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Post by Rama on Dec 4, 2003 20:52:07 GMT -5
www.statenews.com/op_article.phtml?pk=21200Thoughts on this? Someone do me a favor and write a letter to the editor about this? I already sent one about a letter a few minutes ago. If we want more coverage by the state news then I'd wager that taking over their opinion page is a good way to go about it.
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Post by profdunebastard on Dec 4, 2003 21:32:08 GMT -5
My parents told me there were no such things as monsters. Those god-damned bastards lied! Not only are there monsters, but the audience is now stupider for listening to them.
I say instead of working through the news, we send criticism straight to the author. His e-mail is there for a reason...SPAM.
Ok, I won't resort to spamming, I'll try sending something in to the paper. Or maybe not, because I'm lazy. The world may never know.
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Post by Ravenlock on Dec 4, 2003 23:14:56 GMT -5
www.statenews.com/op_article.phtml?pk=21200Thoughts on this? Someone do me a favor and write a letter to the editor about this? I already sent one about a letter a few minutes ago. If we want more coverage by the state news then I'd wager that taking over their opinion page is a good way to go about it. Shit. What a damned moron. I'd send in, but they've already printed something from me this semester. Doubt they'd do it again. But, damn! What a fuckwit. ~Roger |
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Post by FishBait on Dec 5, 2003 17:16:47 GMT -5
damn it, if my brain weren't mush from constant studying i would so send a letter in but as it is now it would probably be the worst written thing ever, well no, second only to the original article but still don't want to represent my viewpoint poorly
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Post by Valvilis on Dec 5, 2003 18:12:46 GMT -5
or without capitolization and punctuation
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Post by ebonywnd on Dec 14, 2003 15:32:53 GMT -5
I'll give a nice, shiny penny to anyone who can spot the spelling error in Jason's post first. ;D
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Post by UsherBen on Dec 14, 2003 16:55:32 GMT -5
that's easy ..... capitAlization i noticed it when i first read it, but chose not to mock him....
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Post by ebonywnd on Dec 14, 2003 19:36:09 GMT -5
Ah, that was your first mistake.  Nevertheless, you get a penny. It can be claimed after the break.  |
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Post by Valvilis on Dec 14, 2003 20:46:59 GMT -5
spelhing ihs erelivunt...
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Post by ebonywnd on Dec 14, 2003 21:07:12 GMT -5
Uh-oh...am I going to end up spending tons of money on rewards??  |
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Post by Valvilis on Dec 15, 2003 8:56:33 GMT -5
Luhks thet wai.
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Post by Rama on Jan 13, 2004 9:49:24 GMT -5
Hee hee, check out what I got in the mail today.
I'm gonna wait till after I'm done with classes to reply to it, but damn I'm gonna have fun.
He makes it almost too easy. Anyone have any comments I should include?
From: "Lee Ehlers" <msugreen598@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue Jan 13, 2004 9:17:53 AM America/Detroit
To: xxxxxxx@msu.edu
Subject: State News
I just got done reading your opinion in the state news and felt that it deserved a comment. I agree with your point that using faith as the sole basis for argueing a point is ridiculous at best. However, don't tell me that all religions are wrong because at some point they rely on faith. Last time I checked, science relys on a lot of faith too, maybe even more than religion. Last time I checked, nobody was there when the Big Bang happened. Have scientists "proven" how the elements responsible for that explosion were created? NO, they just have faith that either matter can just appear out of nothing, or that those elements just always existed. Has anyone ever found "the missing link"? Add that to the fact that ever animal on earth today is said to have evolved from other animals, yet we cant seem to find a half evolved fish-reptile fossil, or reptile-mammal fossil, but lets just have faith that this is what happened. Or do we have any way to test how old the different layers of the Earth's crust are? Nope, but we want to believe that it is really really old so that our theory can sound realistic, we just have faith. Or how can you ever prove that the speed of light is the fastest thing in the universe? You mean that since we can't even take any mesurements out of our tiny solar system, we just have to have faith? Wow, I guess you really haven't proven your theory after all. Sounds like what you have is a faith based system to me.
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Post by UsherBen on Jan 13, 2004 14:13:54 GMT -5
nice...  |
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Post by Rama on Jan 13, 2004 16:11:04 GMT -5
Woohoo, got another one!! ;D
From: "Christopher Matthew Wallace" <walla131@msu.edu>
Date: Tue Jan 13, 2004 2:51:41 PM America/Detroit
To: xxxxxxxxxxx@msu.edu
Subject: paper article
Mr. Thompson,
It sadens me to read your ignorance of God and Creationism and even Evolution (since you must believe it). You want proof that God exists? Look around you. Look at the beauty of nature around us and then turn your eye on yourself. Just the notion of understanding that you are an individual, and can think and reason discounts evolution. How is it that science cannot prove that 1% difference between human DNA and Ape DNA? The ability to be rational and make decisions is something God gave us called free-will. No animal has it, nor ever has. There are times you feel guilt, you feel pride, you feel you should or shouldnt do something. Deep inside you feel it and you know there is a God, you just choose to ignore it since you cant prove it on a piece of paper. Unfortunate. Something else you may not realize is that faith is the entire principal evolution was based on....Darwin said it himself...that it was an endeavor of his good faith (this is where we get the notion of "theory" since thats all evolution is anyways)...go ahead, look it up. So to discount faith is to discount evolution as well....you said it youself. Faith is just as much a part of sciece as it is of everyday life and that is something you will someday learn.
And something else you probably didnt know. Charles Darwin, shortly before he died, gave his life to the Lord and discounted all his speculation on evolution and said it truly is impossible for a complex organism such as humans to be products of single cell organisms. He realized the only way humans could be such magnificent, complex beings, was through the glory of God. Look that up too if you want.....and just so you know, in your own research you will find that there is more info out there to discount the theory of evolution than to prove it.
Someday you will see there is in fact a God and I just hope you do so before it is too late.
God Bless,
C. Wallace
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Post by FishBait on Jan 13, 2004 16:30:25 GMT -5
oww, it hurts
why doesn't anybody understand science
science is not based on faith at all, it is based on evidence, we never say we have enough to "prove" anything, but there is clear evidence for anything we do say, and the job of a scientist is generally either to pioneer a new subject or to learn enough about a subject to disprove our current ideas, we don't have faith that our current ideas our true, we'd be just as happy if they weren't it wouldn't matter,
"The ability to be rational and make decisions is something God gave us called free-will. No animal has it, nor ever has. There are times you feel guilt, you feel pride, you feel you should or shouldnt do something. Deep inside you feel it and you know there is a God,"
If I'm following this correctly then animals wouldn't feel guilt or pride, which i can tell you is not true
I think that about covers my my two cents
oh wait one more thing, I HATE how people try to use the "beauty of nature" to prove the existence of a god, that is complete bullshit, there is a scientific explanation behind all of the "beauty of nature" that doesn't require the existence of a deity
gosh darn slarmit, now they've made me mad, oh well, i'm already for my philosophy class now though, oooo the fun
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Nevertheless, you get a penny. It can be claimed after the break. 
