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September 19, 2007

I Did Not Know THAT!!

Some 150 years ago, the British naturalist Charles Darwin proposed a theory based on various observations made during his travels, but which could not be supported by any subsequent scientific findings. In essence, his theory of evolution consisted of various scenarios, assumptions and conjectures that Darwin dreamed up in his own imagination.

Shit! From The Atlas of Creation.

Hat tip: Crooked Timber.

Posted by Jim Henley @ 9:17 pm, Filed under: Main

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10 Responses to “I Did Not Know THAT!!”

  1. Comment by somebody —
    September 19, 2007 @ 11:28 pm

    Heh. I wish Creationists would just ignore everything invented/discovered through the scientific method. They’d die pretty fast and I wouldn’t have to hear from them anymore.

  2. Comment by wade —
    September 20, 2007 @ 2:59 am

    also, “gravity” has been revealed to be just god pushing things down…

  3. Comment by bad Jim —
    September 20, 2007 @ 3:17 am

    Phil Plait found some nutcase who thought the uncertainty principle was the very root of modern moral relativism. What next? Is dark matter proof of original sin?

  4. Comment by Donald Johnson —
    September 20, 2007 @ 6:40 am

    I thought gravity was angels pulling things down, but I guess pushing would make more sense, given the relative locations.
    Unless we’re talking about fallen angels.

  5. Comment by Brian —
    September 20, 2007 @ 12:41 pm

    Nope. Gravity is simply the weight of SIN pulling us all down.

    Unless you join MY Church, of course, which means you will float freely like a butterfly, staring down dourly at the unenlightened.

    (I actually read somewhere, somewhen, that a “Christian” “Scientist” made this claim.)

  6. Comment by Brian —
    September 20, 2007 @ 12:42 pm

    bad Jim: I heartily recommend a fantasy trilogy by Philip Pullman-His Dark Materials. It’s written for young tweens around age 13 or so, but man some of the ideas and concepts are amazing, even for adult. “Dark Matter” is at the center of his cosmology.

  7. Comment by brucedene —
    September 20, 2007 @ 3:29 pm

    Neat little trick he does, claiming the (selective) fossil record refutes evolution. Other creationists will tell you that g*d planted fossils on a Thursday afternoon in 6000BC. I guess those are the ones that don’t resemble their descendents.

    I can see Kirk Cameron holding up a horseshoe crab, exclaiming, “Behold the evolutionist’s nightmare!”

  8. Comment by Jim Henley —
    September 20, 2007 @ 3:42 pm

    Well Bruce, they are ugly as shit. Who wouldn’t have nightmare?

  9. Comment by Mona —
    September 20, 2007 @ 7:01 pm

    Other creationists will tell you that g*d planted fossils on a Thursday afternoon in 6000BC.

    Which, of course, is a Satanic lie. The fossil record resulted from hydrodynamics during The Flood. Mammals (like, uh, elephants) were able to run from the rising tide faster, and that’s why we are at top of the strata. Henry Morris established all that decades ago.

  10. Comment by brucedene —
    September 21, 2007 @ 3:27 pm

    Hey, bananas weren’t cute either until they got all civilized,

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