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Either way, thanks!Rick Provosthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-12963129027394252832010-09-28T16:36:56.809-07:002010-09-28T16:36:56.809-07:00Old And In The Way definitely played Inn Of The Be...Old And In The Way definitely played Inn Of The Beginning on July 18, 1973, which was a Tuesday night. If you saw them in the school year rather than the Summer, I wouldn't rule out another date. Cotati was an easy drive from Marin, after all.

OAITW had an outdoor show at Sonoma State on Sunday, October 7, 1973,which was canceled due to bad weather. It was later rescheduled for the Gym on November 4. Any chance they played a stealth gig at The Inn on Oct 7, since they may have been in town anyway?Corry342http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-58743837732496554472010-09-28T14:58:18.731-07:002010-09-28T14:58:18.731-07:00I have a vague memory of attending Cal State Colle...I have a vague memory of attending Cal State College Sonoma (a.k.a "Chicken Shit Squared" for its acronym "CSCS") from 1971 to 1974. Apparently it's since been retitled as a state university. I guess my degree is more valuable now.

I remember also seeing Old and in the Way with Jerry Garcia, Peter Rowan and Vassar Clements at the Inn of the Beginning. Can you verify that, or is my memory as clear as it is of school?Rick Provosthttp://email@example.com


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Picked up a Remington model 11-48 today.
I have been in the market for a new "Keep the squirrels out of the bird feeder without destroying the bird feeder"/ spring rabbit gun for a while. I have been using a 20 gauge side by side for this up until now. However this has turned me into a fair bird feeder repair man. Besides I figured that this was as good an excuse as any to use for the purchase of a new shotgun. At any rate I went to one of the local emporiums of fine tools for the discerning craftsman today and there was a beat up Remington model 11-48 in 28 gauge sitting in a rack. I have been somewhat interested in this gauge for some time now, and all the more as I have never had one. On further inquery I was able to determine that there was another specimen of the same gun in fine condition available. To make a long story short I now own said gun. Additionally I just killed my first squirrel minutes ago. The pointability and handling of this gun are unreal, as is the tracking for a moving target. Needless to say I am very impressed. Whoever put this thing together knew what they were doing without a doubt. I will post pics ASAP. Meanwhile if anyone cares to comment I welcome any and all comments. Also if anyone can ballpark production date I would welcome that information as well. The serial # is 4032XXX. Off hand I would say that the gun is 90%-95%. I paid 750 $ which I thought was kind of high when I paid for it. However after shooting it, I think that I got a pretty good deal.
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I like Remington weapons and am looking forward to pics! I actually know a little bit about the story behind the 11-48s. You may already know as much as the little bit I know but I'll share, regardless.
The 11-48 hit the shelves in 1948 and was discontinued in 1968. It was available in 12, 16, 20, 28, and I think even .410 in 3". It has a lot of stamped parts, integrally housed, that comes out in groups via the two receiver pins. The trigger housing should be aluminum, receiver will be steel. I think the 11-48 was the first Remington to be assembled in this manner, with the two pin system and stamped parts housed, which was later integrated into pretty much all of their repeater model shotguns. It really was an important design in Remington shotgun history.
I've also heard that many considered the 11-48 to be finicky, but in reality, was actually reliable if you'd just take the kick like a man. This was apparently an issue with the 12 guage and customers who were, how do you say, recoil sensitive?
Personally, I love shotguns, and Remington shotguns are my favorite. It would have historical value to me and would definitely be welcomed in my home.
One thing you may want to do is check out the library on Remington's web site. They(Remington) can probably give you a more specific time frame for the manufacturing date of your 11-48, too. I'll probably go check it out since I'm curious about it now. If I find anything I'll post a link for you.
Great find, IMHO, looking forward to your pics .
Okay, so not a lot in the Remington library about it. But, it does say it was the first new model introduced by Remington after WWII. That's pretty neat!
It looks like the recoil operating system is the same as the Model 11's, while the stamped internal receiver parts secured by the two pins was incorporated in 1948. Hence the model number 11-48.
Cool stuff.
Now a couple of pictures of said gun
Let us see how they came out.
They are not the greatest pictures in the world. However you can see that the gun is in pretty good condition. I would say that the blueing is about 95% with just a few tiny speckles around the receiver latch. The wood is pristine, the bore is like new. The thing that I like the most about it is that it appears to be made with a frame and receiver properly sized for 28 gauge. Most of the 28 gauge shotguns that I have come across appear to be 20 gauge guns fitted with 28 gauge barrels. I would be interested to know how many of them were made as 28 gauge guns.
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I just picked up an 11-48 in 28 ga. It has the Cutts compensator with 3 choke tubes, I haven't shot it yet so school's still out on that. I've wanted a 28 ga. for a while and this is the first one I found that I could afford. Just need a night job to pay for ammo.
I always did like the looks of the Cutz compensators.
However on a 28 gauge I think that it is a little superflous. I was able to pick up five boxes of #9 shot the other day when I bought the gun for 12.00$ a box. Considering what I have seen it offered for other places I did not think that this was a really bad price. My apologies Cutz should have been spelled Cutts
USMM guy
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Very, very nice looking shotgun!
