for the atheist: chimp with soulful eyes

[Riddick]

how about this chimp with soulful eyes (http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/product/sku__WW258).

teddy bear for the "grown up/all adult now" atheist? reality check? comforting?

is it the next best thing, when you can't cling to eachother at TAM911?

[pchams]

Huh?
What does this have to do with atheism?

[KingMerv00]

Actually I don't think chimps are cute. They are annoying.

ETA: You ok Riddick? You seem a bit...off.

[slingblade]

Uncle Bobo??

[Riddick]

Huh?
What does this have to do with atheism?
some of you have a preference for a theory of wha'ts darwin's thing?

do you see any relevance there?


ETA: You ok Riddick? You seem a bit...off.
What is it that leads you to make that statement? How do you arrive at using "You ok Riddick?" Could I not say "You seem a bit...off." in the same fashion?

[Dark Jaguar]

Not really.

[Lisa Simpson]

Pluots are really yummy.

[opqdan]

I think that Riddick is saying something about atheists and evolution (hence the ape), although I can't quite figure it out. I will assume that due to the crypticness of it, it is meant to be derisive and mayhaps trollish?

More importantly, I looked up what a pluot was (thank you Lisa Simpson) and I found this:
"A pluot (plü-ot) is a fruit developed in the late 20th century by Floyd Zaiger. It is a complex cross hybrid of plum and apricot, being 2/3 plum and 1/3 apricot in parentage. Its exterior resembles a plum fairly closely. "

How does 1/3, 2/3 parrentage come about? Wouldn't it have to be 1/2, 1/2? Im not a biologist, so somebody fill me in here.

[Marquis de Carabas]

I think that Riddick is saying something about atheists and evolution (hence the ape), although I can't quite figure it out. I will assume that due to the crypticness of it, it is meant to be derisive and mayhaps trollish?
It's just Riddick. Ignore it and it goes away. But then it comes back. It's like a rash.

More importantly, I looked up what a pluot was (thank you Lisa Simpson) and I found this:
"A pluot (plü-ot) is a fruit developed in the late 20th century by Floyd Zaiger. It is a complex cross hybrid of plum and apricot, being 2/3 plum and 1/3 apricot in parentage. Its exterior resembles a plum fairly closely. "

How does 1/3, 2/3 parrentage come about? Wouldn't it have to be 1/2, 1/2? Im not a biologist, so somebody fill me in here.
Never had a threesome?

[Dark Jaguar]

You should see some of the wild fruit parties mother nature throws.

[KingMerv00]

What is it that leads you to make that statement? How do you arrive at using "You ok Riddick?"

You have poor puncuation, no clear subject, and an angry tone.

What's wrong dear?

[slingblade]

Send him to the hug thread. :)

Anyone ever had those Saturn peaches from Japan? The "flat" ones? My gawd, they are good.

[Lisa Simpson]

Oh yes, I quite like those too.

[KingMerv00]

...when you can't cling to eachother at TAM911?

Who wants to cling to me? Women only please.

[Riddick]

#8: what happens when calling someone a "troll" doesn't work? what do you do then? thanks for checking in mr. 33 posts. larry bird = good, you = hrm, dont know

#9: thx for mixing in four sentences on one line.

[before edit]a) You have poor puncuation, b) no clear subject, and c) an angry tone.

What's wrong dear?
#11:
a) you have poor spelling. are you off-balance by my remarks?
b) darwin's theory involves monkey's/apes. hence my OP. i apologize if this was a difficult combination for you to assemble.
c) most likely, you're blinded by my username, Riddick. it happens a lot in forums. people spaz out on seeing the name "riddick."

[Lisa Simpson]

Sorry, but I use Downy on all my clothes.

[Riddick]

Sorry, but I use Downy on all my clothes.
anybody see pirates of the caribbean? ^^

[TragicMonkey]

Chimps are very soulful. I like the way they enjoy eating human babies when they can get them.

[Lisa Simpson]

Chimps are very soulful. I like the way they enjoy eating human babies when they can get them.


It all works out then, because I like eating baby chimps. BBQ'd with a nice Carolina vinegar sauce. Mmm...now that's good eatin'!

[KingMerv00]

#11:
a) you have poor spelling. are you off-balance by my remarks?

Did I spell something wrong? If so...whoops. To be fair, I shouldn't have brought it up. I only did so because of your attitude.

b) darwin's theory involves monkey's/apes. hence my OP. i apologize if this was a difficult combination for you to assemble.

Evolution isn't atheistic therefore chimps have no bearing on atheism.

c) most likely, you're blinded by my username, Riddick. it happens a lot in forums. people spaz out on seeing the name "riddick."

Actually, I only recall your posts vaugely. From now on, I promise to spaz out accordingly. :eek:

[Raphael]

TAM911?

Oh man, hilarious, I just can't stop laughing.

That's just as funny as Vin Diesel in those space movies. He's got a real gift for comedy as well.

[Piscivore]

Riddick is just feeling left out because he's not hip to current culture, being in Nebraska and all.

