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I sent a letter to the editor for my local paper correcting a previous letter on how evolution is "on its way out" etc.

Well it was apparently published today as I got a call first thing in the morning from a local "activist". His first words were "Welcome to the idiot club". He then went on demanding "proof" of evolution and the old schtick of offering money for it. I told him that noone would ever be able to collect because he keeps changing the rules whenever evidence is presented along w/ other choice words for waking me up (I work nights). I'm sure there will be a letter by him in the next few days on how I "couldn't" provide evidence.

I plan on calling him about 4 am tomorrow and see how well he does.

Ah... who's the crazy one now? :p

They published your phone number with the letter? I've had a couple letters published and all the ever wrote was:

Dan Dow
Chatsworth

:confused:

They published your phone number with the letter? I've had a couple letters published and all the ever wrote was:

Dan Dow
Chatsworth

:confused:

phonebook

You have to have your name on the letter.

I sent a letter to the editor for my local paper correcting a previous letter on how evolution is "on its way out" etc.

Well it was apparently published today as I got a call first thing in the morning from a local "activist". His first words were "Welcome to the idiot club". He then went on demanding "proof" of evolution and the old schtick of offering money for it. I told him that noone would ever be able to collect because he keeps changing the rules whenever evidence is presented along w/ other choice words for waking me up (I work nights). I'm sure there will be a letter by him in the next few days on how I "couldn't" provide evidence.

I plan on calling him about 4 am tomorrow and see how well he does.

What a moron. I'd *57 his phone calls if he calls back and then see about pressing harassment charges against him if he makes a habit of it.

I sent a letter to the editor for my local paper correcting a previous letter on how evolution is "on its way out" etc.

Well it was apparently published today as I got a call first thing in the morning from a local "activist". His first words were "Welcome to the idiot club". He then went on demanding "proof" of evolution and the old schtick of offering money for it. I told him that noone would ever be able to collect because he keeps changing the rules whenever evidence is presented along w/ other choice words for waking me up (I work nights). I'm sure there will be a letter by him in the next few days on how I "couldn't" provide evidence.

I plan on calling him about 4 am tomorrow and see how well he does.
Let me guess that when asked to prove that God created the world his only retort is that, it says so in the Bible.Please remind him that for all that we know that bloody book could be just a two thousand year old version of the National Enquirer.

Let me guess that when asked to prove that God created the world his only retort is that, it says so in the Bible.Please remind him that for all that we know that bloody book could be just a two thousand year old version of the National Enquirer.
LOL. :D Thank you for a much needed laugh.

phonebook

You have to have your name on the letter.

Which is why my number is unlisted. Keeps the crazies from finding you. ;)

phonebook

You have to have your name on the letter.

You must have a very unusual name or live in a very small town.

You must have a very unusual name or live in a very small town.

Both. :)

I sent a letter to the editor for my local paper correcting a previous letter on how evolution is "on its way out" etc.

Well it was apparently published today as I got a call first thing in the morning from a local "activist". His first words were "Welcome to the idiot club". He then went on demanding "proof" of evolution and the old schtick of offering money for it. I told him that noone would ever be able to collect because he keeps changing the rules whenever evidence is presented along w/ other choice words for waking me up (I work nights). I'm sure there will be a letter by him in the next few days on how I "couldn't" provide evidence.

I plan on calling him about 4 am tomorrow and see how well he does.
If he does call again, ask him to prove gravity. That's something we all take for granted, yet no-one has ever seen it.


Oh, and keep muttering 'penishead' whenever he starts or finishes a sentence.

Ahhh the old harass them into silence approach.

You will find many many many "Christians" like him.

You did better then me.

I never get harassment calls. :(

I sent a letter to the editor for my local paper correcting a previous letter on how evolution is "on its way out" etc.

Well it was apparently published today as I got a call first thing in the morning from a local "activist". His first words were "Welcome to the idiot club". He then went on demanding "proof" of evolution and the old schtick of offering money for it. I told him that noone would ever be able to collect because he keeps changing the rules whenever evidence is presented along w/ other choice words for waking me up (I work nights). I'm sure there will be a letter by him in the next few days on how I "couldn't" provide evidence.

I plan on calling him about 4 am tomorrow and see how well he does.

its sad that this "debate" is happening in your country at all. very sad :(

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Because thats the best way to discourage a looney!!!

