Your pro-Israeli view is just the same old tired propaganda. Otherwise, don't flatter yourself . Your opinion is not important and does not matter a whit.

"Huh? Of course people who regularly meet lions in the wild would not have evolved the ability to discern how far away they are? This makes no sense, and the idea that hunters in Africa have evolved to have different vision than people in other places is even more ridiculous."

Yeah, that was quite the howler. At first, I wasn't sure it was serious. That hunter would've been lion food a long time ago.

Especially when some try and use that old tactic of simply pretending that religion and science are merely different "belief systems" as a launching pad for a friendly, but dubious, argument.

Goodness gracious, what a raft of specious suppositions. I don't think I've ever heard a scientist claim to know everything or that everything is known. So what? That means that scince is simply a "belief system"? Please...

This is not a nursing issue. In this case, the mother is not breastfeeding. She is allowing her 4 year old son to suck her nipple as a "comfort" for her child, and obviously, for her as well.

"Less troubling and more charmingly humorous is the Christian apologist's tendency to re-define as un-Christian any examples of Christian persons or behaviour that might embarrass the apologist in a debate."

Expand the meaning and definition of Christian such that all good things and/or behaviors are Christlike or Godlike. That way they straddle both sides of the fence.

"The idea that it's the athletes, rather than the institutions, who win games is flawed. Most big colleges have been around for over 100 years, and have built up their reputation to the point where they can attract the best athletes and form winning teams."

That's very backwards reasoning. They've built up their athletic reputation over time and therefore they can attract the best athletes and form winning teams. It didn't happen in a vaccum without the athletes.

"The big schools have done the heavy lifting, and the athletes come along at age 18 and become instant stars due to the notoriety of the college they attend."

Huh? I'm not even sure what to say here. Sure there's a difference in notoriety between USC and Whatsamatter U but Reggie Bush didn't become an instant star simply because he was on USC's team. He became a star because he performed exceptionally well on USC's team.

"I don’t recall ever hearing about a cheating scandal plaguing the women’s gymnastic squad at the University of Missouri and I don’t know about any cheating in the men’s basketball program at SUNY Albany."

Because that's not where the money is. It's disingenuous to include most Div. II and III programs in this discussion. Especially when those programs who do have football programs are lining for the right to get beat by the Major Div I teams just so they can collect $500,000 + apperances fees, which in a lot of cases, represents the biggest yearly plus to their budgets.

"The problem isn’t that the system invites cheating or creates the perception that you have to cheat just to keep up; the problem is that those two sports are populated by athletes and coaches who have a sense of privilege that they are owed something more than what they are already getting."

No, the problem is that everybody gets paid bigtime (NCAA, schools, coaches, media outlets, etc.)but the athletes. Also, this "free education" nonsense really needs to be put to bed. Just because Reggie Bush didn't have to pay tuition doesn't mean he got a free education. Reggie Bush paid for his education many times over. It's a simple ROI. The school gave him a free education worth appox. 200k and he made many millions of dollars for them and he's still making money for them thru Jersey sales. In general at most Major Div. I programs the cost of those "free educations" are a pittance compared to what they get back.

That should read:

"Because that's not where the money is. It's disingenuous to include most Div. II and III programs and limited or non-revenue producing sports in this discussion. Especially when those programs who do have football programs are lining for the right to get beat by the Major Div I teams just so they can collect $500,000 + apperances fees, which in a lot of cases, represents the biggest yearly plus to their budgets."