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Post by tgrwulf on Feb 20, 2010 17:26:04 GMT -5
(Not sure if this is in the right area)
What's the dumbest fundie quote you ever heard in a real life face to face conversation?
I had one just today where the person I was talking to said that they took they falsified evolution by cutting the heads off of human skelentons and gluing ape skulls onto them.
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Post by Lady Renae on Feb 20, 2010 17:31:32 GMT -5
I think instead of "real life" you should say "offline", because everything that is quoted on the mainpage was said in real life. It was on the internet, but it wasn't hallucinated, dreamed up, or said in a fictitious medium.
The Internet, by and large, IS "real life". The only difference between what's said on the internet and what's said face to face with someone is the distance and the fact that said distance enables a person to more easily and effectively pretend to be someone they're not.
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Post by fhatthewuck on Feb 23, 2010 14:26:02 GMT -5
I've got one I've been needing to get off my chest.
My boyfriend is a moderate Christian. We don't talk about religion or biology much but I was under the impression that he at least rejected creationism. Which is why I was surprised at the conversation we had the other day.
I heard him say 'Oi.' and asked him if he was suddenly European (yes I know they say that in other places too) To which he responded, 'technically, we are European.' (We're white Americans of European decent) I decided to take it a step further, 'Technically, we're all Africans.' To my surprise he said to me, "I don't believe that." What? I mentioned mitochondrial DNA markers, as well as archaeological evidences. When I started talking about fossils and our decent from earlier hominids in Africa, he told me that humans aren't apes, did not come from apes, and the missing link was still missing.
Now here's the kicker, when I stared mentioning specific species that demonstrate the linage connecting humans to other apes he told me 'those are just crossbreeds between humans and apes.'
I date this person.
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Post by Magnizeal on Feb 23, 2010 20:30:29 GMT -5
I've got one I've been needing to get off my chest. My boyfriend is a moderate Christian. We don't talk about religion or biology much but I was under the impression that he at least rejected creationism. Which is why I was surprised at the conversation we had the other day. I heard him say 'Oi.' and asked him if he was suddenly European (yes I know they say that in other places too) To which he responded, 'technically, we are European.' (We're white Americans of European decent) I decided to take it a step further, 'Technically, we're all Africans.' To my surprise he said to me, "I don't believe that." What? I mentioned mitochondrial DNA markers, as well as archaeological evidences. When I started talking about fossils and our decent from earlier hominids in Africa, he told me that humans aren't apes, did not come from apes, and the missing link was still missing. Now here's the kicker, when I stared mentioning specific species that demonstrate the linage connecting humans to other apes he told me 'those are just crossbreeds between humans and apes.' I date this person. Why?
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Post by FrizzleFry on Feb 24, 2010 10:55:59 GMT -5
I've got one I've been needing to get off my chest. My boyfriend is a moderate Christian. We don't talk about religion or biology much but I was under the impression that he at least rejected creationism. Which is why I was surprised at the conversation we had the other day. I heard him say 'Oi.' and asked him if he was suddenly European (yes I know they say that in other places too) To which he responded, 'technically, we are European.' (We're white Americans of European decent) I decided to take it a step further, 'Technically, we're all Africans.' To my surprise he said to me, "I don't believe that." What? I mentioned mitochondrial DNA markers, as well as archaeological evidences. When I started talking about fossils and our decent from earlier hominids in Africa, he told me that humans aren't apes, did not come from apes, and the missing link was still missing. Now here's the kicker, when I stared mentioning specific species that demonstrate the linage connecting humans to other apes he told me 'those are just crossbreeds between humans and apes.' I date this person. Why? Beat me to it.
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Post by Thejebusfire on Feb 24, 2010 16:18:38 GMT -5
My uncle. Every other time he opens his mouth something fundie comes out.
Like the time he said that Harry Potter was teaching kids to worship Satan. Or the time that he called Obama the anti-christ. When my cousin Steven tried to call him out on BS he promply said that he was the mouthpiece of god.
