tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post997962228982716147..comments2023-10-17T06:26:31.005-07:00Comments on Evolutionary Middleman: Creationists plan British theme park and I'm ambivalentJohn Evohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-68014587070084924682007-12-17T12:06:00.000-08:002007-12-17T12:06:00.000-08:00Infidel, you are correct and I should watch how I ...Infidel, you are correct and I should watch how I word things. This is better:<BR/><BR/>Today, just one of those religions has developed to the point where over 3 billion people worldwide are descended from it.John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-7008468455211001972007-12-17T09:11:00.000-08:002007-12-17T09:11:00.000-08:00Today, just one of those religions represents the ...<I>Today, just one of those religions represents the great majority of the Earth's human population.</I><BR/><BR/>Just as a nit-pick, Christians and Muslims combined are actually about half the Earth's population. There are a lot of Hindus and Buddhists out there.<BR/><BR/><I>Whoever got that meme started is an evil genius!</I><BR/><BR/>St. Paul, the "Patient Zero" of the Abrahamic pestilence...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-22333769000739379152007-12-16T18:01:00.000-08:002007-12-16T18:01:00.000-08:00Let them spend their money like that. Fools. I gue...Let them spend their money like that. Fools. I guess it never crossed their minds to maybe build a hospital, research center, create a trust for children in some way, or anything else REALLY for the public good. It's a disgrace that this sort of folly gets to call themselves a charity. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and let's assume they make it and it turns a profit. What gets done with the profits? Will it be PhillyChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355892225956705948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-50450899662603931232007-12-16T16:43:00.000-08:002007-12-16T16:43:00.000-08:00@ Psychodiva - I still love you guys. Maybe that'...@ Psychodiva - I still love you guys. Maybe that's part of my ambivalence. I have a soft spot for my roots.John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-13299713785236876792007-12-16T16:41:00.000-08:002007-12-16T16:41:00.000-08:00Chappy says: Deacon and I do not plan to go there ...Chappy says: <I>Deacon and I do not plan to go there anytime soon.</I><BR/><BR/>While it wouldn't top my "things to do before I croak" list, I wouldn't turn down a free trip there. <BR/><BR/>You have to admit that seeing the birth place of 70% of the current world's population is of immense cultural fascination. <BR/><BR/>I mean, think of it. 2,000 years ago, there were all kinds of Bronze AgeJohn Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-79574156643426056062007-12-16T14:26:00.000-08:002007-12-16T14:26:00.000-08:00What is going on in Britain? They're opening state...What is going on in Britain? They're opening state funded religious schools all over the island, now they've got some 8-balls planning a take-off on The Holy Land Experience? Did someone turn the clocks back to 1907 when I was sleeping?<BR/><BR/>BTW, the deacon's parents went to The Holy Land Experience last winter and loved it. I hadn't heard of it until after they went on a bus tour with a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-59023742258828033912007-12-16T08:22:00.000-08:002007-12-16T08:22:00.000-08:00I can't wait to see what Britain's comedians will ...I can't wait to see what Britain's comedians will do with this. They can be ruthless at deflating pompous stupidity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-77124075556683971542007-12-16T04:50:00.000-08:002007-12-16T04:50:00.000-08:00I see it as yet another import thrust on us from t...I see it as yet another import thrust on us from the USA - please keep your weirdos over there lol<BR/><BR/>If it does look like it might go ahead then there will be a few protesters- me and my friends in the national secular society for one - I'm sure Richard dawkins would have something to say about it tooPsychodivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915834209325453776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-54673008656353467062007-12-15T20:29:00.000-08:002007-12-15T20:29:00.000-08:00Big deal. Let them spend all the private money the...Big deal. Let them spend all the private money they want to on their stupid "attraction." The Orlando park suckers in its share of Christians each year, but it's not on the radar for most people. <BR/><BR/>The only sentence in the story that gave me the willies was: <I>The trust also says it plans to apply for <B>government grants</B> and European funding to help it realise its dream of turning The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-36334655044316774922007-12-15T20:07:00.000-08:002007-12-15T20:07:00.000-08:00I think the fact that they have to hype it up and ...I think the fact that they have to hype it up and make it all glitzy is just a self-defeating strategy in the end. It will be hard to take it seriously.<BR/><BR/>It just shows the weakness of their position and that they are rapidly losing ground.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com