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newmanofactionJul 2, 2010
Wtf is this?? Some sort of cruel joke, I hope
malarkeypnJul 2, 2010
Why don't you just open your mind to the possibility that we don't know where electricity comes from? Teach the controversy, I say!
/s
jjesusfreak01Jul 3, 2010
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djenna8Jul 2, 2010
Intelligence is a mystery. No-one has ever observed it, seen it or felt it. We only know what intelligence doesn't do: writing textbooks for bob jones university.
000dnjJul 2, 2010
The cruelest kind of joke: the one that's real.
hillsfarJul 3, 2010
You mean this is not The Onion?!?
ageofmasteryJul 2, 2010
Bob Jones University also banned interracial dating among it's students as a sin up until about 10 years ago. The whole place is a joke.
chrisduserJul 2, 2010
Jesus f**king Christ.
particleman420Jul 2, 2010
that's banned too
mflynn00Jul 2, 2010
that's the unholy trinity right there...incestuous homosexual masturbation
jj101Jul 2, 2010
This is the reason that layed back, tolerant people are anti-religion.
thcobbsJul 15, 2010
By definition, "layed" back people don't care enough to be anti-religion.
greenroom628Jul 2, 2010
what else can you expect from a place nicknamed "blow job university".
grandpohbahJul 3, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwLirQS2-o
sickmonkeyJul 3, 2010
Religion: Making people stupid for thousands of years and still going strong!
On a side note, I'm sure Texas will now adopt this textbook as part of their official State curriculum.
mattbrad2Jul 3, 2010
You do realize the world is full of stupid people who have no ties to a religion, right? I've known PLENTY of stupid atheists.
runningflame570Jul 13, 2010
Please...don't give them ideas. *facepalms*
knifesideleftJul 14, 2010
I'm going to give them a little credit because at least the line which summed up that we can only sense its effects was partially true. Since technically you can't actually see electricity but more of its ghost which comes in the form of plasma and sound waves.
Closed AccountJul 2, 2010
Dear lord that is embarrassing.
inajeepJul 2, 2010
Yep, no mention of Zeus any where.
felidaeusJul 2, 2010
That's because he's got no lightning
It was stolen.
hydesJul 3, 2010
SPOILER ALERT!
he gets it back
Closed AccountJul 2, 2010
To be fair, Bob Jones University hasn't updated it's curriculum for about 2000 years.
kiadragonJul 2, 2010
There is no fair to all the American children or college students who learned from these. I hold a degree in Electronics Engineering. I know precisely what electricity is and can explain its actions at an atomic level. I know precisely how you generate and control it. I understand its properties and have used these properties to shape my little corner of the engineering world.
I am not some genius. This stuff has been understood for a couple hundred years and perfected to the state of the art in silicon chips in the last twenty.
There is no fair here. There is WILLFULL stupidity. The sort of WILLFULL stupidity that will some day lead to violence. I am hoping the faculty of BJU gets mowed down in the first crossfire.
Closed AccountJul 2, 2010
I was being sarcastic. JEEZ DAD YOU NEVER UNDERSTAND!!!!!!!!!!!!
kiadragonJul 2, 2010
Sorry. Dad is cranky with stupid fundies before his coffee.
malarkeypnJul 2, 2010
Hey, I dug you. As hilarious as this is, somebody had to say what you just said. BJU is killing futures with s**t like this.
Closed AccountJul 2, 2010
Wizard!
Satan's lackey! Heretic! Every Soldier In Christ knows that electricity comes from little satanic demons pushing the little balls whizzing around inside the cables...
Damn you book-worms and all your science! All I ever need to know is found in the bible, the King James Bible and not some new liberal socialistic PC surrender monkey translations published today!
/s
therednewtJul 2, 2010
I went to a school that used some Bob Jones books (never for science though, those were always the same as the public school books). I guess our teachers weren't as radical or something because we all knew they were stupid and made fun of them. Anyway, our favorite line was something to the effect of "Prohibition was one of the greatest eras in American history." Then we'd laugh and laugh. Then cry just a little bit because someone gave those tools money.
neeblueJul 2, 2010
willful has one L.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
lol @ digg holder that has a degree that is on "digg" that has dug over 11,000 stories
gtfo liar
zjbirdJul 3, 2010
lepqq109. You don't get too many thumbs up, do you?
mrpericaJul 3, 2010
umm there are things about electricity that people to this day cannot explain ... seems like your college degree got you far... ex. things Tesla did more than 100 years ago people cannot still explain and only a small fraction of it is being applied now... Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
anarchy2465Jul 3, 2010
If you know so precisely what electricity is, Sir, then tell me what exactly is charge? What is responsible for the phenomenon of charge? Hm?
kiadragonJul 8, 2010
@lepqq109: Some of us are not lazy bitches like you, lep. Go be lazy with your Right Wingnut friends, bitch. You wanna see my degree pic, you asshat?
kiadragonJul 8, 2010
@anarchy2466: "If you know so precisely what electricity is, Sir, then tell me what exactly is charge? What is responsible for the phenomenon of charge? Hm?"
It called the Electromagnetic Force. It right up their with gravity and the weak and strong nuclear forces...the four building blocks of the Universe.
A CHARGE, you undereducated f**kwad is when one material builds up an excess of electron charge (you seen static in a dryer right?). When another material has a sufficienlty LOWER electron charge, the conductor is the ELECTRON FLOW FROM ONE POSITIVELY CHARGES ATOM TO ANOTHER.
pabloeldiabloJul 9, 2010
Dugg for undereducated f**kwad
appleofdischordJul 2, 2010
Well damn, that's like... 1/3 of the existence of the world!
bipolarruledoutJul 3, 2010
But they DID find a color stock photo.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
i think Bob Jones University is only for blondes, i could see the little blonde girl on the picture over the topic.
jaggdJul 2, 2010
Wow, i never knew that electricity was produced by the earth turning! Ya learn something new every day.
/s
kiadragonJul 2, 2010
Wow. Three solid years to earn a Bachelors in Electronics Engineering...I shoulda just read this page and saved myself 36 grand.
markmontoyaJul 2, 2010
True dat.
Closed AccountJul 2, 2010
Sucker!
moloboloJul 2, 2010
You payed 36 grand for a piece of paper that proves you earned a degree in Electronics Engineering.
zipkoJul 2, 2010
If you're thinking there's an easier way, don't just print your own college degree in EE. It doesn't work like that.
kjsatzJul 2, 2010
paid
jj101Jul 2, 2010
My gues is that aside from getting a peice of paper he also got a s**t tonne of knowledge about electronics.
moloboloJul 2, 2010
Knowledge that you can get from textbooks and the Internet.
chiefbandit2200Jul 3, 2010
Sure, but educating yourself is more difficult, as there's no direction and you're only accountable to yourself . School gives you direction, and forces you to study.
