Glenn Beck and Creationist Idiocy

Easy.. Because crocodiles and alligators, which are APEX predators, haven't had the need to evolve on... Same with the sharks.. The White Shark is, in every way, the perfect hunter, perfectly evolved for what it does..

Evolution also opens the door for extraterrestrial life, since the same forces which has developed life on earth, also can develop life on other planets.. if not the same way, but with same results..

If you go the way of theistic evolution, i can see what you are saying except we cant prove god so its not irrefutable but i can see how you think so. At the same time we cant prove aliens don't or do exist ether, and i know some people who think aliens have played a role in evolution. I don't but i will support the idea of ETA (extra terrestrial assisted) evolution because it is equal to theistic evolution we cant prove or disprove both of them as a whole yet.

Certainly not irrefutable proof but it is definitely a possibility. I do not believe in the God of scripture but the possibility of a higher power is at least plausible.

dude you are sad and confused - and totally off topic with this democrat nonsense.

Please read about evolution before spewing your stupidty all over the screen. Over the course of hundreds of MILLIONS of years life evolved from simple single celled organisms to simple multicellular organisms then to more and more complex multicellular organisms. In fact you can see evolution at work in the common flu virus which mutates into a new form every season, allowing it to infect people who have already contracted the flu before. Just because something is difficult to grasp does NOT automatically mean "God did it". Thats just a cop out answer. Try to use that pink stuff between your ears everyone once in a while... its good for you.

Now this is real entertainment. Please, addie, do go on.

god created man in his image, and man returned the favor

Not exactly true. These people are professionals who pride themselves on understanding the issues and write their scripts with the help of their staff. Obama uses a teleprompter to insure he doesn't miss important points of his speech. All Presidents have speech writers but the contents have to meet the President's approval and express what they are wanting to say.

Maybe Jesus wanted to live among the people who the most needed saved.

or maybe the standard by wich one makes judgements should be unilateral, not liberal in some areas, and strict in others.maybe we should expect a rational mind who doesnt believe in evolution "cuz he didnt see it", to also question religion, as he hasnt seen god either.

i live in a religious area, and i do pest control.it always cracks me up when i go into peoples houses and its wall to wall christian stuff, with ever coffee and night table having a joel olstein book on them.not because religion is inherently funny, but it is always these people who question if i sprayed a particular area of thier house, cuz they didnt see it.they sit fixed in thier living rooms watching the view or ellen as i pass by them going through thier house, but because they cant see through walls, they question wether or not i sprayed other rooms.as if when not in thier view im just sitting on thier beds reading a magazine or something.

the same people who believe unconditionaly that a being they never met, created all of existance in 7 days, and all of man kind came from adam and eve, find the idea that i sprayed thier guest bedroom inconcievable.wich event, should be questionable.wether or not i did my job that i do every day, customer after customer.or folk lore handed down over 6 thousand years.

i didnt spray thier garage cuz they didnt see it.but noah built the arc withou a doubt.really reasoanbale, rational thought.evolution is rediculous, but satan is a talking snake totaly reasonable.

and joseph smith lives on the planet Kalob?

why not, its mo more or less reasonable than any of the other rediculous shit

I think Glen masturbates to pictures of Jesus. Just putting that out there.

while crying

imagine instaed of galleleo being killed, the church accepted the earth revolves around the sun, and we could have had satelite technology a thousand years ago.oh well, lets keep appeasing the crazy.

An non-contentious question: If Christianity is the true path to peace and love, why did it rely on a sword point to spread it's influence and message? Science has been hobbled by Christian Religion since it was firmly seated in Rome. Our political directions revolve around the $ and Christians fork it hand over fist, so logic and advancement suffer in lieu of faith.

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it seems far less insidious and more smple to me.both religion and science are a means by wich we understand our existance.as human beings we have a simple thought process stuck in duality.black/white good/bad right/wrong and science/religion.
they are actualy methodologies that run concurrently.independant of one another, and our nature has us instinctively choose one over the other.

as far as all the mess religion has brought, the scape goat is man's free will.and it is unfortunately true.the same christianity that gae us the dark ages, also gave us the renissance.the same islam that fancies a good martyr every now and again, gave us civilization.it has less to do with religion, and more to do with us being sheep.

or at least thats how i see it.

