Re: Emily

well it will be easy to for me to remember the
month/day-- year will be rough....

Hum.... I will have to point this out to the guys at
work today, as they always call me-- mother nature --
as in don't mess with me. Guessing I am only a few
billion years from being her! <lol>

Donna

--- A A HODGES <hodgesaa@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Well there ya go. I'll have to remember the date of
> creation. That's
> fascinating stuff......................;O
> 
> Andrea H
> Beaufort, SC 
> 
> 
> > [Original Message]
> > From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Date: 7/13/2005 5:51:34 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Emily
> >
> > I bought a house once that was built at the turn
> of the last century. I  
> > found two items in the attic--a small copper still
> and a bible. Sold  
> > the still; still have the bible. It's a big bulky
> thing for which some  
> > "scholar" had compiled a concordance that is
> printed in the margins.  
> > Same scholar, I suppose, also assigned dates to
> events. Did you know,  
> > for example, the the earth was created on
> September 22, 4004 BC? I  
> > thought not; modern education ignores many of
> these important facts.
> >
> >
> > On Jul 12, 2005, at 9:23 PM, A A HODGES wrote:
> >
> > > 40%??? That's alarming.
> > >
> > > I had to teach a class on dinosaurs my first
> year out of college at the
> > > museum I worked for. I had a Christian academy
> class come in one day.  
> > > They
> > > brought their texts with them, and I soon found
> out that the only  
> > > reason
> > > they came to the class was to argue their point
> that dinosaurs and man
> > > "walked the earth together." Their text actually
> depicted a photograph  
> > > on a
> > > dinosaur fossil and a fossilized "caveman"
> footprint in the same  
> > > picture,
> > > thus proving that they lived at the same time
> according to the text.  
> > > It was
> > > disconcerting to say the least, and of course I
> was only 22 at the  
> > > time and
> > > had no idea how to respond with offending
> someone. Now, I am NOT  
> > > slamming
> > > the Christian religion, so no one start getting
> upset please, but that  
> > > was
> > > way over the top. It amazed and appalled me what
> those children were  
> > > being
> > > taught.
> > >
> > > Andrea H
> > > Beaufort, SC
> > >
> > >
> > >> [Original Message]
> > >> From: David Franzman <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
> > >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > >> Date: 7/12/2005 8:59:01 PM
> > >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Emily
> > >>
> > >> Hey Jim
> > >>
> > >> Interesting and goes along with my thoughts. 
> One word on what you  
> > >> wrote
> > >> about evolution:  National Geographic had an
> interesting article on
> > >> evolution and Darwin's journeys.  The author
> lamented that the title  
> > >> of
> > > that
> > >> breakthrough scientific work was labeled "The
> Theory of Evolution."   
> > >> This
> > >> gave the naysayers wiggle room  to denigrate it
> as merely a
> > > theory...meaning
> > >> just an idea rather than a firm scientific
> basis for the study of life
> > >> science.  Also, and I think I wrote about this
> a few months ago, most
> > >> shocking of all was that more than 40% of the
> American people do not  
> > >> buy
> > > the
> > >> theory.  A significant number believe that the
> age of the  
> > >> earth/universe
> > > can
> > >> be counted in thousands not billions of years.
> > >>
> > >> David
> > >> http://www.atouchofthetropics.net
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> > >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 4:52 PM
> > >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Emily
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> This may sound like I'm running for office,
> David, but I think it's
> > > both.
> > >>> In the short term, I think it's the cyclical
> crap shoot that weather
> > > has
> > >>> always seemed to be--the stuff of the Farmer's
> Almanac. But I think
> > > this
> > >>> is playing out on top of significant long-term
> change. A key factor  
> > >>> in
> > >>> What's-His-Name Grey's, the hurricane guru at
> University of Colorado,
> > >>> prognostications is El Nino--and the
> occurrence, recurrence of El  
> > >>> Nino
> > >>> seems to be influenced by the continual
> warming of the earth.
> > >>>
> > >>> The scary part is that these effects are
> cumulative. The worst of  
> > >>> what
> > > you
> > >>> see today will be the best you can hope for
> tomorrow. It took a  
> > >>> couple
> > > of
> > >>> hundred years of reckless fossil-fuel
> emissions to get us here--to  
> > >>> the
> > >>> front edge of reaping our harvest; it will
> surely take that long a
> > > period
> > >>> of constrained stewardship to get us back to a
> less hazardous
> > > environment,
> > >>> or even to one where we can maintain an
> environmental status quo.
> > >>>
> > >>> David, the problem with "theories" is a
> rhetorical one. Two come to
> > >>> mind--evolution and global warming. They are
> theories because they  
> > >>> have
> > >>> not been definitively proven beyond all doubt.
> Most intelligent  
> > >>> people
> > >>> understand that caveat; most intelligent
> people also believe the
> > > theories
> > >>> are true or very close to true. The only
> significant deniers are the
> > >>> Kansas state school board and the current
> administration in  
> > >>> Washington.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Jul 12, 2005, at 6:58 PM, David Franzman
> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> So Jim I think you and I agree about this
> greenhouse effect thing.
> > >>>> Everybody expects instant changes and when we
> have one hot period  
> > >>>> some
> > >>>> are claiming that it's because of the gh
> effect.  You and I both  
> > >>>> know
> > > it
> > >>>> takes more than just one season to prove or
> disprove a theory.
> > > However,
> > >>>> I wanted to ask you about last year and this
> years hurricanes.   
> > >>>> We're
> > > off
> > >>>> to the fastest start since recorded history. 
> Last year was a huge
> > > year
> > >>>> with a friend of mine in Gainesville being
> whacked three times.
> > > Weather
> 
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