http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20060104/D8ETOLJ00.htmlOK so I’m a day late.Yesterday Dover ended their saga and ensured their children would not be taught that “maybe God did it” is science. Bravo Board!
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20060104/D8ETOLJ00.htmlOK so I’m a day late.Yesterday Dover ended their saga and ensured their children would not be taught that “maybe God did it” is science. Bravo Board!
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Living in Hell:
Well, the reason I’d have any problem w/your age isn’t your age. I tend to listen to people who make sense.
The problem I would have, is that I feel…weird discussing these things w/someone else’s kids.
I mean, my own niece (she’s 17) shot me an email trying to pick my brain about atheism, & I put the kibosh on that right quick.
She’s family, sure, but she’s simply not my kid, ergo it’s not w/in my venue to talk about religion (or sex, or anything that is the parents’ purview).
I grew up in an atmosphere where someone else’s kids were strictly off-limits, is all.
I’ll say what I tell employers at interviews (& yes, the subject has come up, surprisingly enough, about age):
I don’t care if the boss is young, old, male, female, etc.
My yardstick is competence.
Loved your post about the ‘cuddly croc’, BTW. Hysterical.
‘Jesus wrapped in a condom’. Yeesh. Entire left hemisphere is almost completely shut down (save for the part of reading & typing, I guess).
I wonder at your nick, however (or maybe I missed your post about it?).
Thanks, I have learned to brush it off because in third grade my self esteem was crushed like a potato chip by my teacher, who said I would be a failure and tried to hold me back a year, so then I smacked her at the end of the year and I became happy again, but the worst part is that she is re-applying for a teaching job…It is always hard but just remember, in a country where 50% of the population doesn’t know that the Earth revolves around the sun and takes a year to do it, you are probably smarter amd think better in terms of logic than them by leaps and bounds, which is shown by how we all chose to become members of this blog.
-J?r?me
And thank you reluctantatheist, I understand how it might seem strange talking about this with a child that is not your own, but most of my friends consider me to be, intellectually, an adult. Most people just think “Oh first of all he is French so I automatically hate him (it happens) and he is also a child so nothing he says is of any credibility.” Of course the statement they are thinking is much more moronic. I try to incorperate my sarcastic humor into slightly insulting statments to make the people on my side of the argument laugh and release some of the tension in the chatroom, blog, messageboard, or room and some of this just comes to me such as the Jesus statue thought.
-J?r?me
LIH:
Hey, de nada, my friend.
People go into ‘auto-hate’ mode because you’re French?
Yeesh, that sounds so…Bill O’Reilly.
I happen to like the French.
Of course, I try not to make auto-judgment on anyone based on anything more than their personal behavior. ‘Plays well w/others’, that sort of thing.
170 I.Q? Wow. Must be tough finding folks to talk to.
At that age, I was just getting out of my moronic ‘dead baby’ joke phase.
I was a late bloomer (obviously!).
Since you’re obviously WAY smarter than me, feel free to step in, & let me know if I’m talking out of my orifice, at any time.
Diplomatically, if you would be so kind.
Wow, LIH,
You remind me a lot of myself. I recently realized that I am far more intelligent than 90% of my high school teachers (I am 16, in grade 11) and have been crushed in much the same way as you have. I also prefer to add a taste of humour to any of my more serious comments, whether they be online or in “real-life”. People seem to be more open to my opinions, however, because I often pretend I am much older in order to get my point across. I haven’t taken an IQ test yet, and I have minimal knowledge about interdimensional wormhole instability, but it’s good to know that there’s somebody in this world who I can relate to (somewhat, at least). Well met, buddy. Reluctant, I’d have to say that the same goes for you. In fact: Well met, fellow atheists in general!
If there are spelling or grammatical errors in my last few posts (on this or any topic), please forgive me; they are simply a result of unmentionable amounts of alcohol, and are not indicative of my true literary awareness. Also, if I have said anything stupid or false, please feel free to tell me in any way you wish.
DD:
I appreciate that, but truthfully, I was a very stupid teenager (many of my detractors might say that hasn’t changed at all over the years, hehehehe).
I just read a lot, is all.
But thnx.
Yes, people go into auto-hate mode because I am French hence the Living in Hell nickname (the other reason is that I am the only Atheist Democrat in a family of Evangelical Christian Republicans.) I have even been labled as a moron in my classes because I come up with “crazy nonsensical notions.” Here it honestly is hard to find people to talk to and you can tell from this quote from my English class “Gays shouldn’t be ‘lowed to marry ’cause the Bible says so and it is all not fake ’cause God made all of us and he didn’t want dem damn gays.” Obviously if you guys are here on this blog, and aren’t ranting for Intelligent Design and the Christian Right, you must have an I.Q. over 130.
-J?r?me
LIH:
Well, I thank you, & I’m sure everyone else here (evolution proponents as a rule) thanks you as well.
I gotta admit tho, I think jcc is actually an ID’er, & I’d put his I.Q over 130, easy.
He’s way smarter than me (in some ways).
I’d like to say ‘bless your little heart’, but am unsure as to whether or not that’s permitted (as ‘bless’ is most definitely religious in nature).
I definitely find it irksome, that I am bereft of being able to say certain items.
Can’t say, ‘wrestling w/his demons’. Or ‘he’s a saint’, or even use anything that even remotely sounds like a curse. ‘omigod’ is pretty much out. Or ‘dear lord’.
I love language, & the application of a well-turned phrase or quote. I absolutely love rhetoric, if it’s done properly.
Hmmm…sounds like an interesting idea for a thread.
Look at Ingersoll. 1 of the reasons I enjoy a good rhetorician.
A good speech is like a balm to the nerves.
Logic is a wonderful investment, but we must needs recall that we are human, & require the touch of a hand or a heart.
I personally jcc is just trying to use uncommon polysylabic words to sound smart as many of them are out of place. Some of the things I say in place of the “Forbidden Phrases” are “Oh my nonexistant-deity.” The shocked expressions on the Born Again Christians faces are priceless.
Yes, we all require social interaction because it is the nature of our species, I fortunately have the companionship of a wonderful girl. She, like me is an Athiest and likes physics…A lot. If I can get a ride to San Antonio, and can get a hotel room, we should both be there on April 15 and stay through the 16th.
-J?r?me
I ment to say “I personally think jcc…” New Years Resolution, re-read comments before posting them.
-J?r?me
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