...the Grand Canyon was formed 4,500 years ago."
"Yep."
"By a flood."
"Yes, when God flooded the earth to punish man for his sins."
"The Big Flood, the Noah's Ark flood."
"The same."
"So the earth was underwater for like five months, and when the water receded into the oceans, poof, there was a Grand Canyon."
"The Great Flood formed the canyon, yes."
"I wonder...how come all the other recorded major floods--Zuyder Zee, The Yellow river, The Nothsea coast--how come they didn't make a Grand Canyon? Albeit, you know, littler ones. Canyonettes."
"The Great Flood was a punishment sent by God, those other floods...were just floods."
"So you have to add 'wrath' to make a Grand Canyon."
"I wouldn't put it that way, but yes."
"Otherwise it's just a meteorological event. Like New Orleans being under water."
"Well, in some instances, but not New Orleans. Many Christians believe New Orleans was punished for its sins. The sins of the men who live there. The drugs, prostitution, gambling, pre-marital sex, open acceptance of homosexuals and transvestites...its a modern-day Babylon"
"So Katrina was sent by God to punish sinners."
"There's no doubt."
"Aha!"
"Aha?"
"Katrina was God's wrath! So when they finally pump the last bit of water out of that sin-hole, there'll be a Grand Canyon!"
"There will not be a Grand Canyon."
"Sure there will. Sin plus wrath plus flood equals canyon. You said so yourself.
"That's not...you're confusing things."
"Look, I'm just trying to work with your formula here. Let's go back to the beginning...the Grand Canyon was formed by a flood 4,500 years ago..."
Okay, you Godless culture-war-starting liberal, why do you hate America so much?
Posted by: Vidiot at October 6, 2005 03:06 PMI could ask you the same thing...Mister 'taking pictures of the outside of buildings on a public street'.
Does Al Qaeda send you a check directly? Or is the money funneled through channels?
Wait, so these mysterious $10,000 checks I get every month from the "42 Virgins Foundation" aren't on the level?
Sheeeit.
Posted by: Vidiot at October 6, 2005 10:18 PMi like to think that a lot of people who answer the polls about "yeah, about 4,500 years ago" aren't really so much believing the militant christian ideology as they are number-numb. i mean, the guy leading the rafting trip is clearly nuts, but the gallup polls that ask about numbers, i think they're getting more the numerically inept than the scientifically delusional.
like the kids who go, "my dad is really old, like fifteen or something". i mean, it's impossible for me to imagine what the difference between 4500 and 4.5 billion is: both numbers exceed my grasp, it's just a question of memorizing the correct figures.
Or do you mean Shi'ite?
Sunni day...chasing the clouds away...
Posted by: Vidiot at October 7, 2005 11:42 AMThought so. Infidel.
Posted by: antigeist at October 7, 2005 11:44 AM