It's operation is based on the ultra-reliable John Browning long recoil cycling action used in the Remington 11/Browning Auto 5 with a modern looking receiver (no hump back). It seems that the 11-48 is being "rediscovered" by quite a few people including yourself. On another forum, a member has an entire write-up with pics on setting-up a 12 ga. 11-48 for home defense.
May it give you many years of service.
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"I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Saviour, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Saviour, crucified, risen, and coming again, with life and liberty for all who believe."- Dan Quayle, participating in a modified Pledge of Allegiance at the "Reclaiming America" conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1994. Quoted from Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy and Democracy, by Frederick Clarkson. According to Dan Quayle and the other hate mongers at this conference, only those who believe deserve the right to life and liberty. I guess that means the rest of us can die in chains, just as we did in the Dark Ages.
Religious bigotry is at the heart of fundamentalism, and Christian fundamentalism is in turn the heart of the so-called "creation science" movement. In its various forms, creationist bigotry usually incorporates one or more of 3 basic premises:
Every one of these premises is both indefensible and incredibly offensive, yet all of those assumptions are very common among creaionists, for whom it doesn't even seem to matter that their "scientific theory" would be the only theory in the history of science that requires faith in a particular religion.
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Educate Them About Other Religions. Some famous atheists have half-jokingly quipped in the past that "the solution to Christianity is education". While that may be a bit harsh, it is certainly fair to say that creationist misconceptions about the universality of their particular creation myth are best dispelled with information. Concrete information about the true beliefs of humanism (as opposed to the Christian fundamentalist strawman stereotype of selfish hedonists) and the specifics of other religions' creation myths (as opposed to the creationist assumption that they either follow Judaism or they're Satan worshippers) is the best way to break through a creationist's intellectual defense shield of xenophobia and religious egocentrism.
Examples follow:
"If creation theory has no independent basis, then why do all the world's religions have similar stories of the Creation and the Flood? Why do scientists insist on assuming that all of the world's religions are wrong? Evolution theory is nothing more than an organized assault upon religion."
This person confuses "religion" for "Christianity", by blindly assuming that every religion in the world is incompatible with evolution theory. In reality, many of the world's religions are quite compatible with evolution theory (some even provide support for it). Creationists who propose this argument are simply demonstrating ignorance of other religions. This is not surprising; throughout most of their history, Christians were not only reluctant to study other religions, but they actually tried to obliterate them by force, through torture, massacres, and destruction of cultural artifacts such as libraries and temples. Today, Christianity has generally improved upon its heinous past, and many Christians' value systems are quite similar to those of humanists. Such Christians no longer murder and torture "heretics", and some of them have even chosen to open their minds not only to science, but also to the richness and diversity of world history, as opposed to a narrow minded focus on European Christian history.
Progressive Christians tend to focus on Jesus' common-sense message of reciprocity, meaning that you should love your neighbour and treat others as you would have them treat you. This is known as the "Golden Rule", and while Christian egocentrics tend to act as though it is their exclusive intellectual property, versions of it are actually found in the ancient writings of virtually all the world's cultures. Of course, in order to live by this rule, they must downplay or refute the parts of the Bible which encourage intolerance and misogynism, sometimes by simply ignoring them and sometimes by arguing that the Golden Rule overrides them. The term "humanist Christian" is often thought of as an oxymoron, but that isn't necessarily the case; humanism and atheism are not synonymous. Humanism is about placing the good of humankind and the good of your fellow human above all else, and a humanist Christian could easily make the argument that the basic principles of humanism are highly compatible with the principles that Jesus tried to outline in the New Testament. However, unlike Jesus or God, humanism makes no value judgement on the basis of religion; it is equally accepting of Buddhists, Taoists, Christians, Hindus, Wiccans, Muslims, and others, including atheists. It is the only system of values which is so broadly inclusive, and therefore, it is the only system of values upon which governments should be based.
However, this means it is also anathema to certain Christians (read: right-wing fundamentalist fanatics), who have chosen instead to close their minds, cling to the past, and fight a seemingly never-ending propaganda war against science and humanism (some, like Pat Robertson, still defend the morality of Old Testament atrocities such as the slaughter of Palestinian women and children).
I remember once watching one of those "political talk shows" and seeing a Christian fundamentalist explaining that school prayer was necessary in order to introduce "spirituality" to children (for some reason, she felt it was necessary for the state to perform this function, rather than the parents). When queried about the obvious religious bigotry inherent in this approach, and its implications for religious freedom of non-Christians, she confidently replied that since all of the world's religions from Judaism to Islam to Christianity are very similar, sharing the same God, it wouldn't be a serious problem. And if they insisted on being difficult, they could always simply "opt out" (and in so doing, stand apart from the rest of the class, which is a great way to make a child feel welcome).
I remember being disgusted at her attitude and amazed at the fact that no one else on the panel seemed to take offense at her arrogance and bigotry. This kind of obtuse navel-gazing ignorance is a classic European cultural mindset which has unfortunately been adopted by many Americans (for example, they know the "yin/yang" symbol, but they have no idea that it is actually derived from the Taoist religion; they think it's just a "Chinese philosophy thing", or that it has something to do with kung fu).
