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Tigermilk · 03-13-2002, 11:24 AM

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Originally posted by IesusDomini:
To all Brits on the board:

When America has descended into a new theocratic dark age, will you chaps still be carrying the torch of science and reason? And will you give me a visa? Pretty-pretty-please? With sugar on top?

[ March 13, 2002: Message edited by: IesusDomini ]

Don't be so hasty - there's an ongoing debate in my local rag about Evolution - Creation. Same old lies being spouted, same old refutations being given by the few scientifically literate people responding.

<a href="http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=67372&command=newPage" target="_blank">North Staffs Sentinel </a>

A quick look through some of these letters will quickly enlighten as to the intellectual level of the debate. I never thought I'd see the day, really.

Edit - PS, One of the letters is attesting to the non-refuted status of Gentry's Polonium Halos. Now, I know enough about it to know that this is the same old, same old, but does anyone want to write an "layman version" that we can send in? Is there a version that a layman would understand, and that doesn't take more than a minute to read?

I guess that's what he's counting on. D'Oh!

[ March 13, 2002: Message edited by: Tigermilk ]

Corwin · 03-13-2002, 11:32 AM

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Don't be so hasty - there's an ongoing debate in my local rag about Evolution - Creation. Same old lies being spouted, same old refutations being given by the few scientifically literate people responding.

North Staffs Sentinel

A quick look through some of these letters will quickly enlighten as to the intellectual level of the debate. I never thought I'd see the day, really.

We just can't get away from them, can we?

trunks2k · 03-13-2002, 11:33 AM

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Originally posted by gravitybow:
caption:
Aerospace engineers installing windows inside biosphere

Actually, one of those guys looks like the type of "aerospace engineer" that throws people off of tall buildings to see if they can fly!

[ March 13, 2002: Message edited by: gravitybow ]

I don't get this "biosphere". All it is is a long, hollow metal tube. What is the point of it?

Jesus Tap-Dancin' Christ · 03-13-2002, 11:42 AM

No, we CAN'T get away from them--we MUST stop them here and now. No fucking appeasment with them. Didn't work with Hitler, ain't gonna work with Hovind. Or any of that fucking lot. BOMB THEM NOW!

gravitybow · 03-13-2002, 11:50 AM

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posted by trunks2k:
I don't get this "biosphere". All it is is a long, hollow metal tube. What is the point of it?

Carl Baugh is a proponent of the vapor canopy theory that says all of the waters that created Noah's flood fell from an ice barrier that encircled the Earth (the biblical firmament). Because of the weight of this canopy, the prediluvian atmospheric pressure was much greater than it is now and had a higher oxygen ratio. It is Baugh's contention that a pressurized "biosphere" recreating those early conditions will yield a massive increase in the size of the modern flora and fauna introduced into the chamber. The results are suppose to support the vapor canopy model.

Coragyps · 03-13-2002, 12:49 PM

I don't think we should even start on why a narrow tube is going to be called a biosphere, but hey, now at least Baugh's museum won't have tires. What a maroon!

Corwin · 03-13-2002, 12:51 PM

Of course if he tries to raise animals in that thing instead of plants he'd better be ready for some really stoned/dead animals....

At least unless he makes it a helium mix instead of nitrogen.

gravitybow · 03-13-2002, 01:14 PM

Oh, now that sounds grisly...

Instead of looking in the portals to see a recreation of paradise, there'll be a whole lotta twitchin' going on.

Corwin · 03-13-2002, 01:16 PM

I can see Gish standing up on the stage now....
'Let's open up the chamber and bring these huge animals out where you can see them PROPERLY as GOD intended you to!!!!'

*BOOM*

'Ummmm.... Dr. Gish? You have entrails in your hairpiece....'

gravitybow · 03-13-2002, 01:19 PM

"Mommy, why is blood coming out of that giant squirrel's nose? Mommy, I'm scared!"

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03-13-2002, 11:42 AM	#24
Jesus Tap-Dancin' Christ Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Heaven Posts: 6,980	No, we CAN'T get away from them--we MUST stop them here and now. No fucking appeasment with them. Didn't work with Hitler, ain't gonna work with Hovind. Or any of that fucking lot. BOMB THEM NOW!

03-13-2002, 12:49 PM	#26
Coragyps Veteran Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Snyder,Texas,USA Posts: 4,411	I don't think we should even start on why a narrow tube is going to be called a biosphere, but hey, now at least Baugh's museum won't have tires. What a maroon!

03-13-2002, 12:51 PM	#27
Corwin Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 4,369	Of course if he tries to raise animals in that thing instead of plants he'd better be ready for some really stoned/dead animals.... At least unless he makes it a helium mix instead of nitrogen.

03-13-2002, 01:14 PM	#28
gravitybow Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Washington, NC Posts: 1,696	Oh, now that sounds grisly... Instead of looking in the portals to see a recreation of paradise, there'll be a whole lotta twitchin' going on.

03-13-2002, 01:16 PM	#29
Corwin Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 4,369	I can see Gish standing up on the stage now.... 'Let's open up the chamber and bring these huge animals out where you can see them PROPERLY as GOD intended you to!!!!' BOOM 'Ummmm.... Dr. Gish? You have entrails in your hairpiece....'

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