Creationism is willful ignorance on stilts. It is the attempt to make myth from the infancy of civilization triumph over science and objective evidence. The people who wrote the book of Genesis did not know where the sun went at night, and knew absolutely nothing about how the earth or the universe works, let alone how old they are. It disgusts me that people turn their back on reason, and cling to a mythology without a shred of evidence to support it. And people wonder why the world is the mess it is.
“Can you imagine if God came to you and said, ‘I am going to have a flood and everyone’s going to die except for you because you’re so faithful, so I need you to build an ark and it’s gonna be that big?’”
I’d tell him I don’t want to play any part in global genocide.
If you're a news outlet, where were the questions about the water damage to Ham's boat and Ham's lawsuit concerning said damage? Looks like that boat/office building/gift shop isn't the only thing that's shoddy.
The catch, as you well know, is that Fox is NOT a news outlet. They are essentially the agitprop arm of the Republican / Trumpian party, whose only purpose is to bamboozle the gullible into believing their tripe and voting against their interests.
Where’s your concern over Trump’s mental state and the GOP trying to cover up his failing faculties? Why are you so hot and bothered by a man who hasn’t been in office since January?
So weird what people create under the guise of truth and religion. Since I never watch faux, I had no knowledge of this place. It's all so completely bogus. Even now no one has ever been able to explain to me how Noah, not being a ship builder, constructed such an enormous vessel that housed both humans and pairs of all animals on earth and fed them all and kept them well for 40 days & 40 nights and rode the floodwaters and survived. So this place as advertised by faux is keeping the fable going. All for money, of course. 🤑🤑
There are two questions I like asking morons of this caliber. One is do they know what termites eat and of so do they have any idea how quickly said termites could send a badly build half rotten box to the bottom? And second do they have any idea how much shit even a small animal produces each day. If anyone tried that nonsense they would be shoveling shit every moment of every day right up until they died of methane poisoning in less than a week.
The good news: The genocide and incest park is still far short of the original attendance goals.
The bad news: The genocide and incest park is still in business, subsidized by taxpayers.
The predictable news: The NSGOP propaganda channel is providing them with free advertising.
(𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐴𝑟𝑘 𝐸𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐹𝑂𝑋 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘.) Hemant, while being the Friendly Atheist, shows that he can also be the Snarky Atheist.
FOX News. Not a news network. Never has been one. It's the propaganda arm of the right. The one that lies on-air and had to settle a defamation lawsuit that cost them $787.5 million dollars.
So naturally they're a perfect fit Ken Sham and his scam.
Waiting anxiously for the Smartmatic case to take another $2 Billion away from FAUX News.
How is it that Murdoch’s Lie Machine can spew out propaganda 💯 % of the time, calling it “news,” except when they are being sued…then it’s entertainment?
The autopsy of this fascist coup will provide ample evidence that this national TV opportunity to lie freely to the people of the world, 24x7x365, was a major contributor in our failure to protect democracy.
This is, in my mind, a great example of a massive problem modern US Christians seem to have: they're only willing to watch 'news' that agrees with their worldview and narrative and completely unwilling to care about any news that doesn't fit that description.
Sure, I recognize that is, to some degree, part of the human condition and most everyone wants to hear news that doesn't challenge dearly-held beliefs. The real issue here is that Christians will accept this sort of segment as informational and trustworthy simply because they like it, rather than critically considering the matter and coming to a worthwhile conclusion. It's never a good idea to only listen to what you 'want' to hear, because too often, you'll miss out on what you 'need' to hear; the best medicines don't usually taste good, after all. Truth is no longer relevant to people who surround themselves with a bubble of only comfortable things they like. When truth isn't relevant to someone, there is no reasoning with them or changing their minds just because they don't recognize reality anymore.
Ark Encounter paying for ads on Fox hardly comes as a surprise, they know who their people are and who they might be able to convince to make the trip. Fox trying to hide the fact they took money to pander to extreme right-wing bubble dwellers isn't a shock, either. The important bit here is remembering that this means we still have folks who are refusing to accept reality, and we need to find ways of bursting that comfort bubble if we want better laws and government for everyone.
