[JohnSmithXTREME]

Just clone the damn thing and make a theme park out of it! That's all I care about.

[Deimos]

Cut - double post.

Edit: Damn, double post, then my first one has disappeared.

[dav]

Originally posted by benb:
If we can move past the childish remarks and chest pounding to the real topic that would be nice.

For those who are in the know, was this previously considered possible by the scientific community? Namely that soft tissue could survive this long?

the article states Schweitzer has been trying to find soft tissue in fossils, so there must have been some belief to find it there. It'll be interesting to hear the theories, or if one prefers, made up stuff, as to how.

[benb]

Originally posted by Deimos:
One doesn't need to have specific issues to make sarcastic comments about a topic like religion. With something as pervasive as religion, and if someone is at odds with it, then fair game to make comic-relief out of it.

Or perhaps you feel his remarks hit too close to home in regards to yourself?

What are you talking about? There's a repeated habit here. When someone only tells gay jokes, or polish jokes, or laughs at Venezuelans people tend to realize its more than comic-relief and a sign of genuine malice.

[benb]

Originally posted by dav:
the article states Schweitzer has been trying to find soft tissue in fossils, so there must have been some belief to find it there. It'll be interesting to hear the theories, or if one prefers, made up stuff, as to how.

Yea, I'm looking forward to it. From what little I have learned about this stuff no soft tissue should be surviving that long. Guess that's why I'm not digging up dinosaur remains!

[Deimos]

Originally posted by benb:
What are you talking about? There's a repeated habit here. When someone only tells gay jokes, or polish jokes, or laughs at Venezuelans people tend to realize its more than comic-relief and a sign of genuine malice.

Excuse me? We're talking about someone having some sort of deep-rooted psychological issue because they made a sarcastic remark about Jesus. Not if there is malice behind it, major difference..

So wtf are you talking about?

[olePigeon]

Originally posted by SimpleLife:
T-Rex are quoted in the Bible:

No, that's rex as in a King or noble, not a dinosaur.

[dav]

Originally posted by olePigeon:
No, that's rex as in a King or noble, not a dinosaur.

[JohnSmithXTREME]

Originally posted by olePigeon:
No, that's rex as in a King or noble, not a dinosaur.

He wasn't being serious about that, was he? I hope he's just joking.

[Deimos]

[Deimos]

Originally posted by JohnSmithXTREME:
He wasn't being serious about that, was he? I hope he's just joking.

Rex Harrison was a bit of a dinosaur.

[fireside]

Originally posted by MacNStein:
they'll make something up... er, I mean, they'll find the answer.

like "it's God's will"?

[SimpleLife]

Originally posted by Deimos:

Hmmm. Soft tissue all over!

[Shaddim]

Originally posted by ironknee:
'tis true...why would i lie about my religious background? i'm proud of it...and myself for seeing beyond it...

I'm not saying that you're lying, just that I doubt you have more religious experience. In a big way, it's what I do for a living.

Not to belittle your experience, it's important to you, and you should be proud of it.

[King Bob On The Cob]

Originally posted by BasketofPuppies:
I recall the time they found those fossilized mosquitoes
And before long, they were cloning DNA
Now I'm being chased by some irate velociraptors
Well, believe me... this has been one lousy day

Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark
All the dinosaurs are running wild
Someone shut the fence off in the rain
I admit it's kinda eerie
But this proves my chaos theory
And I don't think I'll be coming back again
Oh no...

I cannot approve of this attraction
'Cause getting disemboweled always makes me kinda mad
A huge tyrannosaurus ate our lawyer
Well, I suppose that proves... they're really not all bad

Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark
All the dinosaurs are running wild
Someone let T. Rex out of his pen
I'm afraid those things'll harm me
'Cause they sure don't act like Barney
And they think that I'm their dinner, not their friend
Oh no...

Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark
All the dinosaurs are running wild
What a crummy weekend this has been
Well, this sure ain't no E-ticket
Think I'll tell 'em where to stick it
'Cause I'm never coming back this way again
Oh no... oh no

This was playing in iTunes when I started reading this thread... Yay for Weird Al!

[ironknee]

Originally posted by MacNStein:
I'm not saying that you're lying, just that I doubt you have more religious experience. In a big way, it's what I do for a living.

Not to belittle your experience, it's important to you, and you should be proud of it.

well how old are you? i'm 41, an artist, myancestors painted the caves, i love comparative religion, and have traveled to over 100 countries...

i am wise enough to see christianity is only a drop in the oceans of experiences...some can't or won't because they are limited by their tinyworld

[BasketofPuppies]

Originally posted by King Bob On The Cob:
This was playing in iTunes when I started reading this thread... Yay for Weird Al!

