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On January 15 2011 06:33 danl9rm wrote:
1. Moses did not write 100% of the Pentateuch, ok.
2. wat?
3. double wat?
4. lol? dude.. i'm only responding to this post in case someone believes what you typed.
At the very least, you're probably wrong about #2. Jswizzy is probably right, according to Wikipedia; the workers were paid wages (or were levied as part of a tax) and worked in the off-seasons.
Irony in a Misconception thread.
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Damn. I just spent an hour reading the whole wikipedia list. Interesting stuff.
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Dutch misconception: If you mess with a swan, it may get angry and break your arm with a stroke of on of its wings. Told to children to keep them away from swans, nest-guarding swans may hurt small children, but there has not been a single report of a swan breaking someone's bones, ever.
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On January 15 2011 07:03 nepeta wrote:
Dutch misconception: If you mess with a swan, it may get angry and break your arm with a stroke of on of its wings. Told to children to keep them away from swans, nest-guarding swans may hurt small children, but there has not been a single report of a swan breaking someone's bones, ever.
They had a swan drown a black lab that went swimming in a lake near my parent's house so I can see were this is coming from.
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On January 15 2011 01:41 NoobSkills wrote:Show nested quote +On January 15 2011 01:29 Mindcrime wrote:On January 15 2011 01:26 Yuljan wrote:
"It is a common misconception, even among adults, that humans and dinosaurs (in the ordinary sense of the term) coexisted: According to the California Academy of Sciences, around 41% of U.S. adults mistakenly believe they co-existed.[102] The last of the dinosaurs died around 65 million years ago, after the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, whereas the earliest Homo genus (humans) evolved between 2.3 and 2.4 million years ago."
lol who actually believes humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time. creationists Interesting response. In a sense yes they should think this way, but I don't believe most do. Even though the bible states that we must have coexisted (because of the time line of which humans and dinosaurs were here) they don't think about the relation to the time line. Really though most of those that believe we were here while the dinosaurs are just idiots who watch to much TV.
Every creationist I've ever met (a fair few) does in fact believe that dinosaurs and humans coexisted. This is probably because the ones I know are smart enough to know that 'god put fossils there to test us' is an incredibly stupid thing to say, but they're not smart enough to realise that young earth creationism is a total joke.
(Please, if anyone is feeling the urge to argue that point, don't.)
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Bulls are not enraged by the color red, used in capes by professional matadors. Cattle are red-green color-blind. It is not the color of the cape that angers the bull, but rather the movement of the fabric that irritates the bull and incites it to charge
Did not know this. Great read!
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a lot of it can be misconstrued, and bended to fit their point...
But it's not misconstrued when the Christian does the bending to make sure it fits his point. Nothing new there.
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On January 15 2011 07:03 nepeta wrote:
Dutch misconception: If you mess with a swan, it may get angry and break your arm with a stroke of on of its wings. Told to children to keep them away from swans, nest-guarding swans may hurt small children, but there has not been a single report of a swan breaking someone's bones, ever.
does happen in canada with our geese though  those things are nasty
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That was very, very interesting. Can't believe I sat there and read it all.
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England2663 Posts
On January 15 2011 05:17 FrostOtter wrote:
Anyone here watch QI? I think about half of those have been on the show.
Also, Behemoth is usually translated as hippo or something of the sort.
QI is just writers at the BBC testing how much bullshit "smart" people will swallow.
The answer it quite a lot. People believe that show just because of how it's presented, that is as a show that is set to "disprove" these misconceptions, but all it does is spread more.
It takes a lot of people a long time before they realise this. An italian friend of mine believed every word he heard until a piece about Italians throwing pasta at walls to see if it's ready was on the show. That's not true either by the way, Italians don't throw pasta at the wall to see if it's cooked. At least not any I know.
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It sounds like most Koreans honestly believe the fan myth... that is funny.
Some of the article really surprised me, good to know the truth. Assuming everything written was correct of course.
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Common misconception regarding Australia: Dropbears are a myth.
Dropbears are in fact real, as demonstrated by the fact that there is a section detailed on the National Australian Museum website.
Just read through that whole Wiki article. I feel much smarter in some regards - the 'alcohol doesn't actually make you warmer' thing was an eye opener.
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On January 15 2011 05:25 FrostOtter wrote:Show nested quote +On January 15 2011 05:22 VonLego wrote:
Common misconception: Christians believe Genesis is literal. I've found that atheists take the Bible much more literally than most Christians I know. So fundamentalist Christians and atheists must believe dinosaurs and people co-existed.
Most atheists I know actually seem generally to disregard the Bible altogether, so they definitely don't believe humans and dinosaurs coexisted.
I tend to carry a more allegorical interpretation of Genesis, as you said (I think) :>
How did this get into a theological discussion/debate? lolol (Though the title really tends to lend itself to said discussion.)
