Good week ended. I went 4-1-1 and improved my record to 42-40-4 on the year. The Bacon Special came in to make my pathetic record 4-8-2. With games on Saturday, I am submitting picks early, so here we go:
New England by 4 and a half against Tampa Bay. I noticed this line didn't jump around with the uncertainty of Brady and his knee. I'm thinking New England is a cinch here.
Tennessee getting 7 against Seattle. Seattle thinks they are gonna cakewalk this week. Don't count on it.
Houston getting 2 against Arizona. Houston will win. Watch.
Philly getting 3 and a half against St. Louis. The Rams are deader than Philly this week.
Oakland by 3 against Cleveland. This is a system play. Cold weather eastern team going to sunny California to get their head handed to them on a silver and black platter.
And my Bacon Special: Washington by 3 against the flukey Dallas Cowboys. Watch for Bledsoe to get shut down. This slaughter is gonna be as bad as Custer's Last Stand.
December 16, 2005
December 14, 2005
A New Religion for the Masses is Needed
I was just checking out the stats again from Religious Tolerance.org with respect to American beliefs about evolution and the earth's beginning. Again, the most disgusting stat is that 45% of Americans believe that the earth is literally less than 10,000 years old and that evolution did not occur. Europe, by the way, has much less people believing this.
I blame poor education partly on this. 65% of high school drop outs are YECs (Young Earth Creationists), while only 25% of college grads are YECs (theology students account for a few of these yo yo's I'm sure).
I have peaked at the bibles and I find it hard myself to believe the nonsense in there and also believe that evolution of man could have occurred, or that the earth even revolves around the sun, but that is another matter.
Getting back to the survey, outside of the 10% of American Atheists, 39% of Americans believe in Theistic Evolution. Theistic Evolution by definition is that "man has developed over millions of years, but God guided this process, including man's creation." This is vague and doesn't necessarily mean that man came from a one celled common ancestor to all living animals who ever existed on earth, but it doesn't discount that idea either.
It is this 39% that need a bible rewrite. The Adam and Eve story has to be scrapped or completely fictionalized. Genesis needs a literal rewrite too. Well OK, both the NT and the OT need a complete do over.
A new religion or two is needed to branch off, so that this 39% of the population (over 100 million people) can go to a house of research and stop laughing at the nonsensical dogmas that are "forced" on them. They must feel like hypocrites in many cases.
I wish I was in that 39%, I would start this thing up myself. But alas, I am not. I have seen nothing in my life that doesn't have a scientific explanation or theory behind it. I see no evidence that God exists or ever existed. But I don't mind someone who believes in God and evolution and an ancient universe. It is unfortunate these people don't have a proper house of worship though.
I blame poor education partly on this. 65% of high school drop outs are YECs (Young Earth Creationists), while only 25% of college grads are YECs (theology students account for a few of these yo yo's I'm sure).
I have peaked at the bibles and I find it hard myself to believe the nonsense in there and also believe that evolution of man could have occurred, or that the earth even revolves around the sun, but that is another matter.
Getting back to the survey, outside of the 10% of American Atheists, 39% of Americans believe in Theistic Evolution. Theistic Evolution by definition is that "man has developed over millions of years, but God guided this process, including man's creation." This is vague and doesn't necessarily mean that man came from a one celled common ancestor to all living animals who ever existed on earth, but it doesn't discount that idea either.
It is this 39% that need a bible rewrite. The Adam and Eve story has to be scrapped or completely fictionalized. Genesis needs a literal rewrite too. Well OK, both the NT and the OT need a complete do over.
A new religion or two is needed to branch off, so that this 39% of the population (over 100 million people) can go to a house of research and stop laughing at the nonsensical dogmas that are "forced" on them. They must feel like hypocrites in many cases.
I wish I was in that 39%, I would start this thing up myself. But alas, I am not. I have seen nothing in my life that doesn't have a scientific explanation or theory behind it. I see no evidence that God exists or ever existed. But I don't mind someone who believes in God and evolution and an ancient universe. It is unfortunate these people don't have a proper house of worship though.
December 13, 2005
December 11, 2005
NFL Picks for December 11th
I fell below 500 thanks to being 2 and 4 last week. My record on the year is 38-39-3 which is bad enough to possibly allow me to pick for a newspaper. My Specials have been horrible (I must like saying horrible) at 3-8-2 this year.
This weeks picks:
Pittsburgh by 6 and a half against Da Bears. Yes I am actually picking Pittsburgh.
Jacksonville plus 9 against Indy. Indy may lose this game.
Carolina by 6 against Tampa Bay. I'm looking for a blow out here.
Dallas by 3 and KC. Dallas really needs this one, so does KC but Dallas is at home.
Detroit getting 6 points against Green Bay.
And my Bacon Special is the Jets getting 3 points against the Collinsless Oakland Raiders.
This weeks picks:
Pittsburgh by 6 and a half against Da Bears. Yes I am actually picking Pittsburgh.
Jacksonville plus 9 against Indy. Indy may lose this game.
Carolina by 6 against Tampa Bay. I'm looking for a blow out here.
Dallas by 3 and KC. Dallas really needs this one, so does KC but Dallas is at home.
Detroit getting 6 points against Green Bay.
And my Bacon Special is the Jets getting 3 points against the Collinsless Oakland Raiders.
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