And good luck finding a job if you're a self taught electrical engineer, lol.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Textbooks and the Internet? Are you quite serious? Textbooks are for building up the basics; a lot of the middle- to higher-level and especially cutting-edge stuff (at least in my mechanical engineering curriculum) is nowhere to be found in any textbook. Most of it is on the Internet, of course...in the form of enormous science journals you must pay subscription fees for. Knowledge ain't free. At least, not the good stuff.
moloboloJul 3, 2010
Again, you're only paying to prove you know something.
The only reason I can see you would need to go to school is to do "hands on" activities and to use resources you don't have, like a lab for example.
I just don't see why school is so expensive. Just seems like a huge scam to me, a scam I'm also paying for.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
kiadragonJul 3, 2010
No molobolo. You can get all the lectures (2 hours a day), but you wouldn't get access to the lab (2 hours a day). I got personal attention from the teachers when I needed it and got to work with kick ass hardware I never could have played with on the interwebs.
I also contract out at 40 dollars p/hour or 33 p/hour if you want me on payroll. Hard to do that without the piece of paper. Companies are dicks that way.
nimankalJul 3, 2010
I got my bachelor's degree to earn more money. It worked.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Molobo, A lot of EE's are pure theory and don't spend much time in lab. Tech students live in labs.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
"The only reason I can see you would need to go to school is to do "hands on" activities and to use resources you don't have, like a lab for example."
The resources you don't have access to often come in the form of professors and peers much smarter than you who are able to explain things that you might never have thought of on your own. Yes that might be out there to find if you look long enough but having a person who can break it down and teach you these things at an accelerated rate is definitely worth it. College is too damned expensive in the states to be certain but it's a lot more costly in terms of wasting your life if all you think it's for is the piece of paper. Might as well drop out now and start a business if that's what you think it's for.
s0nicfreakJul 3, 2010
You can easily find professors and peers who love the subject and are willing to talk about it for free just because they love it instead of just being in it for money. Besides, anything the professors are saying has already been written down and made into a book. The people discovering new things aren't teaching, they have jobs that pay more.
Anything you want to learn, you CAN learn for free on the internet. Several colleges give out everything that they give to classes for free online. And you pirate pretty much anything that isn't just given out for free. If you can't find it, just find someone who is taking the class and read their book, maybe even read their notes from lectures. That combined with forums and videos about the subject would be pretty much just like taking a class.
School does not force you to learn; I think the state of American schools has proven that. College gives you a consequence that you have wasted money if you do not learn. For some, the consequence of not learning is enough.
I homeschool my kids for free, I have gotten tech certifications by spending money only for the tests, and in another tab I have a list of colleges that will take test scores and life experience as credits. So it certainly is possible.
atroxodisseJul 14, 2010
On average college educated people make 1 million dollars more than everybody else, over their life time. So that $35K or even $100K you pay for a degree will end up being well worth it, since no one will hire you without a degree unless you have ridiculous on the job experience somewhere good. I went to a Tech College in Canada, paid $20K for an 11 month course(40 hour weeks) and have come out of it with a job at a major software security firm in the US. Get an education. It's worth it. People talk s**t about some places like Devry or ITT but it gets you a degree and it gets you some personalized training and can even get you on the job training because a lot of places recruit out of these tech schools. The place I went to had an upper 90s percentile for people getting a job in their field within the first nine months after graduating.
throneofdreamsJul 2, 2010
Where the hell did you get a bachelors in EE for only 36 grand?
kiadragonJul 3, 2010
ITT Technical Institute - Four quarters a year, no summers off. It cost a little more than 36K, but that was the bulk of my loans.
It's not a EE. Its a Bachelors of Applied Science in Electronic Engineering Technology. EET doesnt swing as big a hammer as EE.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
In the UK it takes 3 years (summers off) and around £9.6k, no matter what university you go to, Oxford or crappy local one.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
yes, but the government takes half of your money. They take none of mine and I leach from the system. I enjoy my setup.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
I thought ITT Tech was one of those places that advertises on TV and gives out bulls**t degrees nobody recognizes...
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Second Thunderbird's comment. Is s**t for real or is it really a scam like they say? Love to hear from some first hand experience.
lucyimhomeJul 3, 2010
It's true. I couldn't transfer and ITT Tech credits to a regionally accredited college.
kiadragonJul 8, 2010
@thethunderbird: "I thought ITT Tech was one of those places that advertises on TV and gives out bulls**t degrees nobody recognizes..."
33$ to 40$ p/hour says otherwise. They do advertise on TV. So does U of M and most State Universities.
The credits don't transfer because there are no Humanities classes. (Art, etc)
cyclist110Jul 13, 2010
Why, Bob Jones University of course!
runningflame570Jul 13, 2010
One of the smartest guys I know went to ITT Tech. It's no MIT, but clearly you at least can learn effectively there. How many do is another question and one I don't have a good answer to.
tekaninJul 3, 2010
How did you get an engineering degree in three years? Did you test out of all your freshman classes? If you did your pretty damn smart an engineering degree generally takes 5 years.
djphilosJul 3, 2010
Thats why he put 3years. Ego massaging.
dabekJul 3, 2010
Not that impressive, my brother got an EE degree from Carnegie Mellon in 4 years for 40k. Just by the college name on that "piece of paper" as molobolo said, he's probably more likely to get a job than most other Electrical Engineers. And on top of that, he's going to Grad School at CMU too, interning for Microsoft as I type this.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
kiadragonJul 8, 2010
Its a four year degree with no summers off. If you skip a summer semester every year...its a four year degree. ITT is non-stop for three years.
kiadragonJul 8, 2010
@Dabek: He is an higher class of Engineer then. Good for him :)
kiadragonJul 8, 2010
@djphilos: Open your cakehole when you know what you are talking about. ITT is a three year program. Look it up or STFU.
swordyswordJul 3, 2010
Wat. My school is 55k per year
psych77Jul 3, 2010
And they still couldn't teach you to spell or use punctuation?
tim04Jul 3, 2010
$20,000-$25,000 for a 4-yr degree up here in Canada. In any subject. At any school.
mazer14Jul 3, 2010
That's not true at all.
leandrotamiJul 7, 2010
My brother is an Electronic Engineer graduated from Mar del Plata National University. Since it is a public university, he didn't have to pay anything except for his learning materials.