Anyway congrats on getting your article published. Do we get a read or linky?

If he does call again, ask him to prove gravity. That's something we all take for granted, yet no-one has ever seen it.



I say thats not on that! There is no such thing as gravity, we all know that God just keeps making things bigger. Everything is growing all the time, I repeat it ain't gravity that pulls you down when you jump up, it's the Earth growing to meet your feet.

I say thats not on that! There is no such thing as gravity, we all know that God just keeps making things bigger. Everything is growing all the time, I repeat it ain't gravity that pulls you down when you jump up, it's the Earth growing to meet your feet.

Nah, the devil was sent to Earth you know, the reason you fall back is that Satan is trying to drag you down into hell. Yes, it is quite obvious.

Because thats the best way to discourage a looney!!!

Anyway congrats on getting your article published. Do we get a read or linky?

The letter:

In response to Greg’s letter, he had better start praying for all the bearing of false witness he presented.


(in response to no church supports evolution)
One: The Catholic Church recognizes the theory of evolution. That’s over 50 percent of Christians right there.

(the old hundreds of scientists become creationists line)
Two: Those “hundreds of scientists” are laughed at by the hundreds of thousands who follow legitimate principles. There are more scientists named Steve than the so-called ICR and its ilk have ever been able to produce total.

(AF became a christian)
Three: Antony Flew did not “...come to the conclusion that the universe had to be a product of intelligent design” in any Christian sense. He stated he “believed in a God who “is neither interested in nor concerned about either human beliefs or human behavior.” while at the same time not keeping up with current advancements in chemistry, biology, or physics.

(TOE is "only 150 yrs old)
Four: The theory of gravity (yes it is a theory) has only been around for a few hundred years. Atomic theory has only been around for less than one hundred; do you discount those as easily?


(no evidence for TOE, is on it's way out, lots for creationism)
Five: There is more evidence every day for the theory of evolution. It is not “on it’s way out,” no matter how much you may wish it to be. At least that’s according to every major scientific institution.

(my 2cents)
Intelligent design was recently laughed out of federal court. The people who promoted it voted out of office. To make it scientific, science would have to be diluted to the point that phrenology and astrology would become legitimate principles. For those that try and promote that absolute truth of the Bible, remember, according to I Kings 7:23, Pi=3

I think you should call him at night.

Every two hours.

For three weeks.

He's probably not smart enough to turn off the phone, and you'd get back at him for daring to wake you up, being the inferior unperson that he is.

phonebook

You have to have your name on the letter.

That's weird...most papers will put you under a nom de plume if you ask them to, as long as they have your real name somewhere.

Nah, the devil was sent to Earth you know, the reason you fall back is that Satan is trying to drag you down into hell. Yes, it is quite obvious.

Don't be daft, clearly it is angels that keep you on Earth. Everyone has a guardian angel that keeps pushing down on your body so you don't float up to heaven before your time. :rolleyes:

Don't be daft, clearly it is angels that keep you on Earth. Everyone has a guardian angel that keeps pushing down on your body so you don't float up to heaven before your time. :rolleyes:

And, in some cases, they do so by keeping a metrosexual relationship with their guarded. Did anyone here ever watch Evangelion? :p

Tabris, anyone? :p

Don't be daft, clearly it is angels that keep you on Earth. Everyone has a guardian angel that keeps pushing down on your body so you don't float up to heaven before your time. :rolleyes:

I think my guardian angel hates me then. Because I'm always prone to the worst of bad luck and am quite socially inept.

On the brighter side:
Find his address in the phone book and start a "Bible-bonfire" in the street beside his house, and hang a large sign saying "Your religion is t3h suck" on the main road of his town.

That should be ample payback. It's worked for me.

That's weird...most papers will put you under a nom de plume if you ask them to, as long as they have your real name somewhere.

I'm Buck.

Buck Futter.

Oh boy have fun messing with this guy. I bet he'll write a letter also saying you're wrong because God said so or something.

PS can you get a copy of the "Evolution is on the way out" letter? I need a good laugh.

Oh boy have fun messing with this guy. I bet he'll write a letter also saying you're wrong because God said so or something.

PS can you get a copy of the "Evolution is on the way out" letter? I need a good laugh.

Here ya go:

This is in response to the opinion, “Dinosaurs and man not around at the same time.”

