Comments on: Ham Boned http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2007/05/22/ham-boned/ Missives From the Reality-Based World Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:56:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Warren http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2007/05/22/ham-boned/#comment-1636 Warren Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:03:34 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2007/05/22/ham-boned/#comment-1636 Probably true -- but of course humans and dinosaurs were separated from one another by about 65 million years of time. The "title" on the book was mostly meant to be an oblique reference to the silly work of fantasy <em>Evolution? The Fossils Say NO!</em> Ham doesn't deny the existence of dinosaurs, of course, but the ridiculous lengths he's willing to go to in order to cram them into his just-so Adam/Eve fairy tale amounts to denialism of all the science <strong>surrounding</strong> paleontology -- which to me is equivalent to denying the reality of dinosaurs. When I comment on Jesus, I tend to make it pretty straightforward. Probably true — but of course humans and dinosaurs were separated from one another by about 65 million years of time.

The “title” on the book was mostly meant to be an oblique reference to the silly work of fantasy Evolution? The Fossils Say NO! Ham doesn’t deny the existence of dinosaurs, of course, but the ridiculous lengths he’s willing to go to in order to cram them into his just-so Adam/Eve fairy tale amounts to denialism of all the science surrounding paleontology — which to me is equivalent to denying the reality of dinosaurs.

When I comment on Jesus, I tend to make it pretty straightforward.

]]> By: Webster http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2007/05/22/ham-boned/#comment-1634 Webster Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:35:08 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2007/05/22/ham-boned/#comment-1634 Although it's not obvious from the cartoon, people are actually a lot smarter than dinosaurs ever were. As the boy pointed out, T. Rex and his kin were huge, and would likely have been seen (or at least heard) from afar, giving humans time to flee, hide, organize a defense, or some combination of those. Separately from that, I have a question about what did the artist means by the title of what the father is reading, DI-NO. Is he trying to make the ludicrous claim that Ken Ham denies the reality of dinosaurs, ("No dinos")? Or is he making a subtle presentation of the gospel, that those who trust in Jesus have eternal life, ("Die? No!")? Although it’s not obvious from the cartoon, people are actually a lot smarter than dinosaurs ever were. As the boy pointed out, T. Rex and his kin were huge, and would likely have been seen (or at least heard) from afar, giving humans time to flee, hide, organize a defense, or some combination of those.

Separately from that, I have a question about what did the artist means by the title of what the father is reading, DI-NO. Is he trying to make the ludicrous claim that Ken Ham denies the reality of dinosaurs, (”No dinos”)? Or is he making a subtle presentation of the gospel, that those who trust in Jesus have eternal life, (”Die? No!”)?

]]> By: A Library Containing One Book at The Indigestible http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2007/05/22/ham-boned/#comment-1489 A Library Containing One Book at The Indigestible Thu, 31 May 2007 21:14:12 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2007/05/22/ham-boned/#comment-1489 [...] No, it’s not Ken Ham and his ridiculous creation “museum” — it’s 88-year-old Billy Graham, a man who’s done his utmost to spread goddish delusions for six decades. Billy Graham, 88, suffers from fluid on the brain, prostate cancer and Parkinson’s disease, and is largely confined to his home in Montreat. [...] [...] No, it’s not Ken Ham and his ridiculous creation “museum” — it’s 88-year-old Billy Graham, a man who’s done his utmost to spread goddish delusions for six decades. Billy Graham, 88, suffers from fluid on the brain, prostate cancer and Parkinson’s disease, and is largely confined to his home in Montreat. [...]

]]> By: JS http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2007/05/22/ham-boned/#comment-1452 JS Sun, 27 May 2007 22:56:29 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2007/05/22/ham-boned/#comment-1452 I like xkcd's take on it: http://xkcd.com/c154.html - JS I like xkcd’s take on it:

http://xkcd.com/c154.html

- JS

]]> By: The Rev. Jenner J. Hull http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2007/05/22/ham-boned/#comment-1317 The Rev. Jenner J. Hull Thu, 24 May 2007 03:45:13 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2007/05/22/ham-boned/#comment-1317 Good stuff! Good stuff!

]]> By: thethirdchimpanzee http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2007/05/22/ham-boned/#comment-1314 thethirdchimpanzee Thu, 24 May 2007 01:43:25 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2007/05/22/ham-boned/#comment-1314 These people think that "The Flintstones" was a historical documentary. These people think that “The Flintstones” was a historical documentary.

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