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diogenez's avatar

"One nation under God" - er, proof, please...

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π”…π”’π”’π”©π”·π”’π”Ÿπ”²π”Ÿπ”Ÿπ”ž's avatar

Kitzmiller v. Dover 2005. The Intelligent Design Trial A School in Dover, Pa preaches Intelligent Design in a Public School.

FIFY

What's really pathetic is that the fundies are too fucking idiotic to figure out that they cannot possibly win. The fact that Science is never 100% sure of anything -- which the fundies believe is its weak point -- is what ensures that it wins out, every time.

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FeloniousMonk's avatar

Well, shoot. I had a really witty reply to this*, but IntenseDebate keeps eating it. Man from Porlock! Don't talk to me about no man from Porlock!

*No I didn't, but you can't prove that, can you? Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence! Donc, Dieu existe!

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π”…π”’π”’π”©π”·π”’π”Ÿπ”²π”Ÿπ”Ÿπ”ž's avatar

God made the universe with those photons already on the way. (Actual Xtard answer.)

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And how come lab"man" ain't got no p-ness?

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So long as the kids can ask the same questions in Sunday school, I think I might be OK with this.

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Keep your phone wrapped in aluminum foil when not in use.

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Needs to be tested experimentally. For confidence, I recommend a fairly high value of N-1.

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. . . he'll be able to ask God how old the moon is, in person.

FIFY

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My eyes are going. I read that as "if we were bombed by 14ht Century fundamentalists." Just confused by the daily news, I guess.

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There's a ton of pieces of the True Cross, relics revered by true believers all over the world. Literally, a ton. (Which proves that Jeebus was strong!)

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You can use the Bible, 'cause it's the word of God. It says so right there in the Bible! (QED and suchlike, also.)

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This will take all the fun out of teaching Freudian psychology.

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