I would like to know which Christian churches recognize the “science” of evolution. To my knowledge, none do.

Miss Knotts may not have heard about the hundreds of scientists who have been switching to creationism after their research has led them to the conclusion that the Earth had to have been created by an intelligent being.

Very telling is the conversion of philosophy professor Antony Flew, a leading champion of atheism for more than 50 years, who, after years of research, has finally come to the conclusion that the universe had to be a product of intelligent design.

Darwin’s theory of evolution, after all, has only been around for about 150 years (a flash in the pan in 6,000 years of recorded Biblical history), and is now on its way out due to lack of scientific evidence to support it.

Darwin himself admitted that his theory had holes in it in his own writings. More and more, science is proving that the events recorded in the Bible are far more accurate than some atheists would like people to believe.

After all, the idea of evolution, life coming from no life, is a lot harder to swallow than the idea that God created this world in which we live.

As Dr. G Thomas Sharp is fond of saying, “It’s unbelievable what a non-believer has to believe in order to be a non-believer.”

Nevertheless, I would like to express my gratitude to Miss Knotts for her opinion, as it has, and will continue, to create great interest and discussion from many people, Christian and non-Christian alike.

Hopefully people who read this page will have their curiosity aroused enough to do their own research on this subject and find the truth amidst all the theory.

As they say, any publicity is good publicity, so thank you Miss Knotts for keeping it in the public eye.

Now that truly is, “Amazing!”

The responses are funny:

http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2006/09/04/opinion/letters/letter002.txt

I plan on calling him about 4 am tomorrow and see how well he does.My dad's been threatening to do that to me now that I live six timezones away, just for the sake of asking me what time it is over here... :(

Here ya go:
Did you point out to him that evolution isn't abiogenesis?

Did you point out to him that evolution isn't abiogenesis?

I hung up on him before I got to that part. I'm not overly pleasant when woken up.

The answer to this is quite simple. You can take a serious route, or a funny route. The funny route you can yell random perverted things at him whenever he calls you, or if he's going off on his BS and it's been at least a minute, start pretending you're having a little "bonding session" with Satan. That will very likely shut that moron up.

If he persists press harassment charges against him. :)

Don't be daft, clearly it is angels that keep you on Earth. Everyone has a guardian angel that keeps pushing down on your body so you don't float up to heaven before your time. :rolleyes:

The devil has to be trying to pull you down! So the guardian angel would have to hold you up as well so the devil doesn't get too good a grip on you and pull you down farther than you want to go. ;)

I sent a letter to the editor for my local paper correcting a previous letter on how evolution is "on its way out" etc.

Well it was apparently published today as I got a call first thing in the morning from a local "activist". His first words were "Welcome to the idiot club". He then went on demanding "proof" of evolution and the old schtick of offering money for it. I told him that noone would ever be able to collect because he keeps changing the rules whenever evidence is presented along w/ other choice words for waking me up (I work nights). I'm sure there will be a letter by him in the next few days on how I "couldn't" provide evidence.

I plan on calling him about 4 am tomorrow and see how well he does.
*Mocks you*
Evolution. :rolleyes:

The Theory Of Evolution and Creationism are NOT mutually exclusive.

Someone discarding evolution due to believing that God created the Earth seems odd to me. Someone give that person a pet Axolotl and see if that changes his(His right?) mind.

The Theory Of Evolution and Creationism are NOT mutually exclusive.

Someone discarding evolution due to believing that God created the Earth seems odd to me. Someone give that person a pet Axolotl and see if that changes his(His right?) mind.
Please, That can easily be the hand of God at work!

Please, That can easily be the hand of God at work!

Guess its better than the hand of God coming to smite us all! :eek:

Guess its better than the hand of God coming to smite us all! :eek:

Who says it isn't? The Axolotl are here to smite us.

They published your phone number with the letter? I've had a couple letters published and all the ever wrote was:

Dan Dow
Chatsworth

:confused:

Question, since you're in Chatsworth.. That historic burger joint out there: hype or what? A friend of mine from there claims they're one of the best, but with burger hype at epidemic levels, I'm not sure what to believe.. :)

On topic: I'm also an advocate of the unlisted phone number, and have one currently. Never a bad idea.

Who says it isn't? The Axolotl are here to smite us.

OMG!!! RUN!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: