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| Found this on The Abstract Factory's xanga: This is so good, it had to be repeated. Enjoy  .
The only debate on Intelligent Design that is worthy of its subject
Moderator: We're here today to debate the hot new topic, evolution versus Intelligent Des---
(Scientist pulls out baseball bat.)
Moderator: Hey, what are you doing?
(Scientist breaks Intelligent Design advocate's kneecap.)
Intelligent Design advocate: YEAAARRRRGGGHHHH! YOU BROKE MY KNEECAP!
Scientist: Perhaps it only appears that I broke your kneecap. Certainly, all the
evidence points to the hypothesis I broke your kneecap. For example,
your kneecap is broken; it appears to be a fresh wound; and I am holding
a baseball bat, which is spattered with your blood. However, a mere preponderance
of evidence doesn't mean anything. Perhaps your kneecap was designed that way.
Certainly, there are some features of the current situation that are inexplicable
according to the "naturalistic" explanation you have just advanced, such as the
exact contours of the excruciating pain that you are experiencing right now.
Intelligent Design advocate: AAAAH! THE PAIN!
Scientist: Frankly, I personally find it completely implausible that the random
actions of a scientist such as myself could cause pain of this particular kind.
I have no precise explanation for why I find this hypothesis implausible --- it just is.
Your knee must have been designed that way!
Intelligent Design advocate: YOU BASTARD! YOU KNOW YOU DID IT!
Scientist: I surely do not. How can we know anything for certain? Frankly,
I think we should expose people to all points of view. Furthermore, you
should really re-examine whether your hypothesis is scientific at all: the
breaking of your kneecap happened in the past, so we can't rewind and
run it over again, like a laboratory experiment. Even if we could, it wouldn't
prove that I broke your kneecap the previous time. Plus, let's not even get into
the fact that the entire universe might have just popped into existence right before
I said this sentence, with all the evidence of my alleged kneecap-breaking already pre-formed.
Intelligent Design advocate: That's a load of bullshit sophistry! Get me a doctor
and a lawyer, not necessarily in that order, and we'll see how that plays in court!
Scientist (turning to audience): And so we see, ladies and gentlemen, when push
comes to shove, advocates of Intelligent Design do not actually believe any of the
arguments that they profess to believe. When it comes to matters that hit home,
they prefer evidence, the scientific method, testable hypotheses, and naturalistic
explanations. In fact, they strongly privilege naturalistic explanations over
supernatural hocus-pocus or metaphysical wankery. It is only within the
reality-distortion field of their ideological crusade that they give credence
to the flimsy, ridiculous arguments which we so commonly see on display.
I must confess, it kind of felt good, for once, to be the one spouting free-form
bullshit; it's so terribly easy and relaxing, compared to marshaling rigorous
arguments backed up by empirical evidence. But I fear that if I were to continue,
then it would be habit-forming, and bad for my soul. Therefore, I bid you adieu.
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| It amazes me time and time again how people can be so close in range...
And yet so distant. My parents used to show me that a lot, and it still
boggles me.
Oh well, what you can say? Sometimes, life just bites you in the ass
time
and time again for things that you wish it wouldn't. Ever have one
of those days when you just fail at life completely? Yeah.
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| Some good links:
An incredible view of the the human brain's magnetic activity:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:User-FastFission-brain.gif
This is the cutest thing! Seeing this made me really want to squish something... Is that a good thing?
Sorry guys, no way to make it smaller. (The picture at the bottom.)
And I'm also rethinking my meat eating... I've come to talk to a few
people and have seen
some really disturbing things lately. My friend
gave me this website, which I think everyone should watch.
People
should at least be aware of what their choices fully entail. I only
wish
I had known, or taken the time to really look into it. Thanks
Andrea.
http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/video.asp?video=meet_your_meat&Player=wm&speed=_med
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| Have some good halloween fun here!
http://www.liquidgeneration.com/sabotage/pumpkin_carve.asp
Just don't hate me afterwards 
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I got this from ebonywnds site. I don't usually participate in
these, but I will admit this one is funny in a sad way, and the next
one is beautiful. I hope the second one really does exist:
1)
Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things
like eyeglasses, polyester, liposuction and air conditioning.
2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
3)
Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy
behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has
legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.
4) Straight
marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women
are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is
still illegal.
5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if
gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Brittany Spears' 55-hour
just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.
6) Straight marriages
are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile
couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our
orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.
7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
8)
Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours,
the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's
why we have only one religion in America.
9) Children can never
succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we
as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.
10)
Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never
adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the
service-sector economy, or longer life spans...
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Re-post this if you believe in legalizing gay marriage.
I am the guy who came out to the entire school in his senior speech and got a standing ovation for his courage.
I am the girl who kisses her girlfriend on the sidewalk and laughs at those who glare.
We are the couple who planned and studied and got a damn good lawyer and BEAT the state that wanted to take our child away.
We are the ones who took martial arts classes and carry pepper spray and are just too dangerous to gay bash.
I
am the transgender person who uses the bathroom that suits me, and
demands that any complaining staff explain their complaint to my face
in front of the entire restaurant--and shares with my other trans
friends which restaurants don't raise a stink.
I am the mother who told her lesbian daughter to invite her girlfriend over for dinner.
I am the father who punished his son for calling you a fag.
I am the preacher who told my congregation that love, not hate, is the definition of a true follower of God.
I
am the girl who did not learn the meaning of "homosexual" until high
school but never thought to question why two men might be kissing.
I
am the woman who argues (quite loudly and vehemently) with the bigots
who insist that you do not have the right to marry or raise children.
We are the high school class who agrees, unanimously, along with our teacher, that love should be all that matters.
If you agree, repost this. Do it. You don't have to be afraid. You can handle it. You're stronger than you think.
I am making a difference. Hate will not win
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