I didn't think the religious right had much of a problem with the big bang.
I'm not sure that I understand. How could there be a Big Bang if the world is only a few thousand years old, and people came along the same week as the cosmos?
I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.
Simon ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Rick - Feb 08, 2006 6:13:37 am PST #5650 of 10002
tommyrot - Feb 08, 2006 6:14:10 am PST #5651 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Last week I told someone I felt that this administration was the most corrupt since Nixon. I'm starting to think I was being generous.
I used to think that. But for the last few years I've felt that the current administration is much more corrupt than Nixon.
It is also the most radical administration in our history, in terms of their views on the limits on presidential power.
DCJensen - Feb 08, 2006 6:14:25 am PST #5652 of 10002
All is well that ends in pizza.
I didn't think the religious right had much of a problem with the big bang. Or maybe that's just the Catholic church that's kosher with the big bang.
Depends on how far right. It's kind of against the view of the earth being 5000 or so years old, etc.
ETA; Well, this was too late.
Calli - Feb 08, 2006 6:14:55 am PST #5653 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Last week I told someone I felt that this administration was the most corrupt since Nixon.
I generally go with "since U.S. Grant," m'self. Grant's administration had that by the wealthy, for the wealthy feel to it.
bon bon - Feb 08, 2006 6:18:33 am PST #5654 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
NASA's IG is under investigation,
Wot's IG?
It's possible that the big bang is not really a concern of the administration, but this guy Deutsch-- whose decision-making skills can be fairly questioned at this point-- went too far in doing what he thinks would please the Executive.
DavidS - Feb 08, 2006 6:19:15 am PST #5655 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Wot's IG?
That would be NASA's Iggy Pop clone.
Or possibly the Inspector General.
Hayden - Feb 08, 2006 6:20:21 am PST #5656 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I like to compare them to the Warren Gamaliel Harding administration, because I can then reference H.L. Mencken's firebreathing essays about Harding's corruption and incompetence.
Gudanov - Feb 08, 2006 6:21:49 am PST #5657 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
But many ID people disagree with the big bang too.
Maybe they go for M-theory cosmology with the idea of colliding four dimensional membranes in eleven dimensional space. (I apologize if I just butchered the actual theory, but I don't know much about it)
Tom Scola - Feb 08, 2006 6:24:20 am PST #5658 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I think the ID people have wisely concentrated their efforts on proving all of biology wrong, before taking the larger step of proving all of geology and cosmology wrong.
It's important to take these things one step at a time, and not bite off more than you can chew.
brenda m - Feb 08, 2006 6:24:47 am PST #5659 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Please, how hard is that to wank?
"And God said let there be light, and BANG!, there was light."
What, scripture can't have sound effects?