Internet SPAM is another indicator that we’re living in the dark ages.
Nabuquduriuzhur - if you are intent on quoting the bible verse by verse, you are hereby anointed as JAD, Jr., and I looked, and behold a pale horse’s-ass came back to annoy us.
@Nabuquduriuzhur And the land will grow poor, while the kings grow rich from God’s great gold. Huge and wondrous scraping cathedrals will be built with this gold to amass larger groups and more of God’s great gold. Technological advancements will cease to exist as there is only one standing “truth” and no other. The poor will be starving, ill, and kicked around by those that feel they are entitled and those that are entitled will see no short comings to their terror driven reign.
Oh right, those aren’t the dark ages that you learned about, now is it?
It’s nonsense to argue that there are multiple, equally valid and truthful metaphysical frameworks out there. There can be only one. The problem is that man can’t discover such a framework by himself and refuses to admit his own incompetence or the causes of it. And yes, the Bible says a great deal about that fact of life from different angles.
I leave the discovery of the appropriate passages as an exercise for the student. You will find a very long list.
It seems as though the consensus of opinion is that we do indeed still live in the Dark Ages. So, if most everybody agrees, why can’t we fix it? What’s stopping us?
The thing that worries me most about GMO’s is that the manufacturers put a ‘death gene’ in the crops so they can’t reproduce forcing growers to buy new stocks, what happens as often does in nature when this gene goes dormant in a small percentage and allows the genes to be passed on to the natural population of grasses and grains, suddenly you have the possibility of all the natural crops not being able to reproduce.
Personally I’m all for genetically modifying the human genome, mess with ourselves not the rest of this beautiful planet. They should change the human digestive system so that it works more efficiently and doesn’t need all the extra food they say wee need to support our ridiculously large population. Better still put some effort in to reducing the size of said population (preferably with out the afore mentioned nuclear missiles)
I seldom agree with nab, but he’s quite correct in Revelation predicting very accurately many of the things we now face. It also mentions talking images, the EU and euro, the rise and separation of of Islamic states before Islam existed, the return of Hebrews to Israel. “A loaf of bread” costing a day’s wages matches nicely with the Mexican auto workers that need a week’s wages to buy jeans so they can work in the auto plant. Americans, for all their communications, were out of touch with the way most of the world was living and collapsing before our waste of our fortune.
What Nab forgot to mention is that the problem is not in our stars but in ourselves (IS a Will quote okay, Sheik?).
Powerboy, if you do’t want preaching, don’t read here. Sheik preaches as much as Nab only for another cause. :-)
Oh, and the Bible promises those that bless Israel will be blessed and those that curse it will be cursed. Notice how our downhill slide began with RR who owed his election in part to a deal sending arms to Israel’s enemies and REALLY got started once we put in oil men who were beholden to the folks who hate Israel while the guy who ran against him in the start had a Jew for a running mate?
There, Johnny. This should get you a few comments. :-)
“Someday, mankind will amass enough weaponry to destroy the earth 10 times over”
“it was always severely overstated about the actual numbers of nukes that would be able to get off the ground… 10% was the usual estimate for us during the bad old days.”
@Johanan Rakkav, forget metaphysics. One of the insights of the 20th century is that even mathematics is intrinsically impossible to describe both consistently and completely. Look up the “Omega number”. It is rigorously defined, and proven that we can never compute it to an arbitrary number of digits. The only way to know the Omega number beyond a few bits is by Revelation.
The same goes for physics. The universe isn’t just described by math, it *is* math, and there can never be a complete Theory of Everything. (I do think it likely that Relativity and QM will be reconciled, however.)
Llewellenbruce about 14 years ago
For once the Fink said something that makes sense.
ladywolf17 about 14 years ago
Were living them now.
ksoskins about 14 years ago
Internet SPAM is another indicator that we’re living in the dark ages.
Nabuquduriuzhur - if you are intent on quoting the bible verse by verse, you are hereby anointed as JAD, Jr., and I looked, and behold a pale horse’s-ass came back to annoy us.
Hillbillyman about 14 years ago
Please …no preaching on the coments Nabuquduriuzhur.
GreatEighthSin about 14 years ago
@Nabuquduriuzhur And the land will grow poor, while the kings grow rich from God’s great gold. Huge and wondrous scraping cathedrals will be built with this gold to amass larger groups and more of God’s great gold. Technological advancements will cease to exist as there is only one standing “truth” and no other. The poor will be starving, ill, and kicked around by those that feel they are entitled and those that are entitled will see no short comings to their terror driven reign.
