Paul Broun: Evolution, Big Bang theory ‘lies straight from pit of hell’
To the rest of the country, this may come as a bit of a surprise. To those of us in Georgia, not so much.
From the AP:
ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia Rep. Paul Broun said in videotaped remarks that evolution, embryology and the Big Bang theory are “lies straight from the pit of hell” meant to convince people that they do not need a savior.
The Republican lawmaker made those comments during a speech Sept. 27 at a sportsman’s banquet at Liberty Baptist Church in Hartwell. Broun, a medical doctor, is running for re-election in November unopposed by Democrats.
“God’s word is true,” Broun said, according to a video posted on the church’s website. “I’ve come to understand that. All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and Big Bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of hell. And it’s lies to try to keep me and all the folks who are taught that from understanding that they need a savior.”
The quote comes at 34:50 in the video above, in which Broun first recounts his exploits as a big-game trophy hunter. Later, he witnesses for Christ and tells his own personal story of finding salvation at a moment of crisis. Personally, I think a more telling moment comes a little earlier, when he tells the audience that pastors of other, more mainstream Christian denominations “are going to send their people to hell” because in his opinion, they do not stress a personal relationship with their savior.
Broun, who is a physician by training, sits on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. I think it’s important to stress that the setting for his remarks is religious in character rather than political.
– Jay Bookman
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josef
October 7th, 2012
11:50 am
http://oddfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dinosaurs.jpg
Tundra Dude
October 7th, 2012
11:50 am
reminded me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb0ef6NhY74
GOOD wun!!
liberalefty
October 7th, 2012
11:51 am
i sure be glad when one of these christians show proof of their all powerful invisible sky god
josef
October 7th, 2012
11:55 am
Getalife
in case you haven’t seen it…
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/world/middleeast/citing-us-fears-arab-allies-limit-aid-to-syrian-rebels.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121007
and this
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Oct-06/190435-panetta-syria-clash-with-turkey-may-escalate.ashx#axzz28YObdvBL
getalife
October 7th, 2012
11:55 am
“Catholic leaders gather to counter decline of faith…” drudgey.
Nice work cons. After destroying our country, they destroyed religion.
getalife
October 7th, 2012
12:04 pm
josef,
Yes, I did see that. I was disappointing to read about not arming them with bigger weapons but after Libya’s attack it is understandable. The raided a air base and got them anyway.
The rebels say the west abandoned them but they will never be our ally so I get why. The Turkey situation should be the focus on this situation to try to stop it so the war does not get out of control.
Also, Israel shot down their first drone so radar functions are capable of stopping drones.
Jm - HNS
October 7th, 2012
12:07 pm
Getalife
Re deporting Jesus
Blame Obama
liberalefty
October 7th, 2012
12:10 pm
dont the gop know JESUS was a darkskin AFRICAN and not the blonde blue eyed dude thats in the christian churches…
josef
October 7th, 2012
12:14 pm
liberal lefty
If you had sense enough to pour piss out of a boot onto a flat rock with the directions written on the heel you’d be dangerous…
getalife
October 7th, 2012
12:14 pm
jm,
But he let all his children stay.
I know you want mitt to roll back regulations on wall street so you can collapse our economy again but it is not going to happen.
godless heathen
October 7th, 2012
12:18 pm
it’s really not him you’re throwing stones at, but God Himself.
And if that SOB would show his face, I’d pick up the biggest one I could find and hurl it at him for allowing (causing?) all the suffering of the innocents.
E. Dunwody
October 7th, 2012
12:21 pm
I mean seriously–this idiot is on a science committee?
liberalefty
October 7th, 2012
12:22 pm
josef
the bible states JESUS was a darkskin man with wooly hair …but all i see are pics of some blue eyed blonde surfer looking dude. But i dont believe Jesus was real anyway, but his pic has been used to spread white supremacy
getalife
October 7th, 2012
12:22 pm
josef,
“Not just Arab countries – all countries are in need of reform. Perhaps countries that think they are very advanced are the most in need of reform…
Iran too needs reform, but it’s the extent of reforms that is different. The same can be said for Syria. But my point is we need to talk about the method of these reforms.
