ytmnd - you're the man now dog!

Well, some of these commenters AREN'T, amazingly. Even if you DIDN'T know what The Onion was, surely anyone with half a brain in their head would be able to recognize parody when they see it.

OmniIcyshelf

February 28th, 2006

4:37:24 PM CST

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I find it ironic that people call Creationists idiotic or close-minded when they don't take even a minute to listen to someone who actually uses reason to support their ideas on Intelligent Design.

Chav-Slayer

February 28th, 2006

4:38:23 PM CST

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The Onion rules.

davedevil16

February 28th, 2006

4:38:54 PM CST

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"Religion is for jackasses. Sorry." agreed

cooke

February 28th, 2006

4:39:26 PM CST

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because I.D. is not science

LennyTheRed

February 28th, 2006

4:40:49 PM CST

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Holy sh*t LOL

boomaga

February 28th, 2006

4:41:41 PM CST

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Thank you, cooke - you said it.

OmniIcyshelf

February 28th, 2006

4:43:01 PM CST

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Yes, Intelligent Design is not science- It is more of a philosophy. However, those who call the study of the origin of the universe "science" have forgotten their own principles- That it is not proven until demonstrated.

arrowhead909

February 28th, 2006

4:45:17 PM CST

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5 because Bob Dylan is god.

OmniIcyshelf

February 28th, 2006

4:46:47 PM CST

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By the way. Four for being damn close to the way the typical midwesterner actually thinks.

BARNES

February 28th, 2006

4:47:31 PM CST

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That was funny and i like The Times they Are a changin'

cooke

February 28th, 2006

4:47:52 PM CST

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so any "theories" we have are unscientific? kinda like the theory of gravity?

RedFrog

February 28th, 2006

4:49:21 PM CST

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Oh, sh*t. For a second there, I thought that was real!

OmniIcyshelf

February 28th, 2006

4:49:25 PM CST

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Did I say they were "unscientific"? No, I have not. I am saying that the theory of gravity is demonstrable, whereas the origins of the universe are not.

boomaga

February 28th, 2006

4:49:29 PM CST

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I.D. not "a science" ? That's the whole PURPOSE of I.D., to tout itself as a "science." Of course it's NOT a science, but de facto it HAS to argue that it is.

JackHorner

February 28th, 2006

4:49:41 PM CST

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LOL "uses reason to support their ideas on Intelligent Design." LOL Oxymoron

knev123

February 28th, 2006

4:51:11 PM CST

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It's funny, but it's not your own work.

jakeman

February 28th, 2006

4:53:19 PM CST

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ahh, evolutionists. you guys call us morons, but you are unable to offer the smallest shred of real proof. give me a link to one irrifutable piece of evidence for evolution. what's that? you can't? hmm. you accuse us of being dumb, but do you ever think?

OmniIcyshelf

February 28th, 2006

4:54:26 PM CST

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Hardly, Jack. The argument is this: The complexity of the universe is extremely unlikely to be arbitrary and is far more likely to have a body governing it. It's a simple examination of the odds.

Siegmund

February 28th, 2006

4:55:03 PM CST

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Americans, lol

JackHorner

February 28th, 2006

4:55:06 PM CST

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at least be have more proof than you do.

cooke

February 28th, 2006

4:55:07 PM CST

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never mention the odds

Waziot

February 28th, 2006

4:55:24 PM CST

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I would give The Onion 5 stars, but you did not really do anything.

boomaga

February 28th, 2006

4:55:29 PM CST

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I've read a lot of creationist literature - half the arguments stem from deliberate misinterpretation of the terms "proof," "theory," "law," "interpret," and "evidence" as they relate to empirical science.

jakeman

February 28th, 2006

4:56:19 PM CST

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where did all the matter in the universe come from? also, why are you so scared of christians? you say you aren't, but it's clear that you are. little pansy, can't even try to make an arguement against us, just calls us dumb. yeah, really good arguement t

lololololol

February 28th, 2006

4:56:23 PM CST

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^HOLY sh*t I FOUND DARWINS BOOK!!!!!!1111111111!!!