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On January 15 2011 06:33 danl9rm wrote:Show nested quote +On January 15 2011 06:23 Jswizzy wrote:On January 15 2011 06:07 Shiragaku wrote:On January 15 2011 05:22 VonLego wrote:
Common misconception: Christians believe Genesis is literal. What is interesting was hearing Jewish Rabbi's talk about the Torah. The ones I talked to said that The Torah is not history. While much of it appears to be based on real events such as the wars between Israel and the other bordering tribes, it is still scripture in the end and the point is to teach you a lesson. But I really do not know what to say about Deuteronomy and all the massacres, rapes, and extreme sexism. Also, the Israelite were not monotheistic. They were pagan. There are two versions of how the earth was created. In the first version, God appears to know what he is doing and creates man without problem. The second version is God creates everything, then he creates Adam. He gives him a lovely garden but Adam really is not satisfied. Then he gives him animals to name and he is still not satisfied. Then Yahweh creates Eve and Adam is finally satisfied. In that particular story, God seems somewhat clueless about man and decides to experiment. Well the Torah has plenty of mis-conceptions about it. I can name four off the top of head 1.Moses did not write all the books in it 2.Slaves did not built the Pyramids, the builders were actually well paid workers and most likely farmers working in the off season 3. Deuteronomy was not "discovered" until the reign of King Josiah. It was mostly written as a power play to establish Yahweh, the family god of Josiah, as the national god. 4. Monotheism is not expressed the in Torah. That came latter with second Isaiah. 1. Moses did not write 100% of the Pentateuch, ok. 2. wat? 3. double wat? 4. lol? dude.. i'm only responding to this post in case someone believes what you typed.
There's a lot of evidence that supports his points. Since it seems like you haven't even heard them mentioned before, I would suggest that you at least look into the evidence that supports them before you dismiss them offhand.
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Gas has no odor to it. Odors are added to it so that it can be easily detected for obvious safety reasons.
What's up with all the religious debate here? A real atheist embraces atheism instead of bashing theism. That's my opinion.
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On January 15 2011 09:09 CreditM wrote:
Gas has no odor to it. Odors are added to it so that it can be easily detected for obvious safety reasons.
What's up with all the religious debate here? A real atheist embraces atheism instead of bashing theism. That's my opinion.
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Oh, you mean the gas in your kitchen stove or outside grill. Yeah, propane and what-not has odors added to it.
Let's see...common misconception was that Puritans in England and New England were a sexually repressed theocracy, quite the opposite in fact. Damn you, Hawthorne.
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On January 15 2011 09:09 CreditM wrote:
Gas has no odor to it. Odors are added to it so that it can be easily detected for obvious safety reasons.
What's up with all the religious debate here? A real atheist embraces atheism instead of bashing theism. That's my opinion.
I agree. I was raised in a very conservative Christian home, where the Bible was considered the unadulterated word of God, and every single word was placed there for a reason. It made me, in large part, the person I am today. Just because I no longer share the beliefs of my mother and former church does not mean that I don't respect religion and the opinions and beliefs of religious people. Several of my closest friends are still members of that religion, and one is even a young-Earth creationist with a Ph.D in Biology (yes, seriously).
I don't agree with what they believe, but I understand why they believe the way they do and I respect it. It was easy for me to leave Christianity, because it never really meant anything personal to me. Finding purpose and meaning as part of a self-aware universe came much easier to me than following the will of a God that I struggled futilely to communicate with. For some people this is not the case, and a belief in and relationship with God gives them the drive and purpose to live a fulfilling, productive life. One of my most respected mentors is a physician who is extremely religious, and that conviction has led him to devote his life to serving people in places like Haiti and sub-Saharan Africa. How can you NOT respect that?
The only time you'll ever find me "bashing" theism is when people ignorantly and naively use their beliefs as a platform for talking down to others with absolutely no clue about where their beliefs likely even came from. A case in point is the post I quoted just above. There's just so much to learn in this world, and the handful of decades we have as intelligent adults is far too short to spend acting like we have all the answers. If people stopped arguing about stupid shit and just started taking notes, the world would be a much more enlightening place.
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On January 15 2011 01:26 Yuljan wrote:
"It is a common misconception, even among adults, that humans and dinosaurs (in the ordinary sense of the term) coexisted: According to the California Academy of Sciences, around 41% of U.S. adults mistakenly believe they co-existed.[102] The last of the dinosaurs died around 65 million years ago, after the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, whereas the earliest Homo genus (humans) evolved between 2.3 and 2.4 million years ago."
lol who actually believes humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time.
Hahaha.
I don't know if this is on the list, but apparently only like 65% of Americans know the sun is a star.
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Lol Tasteless just said that milk causes mucous. I had never heard of it until I read it on the list of common misconceptions today - failure of our education system, clearly.
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