Ugh, this story is just depressing. Especially since they're all home schooled.
I suppose I can take comfort in the fact that people people with this mindset are in the extreme minority. Although I know several people who have had children because they are against birth control, I just hope they don't let their beliefs get them to as many children as the Deggers'.
uh. Tim, what? this kid has a physiological problem; swelling in parts of his brain. I don't see how that's attributable to something as 'soft' as parent's attitude.
Um. In the title don't you mean gas may hit $10 a gallon? Oil hitting (dropping to) $10 a gallon would be quite a surprise.
Art. If only it were that simple. Tar sands and shale not only require a massive energy investment to harvest, but in the process of harvesting them they put out a huge amount of pollution. We start to harvest those fields you're talking about to any large extent and things would get a lot nastier fast.
I find it odd that evangelicals (at least the ones similar to those in this clip) think an atheists "nightmare" would be that God exists.
I'm an atheist myself, and if I were to find conclusive proof God's existence - whichever god it happens to be - then I would cease to be an Atheist. I follow the evidence, it's pretty simple.
The assumption is that we don't believe in God because we don't -want- to or we're too angry to. That we would prefer a universe that has no god. I'm always confused by this stance, as in my experience the people who are the most angry at god (or the idea of one) are generally Christians themselves who are going through hard times.
Petwhac (Population of Events That Would Have Appeared Coincidental). This is defined as all those events that may be considered to be a 'coincidence' if studied casually, but are both possible and statistically probable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unweaving_the_rainbow#Petwhac
Steohawk: all the signals were there for a regular kegger, I'd say the keg was a good enough reason. it's like swerving all over the road and complaining if you have to take a breath test.
That being said, nice job kids! reminds me a heck of a lot of the cakeparty: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/09/facebook-prank-on-po.html and NYT article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/08/education/edlife/facebooks.html?_r=1&oref=slogin where a bunch of people in dorms ran ads for their "beer party" on facebook to show that the campus police were using it to track parties. The police show up and there's a lot of cake, all with "beer" written in icing on the tops. There was even cake pong and a cake stand.
"There is nobody in the world of philosophy and bioethics who thinks brain death is a coherent concept," says Truog.
well, that's a bold statement... I bet I could find (at least) some philosophy professors at the nearby university that think that's a good measure of death.
haha of course the numbers might work out... if you're just looking for raw population numbers. In practice it's pretty flawed. but it doesn't matter, it's worth watching just for the hilarious announcer.
I suppose I can take comfort in the fact that people people with this mindset are in the extreme minority. Although I know several people who have had children because they are against birth control, I just hope they don't let their beliefs get them to as many children as the Deggers'.
Art. If only it were that simple. Tar sands and shale not only require a massive energy investment to harvest, but in the process of harvesting them they put out a huge amount of pollution. We start to harvest those fields you're talking about to any large extent and things would get a lot nastier fast.
I'm an atheist myself, and if I were to find conclusive proof God's existence - whichever god it happens to be - then I would cease to be an Atheist. I follow the evidence, it's pretty simple.
The assumption is that we don't believe in God because we don't -want- to or we're too angry to. That we would prefer a universe that has no god. I'm always confused by this stance, as in my experience the people who are the most angry at god (or the idea of one) are generally Christians themselves who are going through hard times.
Oh yeah. and the video's stupid too. hur hur.
Petwhac (Population of Events That Would Have Appeared Coincidental). This is defined as all those events that may be considered to be a 'coincidence' if studied casually, but are both possible and statistically probable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unweaving_the_rainbow#Petwhac
That being said, nice job kids! reminds me a heck of a lot of the cakeparty: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/09/facebook-prank-on-po.html and NYT article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/08/education/edlife/facebooks.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
where a bunch of people in dorms ran ads for their "beer party" on facebook to show that the campus police were using it to track parties. The police show up and there's a lot of cake, all with "beer" written in icing on the tops. There was even cake pong and a cake stand.
well, that's a bold statement... I bet I could find (at least) some philosophy professors at the nearby university that think that's a good measure of death.