JackHorner

February 28th, 2006

4:56:50 PM CST

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Why is it unlikely to be arbitrary?

cooke

February 28th, 2006

4:56:53 PM CST

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"the odds" argument proves nothing and disproves absolutely nothing

boomaga

February 28th, 2006

4:57:54 PM CST

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You know the only people left on earth still having creationism debates ? Some still-undiscovered jungle tribes in New Guinea, some Kalahari bushmen, and American Christians.

cooke

February 28th, 2006

4:57:56 PM CST

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please don't use the word "pansy" in a scientific argument

OmniIcyshelf

February 28th, 2006

4:58:12 PM CST

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Naturally, the theories such as the Big Bang can be supported by the principles of physics that we have thus far been able to demonstrate. This does not, however, -disprove- what thinking Creationists have in mind.

cooke

February 28th, 2006

4:58:58 PM CST

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then again YTMND is hardly the place for scientific argument!

Mech

February 28th, 2006

4:59:01 PM CST

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You are all a bunch of f*cking retards. Go die.

JackHorner

February 28th, 2006

4:59:32 PM CST

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One day we will find the proof or disproof of god. Without science you cristians would never know the truth. It doesnt matter cause when has cristianity ever cared about truth?

jakeman

February 28th, 2006

5:01:04 PM CST

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i'm familiar with occam's razor. that would be a push towards ID, NOT towards evolution. also, if i put a piece of plastic in a room, will it turn into a army man after 10,000,000,000,000 years?

OmniIcyshelf

February 28th, 2006

5:01:23 PM CST

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My point precisely, cooke. NEITHER SIDE HAS CONCRETE EVIDENCE. What is most ironic about this is that both sides claim the other is merely building castles in the clouds- And it is true for both sides.

boomaga

February 28th, 2006

5:01:59 PM CST

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I'm sorry, if you're Christian you're not necessarily dumb, but if you're a creationist, you're absolutely dumb and deserve no respect. No, wait - I'm NOT sorry.

surfinbrant

February 28th, 2006

5:02:14 PM CST

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Kill yourself and go to Hell.

Polygon

February 28th, 2006

5:02:51 PM CST

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they are close minded.... "omg they tried to teach me SCIENCE!"

machshop

February 28th, 2006

5:03:03 PM CST

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Oh noe! We can't understand *insert any topic*! God must be behind it!

OmniIcyshelf

February 28th, 2006

5:03:33 PM CST

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I don't hold any stock in reductionism, Mr. Susan.

jakeman

February 28th, 2006

5:04:05 PM CST

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lol at boomaga. you're scared, actually, and all you can think of are insults. and mr_susan, i asked for a link. expecting to find fossils and finding them is hardly proof. give me ONE SOLID IRRIFUTABLE FACT. HAHAHAHAHA, CAN'T DO IT!!!

mrcrazyflames

February 28th, 2006

5:04:38 PM CST

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i was about to kill myself but i was like onion

cooke

February 28th, 2006

5:05:42 PM CST

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all evidence points toward a big bang - anything that existed before the big bang is still widely debated

OmniIcyshelf

February 28th, 2006

5:05:51 PM CST

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Jake, I'd recommend that you stop representing your side of the argument until you can spell "irrefutable" and make your own case for Creationism.

boomaga

February 28th, 2006

5:06:53 PM CST

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UnbeLIEVEable - how can you SIT there and TYPE "no concrete evidence", using your opposable thumbs to hit the space bar ? Astounding. So fossils are just God messing with our minds ?

machshop

February 28th, 2006

5:06:57 PM CST

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Hey Jake: YOU give some evidence for your side.

jakeman

February 28th, 2006

5:07:13 PM CST

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LOL. what evidence points to a big bang? the planets and moons that spin backwards? that in itself disproves the whole thing, really easily. kinda funny.... oh, and how about some proof for the big bang? and how's that proof for evolution coming along?

cooke

February 28th, 2006

5:07:41 PM CST

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jakeman, what would you consider an irrefutible fact?

