Today’s Mailbag
3 August 2006 by Sean
Okay. For once I am not opening the mailbag to expose some other crazed flat-earther ranting about talking snakes or some shit. The mail is coming so fast and furious that I’ve decided I’m just going to post some of what people are writing in as a single entry. I won’t be able to do this every day, but will do so when I have enough good stuff — or another idiot flat-earther stumbles in who needs a healthy garroting.
Don’t know if you’ve seen this before/posted about it before, but one of my profs from university emailed me this link today and I thought it was a great essay on the question of intelligent design.
http://www.physlink…Lisa
………………………………………………………..Most people realize that they will never know the truth, if there is a God or not. They would rather be happy than right. Ignorance is bliss, the suckers are the ones fighting it. Or, let me guess, those that disagree with you.
- Brad
[Ed: Explain, please.]
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Yee haw! Wonderful victory for scientific truth/Buh-bye, Connie…
from today’s NYTimes.
August 2, 2006
Evolution Opponents Lose Kansas Board Majority
By RALPH BLUMENTHALKansas voters on Tuesday handed power back to moderates on the State Board of Education, setting the stage for a return of science teaching that broadly accepts the theory of evolution, according to preliminary election results.
With just 6 districts of 1,990 yet to report as of 8 a.m. Central time today, two conservatives — including incumbent Connie Morris, a former west Kansas teacher and author who had described evolution as “a nice bedtime story” — appear to have been defeated decisively by two moderates in the Republican primary elections. One moderate incumbent, Janet Waugh from the Kansas City area, held on to her seat in the Democratic primary.
If her fellow moderates prevailed, Ms. Waugh said last week, “we need to revisit the minutes and every decision that was 6-4, re-vote.”
Ms. Morris lost to Sally Cauble, a teacher from Liberal, who has favored a return to traditional science standards.
- Cathie
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Hey guys,
I see loads of stories worth linking you to but this one just seems extra special. Levels of hypocracy = amazingly sky high.
(A Priest on the Isle of Man has been importing slave labour…)
No sweat if you don’t wanna use it but just in case.
xMJ………………………………………………………..
HI,
I read your blog all the time and love it. Thought you might enjoy my
latest comic on the supposed coming rature.
http://www.ma…Later,
Matt
3 August 2006, on 11:18 pm
Matt’s strips totally rock. That guy kills me. Glad he’s enjoying the site.
3 August 2006, on 11:34 pm
Apologies for assuming that WordPress would actually hotlink my URLs like it does in the comments function. Have now gone back and made linkz fer everything.
3 August 2006, on 11:40 pm
Hmm. Can’t seem to click through to Matt’s latest strip at the moment, although I can get everywhere else on his site.
4 August 2006, on 12:43 am
Did I miss something in the bible about there being a quota for winning souls for Jeebus?
4 August 2006, on 12:56 am
Sean et al-
This one’s against my better judgement (and my compassion for dumb people, but here you go-’
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1265013
4 August 2006, on 2:47 am
“Ignorance is bliss, the suckers are the ones fighting it.”
Did this guy just admit to being stupid and proud of it?
4 August 2006, on 2:57 am
This one’s against my better judgement (and my compassion for dumb people, but here you go-’
Kidk - Not funny that the poor man died, but that he died in such a stupid-ass way!
4 August 2006, on 9:40 am
yes, Matt’s comics are great. check through his archives, really funny stuff.
4 August 2006, on 11:31 am
“The Rev. Kyle Lake, 33, was standing in water up to his shoulder in a baptismal at University Baptist Church when he was electrocuted, said Jamie Dudley, a church business administrator and wife of another pastor there.”
Even a drugged out garage band singer knows better than to grab a live mic anywhere near water. Talk about your Darwinian awards candidates.
And, from time immemorial; “What are a redneck’s last words?”
Anyone, Bueller?
“Hey, y’all, watch this!”
Though, by rights, that means I’ve cheated death too many times to count. Thanks Kidfuckingkawartha!
4 August 2006, on 2:00 pm
From one of the letters above:
Ms. Morris lost to Sally Cauble, a teacher from Liberal, who has favored a return to traditional science standards.
Where is Liberal, exactly?
4 August 2006, on 2:50 pm
KR,
Liberal is in, ugh, Kansas.
4 August 2006, on 2:56 pm
See what you’ve started, Sean? Tell Raindog to cut it out, or I’ll start calling him Katherine Harris’ bitch.
4 August 2006, on 3:41 pm
Stardust:
Did I miss something in the bible about there being a quota for winning souls for Jeebus?
Closest I can locate, is this: II Cor. 10:5 -
“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;”
The more I learn, the more I spurn.
4 August 2006, on 3:47 pm
Liberal is in, ugh, Kansas.
I found it’s website
http://www.cityofliberal.com/aboutliberal/history/index.html
4 August 2006, on 3:50 pm
Closest I can locate, is this: II Cor. 10:5 -
“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;”
R.A. - So it is a big bibble contest to suck up to their great sky daddy!
4 August 2006, on 4:31 pm
Which is scripturally incorrect (or at the very least contradicting), Star, because Jesus himself never told all his followers to “spread his word,” only his 12 disciples (in the Great Commission). But what’s new about xians interpreting the bible to fit what they want to claim it says?
Funny stories. Great way to head into the weekend!
4 August 2006, on 4:37 pm
Stardust:
R.A. - So it is a big bibble contest to suck up to their great sky daddy!
I think it becomes readily apparent, that most of the big 3 are indeed bent on long-term domination of some sort. I posted recently on the Muslim version of the rapture, & Judaism has a version of their own.
Free will apparently only applies to which direction you want to go: up, or down?
Eve:
Which is scripturally incorrect (or at the very least contradicting), Star, because Jesus himself never told all his followers to “spread his word,” only his 12 disciples (in the Great Commission).
True enough, but Paul wasn’t an apostle (depending on which sect you talk to). Didn’t stop him.
4 August 2006, on 11:13 pm
Stardust,…RE that linked, Liberal, Site…I noticed, Liberal Kansas, back in the day, had a Mr. Rogers.
“Mr. S.S. Rogers was the first homesteader in what would later become Liberal.”
Just musing…I wonder if there’s any record of him singing:
“It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood…yada, yada,…won’t you be mine?”
Hmmm…and…”S.S.” ..ja vohl?
[I know;...Stop that!...It's silly!]
5 August 2006, on 4:24 am
Tell me about it, Eve. I’ve had at least two arguements about what the Bible says and somehow I managed to make the xian look like an idiot by using the Bible AGAINST him. You’d think the book written by an all powerful gawd would in no way be used to refute the claims of those who believe it is infallible, but since this is not a perfect world all I can do is sit back and smile.
7 August 2006, on 6:43 pm
RA: True enough, but Paul wasn’t an apostle (depending on which sect you talk to). Didn’t stop him.
I know; how convenient is it for them that when they can’t find enough fuel in Jesus’ Alleged Actual Words to support what they want to do, they’ve got all this stuff written by a guy who never even met him?
Ramen, Matt, it’s why they can’t read it *too* much.