I suggest that Christian egocentrists go to the library and borrow a book on the world's other religions before presuming to speak for them. There are billions of Hindus and Buddhists in the world, and none of them would want their children to feel like outcasts for not participating in school prayer to the Christian God. Hindus are even polytheistic, even though Christian egocentrists tend to believe that monotheism is somehow "more advanced" than polytheism (in reality, both monotheistic and polytheistic religions are traceable back to the dawn of recorded history). There are at least five different types of creation myth:
"Let us break through some of the inhibitions that have existed to talk together across the flimsy lines of separation of faith, to talk together, to study together, to pray together, and ultimately to sing together His Holy name."- Senator Joseph Lieberman, speaking at Fellowship Chapel in Detroit while running for Vice President, Aug. 27, 2000 (like many Judeo-Christian bigots, he assumes all faiths share the same God). Quoted from AA News #808.
If you examine the world's various creation myths, you may notice a very interesting fact: many of them are more easily reconciled with biology and cosmology than you might expect. In fact, the "Creation through Emergence" story is startlingly similar to evolution theory, and "Creation from a Cosmic Egg" is strongly reminiscent of Big Bang theory. Moreover, a very common thread in various mythologies is the pre-existent chaos, in which a universe already exists before the "Creation" but it is formless and dark, and the gods merely take this pre-existing matter and transform it into the modern world. This is a sharp contrast to the creationist assumption that creation myths are all predicated upon a supreme being who creates the universe with a mere thought.
Does evolution theory represent an "assault upon religion?" Not necessarily. It does, however, represent the scientific conclusion that Biblical fundamentalism has no foundation whatsoever in logic and observation. Creationists interpret this as an attack against "religion" because they think they stand for all of the world's religions, despite their ideological differences and their long history of trying to wipe out those other religions.
"The only way to arrive at evolution theory is from a close-minded secular, humanistic mindset."
And why is humanism bad, particularly when we speak of science? Humanism, as it applies to science, is the notion that it is possible to understand the universe through the reasoning faculties of the human mind. It is part of the philosophical foundation of science! How can a legitimate scientific theory not be based on a humanistic mindset? The fact that a theory is "humanistic" is hardly a condemnation, but creationists are so accustomed to speaking of "humanism" in a perjorative sense that they instinctively assume everyone else sees the term in the same negative way.
The scientific method leaves no room for creationist nonsense. Scientists are supposed to confine their analyses strictly to the bounds of observation and reason. Scientists are supposed to assume that every phenomenon in the universe has a natural mechanism. Scientists are supposed to discount supernatural explanations for observed phenomena. That is the scientific method, in which all phenomena in the universe are grouped into those we understand and those we have yet to understand. There is no third option of supernatural explanations, nor should there be. If supernatural explanations were acceptable scientific explanations for all unknowns, then mankind would never have developed any science at all.
Scientists are often accused of being "close-minded" for doing this. The term "close-minded" has a perjorative implication, but it is a relative term. When we say that others are "close-minded", we usually mean that they are close-minded to whatever we're trying to push on them. Scientists are close-minded to the supernatural, but they are open-minded to observations and rational theories. Mystics, on the other hand, are open minded to mysticism, pseudoscience, and the supernatural, but they are close-minded to the scientific method. This contrast of competing philosophies is nothing new, but an increasingly large number of mystics want to upset the balance. They want to force scientists to consider supernatural theories alongside natural mechanisms; in effect, they want to destroy science by removing the scientific method and replacing it with the methods of mysticism.
"Evolutionists are just atheists who want to believe that there's no God so that they won't have to obey His laws, even though they know the truth, deep down. In fact, the decay of family values, the explosion of pornography, and the general decline in societal mores can be directly attributed to humanist teachings such as evolution theory and moral relativism, which basically encourages people to follow their own selfish interests instead of obeying traditional values and morals."
This is by far the most offensive, arrogant, insulting, and hateful creationist argument in existence: religious bigotry at its worst. If you are a religious person and you don't see what's wrong with this statement, then try asking yourself how you would feel if someone accused all Jews or all Hindus of being immoral and selfish. Try asking yourself how you would feel if someone assumed that all Buddhists were secretly Christians but were feverishly trying to deny the truth to themselves. Do you see the problem? This argument could simply be dismissed as fallacious, on the grounds that morality has nothing to do with the scientific validity of evolution theory. However, that would probably do little to silence the critics, whose attacks on evolution theory often start with this bizarre "moral argument".
"We're going to bring back God and the Bible and drive the gods of secular humanism right out of the public schools of America."- Pat Buchanan, at an anti-gay rally in Des Moines, Iowa, February 11, 1996 (it apparently doesn't occur to him that secular humanism is a philosophy rather than a religion, and as such, has no "gods", nor does it occur to him that in order to drive secular humanism out of public schools, they will have to abolish all science classses).
For some reason it is considered perfectly acceptable to hold bigoted views of atheists, particularly in America, where the flames of religious hatred are fanned daily by hate-mongers such as Pat Robertson and the rest of the so-called "right-wing fundamentalist movement". Religious leaders are fond of saying that atheism is every bit as much a religion as Christianity, Judaism, or Hinduism, in an obvious attempt to contradict the secular interpretation of atheism as an absence of religion. But if they truly feel that atheism is a religion, then why don't they treat atheists with the same religious tolerance that most of them preach for the "real" religions? Why is it acceptable to accuse atheists as a group of being amoral, or selfish, or hedonistic, or anti-family, or decadent?