WTFNation

February 28th, 2006

5:09:44 PM CST

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lol, onion

OmniIcyshelf

February 28th, 2006

5:10:12 PM CST

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You have an uncanny ability to jump from Point A to Point Z, my friend. Did I once mention evolution? What I am discussing is whether or not one believes that a force of will, such as what compels you to argue against me- was behind the universe's beginni

jakeman

February 28th, 2006

5:10:42 PM CST

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ROFL, so opposable thumbs is proof?!?! MORON!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! and i asked you first. you give me some evidence and i'll give you some. oh, and so what if i can't spell irrefutable? and, i'm not presenting an arguement FOR ID or anything, i'm presenti

boomaga

February 28th, 2006

5:10:52 PM CST

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scared ? Son, I will step Toe to Motherf*cking TOE in an evolution debate - Throw me in that briar patch, I double-motherf*cking-dog dare you

Siegmund

February 28th, 2006

5:11:38 PM CST

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-> Jakeman: Actually christians are scared of what they can't understand. That's why they believe in god, in heaven and salvation after death. I'm atheist and not afraid of death nor christians (I actually feel pity for you fools)

machshop

February 28th, 2006

5:13:22 PM CST

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Jake, the only reason you won't give evidence is because you don't have any. You're afraid you're wrong, which you are.

cooke

February 28th, 2006

5:15:20 PM CST

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it's hard to argue about the ABSOLUTE beginning of the universe

cooke

February 28th, 2006

5:16:28 PM CST

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evolution is a much easier debate though

OmniIcyshelf

February 28th, 2006

5:17:22 PM CST

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I will say this much. I am scared bloody STIFF of being in an arbitrary universe. It is not so much fear of the unknown as merely discovering that there is no point in existence; that we are expendable and powerless.

AceRock

February 28th, 2006

5:17:59 PM CST

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lol stupid milf

jakeman

February 28th, 2006

5:18:19 PM CST

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previous three posters, i don't have enough room to respond to all of you. but mrsusan or whatever, that link had zero proof as well.... i asked for solid irrefutable proof... and you failed at bringing me some... seigmund, you're so pathetic...

Spotz

February 28th, 2006

5:18:32 PM CST

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Excellent song. Check out the cover that Blackmore's Night did, if you haven't heard it yet.

jakeman

February 28th, 2006

5:22:34 PM CST

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you're pathetic because you're acting like you feel pity for us. the truth is, you ARE afraid. everyone has knowledge of a higher being in him, but a lot of people repress it. you're not afraid of death? of oblivion?

boomaga

February 28th, 2006

5:22:34 PM CST

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I don't care about the beginning of the universe - God the watchmaker ? sure, fine by me - it's just, don't tell me evolution never happened and there's no evidence. I get so furious I start shaking.

jakeman

February 28th, 2006

5:24:28 PM CST

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ok, first, boomaga, sorry you're unable to think outside your narrow little path. second, it's time for me to go eat. see all y'alls never!

gatz

February 28th, 2006

5:24:45 PM CST

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inertia is a property of matter!

OmniIcyshelf

February 28th, 2006

5:24:54 PM CST

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Still, a thinking Christian who reads Genesis literally and is willing to be open-minded would most certainly have their faith shaken.

cooke

February 28th, 2006

5:26:21 PM CST

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thanks jake for trolling it up with nonsense

OmniIcyshelf

February 28th, 2006

5:27:39 PM CST

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Not necessarily, Mr. Susan- Just as Jesus told parables, so may many things in the Bible be parables, and God would simply want us to observe the main point.

MarkyMark

February 28th, 2006

5:29:05 PM CST

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Does the first few lines of the song mean people who believe in Moses parting the waters, and therefore God and the Bible, will sink in a sea of science and truth?

ollj

February 28th, 2006

5:29:50 PM CST

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thanks god its an onion!

cooke

February 28th, 2006

5:30:54 PM CST

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God: "I help those who help themselves."

JustinWhite

February 28th, 2006

5:31:02 PM CST

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God creates dinosaurs, God destroys dinosaurs, God creates man, man destroys God, man creates dinosaurs.

ollj

February 28th, 2006

5:32:18 PM CST

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All the serious replies here obviously missed that the image source is www.theonion.com a SATIRE magazine!

Zealous

February 28th, 2006

5:32:20 PM CST

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Why the hell are you people arguing in the comments of YTMND? Go to debate site #4752 and comment of the parody. God damn. Site gets a 4 btw.

