Under attack by the intelligent and educated

[billvon 3,131]

Great quote from pastor Ray Mummert, who is upset that evolution is being taught in schools - "We've been attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of the culture."

How dare the intelligent and educated segment of society try to educate children! We need to put the more qualified high school dropouts in charge here. That way we can redefine pi as 3, eliminate those difficult foreign languages, and get back to the basics - readin, ritin and religion.

(edited to add link to story)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1548&ncid=1548&e=1&u=/afp/20050327/lf_afp/uspoliticsreligion

[markd_nscr986 0]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

That is too much.......he clearly doesnt have a clue how "ignorant" that sounds

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[TheAnvil 0]

One would have hoped that William Jennings Bryan's defeat in the Scopes trial put an end to such things.

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[EricTheRed 0]

How about this Bill?

http://www.startribune.com/stories/389/5308564.html

It's amazing to me, but hey, who am I to argue with GOD, eh?

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[shropshire 0]

These fundamentalists are scary - No really they are! Tolerance is just NOT in their vocab!!

They'll be bringing back the Inquisition soon and no one suspects the Spanish Inquisition !

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Great quote from pastor Ray Mummert, who is upset that evolution is being taught in schools - "We've been attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of the culture."

How dare the intelligent and educated segment of society try to educate children! We need to put the more qualified high school dropouts in charge here. That way we can redefine pi as 3, eliminate those difficult foreign languages, and get back to the basics - readin, ritin and religion.

(edited to add link to story)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1548&ncid=1548&e=1&u=/afp/20050327/lf_afp/uspoliticsreligion

Ahhh yes, and you can't turn on the TV right now without seeing more of the same nonsensical bollocks from the parasites feeding off the Schiavo debacle.

The GOP may have risen to power on the work and commmittment of evangelical conservatives, but I suspect that now the bill is due, they are going to have to face some very unpleasant choices.

You only have to see that it took less than 24 hours for them to turn on Jeb Bush when he actually suggested following the law, to see that they expect nothing less than total obedience now that they control all the branches of government effectively.

It's also nice to see that the intelligent and educated section of the country is beginning to see just how great a challenge to constitutional checks and balances this represents, and is beginning to sit up and take notice.

We're not a theocracy.

Yet.

[DrunkMonkey 0]

They want the teachers to preach The Jesus to the kinder of the Godless Jewish family and the Heathen Muslim Cabal down the road.

The end desired state of these folk is that one day, Little Irving will come home sans Yarmulke, and Little Muhammad will be coming home gnawing on a pork chop, both praising The Jesus at the Taxpayer's expense.

It's contrary to everything this country stands for.

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***They'll be bringing back the Inquisition soon and no one suspects the Spanish Inquisition !

HA HA HA. That just reminded me of the Mel Brookes movie, History of the World, where they are dancing and singing of all the great things that the Inquistion represents. Mel is one funny dude.

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When you're out of the blue and into the black."
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They'll be bringing back the Inquisition soon and no one suspects the Spanish Inquisition !

Our main weapon is surprise, surprise and fea.. Two! Our two main weapons are surprise, fear and a fanatical efficiency.. Three! Our three main....

Ok, I'd better stop there before I make myself look like a geek


Edit: Bring me (Dadaaa) THE COMFY CHAIR!!!!!

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[kallend 2,175]

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They'll be bringing back the Inquisition soon and no one suspects the Spanish Inquisition !

Our main weapon is surprise, surprise and fea.. Two! Our two main weapons are surprise, fear and a fanatical efficiency.. Three! Our three main....

Ok, I'd better stop there before I make myself look like a geek


Edit: Bring me (Dadaaa) THE COMFY CHAIR!!!!!

Too late, Geek!

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That way we can redefine pi as 3

Didn't they just do exactly this in Indiana or some such?

(I think they "officially" made it 3.2)

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[billvon 3,131]

>Didn't they just do exactly this in Indiana or some such?

Yep. Unfortunately you don't have to make this stuff up.

A recent editorial suggested that colleges compile a list of school districts that teach creationism, pi=3, the universe is only 8000 years old etc and select students accordingly. Liberal arts and political science programs might still choose students from such areas, but engineering, hard science and medical programs could avoid some grief by steering clear of such school districts.

[jakee 1,609]

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Too late, Geek!

Damn!

Banged to rights and no mistake guvnor!

And Bill, Pi=3... That was just a joke right?

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[billvon 3,131]

>And Bill, Pi=3... That was just a joke right?

Nope. After all, the bible defines pi as 3. The passage is in 1 Kings 7:23:

‘And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.’

The law in Indiana was actually that pi = 3.2, or 4, or 3.23 depending on which formula in the bill was finally voted on. The state house approved the bill unanimously; it then went on to the senate. The senate ended up discussing it, but then tabled it when a visiting Purdue professor thought it was insane. From a newspaper account of it:

"Although the bill was not acted on favorably no one who spoke against it intimated that there was anything wrong with the theories it advances. All of the Senators who spoke on the bill admitted that they were ignorant of the merits of the proposition. It was simply regarded as not being a subject for legislation."

Thanks to a Purdue professor that happened to stumble by, Indiana now has pizzas that fit within their circumference and manhole covers that don't fall through the manhole.

[jakee 1,609]

Thanks.

That is funnier than any joke I could possibly have thought of

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[pajarito 0]

I guess you're just as guilty of posting extremist views with the intent of implying that they are representative of the majority as anyone else, huh Bill?

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I guess you're just as guilty of posting extremist views with the intent of implying that they are representative of the majority as anyone else, huh Bill?

I suspect that if he's talking about the idiots attempting to redefine Pi as a constant, he probably is representing the majority view.

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>And Bill, Pi=3... That was just a joke right?

Nope. After all, the bible defines pi as 3. The passage is in 1 Kings 7:23:

‘And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.’

I hope you didn't think this was actually going to fly. There's a discussion on the topic here:

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:4Ursqtt0tJQJ:www.apocalipsis.org/difficulties/pi.htm+1+kings+7:23&hl=en

I don't normally post in this section of the site, but come on, that was silly.

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I guess you're just as guilty of posting extremist views with the intent of implying that they are representative of the majority as anyone else, huh Bill?

I suspect that if he's talking about the idiots attempting to redefine Pi as a constant, he probably is representing the majority view.

Pi IS a constant(at least in Euclidean geometry). The value of pi does not change. What they are redifining it as is the WRONG constant.

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This ignores that fact that God does not dictate the bible, but uses humans in their own historical and social context.

Hence why you shouldn't use the Bible for any scientific matters.

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Hence why you shouldn't use the Bible for any scientific matters.

I don't. It's primary purpose isn't to be a science book.

Added: That's not to say that what the Bible states isn't true with regard to science. It all has to be kept in context. It just that its purpose isn't to give "definitive" scientific answers. Its purpose isn't to break scientific problems down for us. Its purpose is to break down our personal problems with morality and selfishness and to show a way to repair our relationship with God. A secondary purpose is also to give a historical account of the Jewish people. An account of their trials and tribulations with regard to the above.

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When I go to a book store, I can find the bible in the fiction section right?

Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

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When I go to a book store, I can find the bible in the fiction section right?

Maybe in some book stores.

Added: Don't get me wrong. I think it's asinine to ignore what we've found through science. The search for knowledge is a good thing (and is in our nature) and the best answers we've come up with so far should be taught to children in school (and adults; including those radicals mentioned in the article ). That's just my opinion. I'm pretty sure the article posted by Billvon doesn't represent the majority of Christians.