Riddick:
Robots are cool. Monkeys are cool. Robot monkeys are therefore exponentially cool. Put a pirate hat and an eyepatch on that thing and it would be so cool as to obviate air-conditioning.

BTW, Riddick, this is my teddy (http://www.shoggoth.net/article.php3?story_id=230&slashSess=2705afbce86ff8d00e2b955faf7b45cc). Along with a stuffie bookworm (http://www.giantmicrobes.com/critters/bookworm.html).

[skoob]

That's one creepy looking chimp doll. Once you enter the Uncanny Valley, things stop being cute.

b) darwin's theory involves monkey's/apes.Are you implying that Creationism doesn't involve monkeys or apes inn any way?

[Lisa Simpson]

BTW, Riddick, this is my teddy (http://www.shoggoth.net/article.php3?story_id=230&slashSess=2705afbce86ff8d00e2b955faf7b45cc). Along with a stuffie bookworm (http://www.giantmicrobes.com/critters/bookworm.html).

Your teddy is cool. Mine is an Angels fan and hangs out with Bender.


http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/3954/teddygk6.jpg

[grayman]

Riddick is just feeling left out because he's not hip to current culture, being in Nebraska and all.

Don't assume someone's not cool just because they're living in Nebraska, assume they're not cool because of who they are.

[Jimbo07]

Where'd you get that Bender?

:eye-poppi

[grayman]

#8:b) darwin's theory involves monkey's/apes. hence my OP. i apologize if this was a difficult combination for you to assemble.
c) most likely, you're blinded by my username, Riddick. it happens a lot in forums. people spaz out on seeing the name "riddick."

If we meet I'll fling poo at you.

Fair warning.

[Lisa Simpson]

Where'd you get that Bender?

:eye-poppi

'Twas an anniversay gift from my husband, so I don't know.

[hgc]

I think the point is that for God-fearing pluots, chimpanzees don't even exist. Only atheists believe in chimpanzees, and would therefore be interested in owning that frankly disturbing bust of one.

Btw, pluots are really good. I eat them regularly in season, despite the cost. Since Darwinism is about pluots, only atheists need apply. Riddick wouldn't be any more likely to see them in the grocery produce section than a native Carribbean islander, circa 1492, would be able to see the Santa Maria. :p

[Ryokan]

b) darwin's theory involves monkey's/apes. hence my OP. i apologize if this was

It also involves elephants and tapeworms. And crows and mushrooms. And apple trees and cockroaches. Etc etc.

[Foster Zygote]

I have the same Bender too. But mine's foghat grey. He came with a cigar and a bottle of Olde Fortran. He was a birthday present from my sister-in-law so alas I too can't testify as to it's origins.

Steven

Oh wait! I just remembered I still have the box. Check out www.rocketusa.com (http://www.rocketusa.com)

[TriangleMan]

This chimp definately has soul.
http://www.spassmonkey.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/jazz_chimp.jpg

[Dark Jaguar]

Riddick, the issue is that evolution isn't "an atheist theory", though it certainly offers them some more explanations of the world around them than they had before it :D. Many many religious fellows have no issue following the evidence at least in that regard. Evolution is no more atheist exclusive than believing the Earth is round or that the Earth orbits the sun. Anyone can still come up with whatever alterations their religion requires to still be religious while thinking those things to be true.

You might as well have offered some sort of talking globe and called that a gift for atheists.

But then again, as I was a Christian myself I am fully aware that "people who are christians and think evolution is true are wrong and don't understand that their faith can't support that contradiction". Actually, that's sort of true. Look at what happened to me! :D Doesn't mean you aren't making similar compromises all the time and that maintaining a belief in both the bible and evolution is as valid as your belief that the world does not in fact have four corners (in fact it doesn't even have one). If that's figurative, than the other christians can say creation is figurative.

But myself I prefer the I Dream of Genie verson of creation.

[Robin]

some of you have a preference for a theory of wha'ts darwin's thing?

do you see any relevance there?
Some theists have a preference of "what's darwin's thing".

If there is some relevance why dont you just say what the relevance is?

[Dark Jaguar]

An argument I've heard is "Atheists just came up with evolution so they could hide from god and say "we are smarter and have it all figured out"".

Yes, I'm fully aware of how horribly flawed that argument is (the sheer number of blind presumptions is staggering), but it is an argument I had been presented with time and time again growing up.

[Admiral]

An argument I've heard is "Atheists just came up with evolution so they could hide from god and say "we are smarter and have it all figured out"".

Yes, I'm fully aware of how horribly flawed that argument is (the sheer number of blind presumptions is staggering), but it is an argument I had been presented with time and time again growing up.

To the credit of the creationists, most have no idea what evolution is. They usually have some wild misconception, like that evolution states that monkeys can give birth to humans, or a misunderstanding of how science works, like the belief that because scientists are constantly refining evolution that it is "full of holes."

It's kind of the tragedy of all education that it can never reach those who don't want to learn. Look at the fascinating and informative Darwin exhibit that was presented in the Museum of Natural History in NYC. As well as it presented Darwin's theories and recent advances in evolution, it could never teach anyone who didn't want to buy a ticket.