If you listen carefully, you will find that anti-atheist hatred positively drips from the mouth of every preacher. Every minister. Every religious television show. If there is a modern Devil according to the fundamentalists, its name is secularism. Secularism is held responsible for everything from violence to divorce, rape, war, drug use, and any other imaginable social problem. It is the convenient scapegoat upon which every societal problem can be summarily blamed, without evidence or argument.
Atheists are Public Enemy #1 according to this mindset. If secularism is deemed responsible for everything the fundamentalists consider unpleasant or undesirable, then it's only natural to blame the members of this "cult": the atheists. It doesn't matter that there is no statistical variation in the crime rates between atheists and Christians. It doesn't matter that atheists are actually less likely to divorce than Christians. All that matters is that atheists think differently, and the persistent Crusade mentality of the fundamentalist deems all other systems of thought to be targets of enmity, hatred, and if possible, obliteration.
The historical fact is that these religious zealots are throwing stones from glass houses. The history of religion is anything but a noble one, and the union of church and state (which is what the creationists are pushing for, with the agenda to insinuate their religion into the schools) has invariably resulted in widespread oppression and human rights violations. In fact, the union of church and state continues to cause such problems today, as seen most dramatically in the resurgent Islamic fundamentalist governments of the Middle East, where women are being stoned to death for committing adultery or trying to find work. See the Religion and Morality page if you're interested in knowing more about this subject.
"You cannot produce one conclusive piece of evidence to prove the theory of evolution, yet you deny creationism! You are clearly being dogmatic."
This argument is sometimes accompanied by gratuitous publicity stunts, eg. there's at least one person offering a reward for anyone who can produce a piece of scientific evidence which he regards as conclusive proof of evolution. However, the basic premise falls apart on three levels.
"I have a standing offer of $250,000 to anyone who can give any empirical evidence (scientific proof) for evolution. My $250,000 offer demonstrates that the hypothesis of evolution is nothing more than a religious belief."- Kent Hovind (notice how he doesn't realize there's no such thing as "scientific proof")
After being pressed for a full explanation of how to collect the $250,000 reward, he clarified his position: "In order to collect the money you must 'Prove beyond reasonable doubt that the process of evolution (The universe came into being by itself by purely natural processes (known as evolution) so that no appeal to the supernatural is needed.) is the only possible way the observed phenomena (the universe, planets, life and mankind) could have come into existence.' If you want everyone to pay for this silly theory of evolution to be taught then the burden of proof is on you."- Kent Hovind. Notice how he thinks evolution theory deals with the origins of the universe rather than the gradual change of biological structures (gross strawman fallacy), and also notice how he thinks a valid scientific theory must be the "only possible" explanation for a phenomenon (gross misrepresentation of scientific method). In reality, a valid theory is the one which most closely fits the facts, and Occam's Razor is used as a tie-breaker if necessary. Since an infinite number of theories can be generated for any given phenomenon (hence the need for Occam's Razor), it is impossible to fulfill his requirements for any scientific theory, even the theory of gravity.
This kind of argument is a classic example of the religious egocentrism that we have sadly come to expect from creationists. It assumes that creationism logically follows if evolution theory cannot be "proven" to their satisfaction. It contains the utterly absurd assumption that if there were no such thing as evolution theory, then a researcher would independently arrive at Biblical creationism, even if he were not schooled in Judeo-Christian thought! In the end, it is a mere rhetorical ploy, barely worthy of rebuttal.
As an aside, the tactic of demanding proof and then setting oneself up as the arbiter of that proof is also used by Holocaust deniers. If you are faced with this ploy (on the part of either creationists or holocaust deniers), a good tactic is to simply ask "what would you accept as evidence?" If a subject change is attempted, simply force the subject back to that central question: "what would you accept as evidence?"
You may be surprised to discover that when pushed, your opponent will have no answer. He will either become evasive or suggest a nonsensical form of evidence such as "direct observation of the moment of abiogenesis, four billion years ago", as if a time machine could be built for this purpose. Scientific theories are based on analysis of whatever evidence we can obtain, not an obstinate insistence upon particular forms of evidence which we can't obtain.
The natural creationist objection is to claim that indirect observations "don't count", but in reality, despite their ignorant expectations, countless scientific observations are indirect in nature. For example, we know that other stars in the universe have planets indirectly (through observation of gravitational perturbations) even though we can't travel there and see these planets for ourselves. We know that the Sun is powered by nuclear fusion indirectly (through observation of its mass, chemical composition, and output) even though we can't observe this process directly. We know about electrons indirectly (through their interaction with other forms of matter and energy) even though they're too small to see, even with a microscope. And finally, we know that life began on Earth billions of years ago (through observation of fossil patterns as well as geographical distribution of modern species) even though we can't travel back through time and watch it happen.
Ah, the evils of western civilization!
There are many people who believe in the theory of evolution who also believe in God and consider themselves Christians. But many other Christians do not believe their faith to be genuine or valid.
That's an unfortunate fact.
I got about 1/4 of the way through this article and had to stop - when someone accuses someone of following faulty logic and then does the very same thing himself right on its heels then I get the feeling that this person is just stirring up grief. Thankyouverymuchpleasedrivethrough.
For example - it's not OK for Christians to point to extra-Biblical texts that have examples of creation accounts. But it's apparently ok for this author to hold up the example of the Golden Rule and then point out how "unspecial" Christianity is because so many other religions have this very principle as well.