^'d.

I saw a video on Youtube that showed a photo session with Glenn Beck where he explained to the stylists that he used Vick's vapo rub to induce tears when he needed them. This is so incredibly calculated and cynical that it causes me to wonder about everything he says. He shows he is quite cunning here, so he can he really be as idiotic as he appears to be, or is it all a show to make money? Here we are, all typing away about him, and isn't this really just what he wants? The attention?
I am reminded of all the controversy created by Bobby's Riggs offensively sexist remarks before the famous Riggs/Billy Jean King tennis challenge when she totally trounced him. (I know I am really dating myself here) To some extent it was to generate an audience and he did not truly believe the things he said, but it was probably the most watched tennis match ever up until that time, and the sport became immensely popular because of it.
I have to wonder about Glenn Beck. I think he is getting rich by creating controversy, but I have to wonder if he really is that stupid.
Still, it is also helping the popularity of my favorite comediens, as he give them so much material.

What bothers me most is the people who actually do respond to him and believe him. This is a group of Americans that are vulnerable and are looking something to believe in as they find their security and hope disappear. There were way to many people attending his rally; seeing that response certainly intrudes on my comfort zone. The Young Turks did a report that he is losing sponsors by the score. This is encouraging.

I don't think Beck is stupid. Remember, he's almost a billionaire. Intelligent people can also be ignorant. Beck is a performer and his quick wit is what makes him a danger to society because he's also a con.

You don't have to be smart to make money, look at Sarah Palin, dumber than a pile of bricks and she is raking in the dough, look at Mike "The Situation" of Jersey Shore fame, that douche is gonna make 5 million this year alone. Beck is as dumb as they come and that is his appeal, many Americans think intelligent people are elitists and shun them.

Yet posting his grill all over the place rakes him in more money then most of us...go figure.

Joseph Smith was called a prophet dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb. Haha love this episode.

I have to agree, these people are getting media attention they should not, but I must admit they are a wonderful source of humor for the likes intelligent commentators such as Bill Maher, Steven Colbert and Jon Stewart. The upside of their nonsense: I have had great merriment when they are ridiculed by these individuals.
The downside: unhappy, unemployed and frustrated Amercians are actually listening to them to some degree. This I find very disquieting, but they have found an audience.

It's hard for me to have faith in the American people knowing that so many swallow the Fox bullshit. I have to keep telling myself that there are also a lot of sane and decent people in this country.

I believe there are many sane and decent people. For the most part they are going about their lives and minding their own business, which is what sane people tend to do. Or perhaps comment on articles such as this.
It is, unfortunately, the zanies like Beck who scream attention and get it. I see by the MSNBC commentors that there is the other side of the pendulum-intelligent, analytical minds that reasonably examine issues and direct queries without bias for party or political bent. Unfortunately, if they question Fox news and their bias, they get labled "Liberals" or "Unamerican" as if looking at things with a balanced, clear view is unpatriotic.
I thought Boston Legal was a great show for facing those issues in an entertaining way.
But that is Fox news, I am a first hand witness to how they have misrepresented a situation utterly. Have you ever seen the documentary "Outfoxed" ?

No, I haven't see that movie but from the title it sounds interesting. I watch Keith and Rachael nightly to get my dose of sanity for the day. There's a quote that says something like bad things happen when good people do nothing. I'm afraid that's the situation we are in now. The good and reasonable Americans have stood by and let the deceitful and ignorant gain a fearful amount of power and we may lose control of our country too them on Nov. 2nd. Rachael and Keith have been screaming this for some time. I don't scare easy but I'm worried now.

TOO - learn it, use it. Sorry, I can't stand when people mess up that very simple thing, especially when it appears in a sentence where you're calling someone else an idiot