atroxodisseJul 14, 2010
Is that still true? I was part way through a comp sci degree about 10 years ago and it was costing me $4000 a year in tuition for a 4 year course. I've heard prices have gone way up. It's true that education is much cheaper in Canada because it's very heavily subsidized. Foreign students pay A LOT more than Canadians do.
goldfisheyJul 3, 2010
My degree is about 17K a year for a 3 year in Sydney, but different Uni's charge differently, and specific degree's cost varying amounts also.
avatar28Jul 9, 2010
Kiadragon, did you ever receive the book and confirm if this picture is, indeed, real? From looking at the BJU publication about the origin of the moon I'm going to guess that it is. I'm starting to think that these people must have Jack Chick working on their publications.
kiadragonJul 9, 2010
Still waiting on standard shipping. They haven't delivered yet, but they confirmed a shipment two days ago.
xixphzJul 11, 2010
Enjoy the free toilet paper.
soc7Jul 2, 2010
BJU - just connecting the dots here.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
It is apt that you describe their textbooks in activity book jargon.
Did you get a horsey? I got a horsey.
davidnivenJul 2, 2010
What is the name of this textbook? What are the chances that this is photo is fake?
hblaskJul 2, 2010
That's my thought.... this has to be a fake. I'm giving it 99% fake, 1% chance of being real. I know there are lots of backward thinkers, but electricity is not really controversial.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
footbag01Jul 2, 2010
So if I prove it is real, will you admit that the authors are stupid?
hblaskJul 2, 2010
Absolutely. Do you have proof? I think it would be hilarious if it is real.
samurimasterJul 2, 2010
Try scrolling down the rest of the page
hblaskJul 2, 2010
The existence of a book and the existence of a very silly page does not imply the existence of that very silly page within an actual book that was used at the university.
I really hope it is real, because then it would be hilarious. If it's fake, then it's just a moderately amusing insult.
Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
facelesscowardJul 2, 2010
hblask: It was certainly not used at the university. The book the page claims that this image is from is actually a fourth grade science textbook published by Bob Jones University Press. I'm also skeptical. Unfortunately, Google Books has no preview available, so I can't check. There is one obviously sarcastic review that mentions electricity, but it looks like it was probably written after this picture went around.
http://books.google.com/books?id=a0DOPAAACAAJ&sitesec=reviews&rf=st:usComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
kiadragonJul 3, 2010
I ordered used copy from Amazon. Details to follow.
* Reading level: Ages 9-12
* Paperback
* Publisher: Bob Jones Univ Pr; 2nd edition (June 30, 2003)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1591664233
* ISBN-13: 978-1591664239
* Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 0.5 inches
* Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
* Average Customer Review: No customer reviews yet. Be the first.
* Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #62,445 in Books
s0nicfreakJul 3, 2010
I read some public school text books the other day... I believe this is real.
Closed AccountJul 2, 2010
It says it on the post with a link... "The above image is from a Bob Jones University textbook entitled Science 4 Students."
greasywalrusJul 3, 2010
They didn't even know how to spell 'for'!
janineeeJul 2, 2010
here, buy it from Amazon for 5 bucks and find out. I'm considering doing it just for a laugh.
janineeeJul 2, 2010
http://www.amazon.com/Science-Student-Text-Grade-4/dp/1591664233/ref=pd_ybh_2?pf_rd_p=280800601&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_t=1501&pf_rd_i=ybh&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0RDKEXEMH9PPA4QSB2F9
kiadragonJul 3, 2010
Did it. Will report back.
wrath017Jul 2, 2010
I have a feeling that DavidNiven doesn't really believe in electricity.
Closed AccountJul 2, 2010
I have a suspicion davidniven is a closeted homosexual.
homercles337Jul 2, 2010
I have a suspicion davidniven is a likes to wear womens clothes.
particleman420Jul 2, 2010
I have a suspicion that davidniven wonders how magnets work.
he does realize that you cant even hold music tho
blacklabelsarJul 6, 2010
LEAVE DAVIDNIVEN ALONE!!!!11111
*not really
kingnovaJul 2, 2010
DavidNiven doesn't believe in gravity either, because it is "just a theory".
candide33Jul 2, 2010
It is real, and you can buy one for $13.93 from Amazon.com
Product Details
* Reading level: Ages 9-12
* Paperback
* Publisher: Bob Jones Univ Pr; 2nd edition (June 30, 2003)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1591664233
* ISBN-13: 978-1591664239
* Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 0.5 inches
* Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
* Average Customer Review: No customer reviews yet. Be the first.
* Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #62,445 in Books (See Top 100 in Books
davidnivenJul 2, 2010
Yeah, but how do you know that this page really is in it?
Look, there is a lot of fake anti-Christian crap out there. I'd just like to know what is real and what is fake.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
kiadragonJul 3, 2010
Tell you what David...I am looking for a used copy. If I can find one, I will buy it and tell if you if the page is real or shopped. I will snap a pic if you like.
In the meantime, please understand that there ARE some christians like this, even if MOST christians are NOT like this.
kiadragonJul 3, 2010
Found a used copy. Ordered. Waiting on delivery.
enantiodromiaJul 2, 2010
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591664233?ie=UTF8&tag=whats-good-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1591664233
There you go, Troll.
davidnivenJul 2, 2010
Says webpage unavailable.
janineeeJul 2, 2010
http://www.amazon.com/Science-Student-Text-Grade-4/dp/1591664233/ref=pd_ybh_2?pf_rd_p=280800601&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_t=1501&pf_rd_i=ybh&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0RDKEXEMH9PPA4QSB2F9
I forgot the link in my post above
kingnovaJul 2, 2010
Anyone want to take bets on DavidNiven coming back to this thread, admitting the book is real, and also admitting it is shameful for such tripe to be in a textbook?
lambecoJul 2, 2010
It's DavidNiven Man! Right-wing apologist and all-around defender of the ignorant! *fanfare*
cameleopardJul 2, 2010
I can't speak for this particular book, but I was taught other stupid bulls**t of this magnitude at the Christian school I was forced to attend as a child. For example, did you know humans lived with dinosaurs until the great flood and that the sky was pink because of an ice shield around the Earth? There was no rain, only dew keeping things moist until god melted the ice shield to kill off dinosaurs, which were corrupted with evil spirits. That mountain of idiocy comes courtesy of ACE "science" curriculum. It would not surprise me in the least given my previous experience with and knowledge of this caliber of ignorance or malicious misinformation having been perpetrated in private Christian schools for quite some time already.
