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#1399253
QuasiRodent
I'm going to go out on a limb here and try to guess what happened...
Andy has observed that people with grey hair tend to look younger now than they did 25 years ago. He assumes that these people ARE younger.
Meanwhile, in reality, thanks to modern medicine and nutrition, people are living and staying youthful longer, while their hair is greying at around the same age as in the previous generation.
5/4/2012 7:47:30 AM
#1399254
QuasiRodent
Ugh, double post - pls remove if possible?
5/4/2012 7:48:15 AM
#1399255
CleverScreenName
Schlafly is the greatest Poe in the history of the internet.
Yes, I know about all the evidence to the contrary. But when I read stuff like this, it's ultimately the only explanation that makes sense.
5/4/2012 7:51:31 AM
#1399264
Big Jilm
Um, fuck yeah I would.
Being god and all, Jebus should have no trouble giving citations or clearly explaining what he supposedly said.
5/4/2012 8:14:35 AM
#1399272
Yes, and for the same reason we're asking you for a reference--because they thought he was talking out of his ass.
5/4/2012 8:35:25 AM
#1399275
JGC
If the evidence were as you claim abundant, you'd have no problem providing it. Yet you refuse to. Hmmm...why could that be.
BTW, the bible doesn't indicate Jesus offered the story of the prodigal son as an account of an actual historical event, but instead presented it as a parable--a fictional construct intended to inform or instruct.
5/4/2012 8:39:46 AM
#1399284
Zagen30
Your request for references is unpersuasive, as evidence is abundant in daily life.
See, Andy, that's the key difference between you and real scientists. When real scientists are asked for evidence to back up their claims, their first response is to provide you with lots of carefully-collected data. You don't have to persuade them to give that data up*, since it's their job to persuade everyone else. In the academic world, people are not expected to believe an authority figure blindly.
*Barring certain circumstances, like when Schlafly wanted the evidence of Lenski's citrate-metabolizing E. coli experiment and was told he didn't remotely have the experience or facilities to handle the bacteria or analyze it.
5/4/2012 9:59:21 AM
#1399285
Osiris
No because the story of the Prodigal Son was a parable, it was a piece of fiction Jesus invented to teach a wider moral message.
The difference between you and what Jesus did was that you just made something up to claim it as a factual truth.
5/4/2012 10:06:06 AM
#1399287
JohnTheAtheist
The main problem with Andy and his ilk is that they don't look for references at all, about anything. If the bible says so it must be true. Period.
What a sad way to go through life.
5/4/2012 10:11:36 AM
#1399288
Rabbit of Caerbannog
...why do you hate reality? What did it ever do to you?
5/4/2012 10:21:34 AM
#1399289
Karana
*raises hand* Yes. Yes I would.
5/4/2012 10:23:36 AM
#1399293
Agahnim
I'd ask you for a reference.
Punishment: You have to have "[citation needed]" burned into your forehead so it leaves a scar. Has to be your forehead because you aren't using the organ behind the bones behind the forehead correctly.
5/4/2012 10:30:58 AM
#1399296
Hertzyscowicz
Andy's not a Poe, he's just capable of single-handedly keeping Poe's law in effect.
5/4/2012 10:36:14 AM
#1399298
Frelus
He is the reverse-poe.
He is so ridiculous, people do not know if he really believes what he writes.
5/4/2012 10:58:01 AM
#1399312
Fireshark
No one asked Jesus for a reference because he made it up to explain a point!
...
Actually, that's a pretty accurate comparison. Stupid Schlafly.
5/4/2012 12:11:06 PM
#1399327
The Duelist
What a waste of carbon and oxygen. Fundies are really fucking stupid. I mean, the whole "the evidence is all around"(rephrased as the physical world is evidence for god) is the kind of logic we should expect from preschoolers, not grownups with high school degrees. I could use the same argument for any god or magical being I wanted to. It's a cop-out for idiots who can't make a logical statement.
5/4/2012 1:14:49 PM
#1399330
checkmate
the slope of man's developmental path is a much sharper incline (downward) than Old Earth believers claim.
A look at all those horribly obese Christian fundamentalists in the US seems to support that claim.
5/4/2012 1:21:17 PM
#1399331
Observable facts and statistics are in no way comparable to parables. But thanks for demonstrating, once again, the breathtaking level of your ignorance.
5/4/2012 1:21:26 PM
#1399334
Old Viking
I've noticed that bald people are largely indifferent to the young earth/old earth thingy.
5/4/2012 1:30:43 PM
#1399346
TheJebusFire
[...as evidence is abundant in daily life. ]
Then it shouldn't take very long for you to find some.
5/4/2012 2:10:29 PM
#1399347
Philbert McAdamia
@ Rabbit of Caerbannog
...why do you hate reality? What did it ever do to you?
I doubt reality has ever laid a hand on him.
5/4/2012 2:12:36 PM
#1399351
Not if they are gullible and retarded, like you are.
If they are like us, however, and are skeptical and not idiots...then yeah...they would tell dat bitch to show some evidence or STFU.
5/4/2012 2:32:15 PM
#1399354
evidence is abundant in daily life.
As much as you fundies keep insisting, "Look around!" is not a credible argument when asked to provide evidence to back up your crazy claims.
5/4/2012 2:37:41 PM
#1399358
Giardano Bruno
I am English, lower middle class, 54 years old, and have grey hair. Decline in the human genome (Ignore what my wife thinks for the moment)?
No, just that 100 years ago, on the balance of probability I would already be dead.
All the statistics are available care of the governments AF despises.
5/4/2012 2:42:52 PM
#1399362
Feral Dog
@ Dionysus:
Analyzing the physics of a cartoon was actually a class project. Pretty sure the teacher was inspired by the physics brony, lol.
5/4/2012 3:06:15 PM
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