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Message 25 of 46 (613968)
04-29-2011 4:15 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Phat
04-29-2011 12:12 PM


In addition to the problems others here have raised, the terms are constantly changing. 250 years ago, democracy was a liberal idea. Today, nobody would call Sarah Palin or Michele Bachmann liberal just because they professed to support democracy.

Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson
We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat
It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate
...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist

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