Issue 146
News: Dinosaur Tissue does not mean a young earth.
Well, so I haven't been making good on my promise to post more regularly. Some of the things that have been occupying me are the addition of several new projects coming my way in school, including my final essays in English and my Honors Seminar, and hopefully I should get them finished. Another thing that has been sidetracking me is a debate that has been going on in one of my forums (not Newspeak), where I have been debating two creationists who claim that recent discoveries of dinosaur tissue prove that dinosaurs co-existed with man, and that, therefore, the earth is young. Here is my summary of the problems with this reasoning, as given by talk.origins: For instance, the age of fossils is not given by how well-preserved they are, but by radiometric dating (which of course, is rejected by creationists), and it is the radiometric dating that confirmed the age of the bones, among many other methods. Indeed, if the fossils are as young as the creationists assume they are, why would this be news which they can use to trumpet their worldview? If they were, wouldn't we be be able to recover DNA from dinosaurs by now? Besides, we weren't even able to recover DNA from them. Indeed, for that matter, even if it could prove that Dinosaurs co-existed with man, and there is no evidence whatsoever for that conclusion, that would not have proven that the earth is young. The theory of evolution does not demand that organisms change over millions of years, and in an unchanging environment, they wouldn't. Hopefully, after classes are done next week, or probably after my Chemistry interim class, updates may become more frequent.
Band Name of the Day: DinoBlood from the title of the thread.
Film Idea of the Day: None.
Film Review of the Day: The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover. This movie, while certainly disgusting at many moments, enough so to making me proud to be prefer casual dining restaurants to the sort of opulent restaurants seen in the film, certainly treats its subject matter in such an amazing manner (especially in its cinematography and music) that I must say that I believe that everybody over 18 should see it at least once, with the key words being "Over 18" [non-negotiable, as the movie is currently rated NC-17, but I must admit that it is hardly as pornographic as the connotation of the rating implies], and, to a lesser extent "once" [I'm sure that for most viewers, once is more than enough.] The way that I'm interpreting this movie is not in the light of Thatcherism, although my general ignorance of Thatcher's government is probably to blame, but in a more generally cynical manner; Albert Spica, who seems to thrive on being anywhere from violent (ubiquitous throughout the film) or otherwise irritating to others (particularly when haranguing Michael for reading in the restaurant), is seen as a contrast with Michael, who seems to have very little interest in being around other people, outside of his lover Georgina and is likely the most sympathetic of the leads. Georgina and Richard are ultimately corrupted by their associations with Albert.
Quote of the Day: "And here's Marta, our subway sweetheart. Taking the A-Train to fashion. With her mustard socks and her ketchup sash. She is a real hot dog."
________Mr. T
Link of the Day: I am beginning to get interested in Baudelaire.
Well, so I haven't been making good on my promise to post more regularly. Some of the things that have been occupying me are the addition of several new projects coming my way in school, including my final essays in English and my Honors Seminar, and hopefully I should get them finished. Another thing that has been sidetracking me is a debate that has been going on in one of my forums (not Newspeak), where I have been debating two creationists who claim that recent discoveries of dinosaur tissue prove that dinosaurs co-existed with man, and that, therefore, the earth is young. Here is my summary of the problems with this reasoning, as given by talk.origins: For instance, the age of fossils is not given by how well-preserved they are, but by radiometric dating (which of course, is rejected by creationists), and it is the radiometric dating that confirmed the age of the bones, among many other methods. Indeed, if the fossils are as young as the creationists assume they are, why would this be news which they can use to trumpet their worldview? If they were, wouldn't we be be able to recover DNA from dinosaurs by now? Besides, we weren't even able to recover DNA from them. Indeed, for that matter, even if it could prove that Dinosaurs co-existed with man, and there is no evidence whatsoever for that conclusion, that would not have proven that the earth is young. The theory of evolution does not demand that organisms change over millions of years, and in an unchanging environment, they wouldn't. Hopefully, after classes are done next week, or probably after my Chemistry interim class, updates may become more frequent.
Band Name of the Day: DinoBlood from the title of the thread.
Film Idea of the Day: None.
Film Review of the Day: The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover. This movie, while certainly disgusting at many moments, enough so to making me proud to be prefer casual dining restaurants to the sort of opulent restaurants seen in the film, certainly treats its subject matter in such an amazing manner (especially in its cinematography and music) that I must say that I believe that everybody over 18 should see it at least once, with the key words being "Over 18" [non-negotiable, as the movie is currently rated NC-17, but I must admit that it is hardly as pornographic as the connotation of the rating implies], and, to a lesser extent "once" [I'm sure that for most viewers, once is more than enough.] The way that I'm interpreting this movie is not in the light of Thatcherism, although my general ignorance of Thatcher's government is probably to blame, but in a more generally cynical manner; Albert Spica, who seems to thrive on being anywhere from violent (ubiquitous throughout the film) or otherwise irritating to others (particularly when haranguing Michael for reading in the restaurant), is seen as a contrast with Michael, who seems to have very little interest in being around other people, outside of his lover Georgina and is likely the most sympathetic of the leads. Georgina and Richard are ultimately corrupted by their associations with Albert.
Quote of the Day: "And here's Marta, our subway sweetheart. Taking the A-Train to fashion. With her mustard socks and her ketchup sash. She is a real hot dog."
________Mr. T
Link of the Day: I am beginning to get interested in Baudelaire.
Labels: Creationism, Miscellaneous, Religious Right
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