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		<title>By: Chelsy Askren</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/04/14/no-intelligance-allowed/#comment-187853</link>
		<dc:creator>Chelsy Askren</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I misspelled Intelligence…….SO WHAT………i made a mistake……i even tried to fix it……i am human i am allowed to make mistakes you know…….i bet there was a time in your life when you misspelled a word or two…….you know i think it is a shame that you would take the time to mention this in your blog….you obviously have allot of time on your hands and i suggest you find more profitable things to do with it……since you’re so good at spelling why not become a teacher……just a thought. If your going to bother offering advise to people i also suggest doing it in a more constructive way so that its not a complete waste of your time…..people might actually respect and listen to what you have to say.

Oh yeah and also……..i choose to rarely use punctuation online because I’m not writing a paper or doing anything that requires me to do so…….and sometimes ill be honest i don’t have allot of time……and sometimes i just dont feel like it…….i also dont use my spell check either…….oops did i say i needed a spell check occasionally…….thats not very intelligent is it OH WELL…….You know whats funny about all this……you all must find yourself very intelligent for pointing out my lack of intelligence for spelling intelligent incorrectly…….seriously get a life.

You know whats even more ridiculous you type my name in on google.com and this website comes up......so i hope your all satisfied now anyone could find out that chelsy askren misspelled intelligence.....not sure they will get as excited about it as you have though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I misspelled Intelligence…….SO WHAT………i made a mistake……i even tried to fix it……i am human i am allowed to make mistakes you know…….i bet there was a time in your life when you misspelled a word or two…….you know i think it is a shame that you would take the time to mention this in your blog….you obviously have allot of time on your hands and i suggest you find more profitable things to do with it……since you’re so good at spelling why not become a teacher……just a thought. If your going to bother offering advise to people i also suggest doing it in a more constructive way so that its not a complete waste of your time…..people might actually respect and listen to what you have to say.</p>
<p>Oh yeah and also……..i choose to rarely use punctuation online because I’m not writing a paper or doing anything that requires me to do so…….and sometimes ill be honest i don’t have allot of time……and sometimes i just dont feel like it…….i also dont use my spell check either…….oops did i say i needed a spell check occasionally…….thats not very intelligent is it OH WELL…….You know whats funny about all this……you all must find yourself very intelligent for pointing out my lack of intelligence for spelling intelligent incorrectly…….seriously get a life.</p>
<p>You know whats even more ridiculous you type my name in on google.com and this website comes up&#8230;&#8230;so i hope your all satisfied now anyone could find out that chelsy askren misspelled intelligence&#8230;..not sure they will get as excited about it as you have though.</p>
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		<title>By: Katie</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/04/14/no-intelligance-allowed/#comment-154447</link>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When it comes to the Web (discounting non-personal blogs), the most talking is typically done by the stupidest people. Why?

Well, they&#039;re stupid, which is why they&#039;re wasting all their time babbling incoherently about things they can&#039;t even spell, let alone understand.

They also have nothing better to do, which is why they are able to do this in the first place.

Those of us with or pursuing college degrees (who actually deserve said degrees) tend to have a lot more important things going on than making up unscientific &quot;alternatives&quot; to evolution.

In the most basic incarnation of the difference between ID and evolution:

ID is logically anomalous even in terms of itself, without even considering the fact that it makes (incorrect) assumptions about everything from astronomy to zoology, taking a rather painful detour at causality.

Evolution on the other hand is an idea that came up two centuries ago, out of the church for crying out loud. It was incredibly disliked, and Darwin himself could have easily stifled it for who knows how long by simply discarding the idea and continuing with his plans of priesthood. Instead, time and time again scientists have tossed their faith (if any) to the side in order to objectively evaluate evolution... and time and time again, despite countless attempts at finding contradictory evidence (actual or contrived), and despite evolution&#039;s inherent scientific falsifiability, it has instead been backed up and reinforced, expanded, and strengthened by *every single experiment* ever invoked against it.

That&#039;s tens to hundreds of thousands of unique data points that all give evolution a thumbs-up, whereas anyone with a basic understanding of logic can debunk ID during a coffee break.

So yeah, let&#039;s not be concerned about the volume (in terms of sound as well as scale) of these idiots. The simple fact that most atheists aren&#039;t so vocal just demonstrates that we&#039;re a lot more civil, polite, and accepting than they are... and that we have far better things to do with our time than misspell &quot;intelligence&quot; on Facebook.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When it comes to the Web (discounting non-personal blogs), the most talking is typically done by the stupidest people. Why?</p>
<p>Well, they&#8217;re stupid, which is why they&#8217;re wasting all their time babbling incoherently about things they can&#8217;t even spell, let alone understand.</p>
<p>They also have nothing better to do, which is why they are able to do this in the first place.</p>
<p>Those of us with or pursuing college degrees (who actually deserve said degrees) tend to have a lot more important things going on than making up unscientific &#8220;alternatives&#8221; to evolution.</p>
<p>In the most basic incarnation of the difference between ID and evolution:</p>
<p>ID is logically anomalous even in terms of itself, without even considering the fact that it makes (incorrect) assumptions about everything from astronomy to zoology, taking a rather painful detour at causality.</p>
<p>Evolution on the other hand is an idea that came up two centuries ago, out of the church for crying out loud. It was incredibly disliked, and Darwin himself could have easily stifled it for who knows how long by simply discarding the idea and continuing with his plans of priesthood. Instead, time and time again scientists have tossed their faith (if any) to the side in order to objectively evaluate evolution&#8230; and time and time again, despite countless attempts at finding contradictory evidence (actual or contrived), and despite evolution&#8217;s inherent scientific falsifiability, it has instead been backed up and reinforced, expanded, and strengthened by *every single experiment* ever invoked against it.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s tens to hundreds of thousands of unique data points that all give evolution a thumbs-up, whereas anyone with a basic understanding of logic can debunk ID during a coffee break.</p>
<p>So yeah, let&#8217;s not be concerned about the volume (in terms of sound as well as scale) of these idiots. The simple fact that most atheists aren&#8217;t so vocal just demonstrates that we&#8217;re a lot more civil, polite, and accepting than they are&#8230; and that we have far better things to do with our time than misspell &#8220;intelligence&#8221; on Facebook.</p>
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		<title>By: Skeptigator</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/04/14/no-intelligance-allowed/#comment-152906</link>
		<dc:creator>Skeptigator</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Irony. Over. Whelming. Can&#039;t. Breathe</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Irony. Over. Whelming. Can&#8217;t. Breathe</p>
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		<title>By: Cade</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/04/14/no-intelligance-allowed/#comment-152746</link>
		<dc:creator>Cade</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Alright, I&#039;m going to shamelessly plug my group on Facebook.

