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By: Keith Michael

Keith Michael — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:18:00 +0000

I loved this advertisement. Thanks for sharing!

By: BigDaddyM

BigDaddyM — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:51:00 +0000

Just
for the record, I was also very upset over the original title of this
“article” but I didn’t have time to complain earlier. However, I was
sure that I would be back to voice my concern. I don’t even comment that much
and this had me up in arms. There are people working hard that are being
accused of blatant plagiarism when you’re just too lazy (or busy, etc.) to do
minimal research.

You
seem to be in pursuit of rampant over-sensationalism than journalism or more
concerned being first to reposting than being correct, but then you’re just a
blogger. Fine, but then if you’re not going to do the research, it’s much
better to say that “Source X” is accusing “Somebody” of
plagiarism. Bloggers reposting bloggers is a recipe for disaster.

However,
at the end of the day, I’m very happy that this was corrected. I felt that I
needed to still post in hopes that we get factually correct articles or at
least admit when we don’t know the facts, or if an article full of assumptions
is being passed along.

You
did the right thing in the end!

By: Mark Kauzlarich

Mark Kauzlarich — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:27:00 +0000

Thanks for doing that. It was the right call. I’m sorry to be so picky on this one, but I guess you guys have set high standards for yourselves and I hated to see that fall down, especially to something that was so… dangerous.

You do do great work here. I apologize if I got you down.

By: Trevor Dayley

Trevor Dayley — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:19:00 +0000

Thanks Julie for voicing your concern. I have since used the title Mark suggested and changed it.

By: Trevor Dayley

Trevor Dayley — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:18:00 +0000

Hey Mark, I am waving the white flag. Sorry if I made you upset with the original article title. Hopefully you are cool with me borrowing the one you suggested in your comments.

By: Mark Kauzlarich

Mark Kauzlarich — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 03:46:00 +0000

I guess that was a secondary concern to the misconstrued nature of this article and how it implied plagiarism.

By: the_pro_amateur

the_pro_amateur — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 03:07:00 +0000

Sorry, wrong. To repeat myself again, I don’t have a “belief” that I just made up out of fantasy. It’s also perfectly fine to say someone is wrong when they are. Ahhh avoid conflict! Don’t offend! It’s America where we have to cater to the lowest common denominator and not think for ourselves.
God created the earth in 7 days? Wrong. Flood with an arc and 2 of each animal? Wrong. Populating the earth with 2 people? Wrong.See how easy it is?And saying because I don’t “answer to anyone” I am my own god is a bizarre way to put that, which I think is just designed to make those people look bad. I think religious people who behave because they think otherwise they’ll be spanked by a monster when they die, are much worse people than those who do what they think is right simply because it is. All we know for sure is we have the here and now.People who argue science and religion always say neither can prove everything. The difference is that science is constantly trying to PROVE something, and religion is always made up stories that are DISPROVED later.Science has disproved things religion taught time after time. That’s why we have significantly less than the 2,000+ deities we once did. To any logical person, the fact that humans who didn’t know any better kept making up stories to explain the world, would invalidate every religion eventually. Again, it’s disgustingly egotistical for people to say “all those other ones were wrong, but mine, that’s the right one for sure!”Prove heaven to me. Religion says it’s there, gives instructions on what you have to do to get there, how much money you have to give to a church, etc. Prove it’s there.Were you going to say “you can’t, but neither can science! (haha look how smart I am!)”THAT’S WHY SCIENCE NEVER SAID THERE WAS AN AFTERLIFE. It hasn’t been proven so there’s no one to make up a completely random story (aside from the church).What was the big bang? What happened before? NO ONE KNOWS… yet. That’s the entire point that you people can’t wrap your head around. I honestly think it’s a widespread mental illness, and it’s frightening. Your brains would melt if you had to hit that wall and say “I don’t know”, unless it’s about religion.Why did god do ______? I don’t know, he felt like it. I don’t need to think anymore!Where did the universe come from? Uhhh… oh shit… oh my god. I… I… OH! God just put it there. Whew, now I don’t have to think anymore.Interesting that this big bang thing wasn’t around when your god created the earth. Once we know about it though, now god created that too. Why? Just for us. An entire infinite universe with one tiny planet with POS human beings on it, who may never be advanced enough to see any of it anyway. Completely illogical and absurd thought process religious people have. Again, it’s got to be a mental illness to think this way about anything.It’s like any group scared people put themselves in. You don’t think beyond it and just take comfort in the thought that some number of people also blindly stand behind you. Religions, politics, just groups of people who can’t be burdened with independent thought.