Frankly - this guy just doesn't get it. The core to this whole issue is whether there is a God or not. He wants to argue doctrine and semantics and disqualify a religion based on past and even current abuses and completely ignores that any ideology or religion that exists in the world today is guilty of the same things Christianity is guilty of. And if they aren't it's because they just haven't been in existance long enough - give them time.
Essentially - trying to argue any points with this person is futile. He's so bigoted himself against Christianity that in the end we'd either be in fisticuffs or agreeing to completely disagree and live in different hemispheres.
ii. It demands "proof" of a scientific theory. However, the act of demanding "proof" merely betrays ignorance of scientific methods. Unlike mathematical theories, scientific theories are not "proven". Competing theories are judged on their consistency with observation, and the best theory wins (science itself is an evolutionary process in that respect). If science demanded absolute "proof" of theories, then we wouldn't have any theories at all. Even the theory of gravity can't be "proven"; it can only be shown to be consistent with observation.
This is what worries me most. One of the greatest claims of Western civilization is the Scientific Method. I like to think of the reported words of Alexander Graham Bell, apocryphal or not, when he said "What has God wrought?" You can't have it both ways. There is just something misguided and immature, AFAIC, in applying an article of religious faith to the scientific domain, i.e. Creation Theory. What's next? Labeling the Resurrection "Heavenly Teleportation Theory?"
So... you're saying that if I take the theory of evolution as serious science then I don't believe in God? I think we've identified where the break is in the comm link.
Because all of the above belief systems have some very basic differences, only ONE of them can be The Truth.
There cannot be many truths.
The question of diety(s) can only have one correct answer.
Surley we must be tolerant of the beliefs of others, for this is a free country.
But being tolerant of another viewpoints is not the same as a ringing endorsement.
On the other hand, certainly Creationists are roundly derided by macro-evolutionists - who are themselves (as a whole) not very tolerant of differing viewpoints.
makes Catholicism and popery look really tame!
God forbid we should pin down some definitions so these twerps...
Heh heh.
I can verify that is the correct Pledge to the Christian Flag and that the flag is about 100 years old.
The pledge is an affirmation of faith. Why would you consider it disturbing? It is used by homeschoolers and by churches in various settings, but I'm not aware of any efforts to incorporate the use similiar to the Pledge to the Flag.
Under the terms of the 1st Amendment, why would you find an affirmation of faith disturbing? Seriously.
OK. So naturalism (by which, I assume, you mean scientific secularism) is the enemy, not evolution. I see.... no... wait... I don't see. I have a difficult time seeing how a Creationist can subscribe to the scientific method w/r to Creationism. Creationism is a doctrine, not a theory.
As a Catholic, I can see how some protestants might see the whole pledging (swearing) allegience to a religious flag thing might conflict with the First Commandment and the whole graven images taboo. I know it's not meant that way, but the concept gives even me the creeps with it's connotations of religious nationalism.
"...with life and liberty for all who believe."
I'm saying that God might have something to say on the issue. Arguing in the absence of absolutes is akin to arguing that one marble is prettier than another. Without an absolutes is pretty pointless. So - let's deal with the issue here... where did we come from and why? Even more to the point - how can the impersonal (evolution) generate the personal (mankind)?
makes Catholicism and popery look really tame!
Nothing like the obligatory cheap shot at someone else's faith while you bash evolution. It's a twofer.
If nothing else, evolutionary theory gives me hope that someday in the distant future, your descendants will evolve away from this "style" you're so fond of...
May I suggest the reading of the New Testament? Salvation lies within, and is available to you.
God bless!
1. Show me any transitional forms from one species to another. There aren't any, and top curators admit it.
2. The earth loses 1/1000 of a second in rotation per day. Rounding, this is slightly over 1 second every 3 years. If, according to evoultion theory, that assumes the earth has been behaving the same way for billions of years, and knowing a 24-hr day is composed of (24x60x60) or 86,400 seconds, about 260,000 years ago we all were living on an earth with a rotational period of 1 second.
3. If according to evolutionary theory that the earth is billions of years old, and the mechanics of the earth operate today just as they have for billions of years, given the known, measured rate of decay of the earth's magnetic field, that if we calculate backwards 10,000 years, we come up with a field so strong that life on the planet would not have been possible.
4. If the planet is billions of years old, and is proven by the fossil record, why are human skulls, jewelry, shoes, skeletons found in untouched layers of rock previously dated to be hundreds of millions of years old? If these layers were laid down over millions of years, like the geologic column theory says they were, how are vertical fossils of trees found in these layers? Trees do not live millions of years, and they would have decayed away.
5. If evolution is true, and evolution is continuing just as it has for the last billions of years, why can't we get a cat from a dog? Why can't we get a plant from an animal? Not even one example exists, nor any kind of hybrid cat-dog or horse-cow. We always assume to expect that cats bring forth cats, etc.
6. The scientific principle demands observable, repeatable results. Show me where scientists created life out of nothing. This has been attempted for decades and all that was created were several amino acids. Not even a "simple" virus was created. Not even, in the evolutionist lingo, not even a "simple 1 celled organism" was made.