I for one don't think it should be legal for these sorts of schools to operate and be qualified as education because of gross fabrications like those mentioned above. I also don't think most people realize just how much bizarre and made-up bulls**t is being taught in these institutions. One of the few reasons I was able to escape and move on to real education and learning is that there was a largely unmonitored library that I ate up after completing my daily indoctrination; unfortunately, most of the people I went to school with are still trapped in that rabidly insane evangelical nightmare of stupidity and hate.
ilikepwniesJul 3, 2010
Here's where it's from:
http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/cklt4/so_i_bought_a_christian_science_textbook/
illepicJul 3, 2010
Was expecting DN in here. Was not disappointed.
dnaspydirJul 2, 2010
The only mystery here is how the word "University" came to follow the words Bob and Jones.
homercles337Jul 2, 2010
Clueless fools give their money to god and god makes a few men wealthy, those wealthy men have 9th grade educations and decide to educate others as they have been educated, they funnel money meant for god to 9th grade educations, those 9th graders end up with degrees in law and physics...wait what?
orijimiJul 3, 2010
This makes me hate the movie "Ladykillers" even more now, knowing that Bob Jones University is real and tries so hard to instill stupidity in America.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Clueless fools give their money to just about anyone who asks for it. More than half the population are said fools. God is just the carrot. If you want to believe in something just do it in the privacy of your head and leave the money in your kids college fund where it belongs.
seanmc303Jul 3, 2010
I'm wager Bob Jones University is unaccredited.
Your's truly,
Emperor and Overseer of Grandness, Excelsior Vanderguard Pennywinkle Esquire III, PHD
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Dugg for Pennywinkle.
thanatosstJul 6, 2010
You would lose that wager.
"Since 2005 BJU has been accredited by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, an accrediting organization recognized by the Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.[3]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Jones_University
anothersoldierJul 6, 2010
Wikipedia is about as credible a source as Bob Jones University.
aggieotisJul 3, 2010
It's like - Colonel Sanders and Doctor Pepper.
Just make up a title and stick with it, and people will believe you actually are it.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Look.. DR Pepper is real. I'm tired of people denying him.
Actually I kid but.. http://www.drpeppermuseum.com/About-Us/History-Of-Dr--Pepper.aspx
dbradburyJul 3, 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Jones,_Sr.
wonderchemistJul 2, 2010
Ever hear of electrical vampires or electrical demons? It's pretty clear. Electricity is the work of Satan!
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
http://images.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2010/03/Here-we-go-again-Christian-paper-blasts-satanic-videogames.jpg
Closed AccountJul 2, 2010
f**king electricity, how does it work?
sniper117Jul 3, 2010
why are you sarcastic it doesn't say that! XD
plainoldfoolJul 3, 2010
Never read the bible, but I do believe orthodox and hesidic jews can't use electricity on the sabbath.
seltaeb4Jul 3, 2010
No opening the Ark then.
seantobinJul 3, 2010
And they definitely don't f**king bowl!
maddoktor2Jul 5, 2010
Wrong. You can use anything electric as long as you turn it on before the Sabbath starts.
The thing is, you're not allowed to flip the switch. That's considered as "work", and therefore forbidden.
Every Synagogue I've ever been to has a non-Jewish custodian working on Saturday to prepare the place for services and then clean up afterward. The catering is also done by Gentiles. In fact, some Jewish families who can afford it actually hire butlers, maids, and other servants to cook, clean, draw baths, turn lights on and off, etc. on Saturdays.
BTW, B4, Most Arks have curtains that are hand-operated. As acts of worship are not considered as work, it's ok to open it and take the Torah out. Same goes for flipping the switch that opens it if it happens to be electric.
runningflame570Jul 13, 2010
Maddoktor2: I'm sorry, but that is bull****. If you recognize that the requirements of the religion are ridiculous, disregard them or disregard the religion, but choosing to hire somebody to get around the letter of the prohibitions is ridiculous and certainly contrary to the spirit of things.
nikolesmashJul 2, 2010
Electricity. How does it work?
kyrgizionJul 2, 2010
f**kin' miracles.
particleman420Jul 2, 2010
you cant even hold electiricity
mawdsJul 2, 2010
Magic everywhere in this bitch
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
It comes from magnets!
sambono5Jul 3, 2010
Birds. What are birds? We just don't know...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfvEgWINUFc (from 'look around you')
stormtrooprJul 8, 2010
Bless you ants.
Blants.
impedance101Jul 3, 2010
From the vid,,
Here's a pair of t**s.
malarkeypnJul 2, 2010
"We cannot even say where electricity comes from."
Uhh ... electricity comes from the place you send the electric bill to.
Closed AccountJul 2, 2010
Best Comment Ever! Keep that money flowing!
pantone109Jul 2, 2010
but ask yourself - where do THEY get it? HUH?
The answer is miles and miles of shag carpet.
Closed AccountJul 2, 2010
But, but, where do those people get their electricity from?
/s
locke02Jul 3, 2010
They get it from the place that gives them fuel
capn1timeJul 3, 2010
FROM THE SAME PLACE THAT PUTS DINOSAUR BONES IN THE GROUND! NOW SHUT UP YOU BLASPHEMERS!
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Turtles. All the way down.
bosskeyJul 3, 2010
Next up: Bob Jones University explains the Tube Theory of the Internets
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
I'd like to see their take on biology, about a bacteria and a virus.
rudegarJul 3, 2010
you can send bills to the electric company?
in my case it always the other way around :S
and I pay them online across the tubes
anexanhumeJul 2, 2010
Cannot say what electricity itself is like? Bollocks. I've met him. The following is my story:
"Hello?" Nothing, just static on the line. "Hello."
A crackly voice answered "Yes, hello, I'm here."
"Hi, is this electricity?"
"Well, yes, but it's E. Lectricity. I fail to understand why few people have the capacity to understand it. Just a little inductive reasoning would show that any normal fellow should be able to gather that I have a normal, full name. I face a lot of resistance trying to change that conception, so I've given up. But I digress. How may I help you?"
"Sorry," I hesitated, unsure if my needs had the potential to go forward, "it's just that my friend said that you could make things happen."
He chuckled softly, "Why yes, I can. I'm sure friends like Ben and Kirchoff have summarily shown that. I'll tell you what. Let's meet at a little place called 'The Source.' Go inside and take the elevator to ground. There's a nice little table in the back. See you in 15 minutes."
"Wow..ok, sure!" I was ohmestly surprised he had been that quick to hold up to my charge of help so quickly. I had heard about the place he referenced. It was the place that all the current intellectuals of our city frequented. I had to get going, but walking the entire circuit would be good exercise for me.
