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The World Clock.
Topic Started: Dec 31 2007, 11:39 AM (455 Views)
George K
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http://www.peterrussell.com/Odds/WorldClock.php
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Frank_W
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Fascinating... Not unlike observing an ant colony.
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
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Aqua Letifer
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Watching the quick accumulation of life and death numbers really helps me see Moonbat's side of things.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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CTPianotech
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In what respect?
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Frank_W
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Aqua Letifer
Dec 31 2007, 03:17 PM
Watching the quick accumulation of life and death numbers really helps me see Moonbat's side of things.

Makes me think of kids moving in and out of a classroom. ;)
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Aqua Letifer
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CTPianotech
Dec 31 2007, 12:23 PM
In what respect?

Well, not just Moonbat's side of things. More specifically, distilling life and death into a series of statistics has a way of painting a view of things that is not at all special. For example, (not to get too morbid but) the death of a loved one is a pretty significant event but if you watch the World Clock, you can see that 1-2 people die every second around here.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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John D'Oh
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Dec 31 2007, 03:36 PM
CTPianotech
Dec 31 2007, 12:23 PM
In what respect?

Well, not just Moonbat's side of things. More specifically, distilling life and death into a series of statistics has a way of painting a view of things that is not at all special. For example, (not to get too morbid but) the death of a loved one is a pretty significant event but if you watch the World Clock, you can see that 1-2 people die every second around here.

I find that trying to comprehend the size of the entire universe, and then looking at the relative size of our oh-so-important planet, takes away the illusion of our (and my) significance pretty quickly. The only real difference between that and this model is that we haven't got a bloody clue what's going on in the vast majority of the universe.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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George K
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John D'Oh
Dec 31 2007, 03:41 PM
I find that trying to comprehend the size of the entire universe, and then looking at the relative size of our oh-so-important planet, takes away the illusion of our (and my) significance pretty quickly. The only real difference between that and this model is that we haven't got a bloody clue what's going on in the vast majority of the universe.

It's OK, John, we're all just going down the
Toilet anyway.


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John D'Oh
Dec 31 2007, 12:41 PM

I find that trying to comprehend the size of the entire universe, and then looking at the relative size of our oh-so-important planet, takes away the illusion of our (and my) significance pretty quickly. The only real difference between that and this model is that we haven't got a bloody clue what's going on in the vast majority of the universe.

I can't imagine what it was like to hear Kepler break the news that we're not nearly as special was we thought we were. Earth is not the center of the universe. It's not the center of the galaxy either, or even the center of our own solar system. It's not a perfect circle, and its revolution around the Sun isn't, either. Also, it's not nearly the oldest property in the neighborhood. Sounds like a total downer to me.

Yeah, Earth has a lot of flaws, no matter how special we think it is. But maybe it's special anyway. And maybe people are like that, too. :smile:
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Well, perfect people are too perfect to have time for or need things like love, care, compassion, forgiveness. I'd much rather be flawed, I think. Maybe when we fix all of our flaws, or most of them, it's time to "graduate."
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Dec 31 2007, 03:49 PM
John D'Oh
Dec 31 2007, 03:41 PM
I find that trying to comprehend the size of the entire universe, and then looking at the relative size of our oh-so-important planet, takes away the illusion of our (and my) significance pretty quickly. The only real difference between that and this model is that we haven't got a bloody clue what's going on in the vast majority of the universe.

It's OK, John, we're all just going down the
Toilet anyway.

Isn't that amazing. I wonder if God loved the dinosaurs as much as he loves us. He certainly doesn't talk about them much in the Bible even if he did let them play for so much longer than we've had.
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I wonder if God loved the dinosaurs as much as he loves us. He certainly doesn't talk about them much in the Bible even if he did let them play for so much longer than we've had.


i always thought the reason the dinosaurs were created was so spielberg could make a fortune making jurassic park.
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Don't be silly, Bach, the 'dinosaurs' didn't actually exist. The fossil remains were put there by god to test our faith in his revealed word, the holy bible.

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u mean spielberg used computer animated models????

im so disappointed.
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Jan 1 2008, 08:12 AM
Don't be silly, Bach, the 'dinosaurs' didn't actually exist. The fossil remains were put there by god to test our faith in his revealed word, the holy bible.

Now that's just silly.
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Actually, God put the dinosaurs here so that 10s of millions of years hence kenny would have something to put in that carbon-belching stink-pot that he insists on driving every day.


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Jan 1 2008, 09:30 AM
Actually, God put the dinosaurs here so that 10s of millions of years hence kenny would have something to put in that carbon-belching stink-pot that he insists on driving every day.

Who's Kenny?


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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... "
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Nothing is as effective as homeopathy.

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Larry
Jan 1 2008, 06:11 AM
jon-nyc
Jan 1 2008, 08:12 AM
Don't be silly, Bach, the 'dinosaurs' didn't actually exist.  The fossil remains were put there by god to test our faith in his revealed word, the holy bible.

Now that's just silly.

Is it?

According to Gallup Polls in 1982, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004 where 44%, 47%, 44%, 47%, 45%, 45%, respectively, believed “God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so."

http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2006/0131colleges.asp

Young Earth creationism is the belief that the Earth was created by God within the last ten thousand years, literally as described in Genesis, within the approximate timeframe of biblical genealogies (detailed for example in the Ussher chronology). Young Earth creationists often believe that the Universe has a similar age as the Earth. Creationist cosmologies are attempts by some creationist thinkers to give the universe an age consistent with the Ussher chronology and other Young-Earth timeframes.

This view is held by many Protestant Christians in the USA. It is also estimated that 47% of Americans hold this view, and almost 10% of Christian colleges teach it.[38] The Christian organizations Institute for Creation Research (ICR), El Cajon, California, USA, and the Creation Research Society (CRS), Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA both promote Young Earth Creationism. Another organization with similar views, Answers in Genesis (AIG) Ministries based in the Greater Cincinnati area, has opened a Creation Museum to promote Young Earth Creationism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creationism
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jon-nyc
Jan 1 2008, 09:12 AM
Don't be silly, Bach, the 'dinosaurs' didn't actually exist. The fossil remains were put there by god to test our faith in his revealed word, the holy bible.

The fossil was put there by special order, alright. But you clearly need to brush up on The Guide.
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