tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post1843448611839882017..comments2024-03-17T08:27:53.658-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Help! Help! I'm being repressed!Jim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-73087807901189138462008-04-16T09:35:00.000-05:002008-04-16T09:35:00.000-05:00(rimshot)Ah, accountant jokes.(rimshot)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Ah, accountant jokes.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-33113441235639998452008-04-16T08:16:00.000-05:002008-04-16T08:16:00.000-05:00John, that's not saying much. I can actually coun...John, that's not saying much. I can actually count to quite large quantities withoug taking off my shoes. But I do understand that scientists are more interested in facts than actual, you know, numbers.<BR/><BR/>But I remember a blonde who couldn't count to 12 without taking off her shirt. As an accountant, she had quite a large following.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273212686600552771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-34640680483318502062008-04-15T17:17:00.000-05:002008-04-15T17:17:00.000-05:00John, yeah, I'd say that's a fairly small demograp...John, yeah, I'd say that's a fairly small demographic. :)Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-60996153257203294492008-04-15T16:58:00.000-05:002008-04-15T16:58:00.000-05:00I was also going to say that me and most of the bl...I was also going to say that me and most of the black scientists I know are the exact target demographic for the dino show with the gospel recording ads. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately the number of black scientists is very small, and I can probably count the total sample of white scientists who grew up in black churches without taking off my shoes.John the Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467337009577733553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-41142867860398730662008-04-15T12:17:00.000-05:002008-04-15T12:17:00.000-05:00Uh, OK. Can't really be very confident in either y...<I>Uh, OK. Can't really be very confident in either your faith, or the power of your God, if mere mention of the word "evolution" makes you question both.</I><BR/><BR/>Too true, too true.vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955307244053931069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-3702029021528145372008-04-15T10:59:00.000-05:002008-04-15T10:59:00.000-05:00But, it's just me, I'm sure.Jim, I'm sure you're r...<EM>But, it's just me, I'm sure.</EM><BR/><BR/>Jim, I'm sure you're right - it's just you. <BR/><BR/>And all your subversive buddies.<BR/><BR/>Go, Subversion!Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-21160496035051918232008-04-14T21:06:00.000-05:002008-04-14T21:06:00.000-05:00Actually Ben Stein is quite competent in the field...Actually Ben Stein is quite competent in the field of economics, and I used to have some respect for him until this came out.<BR/><BR/>Now? None.<BR/><BR/>The world is full of idiot savants.John the Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467337009577733553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-74574223746753335212008-04-14T20:48:00.000-05:002008-04-14T20:48:00.000-05:00As a Christian, I continue to be appalled at what ...<I>As a Christian, I continue to be appalled at what lengths others who make the same claim will go to in making personal attacks and twisting both scientific and biblical truth, all in the name of God</I><BR/><BR/>And that, Vince, is my primary problem with both creationism and fundamentalist Christianity - if the truth is so obvious, and if God is Truth, then why the dissembling? Why the disingenuous editing? Why can't the "Truth" stand on its own? Why don't these people have enough faith in their <I>faith</I> to let it speak without the rest of the nonsense? <BR/><BR/>I was just talking to a friend of mine who happens to be a member of the local school board - and she mentioned that they've been dealing with a parent who wants the word 'evolution' completely removed from the school system - in any context (shades of Orwell's <I>1984</I> here) - because mere mention of it may give children "ideas" and make them "question their faith." Uh, OK. Can't really be very confident in either your faith, or the power of your God, if mere mention of the word "evolution" makes you question both. <BR/><BR/>But, it's just me, I'm sure.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-42262961801637848332008-04-14T20:03:00.000-05:002008-04-14T20:03:00.000-05:00And regarding commercials, in college we decided t...And regarding commercials, in college we decided that MTV's Headbangers ball should only have commercials for beer, guns, and hairspray.Random Michelle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-19603564603610950202008-04-14T19:57:00.000-05:002008-04-14T19:57:00.000-05:00And don't forget "Win Ben Stein's Money" and those...And don't forget "Win Ben Stein's Money" and those "get the red out" eye commercials.<BR/><BR/>As far as the movie itself, if you have a policy of requiring viewers to sign nondisclosure agreements before viewing a documentary, then I have a real problem taking it seriously. And if you're going to interview people, then treat them fairly in the film, even if you don't like what they're saying. From what I can find, the film makers didn't.<BR/><BR/>Based on what I've read, I think these people were trying the Micheal Moore approach to documentary film making. Bad move, in my opinion, as Mr. Moore doesn't always play fair in his documentaries either.<BR/><BR/>As a Christian, I continue to be appalled at what lengths others who make the same claim will go to in making personal attacks and twisting both scientific and biblical truth, all in the name of God.<BR/><BR/>No wonder Gandhi once said "I consider western Christianity in its practical working a negation of Christ's Christianity."<BR/><BR/>Sigh.vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955307244053931069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-46110748653425466272008-04-14T18:54:00.000-05:002008-04-14T18:54:00.000-05:00Ben Stein is a former Nixon speechwriter who is be...Ben Stein is a former Nixon speechwriter who is best known for a small role in a movie that came out more than two decades ago, in 1986.<BR/><BR/>And you think someone who's interested in Mr. Stein isn't interested in dinosaurs?Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-26418882736118819022008-04-14T17:06:00.000-05:002008-04-14T17:06:00.000-05:00Last night my wife and I were watching a Sir David...Last night my wife and I were watching a Sir David Attenboro special "Life in Cold Blood" on the Animal Planet Channel, when they kept interrupting the program with commercials for contemporary gospel music collections (I'm not making this up, Time-Life has several collections they're hawking). She asked me why they were advertising on a program that talks about evolution and I replied that they were trying to convert all those heathen proto-evolutionist that were watching.Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-21989393332941919702008-04-14T14:15:00.000-05:002008-04-14T14:15:00.000-05:00Bueller.....Bueller....Bueller?Bueller.....Bueller....Bueller?Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-67647545736385954382008-04-14T13:19:00.000-05:002008-04-14T13:19:00.000-05:00You know what really tickles me? Expelled ads on ...You know what <EM>really</EM> tickles me? <EM>Expelled</EM> ads on the skeptical blogs I frequent such as Skepchick, Neurologica Blog and The Bad Astronomer...all of whom have roundly ridiculed these jerks for lying to get their interviews, lying during the premier and stealing other people's work to include in their movie.<BR/><BR/>Because Skeptics will <EM>totally</EM> pay good money to see these asshats blame the Holocaust on Darmwin's Theory of Evolution.<BR/><BR/>Tards.Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-12521073696128680272008-04-14T12:41:00.000-05:002008-04-14T12:41:00.000-05:00I'd assume that they don't have much say of the co...I'd assume that they don't have much say of the content of the ads unless they're patently obscene (Note my use of obscene, not offensive).<BR/><BR/>My guess is their target audience is pre-teens and those without set opinions who were watching only because dinosaurs are cool.<BR/><BR/>But hey, if they wanna waste their money that way...Random Michelle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.com