OmniIcyshelf

February 28th, 2006

5:32:59 PM CST

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Ollj- I know it's from The Onion. Read my post that mentions me giving it a four for reflecting Midwestern attitudes toward science.

boomaga

February 28th, 2006

5:33:35 PM CST

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(I'M the one with the narrow POV. a-ha...) - Look, I know the majority of American Christians, despite what some say, are reasonable ppl who don't deny science, and resolve it vs. religion in their own hearts quite happily. It's these charasmatic cu

boomaga

February 28th, 2006

5:34:37 PM CST

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...cult-leader-wannabes who stir up sh*t to get their congregation to feel that "Us Vs. Them" unity. Nothing binds a group together like a common threat.

MarkyMark

February 28th, 2006

5:34:41 PM CST

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furthermore, I'm not trying to be antagonistic but the better things get in the world, the less reliance we have on religion.. even in Roman times the Gods were doubted by higher thinkers and the well-off alike..

OmniIcyshelf

February 28th, 2006

5:35:17 PM CST

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And I believe there is a Word of God, and that's that. Just as a lot of passages in the Old Testament can point to behavior we'd hardly see as forgiving and just, so too are there many passages that counteract these.

debilitas

February 28th, 2006

5:36:30 PM CST

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Never argue with zealots. It's pointless.

boomaga

February 28th, 2006

5:39:07 PM CST

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Okay... whoo... I've calmed down. Seriously, there is no other subject on earth that will, in the course of arguing, get me mad enough to want to fistfight.

xxxxx2

February 28th, 2006

5:39:55 PM CST

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sweet rage

ColdStone

February 28th, 2006

5:43:09 PM CST

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The best part is that the Christians are fighting furiously in the comments and failing.

OmniIcyshelf

February 28th, 2006

5:43:13 PM CST

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I will close with this: I am not making an "I'm right, you're wrong" argument- No, I am saying that in the end it is by faith that we make our own decisions.

OmniIcyshelf

February 28th, 2006

5:44:55 PM CST

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We who can acknowledge that we are indeed taking faith in something are each aware that we may be right or wrong, but still we hold because we believe at the core of our being that we are right. There is no process of elimination, just choice.

OmniIcyshelf

February 28th, 2006

5:46:37 PM CST

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I believe this site is funny, so I give it a four. Pleasure debating (for lack of a better word).

boomaga

February 28th, 2006

5:51:06 PM CST

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I don't begrudge anyone their beliefs - whatever it takes to sleep at night, to get you through this lonely life, and try to be happy and good to others. A-OK.

sanvarin

February 28th, 2006

6:01:43 PM CST

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f*ck: jesus/god/allah/buddah/mary/joseph/druids/ and the pope.

mast

February 28th, 2006

9:48:53 PM CST

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America is a laughing stock of the world for even having people who want to cave in to old-age sh*t like Creationism. Welcome to the 21st century, deal with it.

csartanis

March 1st, 2006

12:00:43 AM CST

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lol!

April 13th, 2006

(0)

May 7th, 2006

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lmao

Trilkin

May 13th, 2006

3:46:58 PM CDT

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-5 for promoting intelligent discussion on YTMND. Also, Jesus is dead.

cooke

May 13th, 2006

3:58:27 PM CDT

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^you are so retarded

OzymandiasVolt

June 7th, 2006

4:24:00 PM CDT

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Hahaha, because evolution is so much more realistic. (Statistics and scientific method say it isn't.)

cooke

June 8th, 2006

12:44:44 AM CDT

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you're such an idiot, let's debate, name the place and time

OzymandiasVolt

June 8th, 2006

9:03:18 AM CDT

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Yes, *I'M* an idiot for laughing at your framework of guesses and lies. :P

cooke

June 8th, 2006

2:55:02 PM CDT

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yes you are an idiot, evolution is based on science, like I said name the place and time and let's have a debate

olowokandi

September 16th, 2006

1:42:16 AM CDT

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not good enough for the kandi man. MEGAWOOT@22@@@@22

Doomrock

February 1st, 2007

5:48:23 PM CST

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There's really never been anything more to say than "bible = book". The whole thing is contained inside that book. It's a very intense fandom, this Christianity.

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