There are two clear options [for Syria]: One is of war. Some feel that war will bring reform. They applaud conflict, they support conflict. The media climate might also support it. This might bring about a temporary end – a point might be reached where forces might come into the country to back the Syrian government. Or forces might come in to back the opposition, bringing things to an end in that way.
But I think that in the long term, this will harm Syria. Because you can’t rule with war. The Syrian military and people are of different tribes and they all have to get along. If tribal warfare breaks out, Syria will either break up – or it will continue, where one tribe takes control and the other will arm itself and keep fighting. So this is one method and it has supporters – on both sides.
But there’s a second way, that of a national dialogue for totally free elections. I think this second method is better and more beneficial for Syria…
Our relationship with Syria goes back a long time …. Some people want to use this to put pressure on Iran, to make accusations against Iran.
Do you really think that Syria doesn’t have friends who would arm it? Those who have been arming it for a long time? There are many in line before us. I’m not saying that people don’t make mistakes. There are those in every country that might make mistakes … I want to ask this question. Tomorrow this situation might happen in Jordan. Or it might happen in Saudi Arabia, or in Qatar and the UAE. Should there be war? I don’t agree with this. I think it’s very bad.
I think war is not a good method. Ultimately, Arab forces are more needed elsewhere – in places where people have been waiting 60 years for Arab forces…
Currently, we’re going towards a tribal war, and this is very dangerous. It’s not in the best interest of Syria. If tribal war breaks out, this will immediately spread to Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq. This isn’t a fire that can be contained. I’m more worried about the future.”
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s president
Your thoughts?
liberalefty
October 7th, 2012
12:23 pm
does the mighty sky god ever talk?
Lily
October 7th, 2012
12:23 pm
a sermon from the church of GFR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2aLx8R0JT8
josef
October 7th, 2012
12:26 pm
Like I said, you’d be dangerous…Jesus was a Levantine Jew and most likely would resemble the contemporary Lebanese, Mizrahi Jews, Palestinians, etc. Secondly, have you ever heard of Josephus? Jesus is an historical figure,,,I leave it to you and the other fundamentalist fire and brimstone tent revivalists to debate his divinity…I don’t have a dog in that fight…
liberalefty
October 7th, 2012
12:27 pm
Jesus supposedly lived 33 years and never had a woman? mmmmmm…oh well
josef
October 7th, 2012
12:31 pm
getalife
I think he’s trying to step back from the abyss. I was talking to some Irani colleagues who were saying that now that he’s on his way out he’s more concerned with his legacy than staying in power, aiming now to be the “statesman” and not the “politician.” Their own summation was, a day late and a dollar short on that one.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 7th, 2012
12:31 pm
Jesus, The Missing Years.
liberalefty
October 7th, 2012
12:34 pm
josef
i used to get mad at black churches for having a pic of a white man as their saviour hanging in the church. but now i realize they were just victims of white supremacy. A white church would never have a pic of a black man as their saviour because whites were taught that they are superior to blacks while blacks were taught to bow down to whites which explains the reason why black churches have a pic of a white JESUS
liberalefty
October 7th, 2012
12:38 pm
the first rule of any religion is to find someone to hate so that your god will give you justification to butcher them
getalife
October 7th, 2012
12:44 pm
josef,
I thought he was just stating the obvious and finally telling the truth for a change.
Aquagirl
October 7th, 2012
12:48 pm
because whites were taught that they are superior to blacks
Well of course. We rescued a fortunate few from Africa so they could enjoy our plantation life, according to (yet) another crazy Gooper.
http://www.inquisitr.com/355385/arkansas-republican-jon-hubbard-calls-slavery-blessing-in-disguise-for-blacks/
sam
October 7th, 2012
12:48 pm
scary part is not the science committee he sits on, scary part is that he was trained as a doctor. i think athens area is safer with him on congress rather than seeing patients. re-elect broun!
josef
October 7th, 2012
12:49 pm
I think I saw Cuddin JC in there somewhere…
Warning…some might not be too “happy”…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZHMj8lR35g
bman
October 7th, 2012
12:51 pm
Religion + Racial chat … Yummy
They BOTH suck
October 7th, 2012
12:52 pm
josef
He did spend a lot of time with 12 dudes……
josef
October 7th, 2012
12:52 pm
getalife
I would agree with that.
