These are essentially my feelings, as well. Also, as a historian I tend to view the Old Testament as metaphor rather than actual history.

This is a fact. You want to be treated like a god? Go to a beauty salon. Before I was married, I even got set up on dates with some fine ladies through my beautician.

They will all go back to training in ninjutsu and acrobatics, mostly.

I agree completely. Also, you pointed out the reason why I find the situation so hopeless:

The Helen Keller card is the ultimate card in Apples to Apples.

As a guy looking at playing live for profit in a couple years, I know that I won't initially charge for my recordings unless there is a reason for it. I play modern blues, so I'm not sure my crowd will be the type to download from a personal site if I ask them. The only way to reach them may be to put it on CD, and I…

Genius!

Meh. I am kind of against theaters period lately.

Right, I don't think anyone would expect to use an iPhone for that type of picture. I just think that a good photographer would be able to use both in different ways. Much like a golfer chooses the proper club.

If closing the gap means making progress towards it, then it is true.

Autotune is a great effect when used properly.

A lot of musicians go for the lo-fi thing as a form of art. Look at The Strokes.

Well done! I like that quite a bit. Instagram has a way of making colors pop.

The best artists define their instrument. Not vice versa.

Really? Well, all I know is that I enjoy looking at these pictures more than I enjoy the work of most "photographers" who charge money for their services with very expensive gear.

A photographer is an artist. The purpose of taking photographs is to create art.

To YOU, art needs to be noble. To most people, it needs to be pleasant.

Lots of photographers here feeling insecure about an iPhone closing the gap on their DSLRs.

If anyone enjoys looking at it, it is art.

This isn't a question of whose fault it is. BP is denying that there is a problem entirely.