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Old August 30th 06, 01:49 PM posted to alt.atheism,alt.astronomy,alt.messianic,rec.arts.sf.written,sci.space.policy
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Default Reich-Wing Vatican Dumps Darwinist-Boosting Astronomer

In article .com,
says...

Sound of Trumpet wrote:
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/aug/06082104.html


Monday August 21, 2006


Vatican Dumps Darwinist-Boosting Astronomer

By Hilary White


False alarm. The headline reflects the propaganda
goals of the Reich-wing, and not reality.

Fact is, the man was born in 1933. If you're having
some difficulty with the math (and if you're a
creationist git then surely you are) that would make
him 73 years old.


And he has cancer. Both is age and medical condition would be pretty
good reasons for retiring. If the vatican opposes his views then the
pope can just flat out contradict him on the spot. There's no need for
them to beat around the bush. The fact is that the vatican doesn't know
what lie to tell next, so, for now, they're keeping their ignorant mouths
shut.

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Old August 30th 06, 03:27 PM posted to alt.atheism,alt.astronomy,alt.messianic,rec.arts.sf.written,sci.space.policy
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On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:49:34 -0600, in a place far, far away, quibbler
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

Fact is, the man was born in 1933. If you're having
some difficulty with the math (and if you're a
creationist git then surely you are) that would make
him 73 years old.


And he has cancer. Both is age and medical condition would be pretty
good reasons for retiring. If the vatican opposes his views then the
pope can just flat out contradict him on the spot. There's no need for
them to beat around the bush. The fact is that the vatican doesn't know
what lie to tell next, so, for now, they're keeping their ignorant mouths
shut.


Speaking of keeping ignorant mouths shut, maybe you should work on
your own. The Church does not oppose evolution. Creationism is a
Protestant thing.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/.../evolution.php
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Old August 30th 06, 03:41 PM posted to alt.atheism,alt.astronomy,alt.messianic,rec.arts.sf.written,sci.space.policy
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On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:27:15 GMT, h
(Rand Simberg) spake thusly:


Speaking of keeping ignorant mouths shut, maybe you should work on
your own. The Church does not oppose evolution. Creationism is a
Protestant thing.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/.../evolution.php

Creation is a Biblical thing.


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Old August 30th 06, 04:08 PM posted to sci.space.policy,rec.arts.sf.written
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Michael Grosberg wrote:
Brad Guth wrote:
Perhaps George Coyne, as being outside the lethal range of the Pope's
stun-gun, will even go so far as to dare to appreciate upon what the
unlikely as Catholic nor Jewish Venusian environment as having been only
a touch physically hot and somewhat nasty as hell, because it's so
geothermally alive and kicking. At least there's been no other physics
nor available science proving otherwise.


That's the strangest piece of syntax I've even seen in English outside
of chinese electrical appliance user manuals.


It looks like a machine translation of German. Though a German
intellectual could probably manage the above paragraph with only a
single full stop.

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Old August 30th 06, 04:14 PM posted to alt.atheism,alt.astronomy,alt.messianic,rec.arts.sf.written,sci.space.policy
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Pastor Dave wrote:
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:27:15 GMT, h
(Rand Simberg) spake thusly:


Speaking of keeping ignorant mouths shut, maybe you should work on
your own. The Church does not oppose evolution. Creationism is a
Protestant thing.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/.../evolution.php

Creation is a Biblical thing.

And intepreting the bible literally is an (American) protestant thing.
(Though a characteristic shared by many Jews and Muslims).

Treating the bibe as gospel!

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Old August 30th 06, 04:21 PM posted to alt.atheism,alt.astronomy,alt.messianic,rec.arts.sf.written,sci.space.policy
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Jon Schild wrote:
Double-A wrote:
The Mormon Church has its own dilemma when confronted by modern
science:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/20...-dna-lds_x.htm

Double-A


Well, nobody sane ever claimed that either the Vatican or the mormon big
brethren were hotbeads of liberal thinking or free inquiry.


Within many areas, including science, the Vatican is certainly a free
inquiry zone, and has been for a few Centuries now.

Granted, in other areas this is not the case. It does tend however to
be more forgiving of liberal thinking than many other major religions.

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Old August 30th 06, 04:26 PM posted to alt.atheism,alt.astronomy,alt.messianic,rec.arts.sf.written,sci.space.policy
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Rand Simberg wrote:
Speaking of keeping ignorant mouths shut, maybe you should work on
your own. The Church does not oppose evolution. Creationism is a
Protestant thing.


Until now that has been the case, but the German guy in the Vatican
with the silly hat has dropped some hints about embracing intelligent
design theory. We'll see if he carries through with that. Hopefully
it's all a lot of hot air and nothing will come of it.

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Old August 30th 06, 04:37 PM posted to alt.atheism,alt.astronomy,alt.messianic,rec.arts.sf.written,sci.space.policy
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On 30 Aug 2006 08:14:59 -0700, "Alex Terrell"
spake thusly:


Speaking of keeping ignorant mouths shut, maybe you should work on
your own. The Church does not oppose evolution. Creationism is a
Protestant thing.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/.../evolution.php


Creation is a Biblical thing.

And intepreting the bible literally is an (American) protestant thing.
(Though a characteristic shared by many Jews and Muslims).

Treating the bibe as gospel!


You can try to dodge the Scriptures if you want to.
But it is hypocrisy to claim that one believes in a
denomination that claims to believe the Scriptures
and then tosses the basic idea of the Scriptures
aside.

If we got here by evolution, then Jesus is not Savior.


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Old August 30th 06, 04:54 PM posted to alt.atheism,alt.astronomy,alt.messianic,rec.arts.sf.written,sci.space.policy
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"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
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: On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:49:34 -0600, in a place far, far away,
quibbler
: made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such
a
: way as to indicate that:
:
: Fact is, the man was born in 1933. If you're having
: some difficulty with the math (and if you're a
: creationist git then surely you are) that would make
: him 73 years old.
:
: And he has cancer. Both is age and medical condition would be
pretty
: good reasons for retiring. If the vatican opposes his views then
the
: pope can just flat out contradict him on the spot. There's no need
for
: them to beat around the bush. The fact is that the vatican doesn't
know
: what lie to tell next, so, for now, they're keeping their ignorant
mouths
: shut.
:
: Speaking of keeping ignorant mouths shut, maybe you should work on
: your own. The Church does not oppose evolution. Creationism is a
: Protestant thing.

Ah, _where_ exactly did he claim they oppose evolution? Do you enjoy
looking foolish?

 




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