LEFTY
The “black” Jesus is just as ahistorical as the blond, blue-eyed one. Not very likely in either case.
josef
October 7th, 2012
12:54 pm
BOTH
I’ve always been of that opinion…I’ve had my fair share of Judas Iscariots along the way…nasty b*tches, they!
A TAT
October 7th, 2012
12:55 pm
Fred:
Lard or butter in those biscuits? We’re provided with what we need, not necessarily what we want. What we want isn’t always good for us.
Today, our minister discussed the possibility that Jesus was married.
His conclusion?
It doesn’t matter. Relationship(s) are the key.
They BOTH suck
October 7th, 2012
12:55 pm
josef
hahahaha
barking frog
October 7th, 2012
12:56 pm
Jm, getalife
Are you saying Jesus is
God’s anchor baby?
josef
October 7th, 2012
12:58 pm
FROG
@ 12:56
JamVet
October 7th, 2012
12:59 pm
Broun’s a Georgia buffoon. A loon who sticks his fat feet in his gaping mouth so often, nothing he says anymore even more surprises me.
Whether he is a supposed Christian, a real Christian like TC, a fake Jew, a Hindu, a Buddhist, a Muslim or an atheist is of no consequence.
He is just a very, very sad indictment of the clowns who elect him…
Aquagirl
October 7th, 2012
1:03 pm
Jesus is
God’s anchor baby?,/i>
I saw God in the grocery store the other day with his SNAP card and a cart full of steak. Kosher, of course. But at least our tax dollars aren’t going towards lobster.
getalife
October 7th, 2012
1:05 pm
frog,
We are all God’s anchor babies.
Joe Walsh on ESPN this morning playing live was really cool.
Talledega and NFL football on Sunday .
Amen.
Aquagirl
October 7th, 2012
1:06 pm
The slanty fail was obviously god’s punishment.
moonbat betty (2 panties 1 wad)
October 7th, 2012
1:06 pm
Broun knows evil when he sees it.
Jm
October 7th, 2012
1:08 pm
Frog 12:56
JamVet
October 7th, 2012
1:12 pm
In May 2009, Broun proposed failed legislation that would have proclaimed 2010 “The Year Of The Bible”. He also introduced a bill to ban the sale or rental of sexually explicit materials on U.S military installations. (Kisses from Eddie Meese.)
When Broun explained his reasons for voting against climate change legislation in June 2010, he called the entire concept of man-made global warming a conspiracy perpetuated by certain members of the scientific community.
On Fox News in May 2011, Broun said regarding political correctness, “Well, Shannon, what happened at the airport is, uh, an elderly lady walked — ah, followed me behind in the [TSA] screening process, and she was patted down. A little kid was patted down. And this guy in Arabian attire just walks right through.” He argued that lives and money could be saved by “intelligence” and less “political correctness”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6bOCUOPN0w&feature=related
barking frog
October 7th, 2012
1:13 pm
Aquagirl
God keeps kosher.
They BOTH suck
October 7th, 2012
1:14 pm
“Broun knows evil when he sees it.”
Guess you are saying that he has many mirrors in his house?
Doggone/GA
October 7th, 2012
1:14 pm
“Broun knows evil when he sees it”
Yep. Everytime he looks in the mirror.
liberalefty
October 7th, 2012
1:14 pm
AUQUAGIRL
let me tell u a secret that us blacks dont talk about in mix{white} company. We are glad that slavery happened, eventhough we would never admit it in public. We understand the horrific acts and brutality of slavery but being born in America was worth it…now dont tell anyone i told u this and please dont say this around black folks!
Doggone/GA
October 7th, 2012
1:15 pm
TBS – great minds think alike!
josef
October 7th, 2012
1:16 pm
frog
“God keeps kosher.”
Only during Passover and the High Holy Days….
josef
October 7th, 2012
1:17 pm
liberal lefty…
@ 1:14
You been talkin to Unmentionable on the sly?
BTW
Happy Columbus Day!
getalife
October 7th, 2012
1:20 pm
liberlefty is black like broun is a lib.
barking frog
October 7th, 2012
1:22 pm
josef
o.k.