As though that isn't bad enough, NBC Nightly News did the same damned thing a couple years back. Their closing segment was all about the Ark Park, with NOT ONE CRITICAL WORD about the complete lack of historical verity of the Genesis story. I actually made a point of that on their feedback page, calling them on what amounted to an advertisement for Ken Ham's BS.
Fox News doesn't surprise me with this. NBC News both surprised and disappointed me.
I am less surprised by NBC in this case. The last segment of the Nightly News is usually some sort of puff piece, so one about the Magic Zoo Boat as a tourist attraction doesn't strike me as completely out of the norm. The lack of criticism is yet another example of Christian Fucking Privilege.
Just saw that one. The special effects are stellar, with the additional subplot of the dino blood possibly curing heart disease. On one side is a big pharma exec who stands to make trillions. On the other is a dinosaur expert who believes the medicine should be made affordably available to the world -- to everyone -- instead of further enriching pharma billionaires. Quite fascinating.
Well dang it. We were going to host a small 7/4 dinner for our adult children and their significant others and everyone cancelled (for good reasons including Covid). Now I’m stuck with 3 racks of BBQ ribs.
Might as well spend money on going to Disneyland/world or Universal Studios instead of the Ark Encounter since all of these theme parks are based on fictional stories. At least Disney and Universal have better stories, though.
I only hatred I see at Disney and Universal is fan reactions against the Star Wars sequels, Disney remakes, and endless sequels for the Jurassic World and Fast & Furious franchises.
"OMG! OMG!! OMG!!! There are explosions going off all over the place! I am afraid to go outside. WTF is happening? The end is nigh I tell you!!! SAVE YOURSELF!!!!"
I remember watching an interview with a doctor who described measles as 'exquisitely contagious' and well, the numbers here certainly confirm that. The worst part of this outbreak is very simply that we aren't hearing about it on the news every evening, which means some folks are still thinking it's no big deal. An outbreak like this can get far more out of control than it already has, and when it does - because RFK isn't doing what needs to happen to stop it - it's going to cost us dearly.
Never fear. MTG is going to mae weather modifictio9n a FELONY. Then sjhe wioll go after those democrats that did this. craziness don't run in that party, it GALLOPS!!!
Creationism is willful ignorance on stilts. It is the attempt to make myth from the infancy of civilization triumph over science and objective evidence. The people who wrote the book of Genesis did not know where the sun went at night, and knew absolutely nothing about how the earth or the universe works, let alone how old they are. It disgusts me that people turn their back on reason, and cling to a mythology without a shred of evidence to support it. And people wonder why the world is the mess it is.
Bertrand Russell summed this up with his quote. "Many people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so."
Can we move those types along a little faster?
Now you (almost) made me spit out my saturday glass of red wine.
Apologies! 😁
It's unclear who said, "You can't fix stupid."
Here's what AI, who is smarter than 64% of murica, says about that:
"The phrase implies that some people are inherently unwise and not open to change or reason."
It is isn't even "intelligent design" like the myth-pushers claim! Fundamental religion holds people back with it's primitive ignorance.
That is the HEIGHT of their “intelligence”.
For FOX $100 million payday ignorance is bliss. https://youtu.be/VJ--0kI-LTE?si=QfKSa7_medpWzpp4
jumbo shrimp
deafening silence
military intelligence
original copy
business ethics
old news
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exact estimate
pretty ugly
creation science
3 minutes and counting for newesrt
“Can you imagine if God came to you and said, ‘I am going to have a flood and everyone’s going to die except for you because you’re so faithful, so I need you to build an ark and it’s gonna be that big?’”
I’d tell him I don’t want to play any part in global genocide.
It doesn't take a lot of study to come to the conclusion that humanism produces a far higher standard of morality than does Christianity.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/fb2d5e4724b84ac3cbacde649af90940005e1ca8fa816b9f73dfcd1b4c0035db.jpg
Hey, FOX...
