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Dr Adequate
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Message 42 of 167 (388014)
03-04-2007 7:56 AM


http://www.conservapedia.com/Kangaroo
Kangaroos have large ears on top of their small heads, a long snout, and short arms with clawed fingers. Their legs are strong and powerful, designed by God for leaping ...
According to the origins model used by creation scientists, modern kangaroos, like all modern animals, originated in the Middle East[1] and are the descendants of the two founding members of the modern kangaroo baramin that were taken aboard Noah's Ark prior to the Great Flood. It has not yet been determined by baraminologists whether kangaroos form a holobaramin with the wallaby, tree-kangaroo, wallaroo, pademelon and quokka, or if all these species are in fact apobaraminic or polybaraminic.
Also according to creation science, after the Flood, kangaroos bred from the Ark passengers migrated to Australia. There is debate whether this migration happened over land[2] -- as Australia was still for a time connected to the Middle East before the supercontinent of Pangea broke apart[3] -- or if they rafted on mats of vegetation torn up by the receding flood waters[2].
http://www.conservapedia.com/Gravity
Gravity is considered by scientists and evolutionists to be one of the fundamental forces of the universe. It is a theory which suggests that all masses are attracted to each other because of invisible particles called gravitons or invisible curves in space. The idea was first developed by Isaac Newton, and has been worked on by prominent scientists like Johannes Kepler and Albert Einstein.
Gravity controversy
Some have criticized gravity, reminding us that it is only a theory, and that no scientist has ever seen a graviton or a space curve. Furthermore, experiments done by NASA prove that the Moon is receding (moving further away) from the Earth at a rate of 3.8cm per year, directly contradicting the theory that masses attract one another[1]. Indeed, astronomers can observe that all stars in the universe are moving away from one another. The considerable disagreement between scientists about the theory of gravity suggests that, like evolution, the theory will eventually be replaced with a model which acknowledges God as the source of all things, the Prime Mover, and the only real fundamental force in the universe.
http://www.conservapedia.com/Centromere
Constricted region of a chromosome and the point at which duplicate DNA strands attack themselves.[1]
http://www.conservapedia.com/Second_Law_of_Thermodynamics
The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that the entropy of the universe tends towards a maximum.
According to this law, it is impossible to build a perpetual motion machine, and entropy in a completely closed system must either increase or remain constant.
There are three different types of systems that the Second Law of Thermodynamics can apply to:
Isolated system - Does not exchange matter or energy with its surroundings
Closed system - Exchanges energy, but not matter, with its surroundings
Open system - Exchanges both matter and energy with its surroundings
Many Creationists claim that the Second Law of Thermodynamics disproves evolution.[1] Evolutionists deny this claim stating that the earth is not an isolated system because energy is pumped in from the sun. However, the universe as a whole is an isolated system. An isolated system never exchanges matter or energy with its surroundings. It is impossible for the total entropy of an isolated system to decrease, therefore the universe is becoming more and more disordered. In this way the Second Law of Thermodynamics disproves evolution.
http://www.conservapedia.com/Christianity
Christianity is a religion that follows the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, as described in the books of the New Testament. It is the world's most popular religion, with over two billion members. [1]
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What's funny about that, I hear you ask? What's funny is that that's the entire article.
But look how much they have to say about Piltdown Man

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Dr Adequate
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Message 48 of 167 (388032)
03-04-2007 10:55 AM


Spain
Country located on the Iberian Penninsula. Borderd by the Alantic Ocean to the west and the Mediterranean on the east. Portuagal is located on the same penninsuala. Is the same country as was in the medieval times. And known for its famous explorers.
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Yes, that's the whole article.
Even more breathtaking in its brevity:
Catholics
The members of the Catholic church.
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I detect the hand of a subtle prankster:
War Elephants
In The Ancient World
War elephants were important, although not widespread, weapons in ancient military history. Their main use was in charges, to trample the enemy and/or break their ranks, they were also used by the Diadochi to protect against cavalry attack. War elephants could be either male or female animals. Male elephants were generally larger and more physically powerful, but female elephants were generally considered to have a more violent disposition (particularly during their menstrual cycles) that made them well-suited to a battlefield role. The Carthaginian general Hannibal made devastating use of menstruating "Berserker Elephants" during the Second Punic War (218 - 202 BC).
In The Modern World
While the introduction of modern [[firearms], artillery, and tanks largely limited the elephant's usefulness on the battlefield, they are still employed in a variety of specialized combat roles in modern armies around the world. In 2003, Thailand contributed 260 specially trained elephants to Coalition Forces in the Iraq War for purposes of unexploded ordinance disposal and minefield clearing. Within two years, all of these animals were killed in theater. A memorial to these elephants, affectionately known as "Dumbo Team", was erected in Patong Beach, Thailand in 2006.
Crushing By Elephants
Crushing by elephant was for thousands of years a common method of execution used in parts of southeast Asia and India. Elephants employed in this manner were used to crush, dismember, or torture captives in public executions. It was not uncommon for the victims' families to be forced to wash the feet of the elephants after an execution.
The use of elephants to execute captives often attracted the horrified interest of European travellers, and was recorded in numerous contemporary journals and accounts of life in Asia. The practice was largely suppressed by the European empires that colonized the region in the 18th and 19th centuries, but recent reports confirm that Christian missionaries in Pakistan were crushed to death by elephants in this manner as recently as 1997.
Sources
http://www.dopa.go.th - Department of Provincial Administration, Ministry of Interior, Royal Thai Government
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That link is well worth following
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It's also interesting to have a look at their longest pages: a list can be found here.
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Message 50 of 167 (388036)
03-04-2007 11:25 AM


Everything Conservatives Know About Peru
Peru
Country in western South America.

  
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Message 51 of 167 (388038)
03-04-2007 11:37 AM


Everything Conservatives Know About Iraq
Iraq
A Middle-Eastern country, invaded in 2003 and currently occupied by a U.S.-led coalition.
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With that sort of detailed insight, it's hard to see how anything could have gone wrong.

  
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Message 107 of 167 (388393)
03-05-2007 9:28 PM


Sun
The sun is a star, a giant ball of flaming gas. It provides the Earth with light and heat. In Christian theology, God created the sun on the first day of Creation. [1]
References
‘ Genesis 1
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Oh yeah?
Damn, don't these people even read the Bible?
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I notice that they now have 38 times more "information" on Hillary Clinton than on Iraq. This tells you everything you need to know about conservatives.

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Message 164 of 167 (749164)
02-02-2015 2:49 PM


Schlafly Still Smarter Than Einstein, Says Schlafly
The article here is worth a read.

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