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[SalmonGod]

The other day I was looking up how fossil fuels were formed and on the first page of google there was this fundamentalist christian page. Their argument was essentially

In order for fossil fuels to form, they must not oxidize due to exposure to air. It is so unlikely for fossil fuels to form naturally that the only explanation is the Great Flood.

So my car is powered by the divine punishment of heathens?

Actually no. Yaweh killed everyone on the planet for some other reason. I forget why.

So that we could get to work faster, obviously.

[10ebbor10]

Pfft, please, I've played DEFCON, you don't have to tell me about nuclear war.

Did you know the US is the only country with a significant ABM defense system in the world (Russia has one based around Moscow). A better way of picturing Nuclear war is DEFCON, Diplomacy, without any ABMs. All missile Silos, All the time. And of course, many more nukes then they show.

Anyway, North Korea attacking anyone with nukes reminds me of that phrase, "If you strike at a king you must kill him".

Sadly, the US anti Ballistic missile system is incapable of intercepting an ICBM (by design). There's the Ground based Missile defense system, but that one has a success rate of less than 50%.

So well, the US's rocket shield isn't that impressive, if you take account of the fact that the majority of it's systems can't handle a nuclear missile.

[Spaghetti7]

Anyway, North Korea attacking anyone with nukes reminds me of that phrase, "If you strike at a king you must kill him".

Alternatively... When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.

You know nothin'.

[Xantalos]

The other day I was looking up how fossil fuels were formed and on the first page of google there was this fundamentalist christian page. Their argument was essentially

In order for fossil fuels to form, they must not oxidize due to exposure to air. It is so unlikely for fossil fuels to form naturally that the only explanation is the Great Flood.

So my car is powered by the divine punishment of heathens?

Actually no. Yaweh killed everyone on the planet for some other reason. I forget why.

So that we could get to work faster, obviously.

I think it was because some woman used some corn to clean off her child's dress or something? Because according to him, back before the flood people lived centuries and everything was awesome but then he killed everything and restarted.

[IronTomato]

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Unless you are 12 or younger, then you forgot 9/11 and the time immediately after it. That's the 1 single time when I've been alive where people have actually worried about the safety of their nation. The World Trade Center, even in name, represented the power of America and capitalism as a whole. For many people, the red scare was still in clear memory. But the WTC showed that capitalism had prevailed, and that America was still the center of world commerce. And then, almost out of nowhere, this iconic symbol of power was instantly erased, all with 2 planes some almost-nobodies had taken. People were legitimately terrified of it. That is the only time in my memory that the USA has actually been threatenend.

That's an exception. (Besides, I was 2, so I was too young to really know what happened at the time.)

[Owlbread]

I never saw the Cold War, but the UK has never really been threatened in my lifetime and I vividly remember 9/11 and 7/7 and the bombing at Glasgow airport.

[Loud Whispers]

"Claunch trapped one officer with his wheelchair in the corner of a room "where he couldn't get out," said a Houston police department representative who declined to be identified."

...

[Mrhappyface]

The other day I was looking up how fossil fuels were formed and on the first page of google there was this fundamentalist christian page. Their argument was essentially

In order for fossil fuels to form, they must not oxidize due to exposure to air. It is so unlikely for fossil fuels to form naturally that the only explanation is the Great Flood.

So my car is powered by the divine punishment of heathens?

Actually no. Yaweh killed everyone on the planet for some other reason. I forget why.

Nuh-uh! He killed all the bad people (many of which weren't fully human, but were giants and the sons of fallen angels)
So by that definition, yes your car is powered by the divine punishment and suffering of the nephilim and sinful humans.

[Mr Space Cat]

"Claunch trapped one officer with his wheelchair in the corner of a room "where he couldn't get out," said a Houston police department representative who declined to be identified."

...

The dude had a pen. Crazy people armed with writing utensils can be extremely dangerous, don'tcha know. Why, that could've been a felt-tipped pen. Those are the most stabbable of all the pens. The only thing more dangerous than a felt-tipped pen is a dry-erase marker. Who knows what that guy could've done if he had a dry-erase marker.

Thank goodness the police were there and knew the seriousness of the situation and how to handle it. [/sarcasm]

[Loud Whispers]

The dude had a pen. Crazy people armed with writing utensils can be extremely dangerous, don'tcha know. Why, that could've been a felt-tipped pen.

PENCIL OF DOOM

[Xantalos]

The other day I was looking up how fossil fuels were formed and on the first page of google there was this fundamentalist christian page. Their argument was essentially

In order for fossil fuels to form, they must not oxidize due to exposure to air. It is so unlikely for fossil fuels to form naturally that the only explanation is the Great Flood.

So my car is powered by the divine punishment of heathens?

Actually no. Yaweh killed everyone on the planet for some other reason. I forget why.

Nuh-uh! He killed all the bad people (many of which weren't fully human, but were giants and the sons of fallen angels)
So by that definition, yes your car is powered by the divine punishment and suffering of the nephilim and sinful humans.

But what do I believe as bad? In one story it was written that God wanted to banish corn from the earth causing everyone to die but let the corn plants grow with a severely reduced crop so the birds wouldn't die.
Because he saw a woman cleaning her child's dirty dress with corn.

[Descan]

Is this the Mormon bible?

Because the Jews didn't have corn. Corn is a new-world crop. >_____>

Like the potato! And chocolate. The Irish and the Germans were basically twiddling their thumbs for a few thousand years as they waited for their crops to be discovered so they could actually -do- something.

[Xantalos]

Is this the Mormon bible?

Because the Jews didn't have corn. Corn is a new-world crop. >_____>

I think it was Brothers Grimm, but eh.

[Askot Bokbondeler]

Is this the Mormon bible?

Because the Jews didn't have corn. Corn is a new-world crop. >_____>

Like the potato! And chocolate. The Irish and the Germans were basically twiddling their thumbs for a few thousand years as they waited for their crops to be discovered so they could actually -do- something.

they didn't have maize, but the word corn has been used as a generic name for grains since long before the discovery of the new world
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/corn#Etymology_1

[Loud Whispers]

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I think the next companion should be old too. The reaction alone is worth it.