I'm an Idiot

"Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed".......Go See It

Yes, it's a documentary. Yes, you will probably learn something. At a movie no less. But to hear World renowned leading Evolutionist and God-hater Richard Dawkins explain the origin of life here on earth is by itself worth the price of admission. I mean, I got the chuckles, but this lady in front of us was absolutely rolling with laughter. Get this......

I'm an idiot. Because, I believe in God and Intelligent Design. That makes me an idiot. Close minded, prejudiced and incapable of critical thought. Stupid. I'm an ID'er. Poor, poor pitiful me. Well, before you begin to feel sorry for me, let's examine the alternative for a minute. Logical, well-reasoned intelligent thought and critical thinking........

Says Dawkins when asked about the origin of life, you know, the big question. How did life begin?:

Well, we don't really know, can't be sure in fact, and let's face it there's really no way of being sure since we have no evidence that corroborates what we think that we might or might not know about the beginning of life, but.......

Perhaps, somewhere out there, (gesturing specifically to a non-specific area "out there"), just maybe, there was a race of very highly evolved beings that came to this planet long ago and "seeded it" for life. That is, gave it the jump start needed to begin life here.

That's not all, he goes on.

That race, of course, evolved in the same Darwinian manner until they reached the point that they could come and begin life on another planet.

So, I have to ask, how did life begin for this mysterious other race from far, far away? I suppose, if you follow his logic(?), then there must have been yet even another race, before that one, that evolved and "seeded" that race so that they could evolve and eventually "seed" the earth. And so on, and so on. Where did life begin Mr. Dawkins?

All of this intelligent, scientific information of course begs the question, when will we humans evolve to the point that we can go and "seed" the next planet "out there" for life? Or, is that why we are really going to Mars now "to explore"? Perhaps that explains why aliens always come to earth and attack. Because they are mad at their "parents" for seeding them on a harsh unliveable planet like Mars. Maybe "Mars Attacks" and "Independence Day" are documentaries too.

When asked, (several times), if he believed in any god. Any god at all mind you. Mr. Dawkins replied, "I can't. If I do profess a belief in a god, then everything I believe in, is false." What if there is a God, what if you are wrong? "Then I will say, Why sir, did you make yourself so hard to see?"

Well my friends, after weighing the evidence, I believe you can happily call me an unevolved idiot. The life of an evolutionist is completely based upon conjecture. There is not one shred of evidence to support anything on which they lay their entire belief structure, and that, is the only "fact" that is supported and upheld by every scientific experiment the evolutionist uses.

Disclaimer: This blog contains only the barest hint of exaggeration, everything else is as true as I can remember it directly from the mouth of "Dr." (what a joke) Richard Dawkins. For instance, "Mars Attacks" and "Independence Day" are completely fictional movies, not documentaries. Really, go see it, it's the funniest documentary you've seen in a long time. Unless, of course, you have been "seeded" with an open-mind full of logic and critical thought.

You Know What's Funny?......

When the alarm clock goes off and the song on the radio is, "Why Can't We Be Friends?"

It's 6:00 am and you've woken me up. Again. That's why.

Click, snooooooozzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Did YOU do Anything Exciting this Weekend?????

I went to Jeff's last ball games on Saturday and then home to clean out the garage a little bit (we are still moving in). Nothing terribly exciting. Although Jeff's last game was pretty exciting. They lost on a last second shot that hung on the rim forever before falling through the net. Other than that, the kids went to their mom's house, Tandy took Elizabeth over to a friend's birthday party for the afternoon, and I just hung out at home and burned some of the trash that we had in the garage. Some old boxes that weren't any good anymore.

It was a nice afternoon, kind of cool with a slight breeze.

A little dry.

Excellent conditions for burning stuff.

Grass for instance.

Most of the back pasture in fact. Even with only a slight breeze grass fires are much faster than, oh I don't know, let's say a 40 year-old man running 250' of garden hose from the house to the fire one hose at a time. (Get a hose, hook it up, run back and get the next hose, run it out, hook it up, repeat, repeat, repeat) It takes water a little time to run out of a long hose like that and it doesn't have a lot of pressure either. It doesn't, for instance, fill up a 5 gallon bucket very fast at all. Which is not helpful when the fire has already extended beyond the hoses reach. In fact, this is about the time I would recommend giving up and hollering for help.

If your neighbor happens to be named Charlie or, Darrell (his son), you could yell CHARLIE!!! DARRELL!!!! or something along those lines and if you are very lucky one of them (Darrell) will stick his head out of the garage and holler back, "HEY WHAT'S GOING ON NEIGHBOR?" immediately followed by "I'LL GET MY HOSE AND WORK IT FROM THIS SIDE!!!, YOU CALL THE FIRE DEPT YET?"

I hadn't but they did and help soon arrived. A couple driving by stopped in and started helping us fight it, the county sheriff stopped by, and then 2 trucks from the Deer Creek Fire Dept. It didn't take them long to cruise around my pasture and Charlie's pasture a few times and get it all put out. They managed to get to the cedar trees before they took off in flame. And they managed to save the boat that belongs to the neighbor behind Charlie's place.

So when they arrived I finally got a chance to breathe something besides smoke and catch my breath a little. Charlie was out on his golf cart watching the goings on as he would say. I climbed over the fence and said, "Well Charlie, I decided you needed a little excitement today." He just laughed and said that "It just evens things up." They had started a brush pile fire a few years ago that got away from them and came into our yard he reminded me. "It's a shame," he said, "that it didn't go the other direction and clean up that eyesore over yonder (my neighbor to the north)." I think I'll leave that for another day........

All in all the better part of 3 or 4 acres was burned off Saturday. I guess you might consider that exciting. As Charlie said, it's a good thing we both keep those pastures mowed down good. It could have been much, much worse. He also noted that, especially if we get a little moisture, that in a few days it will be green all over. I said, "Unfortunately, my wife will be home before that happens." If you click on the pictures you will get a look in much greater detail.

I likes me some occasional irony, it keeps life light-hearted and fresh. Notice how the grass fire went all the way around my burn pile with touching it? Classic irony..............it's a beautiful thing.