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QuotesThis is just a collection of quotes that I thought were interesting.Natural selection may explain the survival of the fittest, but it cannot explain the arrival of the fittest. Dutch botanist Hugo deVries (1905) Species and Varieties Their Origin by Mutation They're just jealous because they don't have three wise men and a virgin in the whole organization. -- Mayor Vincent J. `Buddy' Cianci, on the ACLU's suit to have a city nativity scene removed. 'Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the Earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance. This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent Being.' Isaac Newton How Long Did the Work of Creation Take? "When Moses writes that God created heaven and earth and whatever is in them in six days, then let this period continue to have been six days, and do not venture to devise any comment according to which six days were one day. But, if you cannot understand how this could have been done in six days, then grant the Holy Spirit the honor of being more learned than you are. For you are to deal with Scripture in such a way that you bear in mind that God Himself says what is written. But since God is speaking, it is not fitting for you wantonly to turn his word in the direction you wish to go." What Martin Luther Says - A practical In-Home Anthology for the Active, pp. 1523 "The rocks do date the fossils, but the fossils date the rocks more accurately. Stratigraphy cannot avoid this kind of reasoning if it insists on using only temporal concepts, because circularity is inherent in the derivation of time scales." O'Rourke, J.E., "Pragmatism versus Materialism in Stratiigraphy" American Journal of Science, vol. 276 (January 1976), p. 54
Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science. -- Henri Poincare (1854 - 1912) "We are not sinners because we sin, we sin because we are sinners." "In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." Carl Sagan, Cosmos Why do some people try to make Christians look bad? "If the black sheep makes the white sheep look grey than the black sheep does not look as bad." Six days after the Creation, Adam was still alone in the Garden of Eden, and getting pretty desperate. "God!" he cried, "rescue me from loneliness and despair! Send some company for Your sake!" God replied "OK, I have just the thing. Keep you warm and relaxed all the days of your life. Never complains. Looks up to you in every way. It'll cost you though". "Sounds ideal" said Adam. "The society of the beasts of the field and the birds of the air pals after a while. What's the price?" "An arm and a leg", said God. Adam thought about it for a bit and finally sighed. "So, what can I get for a rib?" "Human beings were created by water to transport it uphill." There are in this country two very large monopolies. The larger of the two has the following record: The Vietnam War, Watergate, double-digit inflation, fuel and energy shortages, bankrupt airlines, and the 8-cent postcard. The second is responsible for such things as the transistor, the solar cell, lasers, synthetic crystals, high fidelity stereo recording, sound motion pictures, radio astronomy, negative feedback, magnetic tape, magnetic "bubbles", electronic switching systems, microwave radio and TV relay systems, information theory, the first electrical digital computer, and the first communications satellite. Guess which one is going to tell the other how to run the telephone business? I can hardly wait for the results. "Blaming guns for Columbine is like blaming spoons for Rosie Odonnell being fat." "United States of America - Save the trees and kill the children" Casting Crowns - While You Were Sleeping Last updated 11/15/2007 |
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