Alright Thomas Sowell is no intellectual powerhouse being syndicated gives him a soap box to philosophical garbage and red neck drivel. Pat Buchanan I can understand (considering the source) but Mr. Sowell is in a class by himself. This toady makes my skin crawl with his shameless pandering and ethnic bootlicking. To some stupid conservatives to hear this goat speak is to hear the Word of God!

Unfortunately idiots have built a shrine protecting this Idiot Emeritus. To criticise to him and you attack freedom. http://www.onecitizenspeaking.com/2013/01/thomas-sowell-the-uncle-tom-we-need-more-than-uncle-sam.html. Get your mind right boy!

New York City has the lowest homicide rate of big cities in the US, they have very strict gun control and enforce gun laws agressively, Dallas, Houston and Oaklahoma City with lax gun laws have homicide rates double those in New York. Detroit where open carry is allowed and concealed carry permits are "shall issue" has a homicide rate 8 times that of New York with its virtual gun carrying ban. Even with terrorist attacks every major city in western Europe has far lower homicide rates than our major cities. It is doubtful John Wayne with his six shooter would have a chance to draw on a guy in a crowd with a bomb vest or respond effectively to a car load of guys blasting a sidewalk cafe with Assault rifles. The bottom line is that encouraging a million law abiding Parisians to tote pistols with them all of the time is statistically far more likely to create many more problems than the few it might solve

1. No,,, those are the ages of the humans in the lineage of christ,,, not the age of the earth,,,, you cant make that leap,,,, (neither can anyone in the christian faith,,,,, but then I have never heard them try... only you antichristian bigots),, next ridiculous stretch,, and breach of intelligence....

2. "Cheating on wife/ not going to hell": I guess if your bible calls it the "10 Options" give it a try,, mine calls it "commandments"....

however,,, when your wife finds out,,, you will wish you could get to eternal burning hell to get a break from her fury,,, be my guest,,,,, next breach of common sense...

When you try it,, and are caught,,,,,,,,,,, you will understand why you shouldnt have done it!!


3. "Flight was never considered magic. We have seen birds fly since the dawn of man. Probably about 6-7 million years ago."

Wait,,, I thought you just did the math,, and there was only 6000 years???? And flight of man,,, only occurred in the last century,, lets see,,,,, 6-7 million,,, minus 100years,,,, well,, thats a lot more than 6000 years

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.
- Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), ca. 1895, British mathematician and physicist"

"...no possible combination of known substances, known forms of machinery, and known forms of force, can be united in a practical machine by which man shall fly long distances through the air...
- Simon Newcomb (1835-1909), astronomer, head of the U. S. Naval Observatory."

Well,,,, that wasnt so successful on your part,,,, were I you,,,, I wouldnt cheat on my wife,,, you likely arent able to hide it from her..

4. "My contention isn't "Christians don't know everything", it's that there isn't any evidence to back it up.

That is why it is called a belief system,, not a science,, science requires facts,,,,, and that Jesus guy clearly said,,,"Believe first, then you will see"... apparently he doesnt care what you personally "think" either....

5. "To say god put fossils in the ground just to screw with us, as opposed to being evidence of an evolutionary scale is ludicrous."

Ive never heard that one either,,,, do you go to a church who tells you this tripe????....

The chrisitian religion requires less suspension of belief than your idea that an evolutionary scale or a fossil record exists,,,, it doesnt....


6. "P.S. The commas are irritating."

Who gives a sh-t what iritates you,,, I find your anti religious bigotry irritating and offensive,,,, I find your disparaging remarks, made up,,,, and devoid of anything other than a laymans "ideas" about what does or doesnt exist concerning evolution,,,,


Produce some "facts" not your beliefs about someone elses religion... you have even less proof of the spruriousness of their beliefs,,,, than you have proof of your so called science of evolution,,,,

If there is more factual evidence you need to show it,,, so far all you have done is give anecdotal evidence for your point,,,, and disparaged others for belief systems,,,,,, when your version of science is more a superstition than you claim their religion to be.....

(have a few more commas,,,,,,,,)

Where the hell do you get that 6000 year crap,,,, thats not in my bible???

Eternal burning agony isnt "punishment from god",,, it is what you choose,,,,

Magic,,, is your description,,,, not what was described,,,, even flight was considered magic,,,, until we discovered how to do it....

The rest of what you write,,, is just belittling of others beliefs,,,, BELIEFS,,,,, they have never,,, at least in my world,,, claimed they knew "everything"....

Your contention,,, that because christians dont know everything therefore their beliefs are false and of course hateful,,,, isnt valid.... a belief system does not require proof,,, now your idea that your beliefs are based on science,,,,, actually requires the same suspension of facts..... since there isnt a single thing you can actully prove validating the THEORY of evolution.....

Still,,, I believe that some evolution likely occurred,,,,, I dont believe in origin of species,,,, chemically that cannot happen,,, and that is what sweetlips said......

i see a person named Dawkins and others on this site that seems to make fun of, or at least insinuate that people that does not believe in evolution
as really stupid or maybe just plain dumb. Could be. It appears that Mr. Dawkins and these people are somewhat intelligent, so i have a few questions that have puzzled me for sometime.
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If you believe in evolution, then we are here by accident, it looks like that the only way we could be here is by accident or on purpose.
So if not by accident, who's purpose. So please, Mr. Dawkins, tell us how many accidents (mutations)did it take to get from a single cell
"something" to a human being, and please include the number of mutations that was bad. Some say as many as 99% of mutations are bad, like maybe 3 legs, 1 arm, 12 toes, etc. Also tell us how often these mutations took place. The odds of all the right amino acids getting together at the exact right time and then to get a kick starter at that time.

take for instance the alaskan ptarmigan, turns white in winter, camo brown in summer, how many colors and at what times did it take for this bird to get the right mutation.
oh, i know, i here it all the time," mother nature has taken care of this". I would like to meet this mother nature that is so smart and has the power to do all these things.I thought nature was just a mixture of all living things, trees,grass, birds, fish,etc.
If mother nature takes care to see that her creatures have what they need to survive, just how does she do it?
Does the trees, grass, animals, fish, etc have a conference call to decide who gets what or what something might need.
I have lived in the country or very small town(600 pop) all my life. Have worked on farms, been a honey bee keeper, had livestock, hunted and
fished and have yet to meet this "mother nature" face to face.