WordWolf

Last I heard, the idea was that humans have common ancestors with modern apes. So, there would be no "missing link", just proto-apes with descendants who are humans and apes. The "missing link" isn't scientific, and probably never was. It was, however, claimed by a LOT of non-scientists, which is how we all heard of it.

I think the entire concept of Free Will and the right to choose undergirds all of Scripture, from Genesis to Revelation. The entire history of humanity is a history of God giving Man the chance to choose good or evil, to sin or refrain from sin, and Man choosing (usually poorly.) From the Garden of Eden to Judgement Day, people make choices, their choices have consequences, and they have to live with the results (or die with them, depending.) If there was a "Serpent" (as I believe there was), he was also given the opportunity to choose- and became such a lover of self that he chose not to serve a Just Creator. ================== Every once in a while, I see someone speculate that God Almighty exists on a level like us. It strikes me more like a Flatlander insisting that 3-Dimensional beings exist purely on a 2-Dimensional level as well because that's all a Flatlander can perceive of them or even imagine of them. In Scripture, it's clear that God Almighty knows all about the present as well as the future. It is from there that we need to seek to understand what God does and why God does it. Thus, the idea of "taking God by surprise" is speculative but rather silly. It's like having a spotlight following you around, and you moving behind a thin microphone stand and thinking you're successfully concealed. I think the so-called "Serpent" went insane sometime before his attempted revolt because only someone crazy or stupid could think that challenging the infinite with the finite could result in victory for the finite. I think he was narcissistic, and vindictive. That fits the profile with what happened later, with him scheming for paradise and trying to rule the earth. (He tried to rule Heaven and failed, so he tried to rule Earth and had limited success.) Honestly, "no thought" can be hidden from God, and He "knows the end from the beginning". But someone thinks it's possible to "deceive" God. Time for a brisk walk outside when that's making sense.

I think the speaker is oblivious to the flaws in his own presentation. 1) He assumed a difference was the result of a similarity that pre-existed but changed. The possibility there was never the similarity doesn't seem to be there. So, it colours his work. Furthermore, he began with the assumption that humans are great apes. This is obvious just from his referring to humans and "the other great apes." Genetically, humans and great apes have a lot of similarities... but so do humans and banana slugs, genetically. That's not a guarantee of anything. I ended up in the same building as a friend on the same day and found out about it later. It was a coincidence, not any part of a design. 2) He managed to turn "we know they are similar, so if they are the same, we are right, and if they are different, we are right" into a position nobody questioned. Good trick. 3) He derided intelligent design advocates for lacking an answer to a question- and nobody caught him for lacking the same answer. Good trick. In intelligent design, things began a certain way because they were designed that way and have proceeded as they were designed to proceed. In by the theory of evolution as an origin of species, things all began from inanimate matter to single-celled matter to higher forms to incredibly complicated forms, all because there was some survival benefit to it, and there was absolutely nothing directing it nor designing it other than what causes genes to be passed on. Evolutionary biologists will be highly offended if you suggest that there is or was any kind of direction or directing agency. So, here we have a particular setup of genes. The intelligent design person is asked "why is this set up this way?" They answer "The intelligent designer wanted it so." The follow-up question: "Why?" The follow-up answer, in this case, would be "I don't know and I don't care." The evolutionary biologist is asked "why is this set up this way?" They answer "Evolution favored this setup- those lacking it didn't breed, and those who had it bred and passed it along." The follow-up question: "Why?" The follow-up answer, in this case, would be "I don't know and I don't care." He did not know, did not care he did not know, and doesn't seem to have a problem with this gap in his own explanation. For a degreed scientist, I think that's a significant blind-spot. He doesn't have to have an answer to everything, but he derided the opposing POV for lacking the same answer HE lacked. Looks like his beliefs about the origin of humans is based on a leap of faith that has directed his observations. He's certainly free to do that, but I'd rather he be up-front and honest about it and skip the hypocrisy.

All the actors in that movie, and you linked to a guy known exclusively for TV shows?

Was it "Dr No"? Or no?

Ok, giving it up. This was "30 Days of Night of the Living Dead."

Gotta vary the bands, otherwise it gets predictable.....

Can I call you "THE SEEKER"? If not, Who?

They probably wouldn't need any more time after the first month....

Apparently, some episodes are on YouTube, including that one. I'll catch some in October if not sooner. Ok, next show.... This live-action show spawned a cartoon that put the characters into the future... and the cartoon was often mislabeled as being in space instead. (Even as a small child, that bugged me...)

Ok, everything except the title has been posted for a while now. This is Edwyn Collins' "A Girl Like You". FREE POST!

We're talking an indie publication and an indie movie. There's a number in the name (both have the same name.) Why would vampires target victims in Alaska as opposed to, say, equally snowy upper Wisconsin?

There were a lot of giveaway lines to choose from, but I went with the funniest one. My favorite line in the movie was given to Clint Howard in Mission Control. He was the one who said the IRS would get Jack for not filing his extension. If Raf was checking, he'd have gotten it instantly from that-I thought other people would as well. Some people probably would have caught the reference to a possible Apollo 19 and Johnny Cash records. Oh, well. It's your turn.

