I would hope that some of these dancers are suitably attired Scotsmen doing the Highland Fling.
Creationists tell Sir David Attenborough to 'burn in hell'
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well, there's Jim. That'll have to do, unless Deckard has picked a very unsuitable avatar
Captain X
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I don't see much difference, really, it just seems to me you're resistant to the idea there may be some comparison. For my part, I'm open to the possibility, I just don't put much stock in it, particularly the Judeo-Christian ideal of who or what "God" is. I certainly don't see it as "willful ignorance" to simply believe in God though, which you didn't answer my question about, BTW.
To believe in God is to believe something without proof - that is believing by faith alone.
To trust in the compentence of the NASA engineers is to know that they have the proper training and credentials. However I don't think the NASA astronauts have complete trust in ther abilities of the NASA engineers. They certainly wouldn't have 'faith' that they will never die during spaceflight.
BTW I have never said believing in God was wilful ignorance. The nearest I have gotten to that is the say that Young Earth Creationists are ignorant and pigheaded.
To trust in the compentence of the NASA engineers is to know that they have the proper training and credentials. However I don't think the NASA astronauts have complete trust in ther abilities of the NASA engineers. They certainly wouldn't have 'faith' that they will never die during spaceflight.
BTW I have never said believing in God was wilful ignorance. The nearest I have gotten to that is the say that Young Earth Creationists are ignorant and pigheaded.
well, there's Jim. That'll have to do, unless Deckard has picked a very unsuitable avatar
I'll do it. As long as the attire is a rubber sheath and the fling is sexual.
No, the attire is a kilt. I have a fetish for them.
No deal. I ain't wearin' no Aberdeen skirt!
There's an ironic statement.Ask RJ, he started it.
In the context of this discussion, a god would be defined in part as a supernatural being who exists outside of the Universe, who pre-existed the Universe (which in this scenario has a beginning) and who has no beginning, who is sentient and intelligent and somehow manages to have thoughts and ideas despite having no sensory input, who is infinite in power despite there being nothing to have power over, who is omniscient despite there being nothing to know, who, at some indefinable point, since there was no time, decided to create a universe in some indeterminate place, since there was no place, despite there being no building materials, since nothing existed, based on certain specific physical laws with a certain specific physical structure and a certain unspecific moral code, who created intellgent life in at least one part of that universe for unclear reasons, who briefly communicated with this life form and then retreated into hiding.
I'd say the likelihood of there not being a god is pretty high.
^^ Yes, that's the tongue-in-cheek version of what I believe. I would say that the chances of there being an intelligent force behind the Universe is as close to zero as makes no difference.
I quite like that saying. Do you mind if I use it as my sig?
I would be interested in seeing what series other Attenborough fans own
I have
1) Attenbrough in Paradise and other Personal Voyages which has on it
*Attenborough in Paradise
*A Blank on the Map
*The Lost Gods of Easter Island
*Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction
*The Song of the Earth
*Life on Air
*The Amber Time Machine
2) Trials of Life
3) Life in the Freezer
4) The Private Life of Plants
5) The Life of Mammals
7) The Life of Birds
this means I still have a few more to get.
I also have "Great Wildlife Moments" that is narrated by Sir David.
I have
1) Attenbrough in Paradise and other Personal Voyages which has on it
*Attenborough in Paradise
*A Blank on the Map
*The Lost Gods of Easter Island
*Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction
*The Song of the Earth
*Life on Air
*The Amber Time Machine
2) Trials of Life
3) Life in the Freezer
4) The Private Life of Plants
5) The Life of Mammals
7) The Life of Birds
this means I still have a few more to get.
I also have "Great Wildlife Moments" that is narrated by Sir David.
Captain X
Rear Admiral
Nope, don't mind. I might not have gotten it entirely right though; I just remember it was something like that.
I will leave it as you wrote unless someone corrects it. I couldn't find the quote on the web at all.
Nothing so far unfortunately, but I *just* this week upgraded to blu-ray and Planet Earth will be my first BD purchase soon.
Heh. Actually, it's more a question of the infinite complexity and the logical paradoxes.limit as universe approaches infinite, intelligent force approaches zero?
I have those too, plus Planet Earth and The Blue Planet.
I also got his autobiography, Life on Air, which is a fabulous book, as much about the history of nature filming as his own life.
I think Planet Earth will be next on my list, followed by Life in the Undergrowth. Then will come Life in Cold Blood and the Blue Planet.
I only have three of his books
*Life of Mammals
*Life on Air (which is fabulous but I wish he had told us a little more about his childhood - I really love reading about the childhood of interesting people)
*Zoo Quest for a Dragon - I recently found this 1957 book in a second-hand shop. I have been putting off reading it (which is something I often do with books I really want to read - once you read them there is nothing to look forward to).
The next Attenborough book I will buy is
Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery
It combines my love of art with my love of wildlife (though I believe that Sir David's mainly only contributed the introduction)
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