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struggle4progress

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14. IMO Ken Ham is an attention whore who mostly deserves our studied neglect

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 01:24 PM

Sep 2018

But if we must discuss Ham, I'd suggest that the appropriate issues to consider are the networks that fund and promote him

He says nothing interesting. His religious views are at least as idiotic as his pseudo-science

But he serves a particular structural role: namely, he distracts people from real issues by attempting to get them to yammer pointlessly about nonsense. There are people who support his efforts because it is somehow in their interest to distract people from real issues. Who those people are should interest us

Nothing else about Ham deserves much of our time

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Oh, that explains it. [View all] Cartoonist Sep 2018 OP

Where is this from? madaboutharry Sep 2018 #1

From 1905 Cartoonist Sep 2018 #5

some dinosaurs were very large lapfog_1 Sep 2018 #2

They were the wrong color and were told they had to take the 2nd boat marylandblue Sep 2018 #3

They sued in Chicago, and died waiting for a trial date... nt TwistOneUp Sep 2018 #4

They should file a discrimination suit. nt Ferrets are Cool Sep 2018 #6

Wrong.. Permanut Sep 2018 #7

Dinosaurs didn't exist. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2018 #8

Elmer Smith is similarly entertaining about mastodons and pterodactyls --- struggle4progress Sep 2018 #9

Nowadays . . . Cartoonist Sep 2018 #10

Elmer Smith is not seriously suggesting the dinosaurs disappeared struggle4progress Sep 2018 #11

I don't know about Elmer Cartoonist Sep 2018 #12

If, as you admit, you did not know about Elmer, guillaumeb Sep 2018 #13

Silliness? Cartoonist Sep 2018 #24

Your history seems wrong. It was questions raised earlier in the Age of Discovery struggle4progress Sep 2018 #32

Your history is wrong Cartoonist Sep 2018 #33

How would shepherds 4000 years ago know there was no flood? marylandblue Sep 2018 #35

Of course it raised questions! And if you ever peeked at any of the rabbinical commentaries on it, struggle4progress Sep 2018 #36

I love literature Cartoonist Sep 2018 #37

You failed the logical test. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #39

You used the word logical in referring to the Bible? Cartoonist Sep 2018 #43

So, based on your response, guillaumeb Sep 2018 #45

You, and others here, insist on a literalistic interpretation guillaumeb Sep 2018 #38

Not at all Cartoonist Sep 2018 #40

No, you insist on a literal interrpetation. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #41

IMO Ken Ham is an attention whore who mostly deserves our studied neglect struggle4progress Sep 2018 #14

Ham, and others like him, are taken seriously by many people marylandblue Sep 2018 #15

It's irritating to have to deal with -- but we win those fights struggle4progress Sep 2018 #16

We win, for now marylandblue Sep 2018 #17

Now, there you go! And if there are enough rightwing judges, we can lose much more struggle4progress Sep 2018 #18

Yes, that's true. The same people want the same judges. marylandblue Sep 2018 #19

The worst consequences of those judges is that they are anti-democratic and biased towards the rich struggle4progress Sep 2018 #20

This is the religion group in a thread about evolution marylandblue Sep 2018 #21

Who said science education is unimportant? I was raised in a scientific household, struggle4progress Sep 2018 #22

I said if you don't think science education is THAT important marylandblue Sep 2018 #23

The thread actually seems to be about a 1905 children's book by Elmer Boyd Smith struggle4progress Sep 2018 #25

Whatever. Enjoy your political posturing. marylandblue Sep 2018 #30

You don't get to do that Cartoonist Sep 2018 #31

While you and the choir do? guillaumeb Sep 2018 #42

No, you don't understand Cartoonist Sep 2018 #44

Right. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #46

That truly does explain a lot! dchill Sep 2018 #26

apparently they were tame as well samnsara Sep 2018 #27

The smartest dinosaur? underpants Sep 2018 #28

Oh man, I'm still trying to get over Cane porking his sister njhoneybadger Sep 2018 #29

Incest hadn't yet been prohibited, so it wasn't wrong then. Mariana Sep 2018 #34