When I arrived, he was already sitting at the table, eyes a cool blue with a quick smile. His appearance shocked me. I expected a man more worn looking, but he looked like he had the potential to do anything I could want. "Good to finally meet you boy. Now what can I do for you?"
"Well, it's not just me. It's my friends too. Faradam, he'd like a portable stereo. Henry, well, he wants a... uh... he wants a personal massager for his lady." He re-coiled. First I thought of disgust, but the waitress had simply spilled some water on our table.
"Me, I'd like a portable game console."
"All fine," he said. "Anything else?"
"Well, there's one last friend, Vin. He wants a user replaceable battery for his iPhone."
The table began oscillating. He was visibly angry. It was if his discomfort was arching into me, as I soon became upset too. However, he calmed and composed himself. With a reserved smile he said, "TheVenin can get in line, because I'd f**king like one too."
trainofthought6Jul 2, 2010
What the hell did I just read?
malarkeypnJul 2, 2010
a very long attempt at a joke
rhdesignsJul 2, 2010
capacity, inductive, resistance, Source, 'ohm'estly, current, circuit, shocked, re-'coiled', arching
There, hope that helps
korbatmasterJul 2, 2010
All the jokes I caught, in order:
Static, crackly, capacity, inductive (inductance), resistance, potential (voltage is potential energy), Ben (Benjamin franklin?), Kirchoff (Gustav Kirchhoff was a German physicist who discovered lots of things, notably his many circuit laws), 'The Source' (Voltage/Current sources), ground, ohmestly (ohm is the unit for resistance), charge, current, frequented (frequency), circuit, shocked, potential again, Faradam (Faraday is a unit representing 96485.3415 coulombs of charge, and a farad is the unit that capacitance is measured in), Henry (unit for inductance), re-coiled (inductors are coils), waitress spilled water (water conducts electricity obviously), Vin (possible play on Voltage in?), oscillating, arching, TheVenin (Thévenin's theorem)
I think that's it.
elgatoseptimoJul 2, 2010
That was literally my exact thought before I opened the replies thread.
Closed AccountJul 2, 2010
Dude, I totally thought I was reading a Vonnegut novel or something from Rand for a second about a dystopian future. You could build a good book off of this.
elgatoseptimoJul 2, 2010
@ Nickolassc Don't EVER compare Kurt Vonnegut and Ayn Rand like that AGAIN.
dlan4327Jul 3, 2010
I don't get all the hate for Ayn Rand on Digg. Personally I liked The Fountainhead.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
I like the short story EGO.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Brb, I'm turning this into copypasta on 4chan's /sci/ board.
jafeuchtJul 3, 2010
You mean Faraday? Don't know who or what Faradam is.
copypastryJul 3, 2010
THE PUNS
THEY'RE TOO POWERFUL
redcolumbineJul 2, 2010
You just posted this for the shock value.
janineeeJul 2, 2010
Your observant
janineeeJul 2, 2010
I am not :(
Closed AccountJul 2, 2010
I have to admit it has potential though
cplusplusJul 2, 2010
I am going to volt you up.
punkcatJul 2, 2010
i don't know watt you're talking about.
shark72Jul 2, 2010
He couldn't resist.
robdiggityJul 2, 2010
It has generated controversy.
felidaeusJul 2, 2010
It's from 2003, so it isn't even current.
dwtcJul 2, 2010
I don't think it has the capacitance to get anyone charged up.
isunktheshipJul 2, 2010
Quite charged individuals posting today.
felidaeusJul 2, 2010
Real up and atom.
borgcubeJul 2, 2010
Well, it is a polarizing issue.
lleuJul 3, 2010
Ohm my this is just getting ridiculous now.....
shaggy6sterJul 3, 2010
I'm having trouble gauging what's got you all wired and amped up, but I'm positive its a healthy outlet for your frustrations. Way to transform something negative directly into something more powerful.
shaggy6sterJul 3, 2010
I'm having trouble gauging what's got you all wired and amped up, but I'm positive its a healthy outlet for your frustrations. Way to transform something negative directly into something more powerful.
frenchfries11Jul 3, 2010
C-C-C-CIRCUIT BREAKER!
millidoomsJul 3, 2010
Electricity.
wrath017Jul 2, 2010
Please tell me this is fake.
redmo0nJul 3, 2010
this is fake
wreckosaurusJul 2, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDks8FUyD0I&feature=related
fr0stbyte124Jul 3, 2010
Correlation vs causation. That is all.
potchi79Jul 3, 2010
lol If you look at the bones of a JESUS.
kibblesnbittsJul 3, 2010
Another video improved with the addition of the vuvuzela button!
tyrghastJul 2, 2010
EVER SEE LIGHTNING YOU DUMB BITCH
knifesideleftJul 14, 2010
The funny thing is the line only being able to "see the effects" of electricity is true. You can't see the electrons in the air at all. However when it passes through the air ionizes and becomes plasma which is visible to the human eye. Lightning as you see is not electricity but the remnant of the path the current took.
Closed AccountJul 2, 2010
Why throw in the bible verse at the end?
heliumflashJul 3, 2010
To distract the students from all the bulls**t they just said.
sniper117Jul 3, 2010
because as long as you ad a bibe verse at the end of something its true
/s
gerrykJul 3, 2010
Because they're christian fundamentalist nutjobs?
Closed AccountJul 2, 2010
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randomgorillaJul 2, 2010
Thanks Ollie. Next up, are kittens using your internet to steal cheeseburgers?
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lnmagicJul 3, 2010
IT'S GON RAIN!
blydayJul 3, 2010
Dugg for Elecmotriciny.
zjbirdJul 3, 2010
SWIMMIN HOLE!
dabekJul 3, 2010
I WENT TO THE WRONG AIRPORT!
blacklabelsarJul 6, 2010
Now I'm going to me saying "ELECMOTRICINY!" all day now and laughing.
timuscaJul 2, 2010
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julesxJul 2, 2010
religion is insane
faucondemaiJul 2, 2010
All of the BJU folks I have met are very nice people (total of four that I've gotten to know well). They have a very thin grasp on reality but overall not bad neighbors.
They almost make me wish that the US had a science literacy test for voting rights.
sniper117Jul 3, 2010
that would solve so many problems
fredfredricksonJul 8, 2010
Not just for voting - for running for election as well.
enantiodromiaJul 2, 2010
I understand what you are saying, but you have to realize these guys are just you guys taken to the logical extreme.