Saved By Grace
October 7th, 2012
1:22 pm
Finally we have a Congressman that will tell the truth as published by the Creator. Whom gives us Government and all the rights that we have come to believe are ours. Falling away from the original founding beliefs of our country will ultimately send us into destruction. It is a shame to me that every Christian is not falling behind the Congressman in support for the beliefs we claim to be our own. Thank you Dr. Broun for your stance and you testimony.
getalife
October 7th, 2012
1:27 pm
God gave us government.
Can we give it back?
Lets face it, if you read world history humans have believed in some wild stuff.
Aquagirl
October 7th, 2012
1:29 pm
We understand the horrific acts and brutality of slavery but being born in America was worth it…
I’m not sure I understand this sense of gratitude. Large portions of Africa suck because they were colonized by Europeans, so why be grateful to other European for rescuing you from Africa?
That’s like thanking an arsonist for pulling you out of your house after they set it on fire.
josef
October 7th, 2012
1:33 pm
Aquagirl
Well, as Unmentionable says, if Chris hadn’t've come calling, me and him would not have hooked up, so all’s well that ends well…
Aquagirl
October 7th, 2012
1:37 pm
if Chris hadn’t’ve come calling, me and him would not have hooked up, so all’s well that ends well…
Ah, the Male Axiom: if a particular action results in a hookup it must be good.
TGT
October 7th, 2012
1:37 pm
Broun has more knowledge about science in his pinky finger than you libs can muster combined.
josef
October 7th, 2012
1:38 pm
Aquagirl
Well, that hookup’s lasted for going on 40 years, so there must be something there…
Brosephus™
October 7th, 2012
1:42 pm
frog @ 12:56
just flat out wrong….
JamVet
October 7th, 2012
1:43 pm
Broun has more knowledge about science in his pinky finger than you libs can muster combined.
Sixth grade fail.
When Broun explained his reasons for voting against climate change legislation in June 2010, he called the entire concept of man-made global warming a conspiracy perpetuated by certain members of the scientific community.
The man is an idiot, but perfect for Georgia Republicans and the North Koreans…
josef
October 7th, 2012
1:45 pm
okay, out for a bit, duty and the Pesky Savage calling…
stands for decibels
October 7th, 2012
1:48 pm
bollocks.
when Christians fail to live following the example Christ set for us, they are called intolerant. Christ’s only two commandments are to love God and love your neighbor as yourself
I have no idea why this fundamental truth is so hard for these wankers to grasp.
Jm
October 7th, 2012
1:49 pm
“Broun has more knowledge about science in his pinky finger than you libs can muster combined.”
Zzzzzzz
Brosephus™
October 7th, 2012
1:50 pm
Broun has more knowledge about science in his pinky finger than you libs can muster combined.
So, you’re basically calling Broun ignorant, right? You claim he has this knowledge but explicitly chooses not to use it. The guy plays dumbass and you defend him for doing so. What does that make you?
TGT
October 7th, 2012
1:51 pm
Man-made global warming has less cred than Darwinian evolution. And again, Broun demonstrates his sound grasp of real science.
getalife
October 7th, 2012
1:52 pm
tgt,
broun can go to hell.
Just to be fair and balanced.
TGT
October 7th, 2012
2:03 pm
You libs kick and scream about AGW, yet what do we observe? Weather and climate occur pretty much as they always have. You’ve been preaching this doom and gloom for three decades, to no virtually no avail. All your prophets have been WRONG!!
And then there’s Darwinian evolution. You libs claim to be champions of logic and reason, yet what do logic and reason dictate when it comes to the existence of life? Life must come from life. Billions and trillions of times over in this world we have seen this demonstrated. Life ALWAYS comes from life. That is all that has ever been observed, that is all that has ever been measured. NO scientist, no laboratory has EVER demonstrated anything to the contrary. Logic and reason dictate that we are created beings. Yet you libs continue to cling to this myth.
Dirty Dawg
October 7th, 2012
2:05 pm
Look if you guys want to say that God, regardless of whose God your talking about – arguably, they’re all the same Supreme Being – created The Big Bang and/or Evolution, then go with it. Just don’t label the rest of us as evil or something. In the end, and I don’t mean Armageddon, your gonna lose…your ‘beliefs’ and ‘faith’ may make you feel better about yourself and give you an ‘out’ for being a sinner that’ll be able to spend eternity in whatever Paradise you believe in, but don’t try to ram it down other people’s throats…you may find yourself meeting your maker sooner than you had planned, or worse losing you churches’ tax-exempt status.