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Post by fhatthewuck on Feb 26, 2010 9:58:15 GMT -5
I like him and for the most part we get along. He's a smart guy but every once in a while he says something that just throws me and makes me wonder about him. The other day he asked me why Americans should help Haiti after their earthquake since they didn't help us after 9/11 and Katrina. I had to explain the disparity of available resources at the disposal of the two countries and remind him that even days or weeks after the earthquake, people are still dying and will continue to do so without help. You don't have to be American for your life to be worth saving. I felt especially bad explaining this to him as he is a fellow soldier.
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Post by darthtoxic on Feb 26, 2010 15:38:08 GMT -5
As I mentioned in the "Right-Wing Family Members" thread, my Grandfather is pretty insane about leftist conspiracies and shit like that.
The other day, my sister (who is in band at school) had a concert. Granddad went. They played one sorta classical-composition, I don't remember the title but according to him it was something about "Red Square". Being a classical music buff who was able to pinpoint the song's origins, he spent the rest of the night ranting and yelling about how my sister's music teacher is a hardcore leftist who is trying to indoctrinate the kids in his class into communism.
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Post by Amaranth on Feb 27, 2010 21:24:52 GMT -5
Now here's the kicker, when I stared mentioning specific species that demonstrate the linage connecting humans to other apes he told me 'those are just crossbreeds between humans and apes.' ...Well, at least that makes sense. >.>
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Post by Elly on Mar 1, 2010 17:00:03 GMT -5
It's quotes like these that remove all frustration from my mind, since they drain the argument of so much credibility that it's hard to feel anything but amusement.
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Post by clockworkgirl21 on Mar 1, 2010 20:22:07 GMT -5
I've got so many. Mostly from my uncle.
-Darwin thought up evolution because he wanted an alternative to God. -Broccoli is more complicated than people genetically so that must mean scientists think we're turning into broccoli. -All homosexuals know they're going against nature. That's why one will assign themselves to be the woman, and the other the man. One woman in a pair of lesbians will cut her hair short and wear pants. One man in a gay relationship will act girly and wear an apron. It makes them feel more natural. -Homosexuals are miserable. They want to be married so they can make straight people miserable, too.
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Post by Malkyrian on Mar 2, 2010 5:03:45 GMT -5
This single line I happened to overhear: "Most of the news these days has this slant...like they want you to believe in something beyond just what they're telling you. Why can't they just report the news as it is? At least Fox is always fair and balanced."
I had to fight very hard not to burst out laughing, instead settling for a massive facepalm.
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Post by Maryland Bear on Mar 2, 2010 7:50:32 GMT -5
-Homosexuals are miserable. They want to be married so they can make straight people miserable, too. Bullshit. Homosexuals want to be married so we can be as miserable as straight people!
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Post by Maryland Bear on Mar 2, 2010 7:55:42 GMT -5
This single line I happened to overhear: "Most of the news these days has this slant...like they want you to believe in something beyond just what they're telling you. Why can't they just report the news as it is? At least Fox is always fair and balanced. This is what drives me up the proverbial wall with Fox News fans. I have no problem with people who say "I'm a conservative; I like Fox News because it presents the news in a way I agree with." Just like I watch Keith Olbermann nearly every night, but I know he's very biased, and something of an asshole about it. It's the ones who insist that Fox News is "fairnbalanced" (one word, almost one syllable), that Alan Colmes was an even match with Sean Hannity, that Bill O'Reilly is a centrist (okay, he isn't as rabidly right wing as some of Fox News), etc etc et ad infinitum ad nauseam -- they're the ones that I can't stand.
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Post by Vene on Mar 2, 2010 16:40:14 GMT -5
I've got so many. Mostly from my uncle. -Darwin thought up evolution because he wanted an alternative to God. -Broccoli is more complicated than people genetically so that must mean scientists think we're turning into broccoli. -All homosexuals know they're going against nature. That's why one will assign themselves to be the woman, and the other the man. One woman in a pair of lesbians will cut her hair short and wear pants. One man in a gay relationship will act girly and wear an apron. It makes them feel more natural. -Homosexuals are miserable. They want to be married so they can make straight people miserable, too. What the fuck does it mean to be more complicated genetically?
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