7. Logic theory dictates that something that is designed inherently implies there was a designer. I can look at my watch, which is a complex device, and I know that this was a device that had an intelligent designer behind it, and it created the watch for a specific purpose (to measure time). I don't have to actually meet or touch the person who built it, I naturally assume it because from my own experience as a designer and watching others design complex devices. We look at a boeing 747, the Cray computer, or the Statue of Liberty, and would call someone crazy if they said these things only exist because of random chance. Yet we look at humans and their DNA, the most complex, self-replicating, self-correcting and preserving mechanism, and we deny an intelligent designer.
8. The old Cray 1 computer took kilovolts to power it (inefficient), weighed a ton, a roomful of space, required a huge cooling system, and calculated about 4 billion bits of info a second. A honeybee, in contrast, takes very little space, weighs almost nothing, has a much smaller computing brain mass, can go about a million miles on a gallon of honey (efficient), and can calculate info input at about 1 trillion bits/second. Evolutionists state the computer is designed, and the bee is random chance.
9. The conclusion that the more complex something is, the likelier the item came from random chance, is not observable nor repeatable. It is illogical.
"I am the way, the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father, except through me."
"To as many as received Him, to them He gave the power to become the sons of God, even to as many as believed on His name."
Man, even I saw that he was being sarcastic. Try decaf.
Why not? That was the context of the original post.
It takes more faith to believe in evolution than it does Christianity. there is more evidence for Christ's resurection.(Eye witness accounts) than anything to support evolution. Evolution requires if it is to be believed, "Transitional Species" 1/2 reptile,1/2 mammal to show the supposed crossover to the next level. they find thousands of fossils in the rocks. Of animals of specific Species, but not one single Transitional has ever been found. yet there should be thousands found.
JediGirl or others might site Archiopterix as a transitional Species, but it fails. It is a fully functional Bird. the reptile "scales" could be in fact the fossilised tiny leg feather patterns typical on some birds today. all the so-called transitional examples today are no more than single species with no transitional evidence.
JediGirl is at war within Herself, Trying to fill a hole in her sole that only the Love of God can occupy. as with all evolutionists, They need something to believe in because the alternative is too believe in a Creator,and The creator says we are sinfull and separated from him, yet in His Love for Jedigirl and all of us, He sent his Son Jesus to Die on the Cross for Jedigirl's sins and Mine,So that we would have a way back Home to our Father.
Evolution is a Lie, generated by the "Father of Lies" Satan, To decieve Man, and woman, and take them on a path away from God and toward spiritual Destruction.!
If Jedigirl looks deep enough into Herself, God has placed a desire inside us all to want to know Him, and He Promises that if We ask, He will answer.
Surrender, Jedigirl, To the greatest Love there is and to a Truth that will set you Free.
I bought into the Lie of Evolution, But My eyes are open now I have thrown away Man's Knowlege, For God's.
Its path is upward.
Creation and Evolution both take a faith.
Choose this Day whom you will serve.
33 posted on 3/8/02 8:37 AM Hawaii-Aleutian by LtKerst
And conversely, (macro-) Evolution is a doctrine, not a theory.
It is NOT hard science, not in the way Chemistry, Biology, Physics, and the like are.
It cannot be verified by repeatable experiments. Only bolstered by an elitist mindset (and "Creationists are maroons").
01: Site that debunks virtually all of creationism's fallacies. Excellent resource.
02: Creation "Science" Debunked.
03: Creationi sm and Pseudo Science. Familiar cartoon then lots of links.
04: The SKEPTIC annotated bibliography. Amazingly great meta-site!
05: The Evidence for Human Evolution. For the "no evidence" crowd.
06: Massi ve mega-site with thousands of links on evolution, creationism, young earth, etc..
07: Another amazing site full of links debunking creationism.
08: Creationism and Pseudo Science. Great cartoon!
09: Glenn R. Morton's site about creationism's fallacies. Another jennyp contribution.
11: Is Evolution Science?. Successful PREDICTIONS of evolution (Moonman62).
12: Five Major Misconceptions about Evolution. On point and well-written.
13: Frequently Asked But Never Answered Questions. A creationist nightmare!
14: DARWIN, FULL TEXT OF HIS WRITINGS. The original ee-voe-lou-shunist.
The foregoing was just a tiny sample. So that everyone will have access to the accumulated "Creationism vs. Evolution" threads which have previously appeared on FreeRepublic, plus links to hundreds of sites with a vast amount of information on this topic, here's Junior's massive work, available for all to review:
The Ultimate Creation vs. Evolution Resource [ver 15].
Your fallacious illogical arguments are showing.
Love, Dr. Evil.
I know exactly what you mean. I bought into the lie of electricity. Nobody's ever seen that either. How does it feel to have God's knowledge? Maybe you can answer the age old question: Can God make a person so heavy with hubris that He, Himself, can't lift that person?
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TV, Comic Books
Usually I review only one of these, but when they're all pretty short and they'll all written by the same person, I figured I'll put them all together!
Whilst I was wandering around the small press area of Comic-Con, I noticed Kevin Church hanging out selling his wares. He was nice enough to give me a bunch of his webcomics that he had printed up in handy book format, so let's check them out. The cool thing about all of these, if, unlike me, you're hip and trendy? They're all available on-line at no cost to you but your precious, precious time!