JamVet
October 7th, 2012
2:05 pm
And cigarettes don’t kill people. Right Republicans?
You and the North Koreans make such a cute pair.
Unashamed and fiercely ignorant, even though the rest of the educated planet laughs at you.
I understand your bitterness though, Thomas. The GOP has become infamous for being the anti-science party. Ask Jon Huntsman.
BTW is Flip a believer in ACC or not this week?
(Don’t pray in my school and I won’t think in your church.)
ragnar danneskjold
October 7th, 2012
2:05 pm
Broun is right about evolution, but wrong about Big Bang. Big Bang, as argued by Jewish/agnostic Mortimer Adler is reasonable proof of the existence of YHWH or whatever appellation one wishes to use. Logical and internally sound argument in his pamphlet “How to Think About God.”
However, “evolution” remains a completely useless theory, with no potential application, other than those used by the Eugenicists (the earliest Darwinists), and their progeny, the abortionists and those who sought a permanent solution to the Jewish problem in the 1930s. (I understand some will argue, that Darwin’s theory can be dumbed down to a mere “things change.” Some are idiots.) Surely any sentient being of African descent will be profoundly embarrassed by Darwin’s analysis of that “inferior” race in the Descent of Man. (And surely the genius of a Thomas Sowell or Walter E Williams is a nearly-perfect disproof of Darwin’s internally-consistent but profoundly misguided ruminations?)
In any event, a thoughtful (i.e, “critical”) reading of Descent of Man should be sufficient for one to endorse Broun’s argument on the true source of the Darwin theory.
concerningidiots
October 7th, 2012
2:06 pm
So basically here’s how it goes today in America. If someone believes differently than you, they are an idiot. If someone believes differently than you don’t try to understand why or the actual facts behind what they believe but instead blindly criticize them and their belief. Definitely makes sense.
In America people say to be “open minded” and “accepting” yet they turn around and hate people who are different from them. If people have an opinion you don’t like then instead of saying okay that’s your opinion we say “You dumbass, you’re crazy.”
So a man believes that something scientific is wrong… who cares? Science has been wrong before and it is simply his opinion that it could be wrong again. There are people believe that God does not exist, so let them believe it right or wrong as they may be. Why does this even matter in the long run? The man may believe something that other people cannot comprehend but he said this in a church, what the heck does that have to do with politics… who knows. All I’m saying is we have Freedom of Speech in this country and the freedom to have our own damn opinions. People have the right to criticize him and whoever else they please, but they make themselves look like the “idiots” in the long run.
Such brilliant people we have in our country today I must say.
Jm
October 7th, 2012
2:11 pm
I think TGT may be a troll
Maybe not
stands for decibels
October 7th, 2012
2:12 pm
I see there’s been the usual “why are you libbies so MEAN to people who are just expressing their beliefs?” crying going on here from the right.
You want to know what mean would look like? Mean would be if the Democrats decided to start pounding this guy publicly, the way that the Goopers have been sticking it to Colleen Lachowicz, in Maine, as detailed here (and elsewhere.)
Seriously, in a just world, guys like Broun would be mocked and hounded wherever they went. But we don’t live in an especially just world.
JamVet
October 7th, 2012
2:12 pm
However, “evolution” remains
a completely useless theory, with no potential application,arguably the single greatest scientific discovery of the past 150 years and is the very foundation of modern biology and other sciences.Useless??????????????
BWAHAHAHAHA!
The theory of evolution is one of the great intellectual revolutions of human history, drastically changing our perception of the world and of our place in it. Charles Darwin put forth a coherent theory of evolution and amassed a great body of evidence in support of this theory. In Darwin’s time, most scientists fully believed that each organism and each adaptation was the work of the creator.
Man, I love rope-a-doping you flat earthers on these two topics…
stands for decibels
October 7th, 2012
2:14 pm
I really feel sorry for the kids of these “evolution is just a THEORY and you can’t prove nothin’ and my young-earth proclamations are every bit as valid so there” buffoons. I really do.
