Mozilla CEO resigns because of Prop 8 donation in 2008

Started by Barrister, April 04, 2014, 01:45:23 PM

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garbon

Quote from: Valmy on April 09, 2014, 10:30:40 PM
Quote from: Jacob on April 09, 2014, 10:29:22 PM
In the US perhaps.

I meant everywhere in US society.  My apologies.  I was not under the delusion Chick-Fil-A was symbolic of gay oppression in Cameroon.

:hug:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Razgovory

Quote from: grumbler on April 09, 2014, 09:01:43 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 09, 2014, 07:58:45 PM
One does not have to be a Christian to be a good scholar of Christianity.  Indeed, the case of Ehrman being a good scholar of Christianity led him to change his beliefs.  On the other hand it is hard to imagine a person who believes that the world is 6000 years old also has a good grasp of the science which proves otherwise.

That's called "moving the goal posts."  You said "creationist."  Not all creationists believe that the world was created 6,000 years ago.

Even so, I could see even a person who thinks that the world (and universe) was only 6,000 years old could serve as a science chair, so long as he understands (as you do not) that science says nothing about "proving" the age of the universe, and he has enough countervailing attributes  Science simply reports what the evidence leads us to believe, with the assumption that everything works as scientists believe that it does.  Science disproves things (with caveats) but doesn't prove anything.

CC, you really need to bail on this.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Jacob

Quote from: Valmy on April 09, 2014, 10:30:40 PM
Quote from: Jacob on April 09, 2014, 10:29:22 PM
In the US perhaps.

I meant everywhere in US society.  My apologies.  I was not under the delusion Chick-Fil-A was symbolic of gay oppression in Cameroon.

Apology accepted  :hug:

sbr


crazy canuck

Quote from: grumbler on April 09, 2014, 09:01:43 PM
I could see even a person who thinks that the world (and universe) was only 6,000 years old could serve as a science chair

Thats one of the reasons you will probably will never get the chance to hire a science chair.

grumbler

Quote from: crazy canuck on April 10, 2014, 06:30:40 AM
Quote from: grumbler on April 09, 2014, 09:01:43 PM
I could see even a person who thinks that the world (and universe) was only 6,000 years old could serve as a science chair

Thats one of the reasons you will probably will never again get the chance to hire a science chair.
FYP, though that's not one of the reasons.  However, I am far likelier to hire my second science chair again than you are to hire your first one. :smarty:
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

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DGuller

Quote from: grumbler on April 10, 2014, 08:13:31 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 10, 2014, 06:30:40 AM
Quote from: grumbler on April 09, 2014, 09:01:43 PM
I could see even a person who thinks that the world (and universe) was only 6,000 years old could serve as a science chair

Thats one of the reasons you will probably will never again get the chance to hire a science chair.
FYP, though that's not one of the reasons.  However, I am far likelier to hire my second science chair again than you are to hire your first one. :smarty:
Dayum!  :face:

derspiess

"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

PDH

I once helped hire the chair for Religious Studies.  I can argue too!
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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-CdM

Ed Anger

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derspiess

"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

PDH

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

Ed Anger

Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

DGuller

Quote from: derspiess on April 10, 2014, 08:38:14 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 10, 2014, 08:35:48 AM
I buy chairs, not hire them.

My wife bought 4 last week without consulting me :glare:
:pinch: You failed as a husband, you failed as a man. :console:

garbon

"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.