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Now I understand everything

Pharyngula - 2 hours 8 min ago

It's always good to be able to categorize and explain relationships in the world.

I'm going to have to ponder this further, though. The Mummy is clearly in the same region as Frankenstein, but does the infectious nature of lycanthropy put the Wolfman in the same category as Dracula? I guess if zombies count as converters, so do werewolves. Curiously, the modern monsters of slasher flicks, the Freddies, the Michael Myerses (no relation), the Jasons, seem to have avoided the converter/contagion element of other movie monsters.

Discuss.

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I get email

Pharyngula - 4 hours 14 min ago

Some crazy lady in British Columbia named either Sonia or Tanja Jensen has me on a mailing list. I'm in good company; also on the list are the president of my university, Bob Bruininks, as well as Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, the Governor of Alaska, Greenpeace, Angela Merkel, and the German Balkan Trust. Strangely, NASA is not on the list. Without exception, all of her emails are raving mad. Here's her latest, which I think is one of the finest examples of her output.

COULD NASA CAUSE THE SUDDEN DEATH OF EVERY LIVING THING ON EARTH? - "... the moon will not give its light ..." Matthew 24:27-29

DEAR NASA:
DO YOU REALIZE BOMBING THE MOON COULD CAUSE THE SUDDEN DEATH OF EVERY LIVING THING ON EARTH, INCLUDING MANKIND. YOU COULD ALSO INTERFERE WITH THE MOON'S ABILITY TO LIGHT UP THE EARTH AT NIGHT, SO DON'T COMPROMISE THE PLANETS BY RECKLESSLY BOMBING THE MOON!

I saw on the OCTOBER 9, 2009 news that NASA has been bombing the moon to see if there is water on it. You can't find water by bombing! See the article below.

I heard the bomb did not detonate and is lodged inside the moon's crater. I heard NASA sent another bomb to the moon last week (October 31), but the rocket malfunctioned.

If there is a live, unexploded bomb in the moon's crater and another bomb is driven into it, this could cause a large nuclear reaction on the moon, perhaps causing a huge chunk of the moon to dislodge and hurtle through space.

That's not a good idea, as the bomb could push the moon out of orbit and cause part or all of it to crash, with a worst case senario, to crash into the sun or the earth!

A collision of moon rock with the earth could cause such a dust cloud, that it could affect the earth's atmosphere and destroy our air supply.

NASA has an underground bunker with life support, the human race does not. Don't euthanize the human race by bombing planets!

NASA, you don't have the right to destroy the human race by driving pieces of planets into space or into the earth, affecting us all.

The Bible prophesied the moon would not give it's light at the end time at Matthew 24:27-29:

"For just as the lightening comes from the west, so shall the coming of the son of man be ... the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky and the powers of the heavens will be shaken."

Jesus said at the 'end time', mankind would be separated into the 'wheat' and the 'weeds'. In other words, if we don't repent of our reckless chicanery, we will be destroyed.

HARVEST

"Gather My Godly Ones to Me"
Psalms 50:5,6 says: "Gather My Godly ones to Me, those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice. And the heavens declare His righteousness, for God Himself is judge."

"Be Ashamed of Your Harvest"
Jeremiah 12:13 says: "They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns, they have strained themselves to no profit. But be ashamed of your harvest because of the fierce anger of YHWH."

"The Workers are Few"
Matthew 11:37 says: "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."

"Allow Both to Grow Together"
At Matthew 13:26-30, Jesus said: "But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tares became evident also. ... And he said to them, 'An enemy has done this!' The slaves said to him, 'Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?' But he said, 'No, for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them. Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I shall say to the reapers, 'First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn'."

"The Harvest Has Come"
Mark 4:26-29 states: "The Kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the ground and goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts up and grows, how, he himself does not know .... But when the crop permits, he immediately puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."

"He Who Does Not Gather With Me Scatters"

Luke 11:23 says: "He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters."

"The Crop for Eternal Life"

John 4:35-38 says: "I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields. They are ripe for harvest. Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work and you have reaped the benefits of their labor."

GATHER THE ELECT
"His Spirit Has Gathered Them"
Isaiah 14:16,17 says: "Seek from the book of YHWH, and read: Not one of these will be missing; none will lack its mate. For His mouth has commanded, and His spirit has gathered them. And He has cast the lot for them, and His hand has divided it to them by line. They shall possess it forever; from generation to generation they shall dwell in it."

"For the Sake of the Elect, Those Days Will Be Shortened"
Jesus said at Matthew 24:21,22: "For then there will be great distress, unequalled from the beginning of the world until now - and never to be equaled again. If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

"So as to Mislead, if Possible, Even the Elect"
Matthew 24:24 says: "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect."

