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franky
climber
Davis, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 18, 2009 - 12:53pm PT
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Today the crazy christians have invaded the UC Davis campus. They are giving out copies of Origin of Species in some strange effort to refute the ideas in the book. You would think the poor guys would just read the book and be convinced by the logic, but their superstitions prevent that I guess.
What is the most effective way to mock them? Any ideas?
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 18, 2009 - 12:54pm PT
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Go hand out bibles.
edit-Get some friends, collect some free books and sell them for beer.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Pasadena, CA
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Nov 18, 2009 - 01:08pm PT
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I believe I read somewhere that the copies of The Origin of Species are modified in such a way as to support what they are advocating, so it's not really entirely by Darwin. :-) Sounds like a bait and switch. There's a great This American Life about this. One segment deals with evangelicals coming to terms with bait and switch in their attempts to convert people:
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1325
See Act 2: Raw Sex.
Eric
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Nov 18, 2009 - 01:10pm PT
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I think they added a special 'intro'....
Get a copy, rip the crap out....there ya go!
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Nov 18, 2009 - 01:11pm PT
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Why not just beat the hell out of them?
Nobody has to tolerate stupid opinions.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Nov 18, 2009 - 01:18pm PT
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Tell them you know these guys:
They'll keep their distance. Trust me.
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dirtbag
climber
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Nov 18, 2009 - 01:20pm PT
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What is the most effective way to mock them? Any ideas?
Mocking them draws attention to their cause.
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franky
climber
Davis, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 18, 2009 - 01:27pm PT
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Their cause should have attention drawn to it, people need to know how many insane people exist in this world. It is easy to disregard fundamentalist christians as some minor sect of insanity within society, but so much more healthy to expose them for the bloodsucking frauds they are.
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TopoTweaker
Mountain climber
Norcal
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Nov 18, 2009 - 01:36pm PT
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Open it up and show them where they are wrong and why you think they are crazy. Otherwise, you end up sounding like the fundamentalist you love to hate. =)
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Nov 18, 2009 - 01:40pm PT
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You may as well argue with a wall. Don't waste your college years- go climbing immediately.
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franky
climber
Davis, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 18, 2009 - 01:53pm PT
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well, if you could show them were they are wrong, I'd do that. But the fact that they are crazy creationists by definition states that they don't put much stock in reason or logic.
How do you prove someone wrong when logic takes second place to superstition?
Better to just mock them in some entertaining way I'd say.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Nov 18, 2009 - 02:04pm PT
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If they're wrong, why worry about them?
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rectorsquid
climber
Lake Tahoe
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Nov 18, 2009 - 02:07pm PT
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"If they're wrong, why worry about them?"
Because they vote.
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franky
climber
Davis, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 18, 2009 - 02:15pm PT
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and because they like to get 'em while they're young and stupid.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Nov 18, 2009 - 02:16pm PT
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So does the Lyndon LaRouche dope who sits in front of the Post Office next to a cardboard box plastered with a giant poster of Obama wearing a Hitler mustache.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Nov 18, 2009 - 02:17pm PT
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Franky writes:
"and because they like to get 'em while they're young and stupid."
Maybe their game is Rope-A-Dope, and they're not looking for "converts".
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Nov 18, 2009 - 02:19pm PT
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Amazing how times don't change that much. Been over 25 years since I watched the same yelling match going on when I was in college. Can't believe it's still going on...
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dirtbag
climber
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Nov 18, 2009 - 02:27pm PT
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People already know they're nuts, just like the religious freakos screaming on street corners. Sure, it's fun to yell back once in awhile, but speaking as a veteran sh#t flinger I wouldn't expect anything constructive to occur.
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