Jm
October 7th, 2012
2:14 pm
“we are created beings”
Of course we are. The how does not exclude the existence of god.
ragnar danneskjold
October 7th, 2012
2:18 pm
Good afternoon JamVet. No counter-argument on the uselessness of the “theory?” It is totally useless. Perhaps you wish me to define “use?” Has potential utility. Not a mere equivalent to “counting the angels on the head of a pin.”
Matti
October 7th, 2012
2:22 pm
***Yaaaaaaaawwwwn!*** I see I haven’t missed anything.
FWIW, I agree with concerningidiots. Everybody has an opinion, and rarely does anyone’s opinion make one iota of difference in the world. Why should I care?
Bottom line: People believe what they WANT to believe, and choose the supporting “evidence” to support whatever that is. Some of them spout off at the mouth about it, as if everybody is going to stop and listen to how smart they are. As if convincing someone else to believe as they do will validate them.
Just another form of wankage. (Gee, isn’t it better if you can get someone to watch?) Borrrrr-ing.
TGT
October 7th, 2012
2:26 pm
You show your ignorance of real science (again) Jam. Just producing a quote about Darwinian evol. doesn’t make it correct or useful. Tell us ONE use for D.E. in operational science. And how is it than people of science (ANY field), such as Dr. Broun, can go all through their education and operate perfectly well in their field all the while completely denying D.E.?
And remember, both Kepler and Newton calculated the earth to be only a few thousand years old. Kepler calculated a creation date of 3,992 B.C. Newton stated that, “For an educated man…any suggestion that the human past extended back further than 6,000 years was a vain and foolish speculation.”
Brosephus™
October 7th, 2012
2:27 pm
dB @ 2:12
You’re not gonna hear a damn thing about that either. Buncha jackasses…
Jm
October 7th, 2012
2:29 pm
Reuters: tiny new African dinosaur species discovered
Is it really “discovered” if it was nipping at Jesus’ heels?
I wonder how Jesus avoided T-Rex?
JamVet
October 7th, 2012
2:30 pm
rags, you crack me up.
I get it.
In your bizarro pre-1850s world, the science of biology is “useless”.
I suggest you make your “useless” case to some slow sixth grader in some failing home-school. Because ALL of the brilliant minds in the world’s most prestigious institutions from Berkley to Harvard to the Sorbonne would laugh you out of the building. Seriously. That is how messed up you Broun-led, anti-intellectual Republicans have become…
USMC
October 7th, 2012
2:30 pm
democRat CONGRESSMAN HANK JOHNSON WARNS THAT GUAM IN DANGER OF CAPSIZING…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITx4aFhASTE&feature=fvwrel
getalife
October 7th, 2012
2:31 pm
How we got here does not matter.
How we stay here does matter so we better start taking better care of our Planet or we will not be here.
Jm
October 7th, 2012
2:31 pm
Sfd
If I ever run into Broun, i’ll make sure and “point and laugh”
Matti
October 7th, 2012
2:32 pm
stands @ 2:14,
Those people are actively trying to disprove evolution by BEING the proof that human minds cannot learn, and therefore could not evolve. Let’s just call them the control group, and leave them in their little control group world until they die, completely un-evolved, clinging to their angry notions that the rest of us will be smited one day for using the brains God gave us. (So to speak.)
JamVet
October 7th, 2012
2:35 pm
TGT, explain to me again how you Republicans are smarter than everybody else in the world?
LOL.
THIS is how embarrassing you, your political party and your perverted ideology and religion have become…
The state-of-the-art 70,000 square foot Creation Museum brings the pages of the Bible to life, casting its characters and animals in dynamic form and placing them in familiar settings. Adam and Eve live in the Garden of Eden. Children play and dinosaurs roam near Eden’s Rivers. The serpent coils cunningly in the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Majestic murals, great masterpieces brimming with pulsating colors and details, provide a backdrop for many of the settings.
stands for decibels
October 7th, 2012
2:36 pm
I wonder how Jesus avoided T-Rex?
Silly, they didn’t have turntables back then…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19IqwU3itFk
although I’m sure He would be down with the glitter and the platform heels.
JamVet
October 7th, 2012
2:36 pm
Ex-marine, are you an evolution denier too?
