evolution is bogus

[Desert Arabian]

Originally posted by lotrfreak
he didnt quote the bible he just had the ideas molded in his book. and u know what hollywood does to books.

??? Hollywood can't do anything to actual books without the concent of the author!!!??? So no, I do not know what Hollywood does to books, but I do know what Hollywood does to movies.

And if you are hinting about Lord of the Rings (movie)...Peter Jackson went along with the book, and filmed the movie the way J.R.R Tolkien would most likely have filmed it. So Hollywood didn't do anything to twist up that movie. The books and the trilogy movies are 90% the same.

He, who's "he"??

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by lotrfreak
he didnt quote the bible he just had the ideas molded in his book. and u know what hollywood does to books.

they make really bad movies???

getting back to creationism and evolution....

i could never present enough evidence to convince you, myself
or anyone else what really happened when god, or the universe
decided put the planet together.

while i do not believe in creationism, i have looked thru a telescope or seen pictures from the Hubble (the telescope)-
at that point it is pretty hard to think to yourself that THERE IS NOT A FORCE larger than we are...

there are times when science is more believeable - you can hold it in your hands- like fossils...they came from somewhere and until you can dimiss their 'weight' you can't just say,
"no, that cannot be!"

religion is a process where the unexplainable is left to the
pages of the bible and the way that a religious person may interpret them......a world created by god is far more difficult to
prove than the idea a spinning cloud of gas and dust coagulates into a star and 9 planets.

religion is a highly personalized belief, an answer to the mysteries of the world. to stand on a street corner and challenge everyone to prove you wrong is a way to stir up the masses.

challenging people to prove you are right is a far better challenge-
you get people to think and question the reason that they are here........

while i do not believe in one particular god it's far easier to question the future than it is to question the past, after all, the past is lost to us.

the future is in the next minute or hour, we have a hand in what that brings, we have a chance to mold it into what we want from tomorrow.

religion is not a bad thing, but when it espouses love, acceptance and understanding and turns it's back on tangible, scientific fact-something's wrong.

look at history thru the middle ages and see how the science minds of that time had to deal with the RC church....

the god of creationism never put anyone to death,
it's the god of religion that has the funny little quirks.

[Nomilynn]

Originally posted by YellowLabLover
??? Hollywood can't do anything to actual books without the concent of the author!!!??? So no, I do not know what Hollywood does to books, but I do know what Hollywood does to movies.

This isn't necessarily true. It takes an author with a lot of influence to actually be able to help write the script. Take the movie "I Know What You Did Last Summer." That was *based* on the book by Lois Duncan, and the book is completely different than the movie. Actually, if they had stayed true to the book, it would have made a much better movie. Most times, the book is signed over with a "promise" to hold true to the story.

I have not read the LOTR books, but I have heard that the movie did a pretty good job at staying true to the story line.

[carole]

Well what can i say a down to earth KIWI produced LORD OF THE RINGS, thats why, sorry folks just had to put a plug in there for us KIWIS lol

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by carole
Well what can i say a down to earth KIWI produced LORD OF THE RINGS, thats why, sorry folks just had to put a plug in there for us KIWIS lol

carole,

you and i know that those delicious, fuzzy, brown fruits from down under couldn't possibly 'produce' a film....


lol

[carole]

Now Now Richard you BEHAVE yourself, you are taking the mickey out of me, actually we are called Kiwis after our native bird SO THERE not the Kiwi fruit, lol, nice try though, yeah didnt we do WELL. I have never even bothered to see LORD OF THE RINGS not my kinda movie, it was filmed about 15 mins away from where i live.

[carole]

By the way i like an American who has a sense of humour

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by carole
By the way i like an American who has a sense of humour

then you'll probably dislike my ignorance for thinking of the fruit and not the bird!!!!!
your country is absolutely beautiful...now, i truly believe that god has a hand in making places like NZ....

i can see he sometimes loses concentration as he treks around the planet...

[Desert Arabian]

Originally posted by Nomilynn
This isn't necessarily true. It takes an author with a lot of influence to actually be able to help write the script. Take the movie "I Know What You Did Last Summer." That was *based* on the book by Lois Duncan, and the book is completely different than the movie. Actually, if they had stayed true to the book, it would have made a much better movie. Most times, the book is signed over with a "promise" to hold true to the story.

I have not read the LOTR books, but I have heard that the movie did a pretty good job at staying true to the story line.

Hmm...I never saw "I Know What You Did Last Summer", I didn't know that that issue happend. That's interesting, thanks for correcting me!!!

I am currently in the middle of the third LOTR book, and so far the movies are pretty darn close to the books. There are just some scenes in the book which I wish Peter put in the movie.

[lotrfreak]

J. R. R. Tolkien is dead. Tolkien scholars said that he would be very disappointed if he were still alive at the outcome of this movie. have u even read the books? do u even know if it is 90% true?

[Nomilynn]

Originally posted by YellowLabLover
Hmm...I never saw "I Know What You Did Last Summer", I didn't know that that issue happend. That's interesting, thanks for correcting me!!!

You aren't missing much I do recommend the book though. It's really good. You should read it, and then watch the movie, and see how badly it was butchered.. yes, pun intended

[lotrfreak]

it is so not like the book, however, i do agree that NZ is very beautiful

[lotrfreak]

*consent

[catland]

Its never possible to capture all of a book in a movie - there just isn't enough time.

One of my favorite books "The Stand" by Stephen King, was turned into an eight hour mini-series, and even then, some of my favorite parts of the book were left out.

[catland]

Originally posted by carole
actually we are called Kiwis after our native bird

I guess that's why we Americans refer to each other as a bunch of Turkeys.