&quot;There is no god and the Babel Fish proves it!&quot;
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7627053132</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alright, I&#8217;m going to shamelessly plug my group on Facebook.</p>
<p>&#8220;There is no god and the Babel Fish proves it!&#8221;<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7627053132" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7627053132</a></p>
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		<title>By: Charred Atheist</title>
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		<dc:creator>Charred Atheist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I rarely use my facebook account, I hate that kind of stuff. But just for you I joined the group. Ben Stein is going down now baby!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I rarely use my facebook account, I hate that kind of stuff. But just for you I joined the group. Ben Stein is going down now baby!</p>
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		<title>By: Ted Goas</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/04/14/no-intelligance-allowed/#comment-152719</link>
		<dc:creator>Ted Goas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seriously,&lt;strong&gt; we &lt;em&gt;are bad&lt;/em&gt; at this Facebook thing&lt;/strong&gt;! We have the blog thing down and have a nice online community, but why don&#039;t we have more of a presence on social networking sites? They&#039;re a great way to spread the word.

Oh, that reminds me to go dust off my MySpace account...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seriously,<strong> we <em>are bad</em> at this Facebook thing</strong>! We have the blog thing down and have a nice online community, but why don&#8217;t we have more of a presence on social networking sites? They&#8217;re a great way to spread the word.</p>
<p>Oh, that reminds me to go dust off my MySpace account&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: richard</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/04/14/no-intelligance-allowed/#comment-152696</link>
		<dc:creator>richard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ah, no images...

http://foo.ca/wp/2008/04/14/no-spelung-alloud/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah, no images&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://foo.ca/wp/2008/04/14/no-spelung-alloud/" rel="nofollow">http://foo.ca/wp/2008/04/14/no-spelung-alloud/</a></p>
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		<title>By: richard</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/04/14/no-intelligance-allowed/#comment-152690</link>
		<dc:creator>richard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Trying to help them out... 

 

I appear to have grabbed the screenshot from one of the other Expelled groups I posted to, but I posted the same thing to the one with the multiple spelling errors.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Trying to help them out&#8230; </p>
<p>I appear to have grabbed the screenshot from one of the other Expelled groups I posted to, but I posted the same thing to the one with the multiple spelling errors.</p>
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		<title>By: No spelung alloud. at bankrupt artist v.3</title>
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		<dc:creator>No spelung alloud. at bankrupt artist v.3</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] to the Friendly Atheist pointing out a lovely bit of irony in action, I had to go help out by posting some helpful helpful [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] to the Friendly Atheist pointing out a lovely bit of irony in action, I had to go help out by posting some helpful helpful [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Lee</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/04/14/no-intelligance-allowed/#comment-152613</link>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From watching the Expelled &#039;Super Trailer&#039;, the main complaint that Ben Stein seems to have about Evolution and (un)Intelligent Design is that ID does not  get its share of coverage in peer reviewed professional science journals - and he seems to liken that to a stifling of freedom of speech for the writers of the articles that are submitted for peer review. 

This argument is flawed because the purpose of peer reviewed articles is to keep academic and professional information up to a standard that ensures the reliability of the information contained within. It is a privilege - not a right - to be published in such a journal (and if you&#039;re stupid enough to send an article for peer review that is not capable of passing the test of the scientific method, then you&#039;re asking for the ridicule you receive!).

I&#039;m certain that if the proponents of ID ever submitted an article that was worthy of a peer reviewed journal, then it would certainly be published and raved about incessantly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From watching the Expelled &#8216;Super Trailer&#8217;, the main complaint that Ben Stein seems to have about Evolution and (un)Intelligent Design is that ID does not  get its share of coverage in peer reviewed professional science journals &#8211; and he seems to liken that to a stifling of freedom of speech for the writers of the articles that are submitted for peer review. </p>
<p>This argument is flawed because the purpose of peer reviewed articles is to keep academic and professional information up to a standard that ensures the reliability of the information contained within. It is a privilege &#8211; not a right &#8211; to be published in such a journal (and if you&#8217;re stupid enough to send an article for peer review that is not capable of passing the test of the scientific method, then you&#8217;re asking for the ridicule you receive!).</p>
<p>I&#8217;m certain that if the proponents of ID ever submitted an article that was worthy of a peer reviewed journal, then it would certainly be published and raved about incessantly.</p>
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