"They Will Gather His Elect from the Four Winds"
Matthew 24:31 says: "He will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other."

"Lead Astray, if Possible, the Elect"
Jesus warned at Mark 13:22: "... false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect."

"Justice for His Elect"
Luke 18:7 says: "Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to him day and night, and will He delay long over them?"

If we bomb the moon, we could throw it out of orbit, it could terrify mankind. Luke 21:25,26 confirms this:
"Men will faint from terror ..."

Please find attached my bible summary. Please look up END TIME in my summary attached and see that Jesus, the true prophet, and our Saviour, prophesied about these things occuring over 2,000 years ago.

The Bible's message does offer hope, as at Daniel 2:44, God promised a kingdom that 'will never be brought to ruin' and that he would 'wipe the tears from our eyes' ... 'death and mourning will be no more'

Please look these scriptures up in my attached Bible summary!

God loves each and every one of us and the Bible offers hope for all!!

Let's start to follow the Golden Rule and 'love god and our neighbour'!

Here's the article about the bombing of the moon that I took from the internet:

[There was no link to any article actually included--pzm]



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Home Inspector Reviews. | Permission | Spp | Space Junk | Bomb Threat
Who gave NASA permission to bomb the moon? Is it legal for NASA to bomb the moon?

It is not like their latest quest to mine for water on the moon was based on the major consensus of the American people. I think I speak for many when I say I was horrified by NASA's latest expedition.

It reminded me of the 2008 Olympic event held in Beijing, where Chinese officials strategically attempted to control the weather with cloud seeding. They had rockets filled with pellets of Silver Iodide on stand by just in case any rain clouds were to approach Beijing. If ominous weather

were to threaten the Olympic events Chinese officials would give the OK to shoot the rockets into the atmosphere in order to make the rain clouds dump out all of its precipitation before reaching Beijing. What ramifications would this have had on the atmosphere we share? How would traces of silver iodide impact our lungs, our ozone, our water, or those with sensitive respiratory ailments, etc?

U.S. flags have been emblematically planted on the Moon, although no nation can claim ownership of any part of the Moon's surface. According to the World Space Guide there are currently 11 countries sponsoring space agencies with space launch capabilities. 4 of those 11 countries have space agencies with manned spaceflight capability.

Reasonable men know it's wrong to travel to the moon, bomb it or otherwise interfere with it's orbit, as it is a lights for our night sky, influences the tides and is a valuable planet.

Let's not interfere with the ecology of the moon!

Sincerely,

Tanja Jensen

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Happy Carl Sagan Day!

Pharyngula - 6 hours 16 min ago

Today is Carl Sagan Day — I think that means you are officially expected to be filled with awe of the cosmos all day long, while also being thoroughly skeptical of the supernatural. Hang on…I think that means I celebrate Carl Sagan Day every day.

If I want to do something different, maybe I should make an apple pie from scratch.

Another thing you can do is consider the importance of science on social policy. It could be a very busy day!

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Don't Diss Darwin

The Panda's Thumb - November 6, 2009 - 9:27pm
As everyone in the science blogosphere knows by now, banana man Ray Comfort, he who cannot understand sex, is planning to distribute on the order of 170,000 (his claim) copies of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species in late November on various U.S. and Canadian university campuses. The book is prefaced by an introduction (2 Meg PDF) by Ray that contains the standard creationist argle bargle. NCSE has created a page in response called Don’t... Richard B. Hoppe

Human Nature and Unconscious Natural Selection

Life Without a Net by Hambydammit - November 6, 2009 - 5:05pm
Since I began writing about the evolutionary drives behind human behavior and desires, I’ve had various friends and internet friends come to me to ask my opinion on why they or their significant other is feeling the way they feel about a certain situation.  In most cases, it’s pretty easy to make a guess, since [...]

A poll in my own backyard

Pharyngula - November 6, 2009 - 4:27pm

A newspaper in Rochester, Minnesota (yes, my backyard extends 250 miles to the southeast) is running dueling editorials by a pro health care local Democrat and a Satan-spawned humanity-hating Republican on the issue of the current health care reform bill. As usual, they run a poll. Please do shock&awe them, OK?

Do you support passage of the House health care reform bill?

Yes 31.59%
No 68.41%

It's not a good poll, but they never are. I want an option to say I don't support it because it is insufficiently socialist.

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A True Scotsman™ keeps his Bible in his sporran!

Pharyngula - November 6, 2009 - 4:05pm

So why is the University of Edinburgh Christian Union pushing to have Bibles put in the students' rooms? It seems like a slippery slope to me—before you know it, they'll have verses emblazoned on the caber, you won't be able to dive into your haggis without reciting a prayer, and they'll be replacing the whiskey with wine.

