Pseudo-Science Bullshit On National Geographic Channel!!!

[Fat Man]

I was looking at the TV listings this morning and I saw this one for the National Geographic Channel.

Ancient X-FilesEpisode: Secrets of the Dark Arts (First Aired: January 24, 2011)

A sacred golden box that may hold the Ten Commandments and the spirit of God.
9:00 - 10:00 AM NGC (74)

Gee! I thought that the National Geographic Channel was about science programming.

But it seems that these days everybody is getting more and more into pseudo-science instead of some real science.

OK, there is nothing wrong with documentaries with some speculation.

Granted, there might be a golden box with some stone tablets having some ancient Hebrew writings carved in then, because a golden box is a physical thing, and stone tablets are physical things. So, there could very well be a golden box with stone tablets inside of it.

So, yeah! Those two things could exist.

But a box that might contain the spirit of God???

Aw! Come on now!!! Like, let's GET REAL!!! OK???

Alright now, assuming there's a God who created the entire universe that is about 13 to 14 billion years old, and extends off into all directions for billions and billions of light years, and is made up of trillions of galaxies each containing a few hundred billions of stars, not to mention black holes, quasars, pulsars, super novas, and gamma ray bursts, etc. etc.

Such a God would have to be an awesome God indeed!!!

And this documentary is saying that the spirit of God might be placed in a little golden box?

Uh huh!

This sounds like something else that the Catholic church would believe in.

As we all know, the Catholic priest must have some really awesome powers indeed.

Oh! Yes indeed!!!

Just think!

The priest has the power to call God down from the heavens, the creator of this unimaginably vast universe, to enter into a little round cracker, and all the good little Catholics get to stand in line to eat God!

This is called, Transubstantiation.

I call it, pure unadulterated . . .

BULLSHIT!!!

Oh! And by the way . . . . .

Not only does the priest have the power to call God down from the cosmos to enter into a little round cracker to be eaten, but the priest also has the power to fuck your little babies!

Whatever happened to the bygone days when the National Geographic Channel had some science programs on Astronomy, space travel, paleontology, fossils, dinosaurs, evolution, biology, chemistry, or physics, etc. etc. Eh???

Like, REAL SCIENCE!!!

Let me quote this again . . .

A sacred golden box that may hold the Ten Commandments and the spirit of God.

OK, it "may hold" some stone tablets.

But saying that it "may hold" the spirit of God???

Now, if it said something like . . . that it is believed by superstitious people to hold the spirit of God, that would make more sense, but there is no possibility that it "may hold" the spirit of God, only that it is believed by superstitious moronic retards to hold the spirit of God.

And now, the History Channel is not any better either.

I'm seriously thinking of canceling my subscription to Time Warner Cable TV, because all there is now is nothing but crap!!!

I could save about $70 dollars per month!

I really can't afford to be putting out that kind of money for nothing but BULLSHIT!

That money could go toward getting myself a much better computer if I put some aside every month in savings.

And I could get some new clothes, and a new pipe, and a few other more useful things.

Also, I can see better stuff on YouTube videos.

TV SUCKS!!!

[Safety]

They'll air whatever they can to get ratings.

Damn shame, it is.

[Fat Man]

They'll air whatever they can to get ratings.

Damn shame, it is.

WOW! You actually said something that I can agree with for the very first time!

AMAZING!

Well, knock me over with a horse feather!

[Lewis]

Isnâ??t it owned by the Murdoch Corporation? Theyâ??re known for their questionable output, so it wouldnâ??t be too much of a shock.

[Fat Man]

Isnâ??t it owned by the Murdoch Corporation? Theyâ??re known for their questionable output, so it wouldnâ??t be too much of a shock.

Ah yes! Good ol' Rupert Murdoch!

That guy has been out to destroy journalism for years now.

He has bought out Newspaper publishers in New York, and almost everywhere, and has turned many good Newspapers into sleazy pulp-rags that no self-respecting fish would be caught dead wrapped up in!!!

His papers are not even good enough to be used for bird cage liners or puppy trainers!

I wish somebody would shoot the fucker and put us out of our misery!

[Lewis]

Isnâ??t it owned by the Murdoch Corporation? Theyâ??re known for their questionable output, so it wouldnâ??t be too much of a shock.

Ah yes! Good ol' Rupert Murdoch!

That guy has been out to destroy journalism for years now.

He has bought out Newspaper publishers in New York, and almost everywhere, and has turned many good Newspapers into sleazy pulp-rags that no self-respecting fish would be caught dead wrapped up in!!!

His papers are not even good enough to be used for bird cage liners or puppy trainers!

I wish somebody would shoot the fucker and put us out of our misery!

Murdoch has got himself into some trouble over here, due to hacking scandals. It covered in this thread.

http://www.sportssuck.org/phpbb2/viewto ... f=7&t=7184

Over here Murdochâ??s paper the News of the Screws has been shut down, though heâ??ll probably launch the Sun on Sunday, or something along those lines to replace it. Though, it looks like he is beginning to lose all his influence over, so maybe itâ??s a sign of things to come.

[ChrisOH]

I was looking at the TV listings this morning and I saw this one for the National Geographic Channel.

Ancient X-FilesEpisode: Secrets of the Dark Arts (First Aired: January 24, 2011)

A sacred golden box that may hold the Ten Commandments and the spirit of God.
9:00 - 10:00 AM NGC (74)

Gee! I thought that the National Geographic Channel was about science programming.

