one might call "Damning with faint praise."

+1!

So, what about "Battlestar"? Are we all Cylon/human hybrids who owe our monotheistic bent to our robot half?

John

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Someone once told me;
"They will poo-poo the word of people who study empirical evidence, but wouldn't dream of questioning the word of a guy who listens to the advice of flaming shrubbery."

Dave

NI!

John