No matter how nice of a person you are, if you actually believe in an invisible sky buddy, that's sorta whacky to the rest of us.
hivoltage815Jul 3, 2010
How does it feel living in a world where 90% of people believe in that sky buddy? I am agnostic, I guess, but I don't consider Christians whacky. The bible is elegantly written and religion is engrained in our culture on a deep level, I unfortunately can't fault them.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
johnfluxJul 3, 2010
> How does it feel living in a world where 90% of people believe in that sky buddy?
Extremely scary.
isunktheshipJul 2, 2010
Whatchu talkin' bout, 'these people'?
funnythatJul 6, 2010
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warpfieldJul 2, 2010
As long as it doesn't only come from the clanging of a certain person's brass balls.
lethargicmonkeyJul 2, 2010
f**king electricity, how does it work!?
wastelanderJul 2, 2010
Nobody knows, its a mystery.
phylaxerJul 2, 2010
Heh BJ University.
Closed AccountJul 2, 2010
BJU
icndvlJul 2, 2010
I can just see the test questions:
Whats is electricity?
a) a mystery
b) a flow of electrons
c) thunder
d) a and c
Correct answer: d
dushJul 2, 2010
Haha, I think the point of their textbook, although somewhat misleading, is that while we can observe the results of harnessing electricity, as stated in the second sentence, we don't really know what it is in the strictest sense. We know the "flow" of electrons creates current, but the cause of the forces between atoms and their components has not ever truly been explained.
What causes these properties of certain substances to be such that the energy is transferred in the way that we are able to use and observe it? It's one of these forces of nature kinds of things where we study it alot and even have a lot of data about it but scientists don't really know the ultimate cause of these fundamental properties that allow it to exist in the first place.
You can say something is the way it is and even know a ton about the way it is, but we don't know the why behind that.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
aaroncoJul 2, 2010
Uhm, yea... it has been explained.
locke02Jul 3, 2010
You might not have a full understanding of it yourself, but there are plenty of people and books that DO have a fairly complex and full understanding.
seanmc303Jul 3, 2010
Seriously! Come on. Show some credible scientific sources to back that up that are not over 100 years old. Protons, electrons, and neutrons are not a huge mystery anymore.
saranagatiJul 3, 2010
by "one of these forces of nature" do you mean "one of the laws of physics" where as it's one of the only 4 constants in the entire universe?
zjbirdJul 3, 2010
The point of their textbook is to brainwash children and twist every aspect of knowledge they have it in a way to hopelessly suck them them into believing in a literal bible.
anarchy2465Jul 3, 2010
Dush (douche? lol) is most certainly correct especially when he says "the cause of the forces between atoms and their components has not ever truly been explained" (emphasis on THE CAUSE). The forces themselves are well known and saranagati mentions this when he says that electromagnetism is one of the four fundamental interactions in the universe. We have observed the effects and interactions of these forces but know very little about the forces in and of themselves.
dushJul 6, 2010
Exactly, we know what things like electricity and electromagnetism are, their properties, how they behave, how to utilize them and study them. But what actually causes them to exist as constant observable properties of the universe? What actually enables these forces and behaviors?
Anarchy guy gets what I was saying but no one else did. Sad.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
iboxJul 8, 2010
No, we know what it is, it's not a mystery.
knifesideleftJul 14, 2010
Just for the hell of it I'm going to get technical cause I'm bored. The answer is closer to B and if you really want to go far out I'd say A as well because maybe there are still some "mysteries" we don't know about yer.
Electricity is certainly not thunder though or lightning for that matter. That line about being able to sense the effects of electricity is one of the most true lines in the whole retarded paragraph. The sound you hear is vibrating air caused from the plasma created (the stuff you actually see) from the flow of charge. Its more like a ghost left behind from it.
Stricly speaking its all just a effect OF electricity but then again you aren't really wrong either in simple terms.
opmikeJul 2, 2010
You guys should read through the A Beka Book textbooks.
I had the displeasure of going to a Christian high school, and these s**tty "textbooks" were a standard part of the curriculum.
One of my biology books says that humans, while sharing many traits with animals, are not themselves animals because they were created in God's image. In a 10th grade biology book.
Closed AccountJul 2, 2010
An interesting thing about A Beka Books is that their math and english used to actually be way ahead of the public school level (not sure if it's still like this) and this was actually something that was frequently touted by other Christians I knew at the time. So when I first started going to public school I was ahead of most of the class in quite a few subjects. This gave me and some of my friends who were also raised in private schools a bit of a superiority complex that we therefore must be right about everything unlike those "uneducated public school kids" - little did we know how wrong we were about science. Looking back I can only surmise that the reason they felt the need to have many of their courses be a grade higher was to make up for their lack of honest academia in other areas like science and even history.
cowman80i9Jul 9, 2010
same experience!
cameleopardJul 2, 2010
ACE is just as bad. I'm a refugee from their insane curriculum and can attest to the stupidity therein. Being forced to memorize the entire books of Leviticus and Psalms really helped stoke my anti-religious fire though (particularly the former book), and for that I suppose I'm thankful in an odd way.
Closed AccountJul 2, 2010
Makes perfect sense to me. The magical invisible man that lives in the sky invented electricity.
People that willingly accept anything they are told, no matter how nutty it is, as an act of faith, scare the hell out of me.
jshhmrJul 2, 2010
I graduated from a christian school (no longer a christian) and even though the books were specifically for christian schools, they were still accurate. As a matter of fact, I received a better education than the public schools. The only thing I had a problem with is the fact that the history book painted Martin Luther as a hero, when in reality he was a giant anti-semetic douchebag. My final was on Luther and I pointed out the mistakes and I got an A. Not all christian schools are bad.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
ace429kJul 2, 2010
well, the US is mostly protestant based.
inajeepJul 3, 2010
My wife went to a christian based school up until high school. She excelled at math and english. But her science education was pathetic and it embarrassed her for the longest time. The science book here is a valid example of a subject religion should not be involved with at all.
propethicJul 3, 2010
Were your school and degree accredited?
dankbuddzJul 3, 2010
You're right, I wouldn't categorize a person who gave life to an entire culture which had been oppressed for over 300 years in this country a hero either. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Christian schools are bulls**t. They churn out students who they believe to be 'smart' by 'their' standards.
And they also churn out people who aren't very smart at all who believe themselves to be smart because they were told they were smart because their parents were paying ridiculous prices so their kids could attend.
As far as Martin Luther goes, I'd wager to guess that you not learning that he was an anti-semite (in his later years when he was senile and crazy) isn't even CLOSE to the worst inaccuracies you were taught at that school.
ps: DankBuddz, I believe you're referring to MLK Jr. OP is referring to Martin Luther.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
All Christian schools are not the same.