But it seems that these days everybody is getting more and more into pseudo-science instead of some real science.

"You mean it's NOT real, and I had to crawl through all those snakes and mummies for NOTHING?"

Seriously, though, Fat Man, I've noticed that shift in programming on the "educational" networks too. I think it's in large part due to the hoopla over the supposed 2012 "prophecy" about the end of the world (which in itself is complete crap -- see http://www.2012hoax.org). Like Safety said, ratings rule, so they'll show programs relating to "hot topics" whether there's any merit to the idea or not. I'm hoping after 2012 is over, this pseudo-science furor will die down -- I fear that may a false hope, though.

I wouldn't mind this so much if a channel were created called "The Mystic Channel" or something like that, and these things were aired there (and there's a Golf Channel, for crying out loud, so why couldn't they create something like that?) -- just keep them off the "science" and "history" channels.

[Fat Man]

Seriously, though, Fat Man, I've noticed that shift in programming on the "educational" networks too. I think it's in large part due to the hoopla over the supposed 2012 "prophecy" about the end of the world (which in itself is complete crap -- see http://www.2012hoax.org). Like Safety said, ratings rule, so they'll show programs relating to "hot topics" whether there's any merit to the idea or not. I'm hoping after 2012 is over, this pseudo-science furor will die down -- I fear that may a false hope, though.

Yeah, I will be so glad when New Years Day, January 1,2013 comes around and everybody sees that the world did not end on December 21,2012 has had been predicted.

Maybe we won't have to put up with all this bull shit anymore.

Of course, Pat Robertson will continue to say that the world will end, as he does every year, but nobody is making any documentaries based on his predictions. And the Jehovah's Witnesses will continue to predict the end of the world, but even all the other Christian Fundamentalists think they're nuts, and we all know the Mormons are nutso with their magic underwear that's suppose to make them indestructible.

Gee! Adults actually believe this shit???

When I was just a little kid in grade school, I was more grown up than most adults living today!

I remember when The Learning Channel, TLC, use to have educational programming on science, but now it's mostly fashion, and when I look at the Time Warner TV Listing all I see is, SAY YES TO THE DRESS, SAY YES TO THE DRESS, SAY YES TO THE DRESS, SAY YES TO THE DRESS, SAY YES TO THE DRESS, SAY YES TO THE DRESS, OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN! I get so pissed off that when I see a couple stepping out of a church after a wedding, I just want to throw buckets of mud on the couple and SAY NO TO THE DRESS BECAUSE THE DRESS SUCKS!!!

Then on the History Channel, sometimes it's nothing but PAWN STARS, PAWN STARS, PAWN STARS, PAWN STARS, or else it's REPO, REPO, REPO, REPO, REPO, and then there are some days on The National Geographic Channel when it's only DOG WHISPERER, DOG WHISPERER, DOG WHISPERER, DOG WHISPERER, DOG WHISPERER, over and over again and again!

I'm really surprised, that nobody has gone into a TV studio with a military type AKA machine gun and gunned down the entire staff.

But then, most Americans are drooling morons that like that kind of shit.

So, I guess it's up to me to try to save up some money so I can travel to where these studios and broadcasting companies are located and perhaps toss in some grenades.

OK! JUST KIDDING!!!

Anyway . . .

To me, the year 2009 was a very special year.

You'll all notice I joined these forums back in February 12,2009, the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, and 2009 was also the 400th anniversary of Galileo's telescope.

Back in the summer of 2009, PBS had a program titled 400 Years Of The Telescope. Before the program started, it said that the following program might not be suitable for all family members, viewer discretion advised.

Like, SAY WHAT???

I remember back in 1980 when Carl Sagan COSMOS came out, a 13 episode series on PBS, and there was of viewer discretion advise, and the series had a lot of stuff on it about evolution, and some chapters were about Galileo and the Inquisition, and many times through out the series, it was mentioned how religion had often suppressed scientific knowledge. And there was no warning before the programs started the viewer discretion was advised.

Of course, that was the year that Ronald Retard Reagan was elected president, and COSMOS came out early enough that year before Ronald Retard Reagan had a chance to fuck up our country some more.

If COSMOS were to be shown today on PBS, viewer discretion would be advised. America is becoming more conservative and more retarded.

Of course I knew this was coming.

I knew this was coming, back when I was just a kid in elementary school.

Being suspended from school after I failed to climb rope in the gymnasium due to my crippled up left knee, even though I was passing all my academic subjects, and having my head bashed against the concrete block wall by a teacher who didn't want me checking out Astronomy books from the school library.

That was what tipped me off, that we are all going to go swirling down the crapper!

Yeah! The big swirly!!!

And it is the morons in Washington DC, and the retards in the Republican party who had their hand on the handle, pulling the chain!

FFFFFLLLLLUUUUUUUUUUSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSH!!!

Oh! Now, this year, 2011, is also going to be a special year for religious retards. This year is the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible which was published in 1611 after the invention of the printing press.

And all the religious retards in the Republican party are celebrating by legislating more and more draconian laws to regulate what we can do on the Internet, and to enact more censorship.

Instead of supporting intellectual freedom, they love to celebrate the stupid.

OW!!! THE STUPID!!! IT BURNS!!!