It's an interesting case of the tyranny of the majority. The Christians are writing this proposal, consciously making it inclusive and saying that any group can take advantage of it and stuff student rooms with their literature…while knowing full well that only the Christian Union is large enough, and backed by large international organizations dedicated to pushing religious propaganda, to be able to take advantage of the rule. Sneaky little gits.

It is a good sign, though, that other students are speaking out ferociously against the idea. That probably wouldn't have happened in my generation.

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Who does he think he is, Charles Dickens?

Pharyngula - November 6, 2009 - 3:43pm

Dan Casey has just posted the first installment in a story about the day Pat Robertson's bodyguard pulled a gun on him, which is so far an interesting perspective on the obscenely wealthy life of a televangelist. I wish I could afford to build a mighty mansion on an isolated hilltop that I would only visit once a month!

It's a cruel tease, though. Casey is serializing it: we'll have to remember to check in every Friday to get the full story.

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Visit my post at RRS about the Fort Hood shooting

BrianSapient.com - November 6, 2009 - 2:11pm
http://www.rationalresponders.com/Fort_HoodReligion creates another atrocity, god is great, eh? Listen Muslims and Christians… stop the fighting. You’re both wrong, it’s time to act like rational grown-ups and throw off your archaic belief system, you are destroying civilization, and will continue to do so until we’re gone. Abandon your superstitous nonsense, and evolve already! [...]

Way of the Master and Ask The Atheist

BrianSapient.com - November 6, 2009 - 2:11pm
We’ve restored the content on both the old Way of the Master watchdog site, and Ask The Atheist.   I’m currently looking for people that are writing articles, have written articles, or are willing to write articles exposing Kirk Cameron, Ray Comfort, Todd Friehl and any of the other loons that work with the Way of [...]

Austin Atheists helping the homeless

BrianSapient.com - November 6, 2009 - 2:11pm
I must’ve heard the words “an atheist can do no good” hundreds of times in the last few years.  It must be so hard to imagine how atheists can do good without the upstanding moral code imparted to us in the Bible or the Quran.  Sure I wouldn’t sell my daughter into slavery, or kill [...]

My lawsuit with Uri Geller AND role reversal by James Randi

BrianSapient.com - November 6, 2009 - 2:11pm
This post contains details on my lawsuit with Uri Geller along with a video and story at the bottom from James Randi. Click read more below. read more | digg story

He’s baaaaaaccckkkk

BrianSapient.com - November 6, 2009 - 2:11pm
I don’t like this Wordpress site as much as the RRS site, hence the 13 month absence from posting here.  It’s the first site that comes up when you google my name so I probably should post on it from time to time.  My primary place of residence is www.rationalresponders.com you can see the most recent posts [...]

Christians in Texas Command Hurricane Ike to Stop

BrianSapient.com - November 6, 2009 - 2:11pm
A group of Christians prays to stop Hurricane Ike in the name of Jesus. Check out the parody blog post from Kelly and my call out to the Church that thinks prayer will make a difference against Hurricane Ike. read more | digg story

Explorologist Settles In YouTube Copyright Lawsuit

BrianSapient.com - November 6, 2009 - 2:11pm
Here is a link to the RRS website coverage of this issue: http://www.rationalresponders.com/sapient_geller And here is a link to a current DIGG.com story on the issue: http://digg.com/tech_news/Uri_Geller_Settles_In_YouTube_Copyright_Lawsuit read more | digg story

Keeping it real with Cory…

BrianSapient.com - November 6, 2009 - 2:11pm
He’s won the Christian of the day award twice, so I thought it was important to show the other side of him, the bad days if you will. From Rook Hawkins in his blog… At what point can we stop worrying about this? Christians, get a grip, please. Cory Tuchulski (you know him from this [...]

New Viral Video Gives McCain The “Commander In Chief Test”

BrianSapient.com - November 6, 2009 - 2:11pm
Hilarious video with some classic McCain gaffes. It’s about time. Also see this new John McCain playlist: http://video.rationalresponders.com/watch/playlist/PV5W8WMM60XNJV38 read more | digg story

More Good Christian [Terrorist] Morals - The ALF

BrianSapient.com - November 6, 2009 - 2:11pm
Ranting about animal rights terrorists and animal research. For far too long, researchers have remained silent while extremists have had the media spotlight. read more | digg story

Was There an Ancient Israel? A Critique of Gary Rendsburg

BrianSapient.com - November 6, 2009 - 2:11pm
Answers the question “What can we know of ‘Ancient Israel’ read more | digg story

Josiah Concept Ministries and the Historical Christ Hypothes

BrianSapient.com - November 6, 2009 - 2:11pm
Rook Hawkins takes on Cory, an apologist and respected theist (from this blog). Josiah Concept Ministries. read more | digg story
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