Austinist: Intelligence Resigned

Tom 6

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:16:53 -0600

"a great mind or intelligence--but not aliens--has planned and created everything" Why the proviso? What is an alien? Who or what is God? If God is not alien then is He human? Clearly not, that would be heresy - hence the question. Sorry am i being too black and white? If alien means 'not human' then are cows aliens? If alien means 'not of this Earth' and God is not alien then does that mean that God is only an Earthly 'being', in which case who created stuff that isn't on Earth or is God limited to the Earth but able to extend his influence? Personally i can't believe that God is so limited as to be Earth-bound.

JUBCHA

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:31:51 -0600

HAHAHAH. MAN, THAT IS AWESOME. "MY UNCLE AIN'T A MONKEY"...I DO THINK MY SISTER IS THOUGH. SHE HAS SOME HAIRY ARMS AND YOU SHOULD SEE HER BUTTCRACK TOO. IT IS A ZOO IN THERE.

unclebusty

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:35:40 -0600

for your edification: Flock of Dodos: Behind Modern Creationism, Intelligent Design and the Easter Bunny by Barrett Brown, a former Austinite is half satire and half factual account of the intelligent design battle. It rips the designers to shreds. http://www.amazon.com/Flock-Dodos-Behind-Creationism-Intelligent/dp/0978721306

mdahmus

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:32:15 -0600

Sam, Texas isn't Pennsylvania. And that's a very low bar to meet, considering Pennsylvania is aptly described as Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with Kentucky in between.

kenneth1

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:14:08 -0600

Yes, Intelligent Design is science and should be taught in all our public schools. In fact, there should be an entire chapter on the scientific explanation of how our bearded sky god went around planting billions of fossils and dinosaur skeletons in the ground to delude 21st-century scientists into believing the Earth is more than 6,000 years old. What a prankster! Good one, God, you mischievous little skamp.

sam_miller

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:40:55 -0600

Yeah, good luck with that, State Board of Education. Guess they didn't read about the Dover, PA School Board debacle on the subject of teaching intelligent design. Perhaps it would interest them to know that every Dover, PA school board member who supported teaching intelligent design along with evolution was voted out of office at the next election and the board had to pay over $1M in legal fees after they lost their court challenge.