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Comments by krisking


301. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99771 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 2:08 pm

Indeed where we all are, to different degrees



Yes, even Richard Dawkins.....it may be that one day we will learn so much about the universe......

302. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99770 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 2:05 pm

Corylus

Female, but a natural alto/contralto :-)



Is it the highs you want to reach?

I am a sort of bass/baritone. I can get down to G/F octave and a half below middle C....down to D is im singing Mahler!! At the top end, my old singing teacher got me up to an A above middle C on a natural note....and I can go way higher with a powerful falsetto (which shocks and out-does the girls in my choir!!)

Do women have a falsetto range? I guess they must have....remember Kate Bush?

I guess it's all in the training and confidence...

303. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99767 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 1:58 pm

Goldy


Thanks for the information about the book.. I'm sorry I had forgotten who had recommended it. I am enjoying reading it.

mummified hadrosaur
Yes I saw this on NHM website.

Not everything we know is cast in stone!!

304. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99763 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 1:54 pm

Man I wish I had her range



Are you male or female?

305. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99761 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 1:52 pm

Aquambulus hirsutus

Can you or anyone else explain to me how Daniel 12 predicts the internet?



No, of course not!! And why would it?


There is a verse in the Bible in the OT that says that you can tell a false prophet from a true prophet by whether his prophecies come true.... I think that about sums it up, really.

306. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99750 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 1:29 pm

what field?

307. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99746 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 1:21 pm

Steve99


No problems.



By the way, do you hold an academic post at a university?

308. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99728 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 12:36 pm

open-minded



Well, when there is evidence staring at us in the face.....


There are plenty of the world's mysteries to solve yet, and I'm finding it interesting to follow the paleontologists' findings.

309. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99720 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 12:09 pm

Looks like it's the Natural History Museum for me....armed with a tiny bit more knowledge than on previous visits.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/human-origins/index.html

310. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99714 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 11:45 am

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn542

311. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99713 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 11:42 am

Well, that is fair enough. I am happy to say that I am not sure what is going on. I'll have to keep reading.

312. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99708 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 11:31 am

Can't you see that?



Yes, of course I can.....and I agree with. I'm in the ignorant category, having to rely on what I read....and having to sort the truth from the rubbish. I'm not a trained scientist, but that doesn't stop me trying to come to my own understanding of what is what.

313. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99705 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 11:15 am

So here is Lucy.....


http://www.skullsunlimited.com/lucy-skull.htm


how can they be sure they have reconstructed the skull correctly?

314. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99702 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 11:03 am

What reason do you feel you have to consider it insecure?



I don't feel I have to.

Perhaps a visit to the BM will provide a suitable display of fossils....

315. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99700 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 10:45 am

I mean, some confusion about ancestry would not lead anyone to propose that a particular person had miraculously appeared... that would be silly :)


Indeed!

316. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99697 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 10:38 am

You also might ask yourself why evolution is taught at almost every school and university throughout the world, and is corroborated in all the science books and encyclopedias.


hmmm.....not really a strong argument in the current climate!!

I am not saying that I don't believe in evolution. It seems perfectly sensible to me, at least theoretically. I am concerned that it doesn't all seem as secure as is claimed by websites such as this one....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/human/human_evolution/

317. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99691 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 10:25 am

The evidence is stronger than in most areas of science. Just name me one thing you require evidence of, and I will describe such evidence.


.....until I see the evidence for myself...... I have to say.... I am hoping that by the end of the book I will feel more convinced. So far, the writer has himself described the problems of making the theory fit the facts....rather than the other way round.

318. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99690 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 10:21 am

no brains, such as box jellyfish.


Also know as a sea wasp !

The animal even has eyes, three on each corner. Two of the eyes in the set detect only light, giving the animal a sense of direction. The third eye is an image-forming eye complete with a lens, like our own eyes.

"The animals have eyes but no brain. No one knows how they process what they see," Seymour says.

A brush of a mature sea wasp's tentacle causes heart failure and death within minutes.


Sounds terrifying.....Wonder if anyone is courageous enough to find out how they process what they see.

319. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99686 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 10:09 am

mountains of real, actual, mutually-corroborating evidence



And where are these mountains of evidence?

I'm still reading......

.....until I see the evidence for myself......

320. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99684 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 10:06 am

Richard Dawkins, FRS is Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. His most recent book is "The God Delusion" (Black Swan, £8.99)



Is he doing a good job of raising the public's understanding of science?

321. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99681 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 10:00 am

Spirit of Santa



Didn't the great god "Coca Cola" invent this, in order to dupe us into buying their brown liquid?

322. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99680 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 9:57 am

Funnily enough however they all seem to agree on the basics of evolution by natural selection



Do I have a problem with this? NO!! Why should I?

323. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99679 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 9:55 am


And the bible, or indeed your average cookbook, can foretell just about anything



Quite so.....

324. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99678 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 9:49 am

(a) The earth is not the centre of the Universe.

(b) The Universe is older than 9000 years,

(c) The human genome has evolved over a period of time which, until recently, we were unable to comprehend.




Does the Bible contradict any of these?

325. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99677 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 9:47 am

Funnily enough however they all seem to agree on the basics of evolution by natural selection




not all......

http://www.allaboutscience.org/evolution-of-the-human-brain-faq.htm


...and many of highly educated scientists believe in the existence of God!

326. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99674 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 9:40 am

Yes, I distinctly reading in Samuel (or was it Kings?)



Try the last chapter of Daniel

327. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99662 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 9:12 am

Irate atheist

If you can prove a single one of the assertions


Can you prove you exist?

328. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99661 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 9:11 am


Science has advanced our knowledge incomparably over the last centuries



Yes, amazing isn't it.....and the Bible predicted it!!

329. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99660 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 9:10 am

Science has uncovered the mechanisms behind reality, such as evolution by natural selection,


This is an interesting comment. How can you justify it?

I've been reading a book recommended by a contributor to these discussions. It's entitled "The Wisdom of Bones" I am really enjoying reading this book. It tells the story of finding fossils of hominids and the search for the "missing link" between them and modern humans.

I've read just over a third so far, and to be frank it seems to be the story of people desperate to find the link, and making guesses about what they have found and extrapolating from what seems to be the flimsiest of evidence. They know the theory and now they are trying to make the evidence fit!!!!

I hope the book gets better with more convincing evidence.

I'm not saying that evolution did not happen....but this evidence is pretty thin, so far

330. Happy Newton Day!

Comment #99642 by krisking on December 17, 2007 at 8:35 am

.... and I loathe the annual orgy of waste and reckless reciprocal spending,


...and most true believers would wholeheartedly agree with you.....

..the current situation is a result of rampant consumerism and the delusion that possessions bring us happiness, peddled by the high priests of the modern age in western society to a people who have largely drifted from a sincere belief in the eternal.

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