The Loneliest Astronauts #1 is drawn mostly by Ming Doyle, with some additional strips by Katie Cook, Brandon Dawley, Max Riffner, and Evan Shaner. You could get it for $3.99, if that's how you roll. This strip is about two astronauts, the last of their crew, who are stranded on a lonely rock (a planet? a moon?) after they argued on board their craft and went off-course. No one knows where they are, the rest of the crew is dead, and Dan and Steve have nothing to do except wait until they die. Which means … humor!
Church decided to ask himself the question: What if these two surviving astronauts were, well, idiots? At first, you think that Dan is the dumb one, but Church quickly makes it clear that neither astronaut is the sharpest tool in the shed. They never take off their helmets, either (at least they're smart enough to leave them on!), so we never see their faces. It's just two guys sitting around a wreck with absolutely nothing to do and time running out on their lives. Church is smart enough to find the stark, existential humor in this situation – there's a kind of Godot-like vibe to this strip. Doyle is fantastic – one thing you notice when you read Church's comics is that he manages to find these stellar artists, and Doyle is no exception. She has very little to do – the rock on which Dan and Steve are stranded has no distinguishing features, and as they never take their helmets off, she doesn't have to worry about facial expressions, but it's amazing how much body language she gives these two losers. The humor of the strip is almost all verbal, but Doyle gives it just enough to push it even further into the funny.
I'll just reprint a couple of strips to give you an idea of what Church is doing. You can find it on-line here.
Lydia is Church's spin-off to The Rack, his strip about a comic shop. In the spin-off, one of the characters, Lydia Park, heads off to a new job in the corporate world. So Church can have some fun riffing on the wackiness of office life. Max Riffner draws this, with some one-off strips by JustJENN, Cathy Leamy, and Tracie Mauk.
Of the comics I've read by Church, this was my least favorite. Perhaps because I spent five years in a corporate culture much like the one he describes, I can relate to it more, but I can also see that the humor is a bit forced and even clichéd. There's the bitchy boss, the goofy do-nothing dude, the over-eager worker who has a crush on Lydia, the weird boss, the stultifying bureaucracy. There's plenty of humor to be mined from corporate culture without going too overboard, and while I suppose Church wanted to avoid ripping off Office Space, he goes a bit far into the broad humor that can hit some marks, but also misses just as often. Office Space wasn't the model of subtlety, Mike Judge tends to rely on things that actually happen in a majority of offices to mine his humor, while Church doesn't seem to trust that he can find humor in those things and adds some unnecessary broad strokes. I'm not saying there aren't supervisors as bitchy as Ashley or bosses as oddball as Nic (whose last name is Roeg, meaning he shares a name with the director), but their antics feel a bit forced and obvious (especially because Ashley is pretty much a bitch from the beginning). The funniest parts of the comic are when Lydia is out of the office – the episode with the taco vendor is quite good, as is the section devoted to finding a cake for the boss – which, when the hook of your comic is that you're taking this comics nerd and putting in a more "professional" atmosphere, means something is wrong with that premise. Lydia isn't bad, but it's not as funny as Church can be, especially with The Rack (which is usually spot-on with its humor).
Here are some examples, and you can read the entire saga here.
She Died in Terrebonne #1 and #2 (of 4) is the story of Sam Kimimura, a private investigator who, in the course of tracking the rich daughter of a San Francisco businessman (who happens to be married to an old flame of Sam's), ends up in Terrebonne, Oregon (which is just north of Redmond and a bit north of Bend, in case you're wondering), where the girl has been found dead. It's illustrated very nicely by T. J. Kirsch. The story takes place in 1973, although Church hasn't given us too many reasons that it has to be yet. There are rotary phones and free lovin' and porn 'staches, but nothing that screams early Seventies beyond that.
This is just a solid murder mystery, with Sam coming into an isolated town that wants nothing to do with outsiders, especially loose girls who smoke weed and Asian dicks who want to find out what happened to that loose girl. Sam, of course, is in over his head almost immediately, as he's seduced by a local girl whose father doesn't take kindly to him tapping her ass (she basically jumps Sam, but of course the dad doesn't want to hear that), gets the cold shoulder from the sheriff (who eventually decides they need to work together), and has a hard time getting information. Sam owes money to someone back in S. F., so he really needs to figure out what happened to the girl or he might have problems when he goes home. Of course, we have to wonder how much his old girlfriend figures into this, and one of the last people to see her alive hints around that something bad is going on in town, but the book never feels too stereotypical. Church doesn't rush things – Sam takes his time trying to figure things out, and his deliberate efforts help add realism and flavor to the story, because we get a real sense of how isolated Sam is in this town (not only because of his profession but because of his ethnicity) and how isolated the town itself is. Sam can't figure out what Dafne (the dead girl) was doing as she went north from L. A. He tracks her movements, but for some reason, she ended up in Terrebonne. Sam doesn't know why.
I don't know how the mystery will play out, but when I first saw that Church was doing something like this, I was excited (as I've mentioned before, I like this kind of story, and Church did a good job on Cover Girl, which was more light-hearted than this but also a nice action/adventure story), and I'm happy to see that it seems to be working, at least for half of it. I haven't been reading it on-line, but you can find it here if you're interested.
All of these comics are enjoyable. She Died in Terrebonne is the best one, but the other two show that Church, as well as often being humorous on his blog, can also be humorous in more structured situations. So catch up on-line! Or give the man some money and buy these in print! It won't kill you!
Tomorrow: Another grab bag of comics! Yay!
I have read these! On the internet!
They give me ideas.