"Let's work the problem, people. Let's not make things any worse by guessing." "I don't care what anything was designed to do. I care about what it can do. So let's get to work, let's lay it out, okay?" "With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour." "When I go up there on 19, I'm gonna take my entire collection of Johnny Cash along!" "Dad, can I please wear this?" "Sure." "Jim!" "No! No, absolutely not." "Do they know they're not on the air?" "We'll tell them when they get back." " I remember this one time - I'm in a Banshee at night in combat conditions, so there's no running lights on the carrier. It was the Shrangri-La, and we were in the Sea of Japan and my radar had jammed, and my homing signal was gone... because somebody in Japan was actually using the same frequency. And so it was - it was leading me away from where I was supposed to be. And I'm lookin' down at a big, black ocean, so I flip on my map light, and then suddenly: zap. Everything shorts out right there in my cockpit. All my instruments are gone. My lights are gone. And I can't even tell now what my altitude is. I know I'm running out of fuel, so I'm thinking about ditching in the ocean. And I, I look down there, and then in the darkness there's this uh, there's this green trail. It's like a long carpet that's just laid out right beneath me. And it was the algae, right? It was that phosphorescent stuff that gets churned up in the wake of a big ship. And it was - it was - it was leading me home. You know? If my cockpit lights hadn't shorted out, there's no way I'd ever been able to see that. So uh, you, uh, never know... what... what events are to transpire to get you home." " Gentlemen... what are your intentions?" I'd like to go home." "No, Henry! Those people don't put one piece of equipment on my lawn. If they have a problem with that, they can take it up with my husband. He'll be home... on Friday!" "Uh, well, if anyone from the, uh, from the IRS is watching, I... forgot to file my, my, my 1040 return. Um, I meant to do it today, but, uh..." "That's no joke. They'll jump on him!" "Jack, you'll be glad to hear that we've contacted President Nixon, and he's going to grant you an extension on your income taxes, since you are most decidedly out of the country." "Roger that, Houston. That's wonderful news."

How can I say this more clearly? We KNOW you think it's a myth. We disagree. We're aware that it can be framed so as to resemble myths to a remarkable degree. If I was bored enough, I could do that with a lot of events from the news from different time-frames. You already called it "MYTHOLOGY." Some of us disagree. The original poster is asking questions that go in completely the opposite direction than you want to go. Even if you're convinced she's completely wrong, provincial, and under-educated, can't you accept that this is her right? She can choose to pursue questions you consider silly, and avenues of inquiry you think don't even exist. She's not passing judgement on you for discarding what she considers to be deeper truths than the sociological theories of the day can offer. Can you return the favor? And if not, can you at least leave her alone about it and just judge her without hitting 'reply'? It's not like she's pushing vpw worship or anything....

No, I think you've all seen this one at some point. It came out in 1995 and has aired on television quite a bit since then, at least on basic cable (and premium cable.)

I've heard of it online. Perhaps I'll find some episodes of it some time.

Something may be up with my account settings I can't find, but I'll get back to this when I can.

"Let's work the problem, people. Let's not make things any worse by guessing." "I don't care what anything was designed to do. I care about what it can do. So let's get to work, let's lay it out, okay?" "With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour." "When I go up there on 19, I'm gonna take my entire collection of Johnny Cash along!" "Dad, can I please wear this?" "Sure." "Jim!" "No! No, absolutely not." "Do they know they're not on the air?" "We'll tell them when they get back." " I remember this one time - I'm in a Banshee at night in combat conditions, so there's no running lights on the carrier. It was the Shrangri-La, and we were in the Sea of Japan and my radar had jammed, and my homing signal was gone... because somebody in Japan was actually using the same frequency. And so it was - it was leading me away from where I was supposed to be. And I'm lookin' down at a big, black ocean, so I flip on my map light, and then suddenly: zap. Everything shorts out right there in my cockpit. All my instruments are gone. My lights are gone. And I can't even tell now what my altitude is. I know I'm running out of fuel, so I'm thinking about ditching in the ocean. And I, I look down there, and then in the darkness there's this uh, there's this green trail. It's like a long carpet that's just laid out right beneath me. And it was the algae, right? It was that phosphorescent stuff that gets churned up in the wake of a big ship. And it was - it was - it was leading me home. You know? If my cockpit lights hadn't shorted out, there's no way I'd ever been able to see that. So uh, you, uh, never know... what... what events are to transpire to get you home." " Gentlemen... what are your intentions?" I'd like to go home." "No, Henry! Those people don't put one piece of equipment on my lawn. If they have a problem with that, they can take it up with my husband. He'll be home... on Friday!" "Uh, well, if anyone from the, uh, from the IRS is watching, I... forgot to file my, my, my 1040 return. Um, I meant to do it today, but, uh..." "That's no joke. They'll jump on him!" "Jack, you'll be glad to hear that we've contacted President Nixon, and he's going to grant you an extension on your income taxes, since you are most decidedly out of the country." You're going to kick yourself, George. I'm sure you've seen this movie more than once.

It came out in 2007.

It's actually from 1995 (the song.) It was featured in VH1's 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders at #68. On the UK charts, it reached #4 when it first charted.

*wild swing* Boris Karloff's "Thriller"?

This movie is a LOT better-known. And a lot more recent. (But not in theaters now, of course.)

For that one, you'll have to be more current. I thought a comic-book geek might get it fast.