Body Works
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TeeGate said:And what did you learn
Guy
That the human body is very complex. They have people there that they sliced lengthwise into separate pieces. The guy they did it to had tatoos and you could still see his hair.
They had a womb cut open with a fetus as small as my palm. They had a fully reclining woman who was pregnant all cut open with the fetus still inside. They had people sliced and diced and cut open, spread open, and splayed open. It really was fascinating.
Bob
One of the most compelling reasons to believe in God that I have ever heard was a quote from a well known coroner in Philadelphia who's name I can't recall. It was in a television news interview.
It was a few years ago and it was blunt and hard-hitting.
I will quote as accurately as possible.
"If someone ever doubts that there is a God, they need only cut open a human being."
We are far too complex of an organism to have evolved from multiple random cellular divisions and mutations originating from a Big Bang of cosmic dirt.
The Franklin Institute exhibit sounds really interesting and I am going to try and catch it.
Scott
One of the most compelling reasons to believe in God that I have ever heard was a quote from a well known coroner in Philadelphia who's name I can't recall. It was in a television news interview.
It was a few years ago and it was blunt and hard-hitting.
I will quote as accurately as possible.
"If someone ever doubts that there is a God, they need only cut open a human being."
We are far too complex of an organism to have evolved from multiple random cellular divisions and mutations originating from a Big Bang of cosmic dirt.
The Franklin Institute exhibit sounds really interesting and I am going to try and catch it.
Scott
RednekF350 said:
Good quote. When someone doubts intelligent design I point to the masterwork inherent in the eye. How can we ever think an ameoba one day, said..."gee, I'd like to see my dinner, I wish I had an eye"...and poof, he has an eye, and so does everyone else through evolution. Ha!
Right.
RednekF350 said:
Was that Cyril Wecht maybe? http://www.cyrilwecht.com/
He's from Pittsburgh, not Philadelphia and is sort of a celebrity coroner talking-head guy.
I have an interesting story related to him. When I was a grad student at the Carnegie-Mellon Drama Dept in the early 70's, a good friend got a job from him. Wecht was just starting his successful "road show," and he had a bunch of dummies that were made up to illustrate various types of wounds and traumas. But he needed a way to pack and ship these to the various cities he was going to. So my friend was hired to build some plywood "coffins" for them. I remember one night, after we had a few drinks and had consumed certain other substances, he took me out to his garage to see the dummies all lined up in their coffins. Really weird stuff!
Back on topic... I'm sure that show was interesting, but you missed a really beautiful day in the pines
I'm with Guy on this one... I see way too much of Philadelphia already...
How crowded was the museum today?
How crowded was the museum today?
I made the mistake of going on Veterans Day. I estimated the line to purchase a ticket to be at least an hour. I went and saw Gigantosaurus instead. I really want to see this exhibit and am probably going to take a day off so as not to be inundated with everyone else who is off the same times I am. With a toddler, I can't do the night hours, which I understand are the perfect times to visit this museum.
How crowded was the museum today?
I made the mistake of going on Veterans Day. I estimated the line to purchase a ticket to be at least an hour. I went and saw Gigantosaurus instead. I really want to see this exhibit and am probably going to take a day off so as not to be inundated with everyone else who is off the same times I am. With a toddler, I can't do the night hours, which I understand are the perfect times to visit this museum.
Batona said:
It was crowded, but not unbearable. It could have been a lot worse. We arrived 15 minutes before our scheduled showing and they let us in anyway. You had to maneuver around people at each exhibit but there was enough open space to do it.