I'm about the biggest anti-church advocate I know right now but I was in Christian schools up to college. My Roman Catholic high school was the best high school in the city - most equipment, best teachers, lowest crime/violence rate and highest morale.
We got the best education in the city on World Religion with ZERO focus on Christianity and absolutely not talk of which was the "right" religion.
Our sex ed classes were second to none. The class started with "The church's belief is that abstinence but less than 1% of this whole school will follow that belief so here is what you really need to know". Then went on to teach very graphic/informative lessons on contraception, STD's, etc.
In science class we learned about evolution. Creationism questions were always retorted by the teachers with "You learn that in religion class, this is science class and we're teaching scientific theory".
The only "bulls**t" part of the school was the few masses throughout the year for religious hollidays (which nobody liked) and a morning prayer along with the nation anthem/announcements.
Some schools may be all bulls**t but mine wasn't. I'll stand behind my education over any public school in the city, even if I won't stand behind their religious views.
solistusJul 3, 2010
Catholics have a long tradition of sponsoring educational institutions, and since the Catholic Church has generally accepted that science is the best tool to address empirical questions - they accept that the Earth is billions of years old, that human beings evolved from primates through the process of evolution, etc.
Bob Jones University has nothing to do with that tradition. It was founded by radical evangelicals to spread their very extreme version of Christian doctrine, not to be a respected institution of higher learning and education. There are Protestant schools that are quite respectable as well - many top private universities are still officially denominational, but their science curricula are not warped by theologists to line up with religious doctrine. Bob Jones University, Liberty University, and the like are year-round ideological boot camps for children of wealthy religious right families, and they really have nothing to do with Universities beyond stealing the name.
lpranalJul 2, 2010
worse than magnets, I says.
nationalistJul 2, 2010
ok to be fair, this is a little kids textbook...i think they use real, "more conventional" (aka accurate) textbooks at the actual university
still this is just terrible s**tComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
sniper117Jul 3, 2010
yea your right it helps kids learn if you teach them bulls**t and then contradict yourself when they get older.
/s
khastJul 2, 2010
Today's stupidity becomes tomorrow's leaders...just remember that.
punkcatJul 2, 2010
I've never seen electricity, so I don't pay for it. I write right on the bill, "I'm sorry, I haven't seen it all month."
- Steven Wright
feedbachJul 3, 2010
Your Wright, Steven
eddiepotatoJul 8, 2010
This should work for the gas bill as well.
steeakJul 2, 2010
Too bad that old black woman donated those millions of dollars she found... DAMN YOU TOM HANKS
overlord555Jul 2, 2010
Hm..well the book is obviously really old. You can tell by the pic.
haikufuJul 2, 2010
No, that's what christians all look like. And they use obsolete hairdryers.
dwtcJul 2, 2010
Any book from a time with photographs, muchless hair dryers ought to be current enough to know where electricity comes from.
Also, I love the line: "All anyone knows is that electricity seems to be everywhere and that there are many ways to bring it forth." That's comedy gold right there.
candide33Jul 2, 2010
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* Reading level: Ages 9-12
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* Publisher: Bob Jones Univ Pr; 2nd edition (June 30, 2003)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1591664233
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2003 is NOT that old
elitebeatJul 2, 2010
I dont think I've ever asked myself where electricity comes from. I just accept materials have electrons and protons in them.
Im going to take a stab (might be wrong) that electrons come from being inside atoms?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
alienraceJul 3, 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron
wormsgetsoldJul 3, 2010
What?! You're an idiot. I assume this is a joke. Either way, you sir, are an idiot. f**k!
johnfluxJul 3, 2010
EliteBeat, I don't know why people are modding you down and being rude. There is nothing better than someone actually asking questions and being willing to learn.
A single atom has a lump in the center (the nucleus, made up of neutrons and protons) and electrons orbit around the center. A material is just a large collection of these atoms which share some of the electrons between them.
In some materials the electrons are able to flow freely in the material, and we call these types of materials "metals".
If you now forceably place a few extra electrons on one end of a piece of metal and forceably remove a few electrons from the other end, then the electrons will flow through the material to try to even themselves out again. This is because electrons repulse each other.
The more electrons you add and remove to the two ends, the greater the force is going to be to push the electrons. We call this "voltage".
And we call this flow of electrons current.
One way to forceably add/remove electrons from the two ends of a piece of material is to use a battery. This uses a fairly simple chemical reaction to force electrons to build up on one side and be removed from the other side.
eddiepotatoJul 8, 2010
You've presented a great example of what science is able to do: enhance human understanding of parts and processes by describing their component parts and processes. But science has never actually "gotten to the bottom" of why things are. We still don't understand *why* what we call "fundamental" parts/processes exist to begin with.
Absolute efficiency = nothingness. So why is the Universe so damned full of parts and processes?
johnfluxJul 8, 2010
EddiePotato,
Science considers the "why" question meaningless. Questions like "What *is* electricity" is likewise considered meaningless. This is because such questions are not measurable and are thus not scientific and thus useless.
The only interesting question is "What equations and model fit my observations?". Everything else is useless philosophy and will get you nowhere.
As for a single model to fit all observations, you'll have to look at string theory or similar GUT (grand unified theory).
yousnameJul 2, 2010
Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Nobody comes to the Father except through Him.
A publication from Bob Jones University doesn't change that. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
chrgroseJul 2, 2010
I've read Leviticus and Deuteronomy. Anyone who wants to meet 'the Father' is insane.
tallestskilJul 2, 2010
Leviticus and Deuteronomy are Old Testament. Jesus said pretty much ignore all of that stuff and focus on the "treating others awesomely regardless of who they are" bit.
Or else you live somewhere where people who call themselves Christians are sacrificing animals, but that's not necessary anymore.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
diggnanJul 3, 2010
Wrong. A very popular misconception among more moderate Christians, that Jesus came and eliminated the old testament rules, this is not true:
From Matthew:
5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
(5:17) "Think not that I am come to destroy the law."
[Jesus strongly approves of the law and the prophets. He hasn't the slightest objection to the cruelties of the Old Testament.]
5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
(5:18) "Till heaven and earth pass"
[Jesus says that the Old Testament laws are binding on everyone forever. Must Christians obey Old Testament laws? Will the earth last forever?]
