I think the point is that JEB! is way funnier. Sort of like Chimpanzees are apes, but it is still funnier to call them monkeys.

Wow, that is powerful. Pretty sure I've never had 1000 screaming school kids make me tear up before. (Except that one time they were yelling at me, different context though.)

Always great to have a video up-voted here, but this one got linked to on bluesnews.com!

(Doubt anyone else cares, but that was the very first site I ever bookmarked on my own computer, in 1996 or something like that, so this is a big deal for me and I have no one else to brag to.)

Maybe his family, like mine, is spread out across the globe and can't all get together for a moment like this. Maybe YouTube/Facebook is the perfect medium for this guy to convey this moment to extremely interested family members and friends far and wide. And maybe he did intend for strangers to see this if they so choose. Maybe he thought sharing a moment like this, a moment we all hope and pray will never come, would be something that could maybe be valuable to total strangers. Maybe he felt sharing something like that could give his child's brief life more meaning. Maybe it might cause total strangers to put their life in perspective, even if just for a moment. (It sure did for me.)

*beg

*promote

Honestly. Seriously... honestly... what is a greater danger to the average Israeli? Rockets... or a car accident. How many Israelis died last week. How many were automobile related? How many were heart disease? How many were cancer? How many were rockets? I'm guessing you already know how these dangers rank in the death toll.

I don't support either side in this. But, to say the suffering in Israel is even in the ballpark of what is being felt in Palestine is just silly. Please allow facts room to breath, regardless of your prejudices. We all have these prejudices. Please... please... just don't encourage them.

Fixed it. *promote

*beg

Upvoted for the title as much as for the video.

Damnit... *isdupe

I respectfully, yet strongly, disagree. I have also owned an elderly dog that was in constant pain. I feel that this dog wanted to live, regardless of what pain he was in. He limped, he struggled, yet he still did as much as he did, for as long as he could. I never saw one bit of evidence that the dog, himself, wanted to die before his time. I think it is a convenience to the owner, not the dog, to put it down before it dies naturally. It is hard to see your beloved pet in pain. I get that. That does not mean it would prefer to die.

While I admire your absurd Fred Flintstone stubble... you, Sir, are a douche bag of the highest order. Since events of the last couple years make it statistically improbable that you are straight, (not to mention your self-presentation,) I hope, for your sake, you are wrong and that the naturally occurring and completely healthy lifestyles you are demonizing are in fact, and obviously, healthy. Please embrace your obvious self.

Signed... a non-fooled straight guy.

>> ^TheJehosephat:

>> ^xxovercastxx:

I think it's a giant leap of faith to assume there is such a thing as "outside of the universe", never mind the assumptions you've made about things that exist outside of it.

Then what are string theorists and multiverse theorists dealing with? I'm not sure what you are saying here, so help me out
>> ^xxovercastxx:

When they talk about the age of the universe, they are talking about how long it's been since the Big Bang, ie: how long the universe has existed in its present state. Anything that may have existed prior to that is a giant question mark. We've only gotten to the point where we can even consider researching these things within the last decade.

Ok, but how does this negate anything I have said? "Anything that may have existed prior to that is a giant question mark." Yes, indeed that's true. So, how can you assume you know what came before the Big Bang was not God, when there are no scientific ways to test this, just theorizing?
What you seem to have just proposed, is that "I don't know and no one else knows, therefore your theory is wrong."


The point is that, yes, there isn't a fully endorsed scientific way to fully explain what was going on before the 'big bang'. There are lots of competing theories, with more or less scientifically provable basis, but they admit their shortcomings and welcome more information and the proof of their shortcomings.

You aren't addressing the issue with a 'giant question mark.' If you truly started with a 'question mark' you would doubt God as much as any atheist. You start with the result that you want.

How can I assume that what came before the Big Bang isn't God? I cant. I don't have enough information. How can you prove that it wasn't a giant chocolate fondu? Can you prove it? If you can't prove that this 'God' person was responsible for it, but you still believe it to be true, and resist any opposing theory, then you are not involved in any sort of science what so ever that would surpass 'it was a chocolate fondu!' theroy.

'God' starts with 'This is correct' and works backwards from there. Lightning, earthquakes, hurricanes, and so many other things where all once God's domain... not any more in any but the most abstract of sense. Magic is no longer required, we can now see what is going on here based on logical observation. Learned information forced this to be incorrect in all but the most ignorant of believers. Same for thousands of other natural phenomenon. Why would you, with no evidence in your favor, declare it to be so on any subject and claim any sort of science. Science is a result of repeatable test and proof... not faith. Faith is to have an idea without proof or science.

Edit: And, if what you work with is faith, I share none of it, but I don't mean to disrespect your experience on this earth. I am just offended when faith is attempted to be included as an equal scientific companion to what can be proven. What 'can't' be prove is not, by any means, equal to what can be proven.

@2:43 - Magic Belt Buckle of the Sun God is awe inspiring.