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by Rick
Tue Apr 27, 2010 1:23 pm
Forum: Philosophy and Religion
Topic: Quotes from Prof Dawkins
Replies: 92
Views: 17523

Re: Quotes from Prof Dawkins

I'd be surprised if someone thought for themselves and then decided to believe in a god based on the text in an extremely old book that had been modified for so many reasons by so many people for so long. If you're saying that someone exmined the bible and used it to prove the existence of god, the...
by Rick
Tue Apr 27, 2010 2:52 am
Forum: All our own work
Topic: Home for Random Thoughts
Replies: 4312
Views: 494820

Re: Home for Random Thoughts

A fly always flies backwards before it flies forwards.

To keep a fly from flying cup your hand and sweep it a little up and behind where the fly is sitting stationary.

You'll catch it every time...
by Rick
Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:04 pm
Forum: Philosophy and Religion
Topic: Quotes from Prof Dawkins
Replies: 92
Views: 17523

Re: Quotes from Prof Dawkins

Fine I'll let it go...
by Rick
Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:11 pm
Forum: Philosophy and Religion
Topic: Quotes from Prof Dawkins
Replies: 92
Views: 17523

Re: Quotes from Prof Dawkins

A fact keld? How about several? Mutations exist--fact 1. Some of these mutations are negative and lead to early deaths, some are neutral, and some are positive--fact 2. The positive mutations ar emutations which make it better for the individual to survive in its envrionment--fact 3 (don't believe ...
by Rick
Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:35 pm
Forum: Philosophy and Religion
Topic: Quotes from Prof Dawkins
Replies: 92
Views: 17523

Re: Quotes from Prof Dawkins

Post a "Fact" about the development of the human eye that has relevance to it "evolution". If you find any it is anecdotal but that's acceptable, yet not seen, conjecture on the part of the person doing the writing "this so this". Jesus contemporaries (both friend and foe) listed his works (and not ...
by Rick
Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:40 pm
Forum: Philosophy and Religion
Topic: Quotes from Prof Dawkins
Replies: 92
Views: 17523

Re: Quotes from Prof Dawkins

At least you came close. I am not arguing for a "God" per se. I am trying to point out that Dawkins poo poos to the point of calling anyone that believes in God a "Religious Nutter". However as I will mention one more time Dawkins "God" is evolution. He believes that a mechanism exists (but has neve...
by Rick
Mon Apr 26, 2010 2:32 pm
Forum: Philosophy and Religion
Topic: Quotes from Prof Dawkins
Replies: 92
Views: 17523

Re: Quotes from Prof Dawkins

When people are killed by falling minarets, or buses on their way to Lourdes crash killing the sick and innocent, does god laugh? What kind of question is that? OK then how does “Variable Speedism” to use the honest Mr Dawkins phrase work. let's use the eye as the example. Obviuosly no half formed ...
by Rick
Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:34 am
Forum: Philosophy and Religion
Topic: Quotes from Prof Dawkins
Replies: 92
Views: 17523

Re: Quotes from Prof Dawkins

Same holds true of many other prophets of various plentiful religions throughout the years (anthropologists would point out the universal human tendency to make up stories to explain life/natural experiences). Muhammad? He performed no miracles he was an epileptic that plagiarized the Jews... Whom ...
by Rick
Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:09 am
Forum: Philosophy and Religion
Topic: Quotes from Prof Dawkins
Replies: 92
Views: 17523

Re: Quotes from Prof Dawkins

Dawkins is intellectually dishonest. Since Darwin came up with his idea of natural selection in 1838, there have been some difficulties. Richard Goldschmidt recognized them as “Saltations” George Gaylord Simpson referred to them as “Quantum Evolution” Eldridge and Gould; “Punctuated Equilibrium” Daw...
by Rick
Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:03 pm
Forum: Lifestyle
Topic: Food calorie RIP
Replies: 14
Views: 2058

Re: Food calorie RIP

This place explains rather conclusively that a simple attention to calorie counting is not a way to predict weight control. The author shows how to groups of people consuming the exact same number of calories experienced very different results. The difference was in what was eaten; one group had a ...
by Rick
Sat Apr 24, 2010 4:20 pm
Forum: Lifestyle
Topic: Food calorie RIP
Replies: 14
Views: 2058

Re: Food calorie RIP

Food Calorie vs Calorie Food energy is the amount of energy obtained from food that is available through cellular respiration. Like other forms of energy, food energy is expressed in calories or joules. Some countries use the food calorie, which is equal to 1 kilocalorie (kcal), or 1,000 calories. ...
by Rick
Sat Apr 24, 2010 1:17 pm
Forum: News & Suggestions
Topic: New Skin
Replies: 21
Views: 3295

Re: New Skin

Thanx RB :D ...
by Rick
Fri Apr 23, 2010 7:53 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: My ride?
Replies: 37
Views: 8471

Re: My ride?

I don't "name" vehicles.

Although I refer to the State car (an Aveo) as the "Roller Skate"...
by Rick
Fri Apr 23, 2010 7:39 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: Gone mad
Replies: 21
Views: 4092

Re: Gone mad

A friend of mine had a German Wirehair that ate a pound and a half of Bologna.

She ran around with red rings hanging out her backside for a couple days...
by Rick
Fri Apr 23, 2010 7:14 pm
Forum: Lifestyle
Topic: Texting too much to give (or take) a crap
Replies: 21
Views: 4081

Re: Texting too much to give (or take) a crap

This:

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Not This:

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Just remember...
by Rick
Fri Apr 23, 2010 6:12 pm
Forum: Philosophy and Religion
Topic: Quotes from Prof Dawkins
Replies: 92
Views: 17523

Re: Quotes from Prof Dawkins

LCD?
by Rick
Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:05 am
Forum: The Arts
Topic: Sodom and Gomorrah come to Riverdale
Replies: 6
Views: 1672

Re: Sodom and Gomorrah come to Riverdale

I thought Fallwell was dead...
by Rick
Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:55 am
Forum: News & Suggestions
Topic: A request to the membership.
Replies: 127
Views: 21613

Re: A request to the membership.

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by Rick
Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:33 pm
Forum: Lifestyle
Topic: Could you really do it?
Replies: 19
Views: 3037

Re: Could you really do it?

I already live 30 minutes from anythang North Or South of me.

East or West, hours.

I don't consider that "away from it all"...
by Rick
Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:27 pm
Forum: Lifestyle
Topic: Could you really do it?
Replies: 19
Views: 3037

Re: Could you really do it?

Live?

No

Having a place as a getaway from it all?

I would love it...