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Sad Christmas Story
If you read this evening's S&T news bulletin, you may have followed the
link to the story about the Christmas morning occultation of Spica by the Moon http://tinyurl.com/77lpy. The story was well written by one Alan M. MacRobert. At the end of the story Mr. MacRobert's biographical sketch says "Alan MacRobert independently disproved the existence of Santa Claus around age 7, by dividing the number of houses in North America by the number of minutes in the night before Christmas. He found the process liberating rather than disappointing." Liberated from the magic of childhood at only age 7? I can't help but imagine what might have happened if Mr. MacRobert had been a budding biologist at age 7: "Alan MacRobert received a puppy for Christmas around age 7, and he dissected it..." Davoud -- usenet *at* davidillig dawt com |
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Davoud wrote in :
Liberated from the magic of childhood at only age 7? I can't help but imagine what might have happened if Mr. MacRobert had been a budding biologist at age 7: "Alan MacRobert received a puppy for Christmas around age 7, and he dissected it..." Yet, grown adults disbelieve intelligent design, which is apparent in all we see, and believe the myth of evolution, of which the collected proof can be contained on a foldup card table. I suppose blind people just keep believing the lies they were told from childhood until death. |
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Very True and unfortunate.
Yet, grown adults disbelieve intelligent design, which is apparent in all we see, and believe the myth of evolution, of which the collected proof can be contained on a foldup card table. I suppose blind people just keep believing the lies they were told from childhood until death. |
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elaich wrote: Yet, grown adults disbelieve intelligent design, which is apparent in all we see, All that's apparent in all that we see is very definite unintelligent design. Chaos to be more precise. and believe the myth of evolution, of which the collected proof can be contained on a foldup card table. ID's proof of course cannot be contained on a foldup card table - because there is absolutley no proof whatsoever - except to those desperate to prop up an outdated and palpably false dogma. But hey!, they are willing to lie, cheat, falsify and do other wonderful deeds to support it! I suppose blind people just keep believing the lies they were told from childhood until death. Like the lies perpetrated by religous zealots? Eugene Griessel |
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I expect ID is only a passing fad thanks to "Burning's" simple faith
swaying the even-simpler believers within his corrupt influence in backwoods America. Once the ventriloquist's dummy has been put back in the closet where he belongs the medieval myths will vanish like a late frost in the first rays of warm sunshine. Then I predict a bold lion will lead America into a new renaissance of beneficial scientific research, sustainability and worldwide equality for all. Yeah right! Burning's America has become the Walwart of the world. A vast billion-legged parasite gorging itself on the lifeblood of the poor and disadvantaged worldwide. Despised by all but the rich clowns which it so carefully protects amongst its countless, corrupt, stinging tentacles. Have a nice one! (while you still can) ;-) Chris.B |
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"elaich" wrote in message ...
Davoud wrote in : Liberated from the magic of childhood at only age 7? I can't help but imagine what might have happened if Mr. MacRobert had been a budding biologist at age 7: "Alan MacRobert received a puppy for Christmas around age 7, and he dissected it..." Yet, grown adults disbelieve intelligent design, which is apparent in all we see, and believe the myth of evolution, of which the collected proof can be contained on a foldup card table. Actually grown and thoughtful adults recognize the difference between beliefs and science. Evolution is a model built on observing nature and has demonstrated predictive capacity. A good example is Darwin's Hawk moth. "Intelligent design" is based on hypothesizing something supernatural and unobservable as proof that a scientific theory should be rejected. I suppose blind people just keep believing the lies they were told from childhood until death. There are plenty of open minded blind people. -- Hilton Evans --------------------------------------------------------------- Lon -71° 04' 35.3" Lat +42° 11' 06.7" --------------------------------------------------------------- Webcam Astroimaging http://mysite.verizon.net/hiltonevan...troimaging.htm --------------------------------------------------------------- ChemPen Chemical Structure Software http://www.chempensoftware.com |
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 00:39:37 -0500, Davoud wrote:
At the end of the story Mr. MacRobert's biographical sketch says "Alan MacRobert independently disproved the existence of Santa Claus around age 7, by dividing the number of houses in North America by the number of minutes in the night before Christmas. He found the process liberating rather than disappointing." If he'd been _really_ clever he would have realised that Santa Claus visits far more than just North American homes. If he had been _genius_ grade material he would have also realised that for some, time is not necessarily linear. I still hope he has a Merry Christmas :-) Jim |
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Davoud:
Liberated from the magic of childhood at only age 7? I can't help but imagine what might have happened if Mr. MacRobert had been a budding biologist at age 7: "Alan MacRobert received a puppy for Christmas around age 7, and he dissected it..." elaich: Yet, grown adults disbelieve intelligent design, which is apparent in all we see, and believe the myth of evolution, of which the collected proof can be contained on a foldup card table. I suppose blind people just keep believing the lies they were told from childhood until death. I won't have my words twisted for your hateful purposes. There is a huge difference between the wonderful myths of childhood -- found in one form or other in every society on earth -- and lies. The former stimulates and helps develop the human imagination -- the essential quality that leads a child to grow up and discover wonderful truths like Evolution and Relativity and do wonderful things like eradicate smallpox and polio. Denying the truths -- the realities -- of the world dooms a person to stand still and live in the past all of his life. You want intelligent design, I'll give you intelligent design. Jenner. Fleming. Salk. Sabin. Bardeen, Brattain, Shockley, et al... Ignorance is forgivable; lying is not. To willfully deny that Evolution is a property of life on Earth is a lie. Davoud -- usenet *at* davidillig dawt com |
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Chris.B:
I expect ID is only a passing fad thanks to "Burning's" simple faith swaying the even-simpler believers within his corrupt influence in backwoods America. Once the ventriloquist's dummy has been put back in the closet where he belongs the medieval myths will vanish like a late frost in the first rays of warm sunshine. Then I predict a bold lion will lead America into a new renaissance of beneficial scientific research, sustainability and worldwide equality for all. Yeah right! Burning's America has become the Walwart of the world. A vast billion-legged parasite gorging itself on the lifeblood of the poor and disadvantaged worldwide. Despised by all but the rich clowns which it so carefully protects amongst its countless, corrupt, stinging tentacles. Have a nice one! (while you still can) ;-) You are one tough dude. But someone has to tell the truth, and even Burning's harshest critics in the mainstream press are afraid to say everything. Ventriloquist's dummy, indeed! I have likened him to Howdy Doody. We condemn and criticize him, but that's like critizing Howdy Doody for crimes his puppeteer committed. Of course, my analogy has a flaw, because Howdy Doody had no choice, while Burning has allowed himself to be turned into a mindless puppet. Davoud -- usenet *at* davidillig dawt com |
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Davoud wrote:
If you read this evening's S&T news bulletin, you may have followed the link to the story about the Christmas morning occultation of Spica by the Moon http://tinyurl.com/77lpy. The story was well written by one Alan M. MacRobert. At the end of the story Mr. MacRobert's biographical sketch says "Alan MacRobert independently disproved the existence of Santa Claus around age 7, by dividing the number of houses in North America by the number of minutes in the night before Christmas. He found the process liberating rather than disappointing." Liberated from the magic of childhood at only age 7? I can't help but imagine what might have happened if Mr. MacRobert had been a budding biologist at age 7: "Alan MacRobert received a puppy for Christmas around age 7, and he dissected it..." Davoud Clever boy, nothing sad about it. Real life is more exciting than any fantasy. A word of comfort: He wasn't totally liberated though. The world of Santa Claus is not limited to North America. -- Carsten A. Arnholm http://arnholm.org/ N59.776 E10.457 |
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