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Kinda like another Andy Kaufman, eh?Seriously? Norm MacDonald! Granted, he's an acquired taste. Fired from SNL allegedly for not being funny, did two movies which flopped, 4 or 5 short-lived TV shows which flopped. But there are some of us in his cult following who think he might be the most brilliant comedian ever.
When he's just being honest, it's hard to tell if he's veering into performance art a la Andy Kaufman. There was a podcast once where they have comedians on to have funny interviews. He did like a full interview talking seriously about nothing but death for 2 hours, pausing occasionally to apologize "gee I guess this isn't very funny, is it".
I counted it twice and come up with 8.Isn't that four?
I count four.
Does anyone else count four?
Some would question your validity on the "Christianity" of these examples. I on the other hand will tell you that evolution is a complete lie. Read "The Origin of Species" and it's views on African Americans and tell me if it would even be allowed in the United States let alone its doctrine be taught in schools and considered a staple and the end all be all truth. As a matter of fact The THEORY of evolution is the cornerstone of what's wrong with this nation as a whole and Russia can be used as the utmost example. Karl Marx was a devout Christian, he went to public school and read Darwin's book. Soon after he denounced Christianity, developed the working theory of Communism and wrote a book. Not only that he wrote a letter to Darwin thanking him saying if not for him it wouldn't be possible and wanted to dedicate his book to Darwin (Darwin's wife told him he'd better stay away from it). Marx also died penniless and watched his kids starve. Another little footnote on the wonders of survival of the fittest, if Darwin knew so much take a little look into his life. Research his blood relation to his wife and the resulting afflictions of his children and what happened to them, if Darwin truly BELIEVED in evolution he would've known better. Darwin had ABSOLUTELY no idea of what he was talking about, the people that endorsed him didn't even believe him, they went along with him for civil and political gain. The main and ONLY reason that evolution exists is a Biblical, Godly reason. It's for God's purpose and used. It has a reason and is necessary even though it is FALSE.Meanwhile, these Christians have no difficulty accepting the evidence that evolution is true:
Pope Francis: “Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve.”
Pope John Paul: "In his encyclical Humani Generis (1950), my predecessor Pius XII has already affirmed that there is no conflict between evolution and the doctrine of the faith regarding man and his vocation, provided that we do not lose sight of certain fixed points." (That's a twofer, if you're counting)
Francis Collins: "But I have no difficulty putting that together with what I believe as a Christian because I believe that God had a plan to create creatures with whom he could have fellowship, in whom he could inspire [the] moral law, in whom he could infuse the soul, and who he would give free will as a gift for us to make decisions about our own behavior, a gift which we oftentimes utilize to do the wrong thing. I believe God used the mechanism of evolution to achieve that goal"
Alvin Plantinga: "The scientific theory of evolution just as such is entirely compatible with the thought that God has guided and orchestrated the course of evolution, planned and directed it, in such a way as to achieve the ends he intends."
Ken Miller: "It’s a fact that living things in the past were different than living things today, and it’s also a fact that when we examine fossils over hundreds of millions of years, we see a series of relationships from one time period to another that document ancestor-descendant relationships as we move forward or backward in time. So, if what one means is the process of change over time, evolution is as much a fact as anything we know in science."
Simon Conway Morris: "Evolution is true, it happens, it is the way the world is, and we too are one of its products. This does not mean that evolution does not have metaphysical implications; I remain convinced that this is the case."
Bishop John Shelby Spong: "The biblical story of the perfect and finished creation from which human beings fell into sin is pre-Darwinian mythology and post-Darwinian nonsense"
Some would question your validity on the "Christianity" of these examples. I on the other hand will tell you that evolution is a complete lie. Read "The Origin of Species" and it's views on African Americans and tell me if it would even be allowed in the United States let alone its doctrine be taught in schools and considered a staple and the end all be all truth. As a matter of fact The THEORY of evolution is the cornerstone of what's wrong with this nation as a whole and Russia can be used as the utmost example. Karl Marx was a devout Christian, he went to public school and read Darwin's book. Soon after he denounced Christianity, developed the working theory of Communism and wrote a book. Not only that he wrote a letter to Darwin thanking him saying if not for him it wouldn't be possible and wanted to dedicate his book to Darwin (Darwin's wife told him he'd better stay away from it). Marx also died penniless and watched his kids starve. Another little footnote on the wonders of survival of the fittest, if Darwin knew so much take a little look into his life. Research his blood relation to his wife and the resulting afflictions of his children and what happened to them, if Darwin truly BELIEVED in evolution he would've known better. Darwin had ABSOLUTELY no idea of what he was talking about, the people that endorsed him didn't even believe him, they went along with him for civil and political gain. The main and ONLY reason that evolution exists is a Biblical, Godly reason. It's for God's purpose and used. It has a reason and is necessary even though it is FALSE.
Everything living evolves.
I can sum it up in three words, too.
Kinda like another Andy Kaufman, eh?
Actually in the Darwinian sense that is false. Populations evolve, not individuals.
In another sense you are correct however it is correct. A baby evolves into an adult. In humans it is not a striking change, except in a legal sense there is no clear line between baby and adult.
Some would question your validity on the "Christianity" of these examples.
I on the other hand will tell you that evolution is a complete lie.
Read "The Origin of Species"
and it's views on African Americans and tell me if it would even be allowed in the United States let alone its doctrine be taught in schools and considered a staple and the end all be all truth.
As a matter of fact The THEORY of evolution
is the cornerstone of what's wrong with this nation as a whole and Russia can be used as the utmost example.
Karl Marx was a devout Christian,
he went to public school and read Darwin's book.
Soon after he denounced Christianity, developed the working theory of Communism and wrote a book.
Not only that he wrote a letter to Darwin thanking him saying if not for him it wouldn't be possible and wanted to dedicate his book to Darwin (Darwin's wife told him he'd better stay away from it). Marx also died penniless and watched his kids starve.
Another little footnote on the wonders of survival of the fittest, if Darwin knew so much take a little look into his life. Research his blood relation to his wife and the resulting afflictions of his children and what happened to them, if Darwin truly BELIEVED in evolution he would've known better.
Darwin had ABSOLUTELY no idea of what he was talking about, the people that endorsed him didn't even believe him, they went along with him for civil and political gain.
The main and ONLY reason that evolution exists is a Biblical, Godly reason. It's for God's purpose and used. It has a reason and is necessary even though it is FALSE.
Ya ... but we're still goofballs!I've actually read every post in this thread so far. It has actually convinced me evolution is true. That's because it started out as one thing, then it evolved into something else.
Wow!Here's an even more painful shaggy dog:
Not to toot my own horn, but my puns come out ahead. The puns you chuck out are calf level at best. Knock it off. You've butchered these long enough so stop milking the premise.That's what I herd.
Not to toot my own horn, but my puns come out ahead. The puns you chuck out are calf level at best. Knock it off. You've butchered these long enough so stop milking the premise.
Sorry to give you such a prime ribbing, not trying to be a jerky, just trying to corral this nonsense.
Ooh, ouch, a veritable blitzkrieg! Thread won, sir.Not to toot my own horn, but my puns come out ahead. The puns you chuck out are calf level at best. Knock it off. You've butchered these long enough so stop milking the premise.
Sorry to give you such a prime ribbing, not trying to be a jerky, just trying to corral this nonsense.
I can sum up my response to this in two words.
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