Thanks for taking the time to review these books, Greg! I'm happy that you found something to like about all of them.
Just one one minor note. In your review of SHE DIED IN TERREBONNE, you state "The story takes place in 1973, although Church hasn't given us too many reasons that it has to be yet."
I kind of mention this in the introduction, but I very much love 70s film and wanted to evoke some of the odd atmosphere and storytelling that grew out of directors like Altman exploring character and space more than plot. It was also important to me that Sam be of a certain generation and experience the casual Anti-Asian racism that many people like to pretend magically disappeared after World War II. As a character, Sam can only really exist in this window of time.
Again, thanks for the time, and I wanted to respond to that one point.
Kevin: I hadn't thought of the racism surrounding Sam, but you're right, it is rather endemic and works well in that time frame, when many more people were alive who had fought in WWII and Vietnam was still a present reality. That's a very good point, and I shouldn't have missed it.
Hmm. I hate to come across as the "old comics fan who just likes superheroes and nothing else" but… I don't really like any of these.
Which is not to say they aren't well done. All sound like they have good writing and art that suits their styles. But I can't really relate to the characters, and that's something I need in order to "get into" a series. (This happens to me with TV shows, too- For example I find Bones and House to be *very* well written and acted shows… but I can't stand ANY of the characters, watching an episode of either is a pain to me. And I think that's not the idea.)
The closest one to something I'd pick up is Lonely Astronauts, because of the premise. But even that I would not read regularly. The jokes would get old quickly. Not to mention that I find Robinsonades (yes, that's what this type of stories are called) not as uniquely existential as they'd like to be: there are people in this world that would KILL to be in Dan and Steve's position. Not me, just sayin'. Oh and doomed to die? Hello? Anybody can die at any time? At least they will die in another world. I might choke on my breakfast after typing this.
So no, I would not read Agreeable Comics… BUT, I'm glad that they exist. That people are getting the chance to bring their dreams to the World. The Net is giving people opportunities they didn't have a decade ago. Good wishes to all of them.
These look great! I'll certainly give them a read.
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"Ewww! Is that bacteria in my eye?" That's what my 8-year-old yelled from the front seat of the car three weeks ago, and I knew what he was asking about right away. "Eye floaters," those cob-webby, floaty strings that are best seen in bright lights, like against the blue sky that my son was looking at as he made his above exclamation. We all have them, and a few every now and again seems to be the overall normal course of action for those of us with eyes that see. However, they can become excessive, leading people to drastic (and unnecessary) attempts to cure or treat eye floaters through laser corrective surgery.
What causes floaters in your eyes is essentially the sloughing off of material from the inner eye – i.e. a handful of cells) that then get trapped in the "eye goo" (aka: the vitreous humor) and then can cast shadows upon the back retina of our eye when enough light is shined through them.
What is a Floater in the eye and why does it look like that? Basically, they look like single-celled organisms under a microscope's light and magnification because they are single and multi-celled bits of tissue being imaged microscope-style upon your retina with high powered lights.
Natural Eye Floaters Treatment
Treatment for eye floaters, if they're mild and not too common, is usually to just allow the eye to do its thing. They'll go away eventually. However, sometimes they can start appearing in large numbers, which can cause vision problems similar to macular degeneration mixed with a snowglobe. For such cases, eye floater removal is often necessary. However, before you visit an eye doctor to consult about expensive and invasive laser treatments that are often dangerous and unnecessary, you should take 5 minutes and click here and read the report. It will show you a proven system to eliminate eye floaters and keep your vision clear.
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40 Nobbys Road Newcastle East NSW 2300
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Century 21 - Carkeet Johns Smith
157 Pacific HighwayCharlestown, NSW 2290
40 Nobbys Road Newcastle East
Historic Boatmen's Row - First Time Offered In Over A Century
Standing opposite the entrance to Fort Scratchley and almost equal distance from Nobby's Beach, Newcastle Beach and Newcastle Harbour this Federation Queen Anne Style terrace house (c1892) is offered for sale for the first time.
The property is set within a row of 16 terraces known as Boatmen's Row. The properties were originally built to accommodate the heroic life boatmen involved in shipwreck rescues during Port Hunter's early days. The terrace features two storey east facing facade to Nobbys Road and is three storey construction with ground level access to the rear courtyard.
Be the first to purchase then internally restore the character, charm, beauty & glory of the property. The current floorplan includes 3 bedrooms, 2 with built-ins, eat-in kitchen, formal lounge room, dining room and two bathrooms. Original features include large rooms with high ceilings, views, ornate staircases and outhouse. The terraces have been separately titled.
The row of terraces feature two central decorative bracketed gables and each terrace has a projecting bay window finished with shingles. The house is constructed of brick and gable roof clad with colourbond sheeting...
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- Land Size:151 m² (approx)
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I can't add a new category on a "Edit Post" page by clicking the "+ Add New Category" link located at the bottom of the "Categories" box on the left-hand sidebar. This issue started to occur after I installed the WP Super Cache plugin, configured the Permalinks setting to use the "/%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%/" format and added the tag cloud to my blog. I got a JavaScript error: post.php, line 224, Object Expected. However, I can add new categories via the Posts -> Categories page. I am using WP 2.9.1 on Windows and have tried both IE and Firefox. Has anyone had similar problems or know what may be causing the problem?
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