Oh right, those aren’t the dark ages that you learned about, now is it?
cats32 about 14 years ago
Sheik Yerbouti, nice one
Valis616 about 14 years ago
“Someday, America will amass enough weaponry to destroy the earth 10 times over”
There, fixed.
Rakkav about 14 years ago
It’s nonsense to argue that there are multiple, equally valid and truthful metaphysical frameworks out there. There can be only one. The problem is that man can’t discover such a framework by himself and refuses to admit his own incompetence or the causes of it. And yes, the Bible says a great deal about that fact of life from different angles.
I leave the discovery of the appropriate passages as an exercise for the student. You will find a very long list.
Dkram about 14 years ago
We are way past the ablity to distroy the earth 10 times.
\\//_
nickmangieri Premium Member about 14 years ago
How about we fix it once instead of destroying it 10 times.
twj0729 about 14 years ago
It seems as though the consensus of opinion is that we do indeed still live in the Dark Ages. So, if most everybody agrees, why can’t we fix it? What’s stopping us?
celeconecca about 14 years ago
I think we left the Dark Ages, only to return. It’s tough to read a comic when the only reaction you have is sad recognition and/or resignation.
And I agree with twpsi
Maybe GoComics is the place to start. Respect, not umbrage.
tirnaaisling about 14 years ago
The thing that worries me most about GMO’s is that the manufacturers put a ‘death gene’ in the crops so they can’t reproduce forcing growers to buy new stocks, what happens as often does in nature when this gene goes dormant in a small percentage and allows the genes to be passed on to the natural population of grasses and grains, suddenly you have the possibility of all the natural crops not being able to reproduce.
Personally I’m all for genetically modifying the human genome, mess with ourselves not the rest of this beautiful planet. They should change the human digestive system so that it works more efficiently and doesn’t need all the extra food they say wee need to support our ridiculously large population. Better still put some effort in to reducing the size of said population (preferably with out the afore mentioned nuclear missiles)
freeholder1 about 14 years ago
I seldom agree with nab, but he’s quite correct in Revelation predicting very accurately many of the things we now face. It also mentions talking images, the EU and euro, the rise and separation of of Islamic states before Islam existed, the return of Hebrews to Israel. “A loaf of bread” costing a day’s wages matches nicely with the Mexican auto workers that need a week’s wages to buy jeans so they can work in the auto plant. Americans, for all their communications, were out of touch with the way most of the world was living and collapsing before our waste of our fortune.
What Nab forgot to mention is that the problem is not in our stars but in ourselves (IS a Will quote okay, Sheik?).
Powerboy, if you do’t want preaching, don’t read here. Sheik preaches as much as Nab only for another cause. :-)
Oh, and the Bible promises those that bless Israel will be blessed and those that curse it will be cursed. Notice how our downhill slide began with RR who owed his election in part to a deal sending arms to Israel’s enemies and REALLY got started once we put in oil men who were beholden to the folks who hate Israel while the guy who ran against him in the start had a Jew for a running mate?
There, Johnny. This should get you a few comments. :-)
McGehee about 14 years ago
”So, if most everybody agrees, why can’t we fix it?”
My first guess would be, because you can’t fix the problem until it is correctly identified – and “Dark Ages” is not correct.
Lyons Group, Inc. about 14 years ago
I was hoping the dark ages in this nation would be over when another Fink like him left office…George W. Bush. I was wrong.
ksoskins about 14 years ago
DDFENCE EMET: And the elegantiae arbiter looked at Sir Rodney and asked, “Why is this knight different from all other knights?”
JP Steve Premium Member about 14 years ago
“Someday, mankind will amass enough weaponry to destroy the earth 10 times over”
“it was always severely overstated about the actual numbers of nukes that would be able to get off the ground… 10% was the usual estimate for us during the bad old days.”
Well, that’s a load off my mind!
Bargrove about 14 years ago
Sheik: I didn’t know you knew Hebrew.
stuart about 14 years ago
@Johanan Rakkav, forget metaphysics. One of the insights of the 20th century is that even mathematics is intrinsically impossible to describe both consistently and completely. Look up the “Omega number”. It is rigorously defined, and proven that we can never compute it to an arbitrary number of digits. The only way to know the Omega number beyond a few bits is by Revelation.
The same goes for physics. The universe isn’t just described by math, it *is* math, and there can never be a complete Theory of Everything. (I do think it likely that Relativity and QM will be reconciled, however.)