5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
I don't believe in this garbage, but if you're going to call yourself a christian, follow what the stupid book says, don't ignore the parts that make you uncomfortable.
bobroberts1953Jul 3, 2010
Diggnan...WTF am I in this thread! Anyway, Don't all those statements about respecting authority seem kinda like someone (perhaps in power) might have mentioned in passing that these precept had not been sufficiently emphasized, and perhaps that oversight should be corrected in the very next edition?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
danj484Jul 3, 2010
And yet, Christians constantly quote Psalms (see: the article itself), reference Sodom and Gomorrah, publish the book itself including the Old Testament, quote Leviticus when trying to project how find homosexuality so icky, etc.
enantiodromiaJul 2, 2010
FaithClubNet, did you register a new account?
solistusJul 3, 2010
What about all the people who lived before Jesus? Depending on whether you believe the dubious Biblical math of some 19th century American evangelicals or the entirety of the empirical record, there were somewhere between 4,000 and roughly 200,000 years of modern homo sapiens living on Earth before Jesus was ever born. Are they just doomed to hell outright, or trapped in limbo, or what? Seems like a pretty big oversight for an all-knowing, all-loving and all-powerful God, huh?
If your book is true and your God is real and as described, I have no interest in getting any closer to Him. He's a violent, petty, immature assh**e who commits genocide on a whim and tortures people sadistically for violating his ever-shifting, vague, nonsensical set of rules. He sounds more like a twisted serial killer than any sort of being worth worshiping in that sad excuse for a holy book of yours.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
hivoltage815Jul 3, 2010
Listen man. I admire your attempt to argue the merits of religion. But you aren't helping your cause because you apparently have no understanding at all about what Christians believe and the history of Christianity. If you honestly think that Christians believe prior to Jesus everyone went to hellI, then you fail to possess even the most basic understanding of it. At least I tried to understand it before I chose not to follow it.
blacklabelsarJul 6, 2010
My imaginary Prophet says that your imaginary Prophet is false and baseless...
evetsleepJul 2, 2010
shocking...
randomgorillaJul 2, 2010
That's the scariest thing I've seen all day.
telionisJul 2, 2010
If so, you'll love this. It's the scariest film I've ever seen... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486358/
randomgorillaJul 3, 2010
I've heard of that movie... just the quotes there will probably keep me up tonight. But then again I'm usually up till 3AM anyway so...
Closed AccountJul 2, 2010
"But we cannot say what electricity itself is like"
If you want to know what electricity is like, stick your tongue in a lamp socket and flip the switch.
biv2891Jul 2, 2010
all he has to do is grab a fork and stick it in the power outlet to learn what electricity feels like :)
skews13Jul 2, 2010
Being a master electrician for the last 20 years. LOL! What a f**king stupbo. Thanks for the heads up. If anybody has Bob Jones University on their resume if they ask me for a job, I'll point them to the local McDonalds. Obviously a degree from this University qualifies you to ask if you want fries with that. LOL!
dushJul 2, 2010
So as a master electrician have you learned what makes certain substances transfer energy the way they do? Why causes electrons to function on a subatomic level in such a way that they allow energy to "flow" to other atoms?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
fritzekJul 2, 2010
Maybe it's that mysterious electromagnetic field. 4 equations, nothing to worry about.
skews13Jul 3, 2010
I don't usually do this, but i'll leave you with this basic lesson in electron generation. The six basic sources of electricity are; Friction, Pressure, Heat, Light, Magnetism, and Chemical Action. After that it gets complicated, so i'll leave you to your studies.
dushJul 6, 2010
Electron generation? or Electricity generation?
I'm not saying people don't understand what the sources of electricity are or how to utilize and study them.
I'm saying people don't understand why they exist as properties of the universe in the first place.
headhotJul 3, 2010
Yea, that or picking Lawyers for the Department of Justice in the Bush administration...
mattbrad2Jul 3, 2010
What the hell are you talking about?! Bush administration?? WTF?? You may want to educate yourself on the CURRENT administration. Jesus you f*ck tards are embarrassing. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
mattbrad2Jul 3, 2010
So genius.. care to share with the rest of the class a little more insight on how electricity can flow from atom to atom? What sub atomic properties allow it to do this? I'm betting you have no f*ing clue. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
headhotJul 3, 2010
The electro-weak force.
charlesdkraussJul 2, 2010
This is why religion should stay the f**k away from education.
keraneuologyJul 3, 2010
Except Brigham Young has some of the finest programs in the world. Doesn't get any more affiliated with religion than that.
mattbrad2Jul 3, 2010
Oh dear. Now you've come in here and actually posted something logical in a sea of ignorance. What ever will we do with you?
fredfredricksonJul 8, 2010
Oh, right. So I guess that just because BYU has a good program, it justifies garbage like this existing, right?
fantomJul 3, 2010
The Jesuits do a decent job.
This is why fundamentalists should stay the f**k away from education.
keloydJul 4, 2010
This is also why credulous atheists should believe half of what they see and none of what they read on the internets.
rantandrageJul 2, 2010
I'm gonna go get me some good learnin' at Bob Jones U!
apackofmonkeysJul 2, 2010
I feel sorry for those of you that think this is real.
jordanmcJul 2, 2010
I used to have Bob Jones textbooks back in Junior High, surprised I turned out as normal as I did. I think I just decided that my kids will go to public school someday.
ace429kJul 2, 2010
You should see how they explain prostitution.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Electricity in the woman's vagina?
SHOCKING!
ps: Is that a burn mark on your labia or did you get the herpes?
schrankageJul 2, 2010
And here I thought it was my job to build power plants. What the hell am I doing?
orangebobJul 2, 2010
Electricity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE32tcojArI
duraidenJul 2, 2010
Even if it's only a Grade 4 textbook, to say that Electricity is a mystery and that we do not know where it comes from is egregiously wrong.
jbmcbJul 3, 2010
To be fair, the writers of the textbook have no idea what electricity is, and reading up about stuff and researching things are HARD. So, you know, typey typey typey words words words... BINGO we have a textbook! Close enough for horseshoes.
homercles337Jul 2, 2010
Im enrolling in an EE program as i write this. How easy would that be?
galoreJul 2, 2010
You just have to pray and you'll graduate magna cum laude.
brezzzJul 2, 2010
Impossible. How can you study that which has never been observed?
homercles337Jul 2, 2010
Who said anything about "study?"
centranJul 3, 2010
Why do you have to engineer anything. The all mighty Lord has engineered everything for us.
solistusJul 3, 2010
Pretty sure any sort of natural science or engineering degree from BJU is the polar opposite of a qualification for any job, except maybe a professorship at BJU.
I hope they don't train their own electricians. It must be hard to keep the Mystery Jesus Juice flowing since you can't observe it and all anyone can tell about it is that it's there. I guess Jesus doesn't want you to have lights today, class!
enantiodromiaJul 2, 2010
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591664233?ie=UTF8&tag=whats-good-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1591664233
terrifying...