"i do agree the video plays weird ominous music whenever a religious person is talking, and i dont like when documentaries do that either...just try to ignore it."

Yeah skitzo , I`m well aquainted with sensationalism. The vid is 49 min. long. I`ll watch it because what I said about funding for research is true.Right now as I write this post , a very large number of businesses in CA and elsewhere have environmentally friendly names . Why , I`d be tempted to offer a hundred to one that a company that specializes in building Redwood decks could figure out an angle to present themselves as environmentally friendly. Environ- Mentally : Now that`s a catchy concoction

yes if you choose to be a christian or worship the god if abraham you kind of have to be a fundamental...you cat just pick and choose what you want to believe....either you believe everything....you believe nothing, or you pick and choose and that means your making up your own religion and is no more true then any other ones that have no evidence...

you are a perfect example of someone who has twisted religion to suit your needs, and beliefs...its magical and im sure very comforting, but no more true then any o ther fairy tale.

is there a practical purpose for archeology, or is it just ego? in modern times and historically.

"Just like your dogmatic scientism. Or do you adopt it because it is uncomfortable? =]"

You are being far too hard on him. I think in his case , it is simply a way to avoid confronting the possibility of being accountable. Even willful ignorance is still blissful ,eh?

Hey, I just noticed that the replies were at "555" for this thread, and I wondered how many would think it was a "SIGN" when it gets to "666"??? And yeah, I ruined the "555', but that's Mikey for ya. hehehe Mikey Evans, Chairman, Oakland County NORML

i dont know how many times i have to say this....you dont have to BELIEVE in science...its nothing like religion...you can go out and test any claim science makes and see the answer your self...I can't believe how hard it is for you to see the difference...religion says god did it, science gives you explanations using evidence...that you can see for your self.

the christian religion claims the earth is 10,000 years old at most, well you can just believe that, or you can use science to see that we have tectonic plates that take billion of years to create mountains, not to mention light from millions of light years away reaching us, or just by picking up a rock and doing some carbon dating...and not just one type of carbon dating...alot that all complement each others answers...its very simple.

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it is simply a way to avoid confronting the possibility of being accountable.

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im sorry science leaves the consequences and accountablilty in our laps...religion lets you except the way things are just like the fundamentalists who believe the war in the middle east is a good thing because it signals Armageddon....isnt that right benjamin....or the people who dont care about global warming seeing as how jesus will come and save us before its too late.

please stop trying to compare science to religion, they are so different, ones based on evidence and testing, the latter on blind belief and "faith". they cant even work together.

"the christian religion claims the earth is 10,000 years old at most, well you can just believe that, or you can use science to see that we have tectonic plates that take billion of years to create mountains, not to mention light from millions of light years away reaching us, or just by picking up a rock and doing some carbon dating...and not just one type of carbon dating...alot that all complement each others answers...its very simple."

You have made the mistake so many others have made by confusing a way of life with religion. Christianity has little in common with man made religion ; that definition encompasses all forms of religion , even those who `s object of worship is vague. You will find that the age of the earth is much less valuable to the Christian faith than loving your neighbor. Politics and religion do not mix well because eventually religion becomes political to the point that its true value and meaning are lost.
When it comes to arguing the age of the earth , it is amusing to watch the blind vs. the blind speak of things neither the Bible nor science has yet to convince me of.
None can say they were there to witness events they swear are factual. Here now is God`s answer to Job when he was in the midst of his agony brought upon him as a test of his faith :Job 38:3-5 (King James Version)
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3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

That works for me. There is very obviously a whole lot of filling in of the blanks that has continued for centuries in the scientific and religious sectors That God says men shall never be correct about because they have no witnesses to the facts of how , when and why our home came about. It`s simply not as important to mere Christianity as far too many seem to believe it is.