Take THAT religious nutters!

[Elok]

Originally posted by Mrs Snuggles
Honestly, that sort of histrionic view is quite reminiscent of the furries claiming fursecution whenever someone looks at them askance when they yiff publicly to a badly drawn image of foxes ****ing dragons.

The word "reminiscent" implies you have seen such a thing before. I have to ask: where the hell do you hang out?

[Kuciwalker]

fursecution is an awesome word it should happen more often.

[Elok]

I concur; it sort of backfired on them, since that word makes it sound so fun. And no doubt it is.

[Q Classic]

Originally posted by Elok


The word "reminiscent" implies you have seen such a thing before. I have to ask: where the hell do you hang out?

I hang out on the internets, dear.

[trev]

There is a lot of historical data in the Bible which has been verified by other historical writings and archaeology. This support does not extend to the book of Job which describes 2 animals, one a gigantic crocodile-like creature and the other more like the traditional dinosaur with large body, tail etc.
A question was asked about why there are not other drawings, representation of such creatures from ancient writings etc. Bishop Bell's Tomb which is located in Carlisle Cathedral in the UK has several engravings of dinosaurs as well as engravings of fish, eels, dog, pig, birds, weasels etc. Bishop Bell is believed to have died in 1496 and the similarity of the engravings to modern dinosaur illustrations is suggestive that the engraver was familiar with dinosaurs, whether from historical drawings, personal knowledge or whatever. Two species of dinosaurs appear in the engravings around the brass tomb.
Another small piece of evidence that some species of dinosaurs have survived into the age of writing, not necessarily of course to 1496AD, the date of this guy's death.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Zanarkand


You've never read the Bible, have you? If you had, you'd most likely know that The Bible describes several historical event, which have also been proven scientifically. The Bible also mention many historical people. And if you haven't read it, you really can't talk about whether or not The Bible is just a piece of text.

Yes I have. And it is just an historical text, perhaps with an element of truth in there somewhere, for example - it may have loosely described historical people and battles. But those have also been independently backed up too...and those are the points where The Bible hasn't gone bat**** crazy in its storytelling.

But the Genesis account? The Great Flood? The Resurrection? There is no independent backup for these events, no scientific or geological evidence and certainly nothing to indicate that Jesus is still with us. Jesus, another account where there's probably a shred of truth in the bible but the whole account has been wildly exaggerated or just plain lied about. I mean, the bible was written a long time after the event. It would be like me trying to write a first hand witness account of the Crimean War with a few tattered texts of the time...

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by trev
There is a lot of historical data in the Bible which has been verified by other historical writings and archaeology. This support does not extend to the book of Job which describes 2 animals, one a gigantic crocodile-like creature and the other more like the traditional dinosaur with large body, tail etc.

Yeah, dragons...they're one of the oldest mythical lifeforms conceived...

A question was asked about why there are not other drawings, representation of such creatures from ancient writings etc. Bishop Bell's Tomb which is located in Carlisle Cathedral in the UK has several engravings of dinosaurs as well as engravings of fish, eels, dog, pig, birds, weasels etc. Bishop Bell is believed to have died in 1496 and the similarity of the engravings to modern dinosaur illustrations is suggestive that the engraver was familiar with dinosaurs, whether from historical drawings, personal knowledge or whatever. Two species of dinosaurs appear in the engravings around the brass tomb.
Another small piece of evidence that some species of dinosaurs have survived into the age of writing, not necessarily of course to 1496AD, the date of this guy's death.

Perhaps he had a vivid imagination, again, influenced by the idea of dragons?

[Dr Strangelove]

You know this entire argument is really silly. If God made the universe then God made science. To deny science is to deny the works of God. Those folks who want to remove evolution form the curriculum are God - deniers.

[Zanarkand]

You know this entire argument is really silly. If God made the universe then God made science. To deny science is to deny the works of God. Those folks who want to remove evolution form the curriculum are God - deniers.

Absolutely not. God never "made" science, He allowed mankind to "make" it, because He has given mankind free will.

[Elok]

Trev, could you link to these tomb engravings? The only "Bishop Bell" I found on Wikipedia was a fellow from the nineteenth century.

[Q Classic]

Originally posted by trev
There is a lot of historical data in the Bible which has been verified by other historical writings and archaeology.

He's right, you know. The reason we don't have unicorns anymore is because they weren't allowed on the ark.

Because unicorns are gay.

[padillah]

Originally posted by trev
There is a lot of historical data in the Bible which has been verified by other historical writings and archaeology.

There's a lot of historical data in the movie Amadeus, that doesn't mean it's real. That's called transitive logic and it's a false argument.

Tom P.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Zanarkand


Absolutely not. God never "made" science, He allowed mankind to "make" it, because He has given mankind free will.

No, seriously, stop smoking that stuff or it will mess you up.
Are you saying that people made gravity, atoms, molecules, elements, energy, chemicals, thermodynamics and so on and son on? I thought they only discovered stuff that was aready there. Apparently we really rock.

[Seedle]

A bit late, but Mrs. Snuggles:

Congratulations on the SEPTUPLE post.

[trev]

A link to an article on the engravings of dinosaurs on Bishop Bell's tomb http://storiesfromthediogenesclub.bl...ells-tomb.html
This link also shows a picture of a 'crocodile-leopard' from famous ancient drawings, a picture that also could be a dinosaur.