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Item Number E140670
Space Shuttle Discovery Orbiter Vehicle-103




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It's never been easier to leave your desk behind. Discovery, the third orbiter to become operational at Kennedy Space Center, was named after one of two ships that were used by the British explorer James Cook in the 1770s during voyages in the South Pacific that led to the discovery of the Hawaiian Islands.

Loaded with a Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor 548 supporting hyperthreading technology, the Discovery not only makes quick work out of trips in to outter space, but enables you freely roam perimeter to strip bits of bark and insulation from it's brittle undercarriage. With two, large 15.4" diagonal widescreen LCD displays and 'Realtek' integrated stereo speakers, you'll be the envy of a country or two in no time, which is good as you will probably need them to come pick you up.

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Item Number E17976
Super Scorpio: Remote Operating Vehicle w/ Answering Machine



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The US Navy never had it so good, and now they can have it even better with the SUPER SCORPION REMOTE OPERATING VEHICLE. This bad boy can be airlifted using any C-5 transport plane and is a great way of rescuing Russian submarines stranded in the Northern Pacific.

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Term: Intelligent Design
Function: noun
1: the assertion which states that certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by positing an intelligent designer (read: God).
2: "To replace materialistic explanations with the theistic understanding that nature and human beings are created by God."

My problem with Intelligent Design (ID) is not that it might provide a way for religion (voo doo) to weave it's way into science (science), but that Intelligent Design's (ID's) underlying premise proves that God is evil. Christians should be outraged by what ID proposes, instead they see this as a victory and validation for their beliefs.


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In a nutshell: ID's description states that only 'certain features' of the universe can be applied and this theory provides no account or explanation for purposelessness in nature (dysteleology) which is witnessed in the existence of vestigial parts (eg: human organs). 'Certain features,' is the first red light (for obvious reasons), but ID's explanation of pathogens, microbes, and viruses makes God Himself, and not man's sin, the author of evil.


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Last month, there was a Creationism Mega Conference (no shit, there actually was), which brought together 'the world’s greatest minds in creation to equip people to defend their faith.' It also yeilded this lovely quote:

"Once you have God intervening in the world to tinker with his design to bring good things, he is also responsible for all the bad things. It's inescapable. But the ID folks are running around pretending to be scientists. The second they talk about natural history being influenced by human sin is the day they blow their cover. But this leaves them with no effective answer at all. Usually they just argue lamely that what we perceive as bad design might actually have some hidden purpose. Sorry guys. No one's buying that."
- Jason Rosenhouse: Author of 'The Panda's Thumb'


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So after all of this explanation and citation, what's my point? Well I'll tells ya. This week there has been some discussion about having schools discuss "intelligent design" alongside evolution when teaching students about the creation of life. Christian conservatives have been pushing for the teaching of intelligent design in public schools not understanding the full breadth of the damage it could do to their own childrens' belief structure. The last thing these radical Christians need is to have their own kids questioning even more, and that's excactly what will happen.


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This debate will only work to divide our fractured education system even more and turn Christian against Christian and, trust me, that's exactly what them stinkin' sword-wieldin' Arabs want.