If you're a news outlet, where were the questions about the water damage to Ham's boat and Ham's lawsuit concerning said damage? Looks like that boat/office building/gift shop isn't the only thing that's shoddy.
The catch, as you well know, is that Fox is NOT a news outlet. They are essentially the agitprop arm of the Republican / Trumpian party, whose only purpose is to bamboozle the gullible into believing their tripe and voting against their interests.
Fox is news like I'm a concert violinist.
The people who leave Faux Noise never move up in the news world, only down.
Or they move into Trump's Crime Syndicate (Hegseth, Gabbard, etc.).
Like Dumb Idiot Ham has done by making his "partially" owned plane make frequent stops in Florida where Stupid Idiot's rat infested resort is located.
Make room for Jake Tapper
Hey, Jake…
Where’s your concern over Trump’s mental state and the GOP trying to cover up his failing faculties? Why are you so hot and bothered by a man who hasn’t been in office since January?
I suspect he was paid handsomely for that Judas act.
He is actually a bully in love and can't choose which side to show his crush.
Isn't that the same thing?
It is. Notice how easily the two mesh? Vultures of a feather.
4 minutes t newest
World-class attraction ?
Let's verify this claim.
Louvre Museum 2024 attendance 8.7 millions
ark disaster 743572 tickets sold.
Thanks Hemant for the spreadsheet 👍
The Louvre is an art museum. Ham thinks he should be like the Natural History Museum at the Smithsonian. Attendance there: 4.8 million annually.
The movie Kaamelott :
1 015 247 tickets sold during the first week, in July 2021
Ham peut aller se faire cuire un oeuf.
The Iowa State Fair gets over a million visitors and it only runs for 10 days.
How many of those are cows?
Cows get in for free. Unlike Ham, we don't count them as visitors.
But do they get out?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zBwRDEFMRY
Hey, that's pretty low. :)
I cudn't resist.
Udderly understandable.
Je ne vais pas participer, j'ai trop chaud et ça ne veau pas l'effort.
If Ham imagined he'd be Disney or Dolly Parton, he's even more deluded than I thought.
And, as a coup de grâce : the Fête de la musique, one day a year, about 10 millions attendants.
From Google:
The Cleveland Museum of Art typically sees yearly attendance figures ranging from 769,435 to 864,754 visitors.
SUCK IT, Ham!
Even worse news for Ham? The Pacific Science Center here in Seattle gets over 1 million visitors ever year.
Deep throat THAT one, Hammy!
Additional plus: The Cleveland Museum of Art is free of charge.
Meet the little brother :
https://www.wam.ae/article/15erb9r-louvre-abu-dhabi-welcomes-14m%2B-visitors-2024
So weird what people create under the guise of truth and religion. Since I never watch faux, I had no knowledge of this place. It's all so completely bogus. Even now no one has ever been able to explain to me how Noah, not being a ship builder, constructed such an enormous vessel that housed both humans and pairs of all animals on earth and fed them all and kept them well for 40 days & 40 nights and rode the floodwaters and survived. So this place as advertised by faux is keeping the fable going. All for money, of course. 🤑🤑
Slight correction:
It rained for 40 days.
The ark floated for over a YEAR.
While all that water was going where? Soaking into some very dry ground? Evaporating?
There are two questions I like asking morons of this caliber. One is do they know what termites eat and of so do they have any idea how quickly said termites could send a badly build half rotten box to the bottom? And second do they have any idea how much shit even a small animal produces each day. If anyone tried that nonsense they would be shoveling shit every moment of every day right up until they died of methane poisoning in less than a week.
Big plug at the bottom.
Duhh, I should have thought of that!
Well, that's all the scientific proof I need. No more doubtin' the Bible.
The good news: The genocide and incest park is still far short of the original attendance goals.
The bad news: The genocide and incest park is still in business, subsidized by taxpayers.
