"for the first time in human history a dinosaur fossil is presenting us with the opportunity to see what a living dinosaur looked like.
in 2001 a field research team unearthed the worlds most complete dinosaur fossil, a brachylophosaurus nicknamed leonardo.
this incredible dinosaur has all of its skin covering its body, missing only a bit on the head and tail.
For one thing, carbon dating is only effective up to about 50 thousand years, this find is over 70 million years old. The actual soft tissue has long since disappeared and has been replaced by minerals that have preserved the shape.
Here is some more info from National Geographic on the subject: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1010_021010_dinomummy.html
this question became an off-topic sidetrack in another thread.
i thought it might be worth some debate so posted here .
the debate is basically between mainstream geological understanding of the earth's history and "young earth creationism" in particular with how the evidence relates to the occurrence of a global flood in the recent past.. a couple of points from the yec website www.icr.org are raised as examples in order to kick things off .
The "local flood" apologists continually trot out the false theory that all mankind lived in a localized area in the middle east some 5000 years ago, which is patently ridiculous. Ask any archaeologist worth his/her salt about this or just do some basic research about human activity in North America or China or even Egypt during this time period. One of the big turning points to my rejection of the literal interpretation of the bible was one day in class where we examined photos of a stone spear tip embedded in the rib cage of an ice age North American bison and butcher marks on the bones of a wooly mammoth. No flood came and wiped these people out, I descended from them. Unless you subscribe to the Mormon's viewpoint that I actually descended from a lost tribe of Israel who wiped out the Nephites.
daniel 2:44.
44 in the time of those kings, the god of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people.
it will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.
Also: "Why feel emotions for someone that does not reciprocate? Love is strong when mutual."
That doesn't sound very Christ-like at all, you adorable little false prophet. In fact, it goes counter to the Golden Rule itself. Wow. So these half-baked platitudes are supposed to be straight from the mouth of the creator of the Universe?
daniel 2:44.
44 in the time of those kings, the god of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people.
it will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.
Holy shit, how many fortune cookies did you have to gorge on to come up with that paragraph?
just wondering...if there aren't, i'll be sad....
Dunno if it slots into the category but Tool is my favorite band of all time. Freaking brilliant music.
this subject thread has been on my mind for a while, especially after seeing "zombieland" and foodall's thread about our possible ufo/reptilian over lords/realion/alien invaders.
when the great day of reckoning comes, whether it be from ufo alien invaders, realian reptilian over lords, demons in human-hybrid form, or just plain old virus-infected zombies, what will you be carrying to defend yourself from the hostile forces of e-vile?
please, no one say a "bible" or i'm going to just laugh my ass off.
I'd be all over this like a fat kid on cake. I hope it's legal in Canada when it's released.
i was very disappointed in one of my friends near here.
he is df'd.
he started smoking cigs.
I smoke weed and cigars. Tried smoking cigarettes but can't stand the stink that clings to you. Reminds me of old ladies.
right now, i am hearing foals' "total life forever".
also been playing these albums a lot lately:.
groove armada's "black light".
Been listening to Mastodon and Lamb of God most recently.
I know he taught my dad how to mix a boilermaker while they were pioneering in Quebec.
yesterday, i brought a batch of cupcakes to my son's school.
in passing them out, i started to give one to one of the children, who was a jw.
he immediately started freaking out and screaming "no thank you" over and over.
Uhh, sniping atop a water tower with a sawn-off shotgun would make the kid retarded, not psychotic.
