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BanzaiBonnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 08:31 AM Original message |
CHRISTIAN 4TH GRADE SCHOOL TEXTBOOK TRIES TO EXPLAIN ELECTRICITY, GIVES UP |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yep, America, the world leader of the 21st century - at the bottom of the list. n/t |
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Denninmi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well, I can't see oxygen, either. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. Electricity is just Godpower, you know. God invented it. It's one |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. But who gave us Godpeople, and is there anyway we can return them and get a refund ... n/t |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 09:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Electricity rocks. n/t |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. They must mean that electricity is like God . . . . |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. The difference is that if you don't believe in electricity, |
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DenverDad (305 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. So why do I get a bill for it every month? |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Because god works in mysterious ways! n/t |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
8. No one has ever felt it . . . . other than anyone who has ever received a shock |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. You're not feeling *it.* You are feeling "what it does!" *It* is a mystery! |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. Check out their book on the moon. Amazing. |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. As an Amateur Astronomer, my head exploded when I read that part. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. When these kids get into a college level science class they will be in for a rude awakening |
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BanzaiBonnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Naaaah, they'll just go to Oral Roberts University |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
14. (NOT a hoax) Update: Crazy Bob Jones University Science Textbook: “Electricity is a Mystery.” |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Their explanation sounds plausible, until you look at the book... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Electricity is to Fundamentalists as Magnets is to Juggalos. n/t. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Fucking magnets? |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
20. OMG! |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-24-11 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
21. I posted this to Facebook and a friend replied |
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vets74 (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-25-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
22. OECD 2011 - We're bottom half everything, 20th finishing high school |
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