The predictable news: The NSGOP propaganda channel is providing them with free advertising.
(𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐴𝑟𝑘 𝐸𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐹𝑂𝑋 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘.) Hemant, while being the Friendly Atheist, shows that he can also be the Snarky Atheist.
FOX News. Not a news network. Never has been one. It's the propaganda arm of the right. The one that lies on-air and had to settle a defamation lawsuit that cost them $787.5 million dollars.
So naturally they're a perfect fit Ken Sham and his scam.
Waiting anxiously for the Smartmatic case to take another $2 Billion away from FAUX News.
How is it that Murdoch’s Lie Machine can spew out propaganda 💯 % of the time, calling it “news,” except when they are being sued…then it’s entertainment?
The autopsy of this fascist coup will provide ample evidence that this national TV opportunity to lie freely to the people of the world, 24x7x365, was a major contributor in our failure to protect democracy.
This is, in my mind, a great example of a massive problem modern US Christians seem to have: they're only willing to watch 'news' that agrees with their worldview and narrative and completely unwilling to care about any news that doesn't fit that description.
Sure, I recognize that is, to some degree, part of the human condition and most everyone wants to hear news that doesn't challenge dearly-held beliefs. The real issue here is that Christians will accept this sort of segment as informational and trustworthy simply because they like it, rather than critically considering the matter and coming to a worthwhile conclusion. It's never a good idea to only listen to what you 'want' to hear, because too often, you'll miss out on what you 'need' to hear; the best medicines don't usually taste good, after all. Truth is no longer relevant to people who surround themselves with a bubble of only comfortable things they like. When truth isn't relevant to someone, there is no reasoning with them or changing their minds just because they don't recognize reality anymore.
Ark Encounter paying for ads on Fox hardly comes as a surprise, they know who their people are and who they might be able to convince to make the trip. Fox trying to hide the fact they took money to pander to extreme right-wing bubble dwellers isn't a shock, either. The important bit here is remembering that this means we still have folks who are refusing to accept reality, and we need to find ways of bursting that comfort bubble if we want better laws and government for everyone.
Good luck. They got their murder bill, so we probably won't even be able to vote them out.
It’s Pox News.
They were NEVER about news. Only Alternative Facts.
Fox propaganda channel. They were created by Roger Ailes for that purpose.
https://theweek.com/articles/880107/why-fox-news-created
As though that isn't bad enough, NBC Nightly News did the same damned thing a couple years back. Their closing segment was all about the Ark Park, with NOT ONE CRITICAL WORD about the complete lack of historical verity of the Genesis story. I actually made a point of that on their feedback page, calling them on what amounted to an advertisement for Ken Ham's BS.
Fox News doesn't surprise me with this. NBC News both surprised and disappointed me.
I am less surprised by NBC in this case. The last segment of the Nightly News is usually some sort of puff piece, so one about the Magic Zoo Boat as a tourist attraction doesn't strike me as completely out of the norm. The lack of criticism is yet another example of Christian Fucking Privilege.
Ask the Flat-Earthers how Noah and company didn't fall off the edge of the earth.
Because the drain is in the middle, 𝘥𝘶𝘩!
NO wind for a year. So they flo9ated for a year in a sea of methane offgassd from the manure they threw overboard
No engine, no sail. Not even a ruddy rudder.
Not from Rudy's ruddy rudder works?
Don't need no rudder without a power source.
Little-known fact:’ the Ark used solar panels. 😉
ROFL. You know that thought had never occurred to me before!!
OT 2
Kinda quiet 'round these parts this morning. Totally expected. Think I'll go see a movie about dinos and the dumb humans who never seem to learn.
So... you're watching C-SPAN, then?
"Sorry I'm late, I was in gridlock. Then I left Congress." - Brian Griffin
(Yours is actually funny : )
When it comes to Republicans, I root for the dinos. The carnivorous ones.