Jm
October 7th, 2012
2:37 pm
Getalife 2:31
Part a- disagree
Part b- agree
stands for decibels
October 7th, 2012
2:38 pm
If I ever run into Broun, i’ll make sure and “point and laugh
Reminds me of what a friend once said of a dastardly fellow: “If I ever see him in a soup line, I’ll steal his spoon.”
TGT
October 7th, 2012
2:40 pm
In other words, you got nothing, huh Jam? That’s what I thought.
stands for decibels
October 7th, 2012
2:41 pm
See, even if Hank spoke beyond-inelegantly, there’s some basis for him using a “tip over” analogy, as he did. (and I might add, I’ve heard plenty of not-especially-conservative folks who continue to razz the guy–who is no dummy, actually–for what he’d said.)
There’s *no* basis for the kind of crap some of these righties are spouting about a young earth, about evolution being some weird conspiracy cooked up by “godless libruls” to make kiddies go to aitch-E-double-hockey-stix.
Jesus, save me from the dopes who just don’t get You.
Brosephus™
October 7th, 2012
2:42 pm
Tell us ONE use for D.E. in operational science. And how is it than people of science (ANY field), such as Dr. Broun, can go all through their education and operate perfectly well in their field all the while completely denying D.E.?
Have you ever watched scientists track and fight viruses and bacteria that mutate over time? Have you not watched the HIV virus, for example, mutate over it’s known existence into different variations where some are more resistant to drugs than others? How do you think we will ever deal with MRSA, if not by using what we know about natural selection, evolution, and mutation?
Just because Darwin’s basic theory doesn’t agree with creationism doesn’t mean there are no scientific applications. Can you show where creationism has ONE applicable use in today’s sciences? Since you want to challenge others, why not challenge yourself?
getalife
October 7th, 2012
2:42 pm
jm,
So what happens if they prove how we got here with that billion dollar big bang theory machine?
Is it going to create millions of good paying jobs?
That is what we should be focusing on.
stands for decibels
October 7th, 2012
2:42 pm
Anyway, in conclusion, so long as Paul Broun continues to draw breath as an elected official we’re all probably more or less f-cked.
Have a blessed rest-of-yer-Sunday! I’m outa here…
JamVet
October 7th, 2012
2:45 pm
Thomas, if by nothing you mean that you would get laughed out of ANY post third grade science class in ANY public school in this entire country, yep, I got nuthin.
Hell, those morons in Cobb County had to take those idiotic and embarrassing stickers out of those science text books a few years ago. I’m sure you were not happy about that one, huh?
Your religion has messed up your mind.
stands, niiiice…
For our 17th century (Pre-Enlightenment) Republicans…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKTc4Nk5bsw&feature=related
GT
October 7th, 2012
2:45 pm
The right has made politics all about religion, and then they want to walk away from it when they are caught, kind of like Romney and the 47%. Political posturing by the church only harms the church, it is put into a debate it has no business being in. The right uses it because it churns up votes, self servicing not God serving, they bring their lies into a church and make them part of the church. The lines blur between biblical and political, leadership and church and country do the same. If Wall Street has taught us anything it is not to mix government with opportunist, government will be used for the profit of others. Church is worse than Wall Street. The power of God as spoken and interpreted by people who seek power on earth, is one of the major obstacles to freedom and religion. If you don’t want your religion openly debated by non religious people keep it out of your campaigns or expect the trouble you have invited and then claim to be violated because of.
getalife
October 7th, 2012
2:47 pm
broun is a loyal bushie that helped w destroy our country.
If they held office and voted with w, they should go unless you want them to do it again.
It does not take a scientist for common sense.
janet
October 7th, 2012
2:51 pm
It seems to me that Broun is pandering to his audience. He wants to be reelected so he doesn’t have to get a real job. And when I hear things like this from so called scientific minds in Georgia, I am so glad that I can say I live in the state of Atlanta which is different from the State of Georgia. 1 1/2 hrs in any direction from Metro Atlanta and you are in bubbaville who elect people like this to represent them. Really scary. I wonder if he ever prescribes antibiotics?
getalife
October 7th, 2012
2:53 pm
“Krugman Blasts Media: Press Can’t ‘Handle Flat-Out Untruths’” Aol.
Just call it lies and media focuses on style not substance.
Conventional wisdom is not intellectually honest.