I hope you had the alcoholic beverage of choice on hand... I have a soft spot for it, but TBH is just the wrong side of ‘good cheese’.

I am not a Journey fan (my kids know their music as ‘the cheesy band’ songs) but as a teen in the 80's they were notable.

Sans details, this report is damage control.

It contains zero facts. None. Just conclusions, which are MEANINGLESS without a facual context because we cannot evaluate the conclusions for BULLSHIT.

You have ruined my evening, but for good cause. This is analysis I appreciate. Thanks you. This shit needs to be reported on, whenever it occurs, FOREVER. Or at least until this crap stops happening.

You are correct, science is not athiesm. I should not conflate them. Science is however founded on reason, which underlies a conscious rejection of faith.

Not really you cant - at the end of the analysis, science can disprove something beyond all current knowlege. Sometimes long held ‘rules’ get overturned by a great doscovery, but after each such event, the chain of reason becomes clearer.

Thats the joy of athiesm - you *can* ignore the crap and keep what works.

Highlights the best features of science: even if you are wrong, if you put in a solid effort and process, you can still come up with something cool, interesting and/or useful.

I especially commend him for taking the time to try and find facts and analysis, instead of the appeals to authority that undergird relgious faith.

Well, not everyone who responded was a troll... Or, I got taken.

One of many reasons this former New Yorker has not worked within 1000 miles of the region in over a decade.

When I took over ops at my firm, not in Wisconsin but close enough, the first thing I did was make every day jeans day unless you had to go to a client or we expected fancy visitors.

Man here, who hires, promotes and sets dress policy (NOT at BofA).

To me it comes down to this (and I get to set policy at my firm):

Sadly, too often in name only.

Yep. Hence why the debate over the death penalty is best separated from specific instances, like this one, that by their nature are so horrific, you just cant have a rational discussion in the moment.

Agreed. If the price of no more innocent people executed is Mr. Roof being in the geriatric wing of a prison one day, I would call that an acceptable trade off.

If the movie sucks, we know it wont be from the director or the acting.

Wait, what is that from? It cant actually be GOT, right? We quit after Red Wedding. I may have to start up.