Just saw that one. The special effects are stellar, with the additional subplot of the dino blood possibly curing heart disease. On one side is a big pharma exec who stands to make trillions. On the other is a dinosaur expert who believes the medicine should be made affordably available to the world -- to everyone -- instead of further enriching pharma billionaires. Quite fascinating.
Well dang it. We were going to host a small 7/4 dinner for our adult children and their significant others and everyone cancelled (for good reasons including Covid). Now I’m stuck with 3 racks of BBQ ribs.
Never fear, I'll be right thear.
You can invoke Aria's ghost.
Sari's beagle, Buster, was partial to burgers. Plus nobody wanted to deal wiith the cleanup from ribs.
My BH was partial to any animal flesh (meat, fish, shells, even crab).
How much weight a rack of BBQ ribs ?
About 2 pounds
~1 kilo.
And meat/bone ratio is around 1/3 meat, 2/3 bones ?
I’d guess 2/3 meat.
Where????
Ribs is good. Walking through the car wash to remove the sauce is not so cool.
Oh, a light snack.
Hey, kids, guess what I discovered today.
Q: 2 + 2 = ? A: 67.9
Q: Sun rises in the ____? A: north
Q: H₂O is what liquid? A: sulfuric acid
Do you suppose I too can qualify for "Answers in Genesis"?
No, because you knew 1) was maths, 2) was geography and 3) was chemistry.
Might as well spend money on going to Disneyland/world or Universal Studios instead of the Ark Encounter since all of these theme parks are based on fictional stories. At least Disney and Universal have better stories, though.
Far less hatred,
I only hatred I see at Disney and Universal is fan reactions against the Star Wars sequels, Disney remakes, and endless sequels for the Jurassic World and Fast & Furious franchises.
OT : Zorgichou is still alive.
"OMG! OMG!! OMG!!! There are explosions going off all over the place! I am afraid to go outside. WTF is happening? The end is nigh I tell you!!! SAVE YOURSELF!!!!"
This was from yesterday (my time). I missed it.
Have you heard from him since? He may not have made it out. ; )
Is he hearing both Huey helicopters and "Ride of the Valkyries?"
youtu.be/VE03Lqm3nbI
That smell........that gasoline smell......
"Ooooh that smell! The smell of death surrounds you." - LySky
Smells like...victory.
"July 4"
Measles cases surge to record high since disease was declared eliminated in the US
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/05/health/measles-cases-us-record-since-elimination?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc
I remember watching an interview with a doctor who described measles as 'exquisitely contagious' and well, the numbers here certainly confirm that. The worst part of this outbreak is very simply that we aren't hearing about it on the news every evening, which means some folks are still thinking it's no big deal. An outbreak like this can get far more out of control than it already has, and when it does - because RFK isn't doing what needs to happen to stop it - it's going to cost us dearly.
Why isn't it a raging brushfire of disease?
It's because most of us HAVE been vaccinated.
OT
*smh*
MAGA Congressional Candidate Calls Texas Floods 'Fake': It's 'Murder'
yahoo.com/news/maga-congressional-candidate-calls-texas-215509077.html
This Georgia peach is the pits.
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" - Hanlon
Although, with some people it's difficult to differentiate.
https://media.tenor.com/ZjqPAZpKWAUAAAAM/the-road-to-el-dorado-both.gif
Theory of stupidity "We have more to fear from stupid people than evil ones because stupidity can be manipulated and used by evil"
Rev Dietrich Bonhoneffer.
Someone who knew all about evil and its impact on individuals, groups and nations.
Never fear. MTG is going to mae weather modifictio9n a FELONY. Then sjhe wioll go after those democrats that did this. craziness don't run in that party, it GALLOPS!!!
Right wing wacko crazy is the Republican Party.
That peach is filled with magats.
Alexandra Jones isn't any better than Alex Jones.
If she actually does make it to Congress, she's a "censure" motion waiting to happen.
Alex Jones? Saw him once spewing his hate and stupidity.
Needed a shower afterwards.
I hope her campaign is eviscerated for this.