September 25, 2007

c.layne · Post by **c.layne** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:19 am

This is a new thing since last I frequented these parts.

I guess I could complain about my schedule, but I haven't quite gotten tired of it yet. A little over a week ago I started a new job as the 11pm-7am concierge at a high rise condo in downtown nashville. it's pretty awesome because, as you can tell, i can do shit like this. i'm also watching the science channel!
i also work at a PF Changs, but it's like 2 hours a day rolling silverware and listening to my ipod, so that can barely be considered work.
soon i will be rich.
so i guess you guys'll be seeing more of me again. I can't guarantee i'll be doing any submissions any time soon, but i'll at least be a little more active on the boards than i have been the past couple of years. hopefully that'll be a good thing.

QotD:

I'm watching the 'Walking With [...]' series (hosted by Alec Baldwin?!) and I guess my question is this:

How awesome is evolution?

My answer: pretty awesome. the processes and the vast amount of time it's taken to get to us is mind boggling. you can track the evolution of my inability to continue to capitalize throughout a post in a matter of seconds, though!

Me$$iah · Post by **Me$$iah** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:26 am

Roll Call

Oh yes, another day. for me its the SOS

QOTD:

Oh it would be so awesome. If only it were true.

But as we all know, everything was created exactly as it is about 10,000 years ago. Then about 6000 years ago there was a flood.

Man I gotta stop watching these damn Hovind videos

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 4:32 am

Evolution definitely takes place over the long haul, as I don't feel too far off from a monkey, at least intellectually. I'm a lot less hairy, though. I don't see why things couldn't have turned out the way they did, by chance, given the supposed size and age of the universe.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 6:49 am

Me$$iah wrote:Roll Call

Oh yes, another day. for me its the SOS

QOTD:

Oh it would be so awesome. If only it were true.

But as we all know, everything was created exactly as it is about 10,000 years ago. Then about 6000 years ago there was a flood.

Man I gotta stop watching these damn Hovind videos

That was unnecessary. Things obviously evolve. Besides, all Christians don't necessarily believe that so literally. How come both can't be believed? To me, science is only the explanation of HOW God gets things done.

question: how did you get to Tampa?
answer: I flew here.

reaction: YOU FLEW HERE? Thats amazing! Wow...
explanation: Well, I got into an airplane that was designed to lift off the ground and travel through the air for a period of time before landing at another destination.

***

question: How was the universe created
answer: God made it.

reaction: COOL... thats amazing... wow
answer: Well, first there was this mass, then it broke apart with this explosion and then...

erik · Post by **erik** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:02 am

I basically only went to see Evolution because Julianne Moore was in it, and I think she's hot. The movie was as I expected: unawesome and very, very bad.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:06 am

Hoblit wrote:That was unnecessary. Things obviously evolve. Besides, all Christians don't necessarily believe that so literally. How come both can't be believed? To me, science is only the explanation of HOW God gets things done.

question: How was the universe created
answer: God made it.

reaction: COOL... thats amazing... wow
answer: Well, first there was this mass, then it broke apart with this explosion and then...

Then you have to define God. If God = AS YET UNKNOWN PROCESS then fine. Once you start assigning some supernatural "being" to the word "God" which has some conscious "plan" and "moral reason" for all existence (and this is somehow a fact because "we can't possibly understand all this in our little human brains") then you enter the realm of fiction. Which is cool, but call a spade a spade. Until we have some shred of positive proof to the contrary. Then call it whatever is appropriate at that stage. Though I like spades and what they stand for in this context.

"Did you make mankind after we made you?"

erik · Post by **erik** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:09 am

No one has to do anything.

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:24 am

Then everything is unnecessary.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:35 am

And everyone is insignificant.

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:58 am

Roymond: It took me three visits to this thread for the XTC quote to register with me. I'm getting old, I think.

Roll Call: Workin', and trying to take it easy on my shoulder. Still too stubborn to go to the doctor about it.

QotD: Evolution is just all right with me.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:12 am

Hoblit wrote:question: How was the universe created
answer: God made it.

reaction: COOL... thats amazing... wow
answer: Well, first there was this mass, then it broke apart with this explosion and then...

God + Science. Interesting. Just don't go all Scientologist on us, Hoblit. We don't need you jump on our couchs screaming about how much you love Songfight.

QotD:
Evolution is bothersome. It asks for a Solipsist to believe that the world started with a big bang and not the day that I woke up.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:27 am

jimtyrrell wrote:Roll Call: Workin', and trying to take it easy on my shoulder. Still too stubborn to go to the doctor about it.

I missed your description of your shoulder problem, but I waited 2 months to see an orthopedic surgeon for a shoulder injury (tennis - go figure). Turns out I tore my rotator cuff, and x-rays showed no other issues. There's little to do except protect it from further aggravation (like reaching overhead, to the back of shelves, washing your back, etc.) The check-up hurt a lot, and hasn't quite settled down to where it was before going in, but I at least feel more informed, though still in pain. It's hard not to use an arm.

So, Jim (I'm rambling on, I know) if your insurance allows, go see someone just to be sure, if that puts your mind at ease.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:27 am

evolution is rockin'.
-bill

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:41 am

As long as you ain't a dodo

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:43 am

roymond wrote:Then you have to define God.

erik wrote:No one has to do anything.

Yeah, I didn't get the Roymond provisioned and approved rule book revision 2.5 in the mail yet.

(not startin' nothin', just sayin'...ok ok...I guess I am being a little snarky, but I'ma jest kiddin' 'round yo)

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:51 am

HeuristicsInc wrote:evolution is rockin'. -bill

Rabid Garfunkel wrote:As long as you ain't a dodo

... they devolved. Thats devolution.

*snicker

Jefff · Post by **Jefff** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:49 am

Hoblit wrote:That was unnecessary. Things obviously evolve. Besides, all Christians don't necessarily believe that so literally.

He didn't say anything about "all Christians". Just Hovind -- who I'm sure wouldn't disagree with the characterization.

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:05 am

I joined a group on facebook called "If you don't believe in evolution then how the FUCK do you explain pokemon?"

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:55 am

fodroy wrote:I joined a group on facebook called "If you don't believe in evolution then how the FUCK do you explain pokemon?"

There's a wonderful Dan Bern song called NO MISSING LINK:

How else explain pay at the pump?
How else explain limited access freeways?
How else explain digital remastering?
Plastic flowers, linoleum, beefalo, Michael Jordan?
Religion?

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:25 pm

Jefff wrote:
Hoblit wrote:That was unnecessary. Things obviously evolve. Besides, all Christians don't necessarily believe that so literally.
He didn't say anything about "all Christians". Just Hovind -- who I'm sure wouldn't disagree with the characterization.

I'm afraid that his post only added Hovind as an after thought to the 'creationist slant' he painted first. However, being that he did not actually use the word Christians therefore the collective 'all Christians' angle, you are right. Perhaps I'm a little defensive at the sarcasm for believing any angle that opposes evolution as absolute. For that I apologize.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:50 pm

QOTD:

I ended up in the wrong chimpanzee species. I wish I was a bonobo.

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:48 pm

Caravan Ray wrote:QOTD:

I ended up in the wrong chimpanzee species. I wish I was an American.

Fixed

Evolution has really evolved, which is a good thing, otherwise everything would be stagnant and even worse, "God forbid", regressive.