Not really. Jurasssic Park, along with Achy Breaky Song, proves no amount of humor can make especially annoying songs good.

[sugar_coated]

It may just be that soft tissue inside a bone can be preserved well from all the weather outside just like soft things inside a chicken bone remains soft in spite of severe cooking.

[E's Lil Theorem]

I think this is pretty cool. Can't wait to read what they find out.

<OT stuff>

As far as SWG and Christianity, I believe he does what he does because he feels like they've done a lot to put him down (as a gay person). I don't know the whole story (only he does), but I think that's the gist of it.

Originally posted by ironknee:
well how old are you? i'm 41, an artist, myancestors painted the caves, i love comparative religion, and have traveled to over 100 countries...

i am wise enough to see christianity is only a drop in the oceans of experiences...some can't or won't because they are limited by their tinyworld

Though MacNStein can answer for himself, I'll just say that he's probably referring to his PhD in theology.

</OT stuff>

[ironknee]

Originally posted by E's Lil Theorem:
I think this is pretty cool. Can't wait to read what they find out.

<OT stuff>

As far as SWG and Christianity, I believe he does what he does because he feels like they've done a lot to put him down (as a gay person). I don't know the whole story (only he does), but I think that's the gist of it.
Though MacNStein can answer for himself, I'll just say that he's probably referring to his PhD in theology.

</OT stuff>

that's cool but i suspect the phd leans to christianity...that's cool...but again, to me it's like thinking blue is the only color there is and not know it's part of a spectrum

[dav]

Originally posted by ironknee:
that's cool but i suspect the phd leans to christianity...that's cool...but again, to me it's like thinking blue is the only color there is and not know it's part of a spectrum

you're probably more similar than you think

[Deimos]

You could read every single word ever written, and comprehend none of it. You could come away with it thinking you have become enlightened, but in fact you are the antithesis of illumination.

Studying a religion doesn't always make one aware, and it certainly doesn't always make a person enriched in knowledge, or enlightenment.

[Shaddim]

Originally posted by ironknee:
that's cool but i suspect the phd leans to christianity...that's cool...but again, to me it's like thinking blue is the only color there is and not know it's part of a spectrum

Oh, I'm hardly Christian. In fact, some Christians are more threatened by me than they are by atheists.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a full moon rite to attend. The rest of the temple will me miffed if I'm late.

[Deimos]

Originally posted by MacNStein:
Oh, I'm hardly Christian. In fact, some Christians are more threatened by me than they are by atheists.

More fool the Christian for feeling threatened.

[rambo47]

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
Miss cleo should read the thread to see who actually brought it up first

Not me

Ms Cleo shouldn't have to READ this thread. She should simply KNOW it.

[theolein]

Originally posted by SimpleLife:
T-Rex are quoted in the Bible:

6 Moses famulus Domini et filii Israhel percusserunt eos tradiditque terram eorum Moses in possessionem Rubenitis et Gadditis et dimidiae tribui Manasse 7 hii sunt reges terrae quos percussit Iosue et filii Israhel trans Iordanem ad occidentalem plagam a Baalgad in campo Libani usque ad montem cuius pars ascendit in Seir tradiditque eam Iosue in possessionem tribubus Israhel singulis partes suas 8 tam in montanis quam in planis atque campestribus in Aseroth et solitudine ac meridie Hettheus fuit et Amorreus Chananeus et Ferezeus Eveus et Iebuseus 9 rex Hiericho unus rex Ahi quae est ex latere Bethel unus T rex Hierusalem unus rex Hebron unus

You do know that:
A. The bible was not originally written in latin
B. The word REX in latin, means King.

Then again, I alos sometimes see pretty picture in the clouds when I squint.

[- - e r i k - -]

Originally posted by fireside:
like "it's God's will"?

Touch�!

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by ort888:
But the Earth is only 5,000 years old.

If you knew what you were actually talking about, the Bible never mentions how old the earth is.

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by deomacius:
Funny. I thought this was going to be a thread about dinosaur soft tissue. Just another religion bashing orgy. Really, I expected so much more from such an "enlightened" bunch.

You really expected more?

I also find it funny the very same people who claim to be enlightened and tolerant, are neither.

They are the very same people that they hate.

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by Deimos:
More fool the Christian for feeling threatened.

I see more Atheists in here attack because they feel they are being threatened than Christians. Go look at who starts all the crap.

[malvolio]

Originally posted by theolein:
You do know that:
A. The bible was not originally written in latin
B. The word REX in latin, means King.

And the name Tyrannosaurus Rex is itself Latin. Translates roughly as Tyrant Lizard King.