By: Patrick Hall

Patrick Hall — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:51:00 +0000

Ha this is getting ridiculous. You can’t argue with him SW. I see your point and it’s pretty valid even though I don’t take your personal world view. When people like PRO resort to name calling and patronizing it’s pretty safe to say they aren’t very open minded in the first place. Granted I don’t know either of you personally (I don’t think at least) but 9/10 when people start calling each other names they are beyond the point of a reasonable conversation. Aight, let’s get back to some photography!

By: Patrick Hall

Patrick Hall — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:22:00 +0000

I just reread your full post, and I don’t know why you think the Bible must address everything concerning modern man (no book could ever do that), but Genesis does mention God speaking the stars and heavens into the sky. Whether or not that meant man was supposed to know Mars had water or not is beyond the scope of what the story was supposed to tell.

I’m really not wanting to argue this on here one way or the other…but I must point out your fallacy in saying that one person’s point of view is wrong, false, wishful, or inaccurate when you yourself (or anyone) cannot prove your belief either, is a bit hypocritical itself. It’s fine to believe in one thing over another, but to accuse anyone that their beliefs are WRONG based on “reason” or “logic” is more than troubling. It’s a kin to saying there is no god, I know this, and I may do whatever I like with my life because I will not answer to anyone….you are then infact saying you are your own god. No one can prove the Big Bang (I’m not even sure if this is 100% the current belief of science, AFAIK string theory and parallel universes have become the main belief among the scientific community) and no one can prove any God of creation from any religion. Both require faith, and to belittle someone else for having faith is being a bit hypocritical of your own faith. The faith you have in your belief is exactly the same as someone who believes in something else. Neither of you were there and both religious and scientific answers require assumptions and faith in order to give an explanation as to why we are here.

By: Patrick Hall

Patrick Hall — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:02:00 +0000

As both a Christian and having a BS Degree in Biology/Chemistry, I have come to grips with the FACT that neither spiritual believers nor scientific minds can ever PROVE one or the other. Science tries to prove it but real scientific methodology can only observe and postulate the here and now, the testable if you will. Religion on the other hand can’t prove the origin of man either. Both fields, while not as at odds as modern philosophy would have you believe, require a lot of faith and neither one can provide a testable/scientific answer to something that happened in the past.

I love to debate theology and the origin of man….it’s a pretty interesting topic for sure that has universal appeal. However, believing in something like the Big Bang where an indefinitely dense collection of matter was affected by an outside energy source is just as “idiotic” at the end of the day as someone believing in an all powering god. I say idiotic because from the perspective of our own minds, both are as illogical and impossible to prove as the other.

I’d love to 100% believe in the scientific course but if there is one thing that is for certain it is that science is fluid and the truth’s it claim are never quite accurate. I personally find it hard to say anything in science is certain when “constants” like Relativity, the speed of light, absolute zero, quantum theories, and even the beginning of time change every 20 years. Most molecular scientists don’t even really agree with Darwin anymore now that we know how molecular machines work and have possibly evolved.

My point is neither side can ever really win the argument and usually this causes a lot more pain and bickering than what it’s worth. Life is too short and flawed to get all worked up about this sort of thing….especially on a photography blog :)