Brushes with the unexplained

[sideshowbob]

Special non-exploited resources. Ones you just look at.

As I said, it's all interrelated, so every resource is important to you whether you use it directly or not.

 

[Magical Realist]

Or ones that you leave alone and don't muck with (such as the ones that deal with dead animals and roadkill for us) - I'm not quite sure what your hangup is on what he said...

Right..special scavenger species that keep our roadways clean. That's a huge resource. lol!

 

[Magical Realist]

As I said, it's all interrelated, so every resource is important to you whether you use it directly or not.

It's not a resource for you if it's not useful to you.

 

[sideshowbob]

It's not a resource for you if it's not useful to you.

Again... everything is interrelated... so everything is "useful" to you. If you thoughtlessly wipe out some species because you don't think it's "useful", you can't predict all of the consequences.

 

[Magical Realist]

Again... everything is interrelated... so everything is "useful" to you. If you thoughtlessly wipe out some species because you don't think it's "useful", you can't predict all of the consequences.

Like Noah's inner voice did to all the species of animal and plant on earth? What a huge waste of resources. The exploitable ones ofcourse.

 

[sideshowbob]

Like Noah's inner voice did to all the species of animal and plant on earth? What a huge waste of resources.

Noah didn't destroy any species. He preserved them.

 

[Magical Realist]

Noah didn't destroy any species. He preserved them.

His God did according to the story. Worship this kind of destructive God and maybe he'll save you. That's the lesson. What a shitty metaphor.

 

[sideshowbob]

His God did according to the story. Worship this kind of destructive God and maybe he'll save you. That's the lesson. What a shitty metaphor.

No it isn't. The lesson is that you gotta build your own ark to save yourself from God.

 

[Magical Realist]

No it isn't. The lesson is that you gotta build your own ark to save yourself from God.

Yes it is. It's about obeying and groveling before God and so sparing yourself from natural disaster. And then to keep obeying this God even though he destroys the whole planet in a tiff.

 

[sideshowbob]

It's about obeying God morally and so sparing yourself from natural disaster.

Then why did Noah have to build his own ark?

 

[Magical Realist]

Then why did Noah have to build his own ark?

Because God was too lazy..

 

[sideshowbob]

Because God was too lazy..

And yet he went to the trouble of poofing all that water in and then out. No, your explanation doesn't fit the story.

 

[Magical Realist]

And yet he went to the trouble of poofing all that water in and then out. No, your explanation doesn't fit the story.

He simply relaxed the constraints of the deep and the water-filled firmament. No poofing involved at all.

 

[sideshowbob]

He simply relaxed the constraints of the deep and the water-filled firmament.

There was no water-filled firmament - physically impossible. Your story doesn't hold water.

 

[Magical Realist]

There was no water-filled firmament - physically impossible. Your story doesn't hold water.

Read your Bible. It's all in Genesis.

 

[sideshowbob]

Read your Bible. It's all in Genesis.

You're embellishing. Miracle required.

 

[Magical Realist]

You're embellishing. Miracle required.

Nope. It's in the Bible. Read the book before trying to defend its fables.

 

[sideshowbob]

Nope. It's in the Bible. Read the book before trying to defend its fables.

The miracle is in the Bible. Only creationists try to pretend it's all scientific.

 

[Magical Realist]

The miracle is in the Bible. Only creationists try to pretend it's all scientific.

While others pretend it is all metaphorical and non literal. Except for the miracles ofcourse.

 

[Kittamaru]

Right..special scavenger species that keep our roadways clean. That's a huge resource. lol!

Indeed, it is a huge resource - without scavengers and decomposers, waste and dead bodies would quickly build up.
Thank you, though, for openly broadcasting your ignorance when it comes to the importance of reclamation species...

Here, go educate yourself:
http://education.seattlepi.com/describe-probable-effects-ecosystem-decomposers-were-die-4360.html

If all decomposers were to die off, these nutrient cycles would be severely disrupted and the essential elements, perhaps with the exception of carbon, would not be available for life to continue. Nitrogen and phosphorus would be locked in dead material. In all probability, life as we know it would not continue and there would be a huge build up of dead material with many compounds locked inside these bodies.

http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/simhtml/info/whats-a-decomposer.html

Decomposers and scavengers break down dead plants and animals. They also break down the waste (poop) of other organisms. Decomposers are very important for any ecosystem. If they weren't in the ecosystem, the plants would not get essential nutrients, and dead matter and waste would pile up.