Truth for Youth

[Own]

I read these comics a while ago, and they're absolutely ridiculous.

Truth for Youth

Under "hot comics" click on different comic strips. It's so stupid and ridiculous I think they're really liberal trying reverse psycology.

This quote isn't exact words, because I can't copy/paste from a comic, but it means the same thing.

And who says they're experts, did they SEE evolution take happen?

Morons! Did you see god create the world? No, because if he created you then you wouldn't have existed yet.

 

[blindside]

I liked the evolution one.

 

[Birdjaguar]

For the ignorant and uneducated, such comics can deliver a powerful and convincing message. By failing to teach critical thinking in our schools we deprive our young people the skills to make smart decisions.

 

[nonconformist]

Jack Chick, to the rescue!

 

[Erik Mesoy]

For the ignorant and uneducated, such comics can deliver a powerful and convincing message. By failing to teach critical thinking in our schools we deprive our young people the skills to make smart decisions.

^^what he said^^

I already knew about Jack Chick, the fact that there's another of these fundies gives me the creeps.

 

[Own]

For the ignorant and uneducated, such comics can deliver a powerful and convincing message. By failing to teach critical thinking in our schools we deprive our young people the skills to make smart decisions.

At first I thought you meant, "incase the ignorant and uneducated didn't know, these comics can deliver a powerful message" but now I know what you mean, saying ignorant people like these.

 

[Bugfatty300]

I don't think the people who wrote and published this aren't liberals wanting to turn people off of christianity.

I can see how this crap can turn kids who aren't readily practicing christians away.

Some of this stuff is absolutely hilarious to read but some stuff just makes you go "huh?!"

 

[Own]

Some of it's hilarious, some is .

 

[Erik Mesoy]

Incidentally, let me give some hard facts here, demonstrating the faulty arguments used.
This is an excellent opportunity.

Most living marine specimens date at least several hundred years old using C-14.

Reason: C-14 has a half-life of thousands of years. If a living specimen is measured to have 99% of the carbon content one would expect, you get the following calculation:
.5^x = .99 (x being the number of half-lives gone by)
x log .5 = log .99
x = log .99 / log .5
x = .0145
So .0145*5730 = 83 years.
Now, what's with singling out "marine specimens"? Are there special conditions in the ocean, perhaps? Hmm, I see there is absolutely no reference for any of this.

As for potassium-argon...

A lava flow in Hawaii, historically dated to 1801 AD, gives a date of 1.1*10^6 years.

Potassium has a half-life of 1.3*10^9 years. You do the math. Go on, figure out what the potassium percentage is when a sample dates to 1.1*10^6 years. I dare you.

 

[Own]

Good job Erik

 

[Birdjaguar]

At first I thought you meant, "incase the ignorant and uneducated didn't know, these comics can deliver a powerful message" but now I know what you mean, saying ignorant people like these.

No, comics like these are designed to convince people the ideas expressed are correct. Ignorant people often do not have the skills to see through the deception and misrepresentation, therefore they can be convinced. By ignorant I mean the less educated and those without the skills to see through this and other klinds of advertising for what it really is. Curt would call them "Sheeple".

 

[Keirador]

Bwahahaha. . .
"When I was a homosexual 30 years ago" says a complete newcomer to the storyline. Like saying "back when I was in high school. . .
Fantastic.

 

[Own]

One of my favorite lines is

I was seconds from eternal hell, but then I yada yada yada

 

[CoolioVonHoolio]

LOL!!! this stuff is lame! i looked at the one on porn and one kid was like "if enjoying porno pix is wrong then i dont wanna be right" and the other kid was like, "but its harmful, like a drug too!"

SUCH A LIE!

 

[Own]

The rock music one is so ridiculous. That's about satanic worshipping music, not all rock is like that. Hell, almost no rock is like that.

 

[CoolioVonHoolio]

The rock music one is so ridiculous. That's about satanic worshipping music, not all rock is like that. Hell, almost no rock is like that.

yea i just read that one. i seriously do not know anyone who acts like that, even if they go to church every weekend and goes to bible school and stuff.

 

[Own]

My favorite remains the evolution one. If you haven't read it, I suggest you do, hilarious. Evolution is a racist concept , did you see evolution happen ?

 

[Perfection]

Now, what's with singling out "marine specimens"? Are there special conditions in the ocean, perhaps? Hmm, I see there is absolutely no reference for any of this.

C14 is less common in the ocean. C14 comes from cosmic ray bombardment of nitrogen in Earth's atmophere. The CO2 in the ocean is not entirely of fresh atmopheric origen and thus it gives older readings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating

 

[Till]

I love how they have one about peer pressure (haven't read that one yet) and in the Rock Music one they use peer pressure to make the main character think rock music concerts are bad.

 

[Own]

Good observation. Who says peer pressure is always a bad thing? Actually everyone of these is about some "evil kid" (ie porn addit, rock music fan, evolutionist, violent guy, gay guy) and then some bible kid peer pressures him into being a good boy.