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See if you can figure out which myths Jamie and Adam Busted or Confirmed on their show.
Download mythbusters.ppt nowI really liked this presentation. I added a couple of slides to the end with common Catholic myths. It got them thinking about their faith.
Cele 2:01:24pm on 1/23/2010
Offensive@Dawkins Pitbull Just FYI: Natural Selection is not Evolution. Natural Selection is a fact - it's also a fact that it's impossible to naturally select from non-existent information. Evolution has been poorly represented at best in the majority of textbooks, when you get down to nuts and bolts you must have massive amounts of beneficial mutations which lead to increased genetic information *to select from* for forward evolution. Name one example. Quote wikipedia: "Although Austrian monk Gregor Mendel, the father of modern genetics, was a contemporary of Darwin's, his work would lie in obscurity until the early 20th century." I recommend reading Dr. J.C. Sanford's Genetic "Entropy & the Mystery of the Genome" or perhaps familiarizing yourself with some of the excellent work by Agnostic and Skeptic David Berlinski [http://www.devilsdelusion.com/] if you're reluctant to read any works written by a Christian... btw: I would love to see the Mythbusters tackle evolution! I think if they treated the subject with the same intensity that they tackle their other experiments with we'd get some very compelling results. Can something Evolve? Cause if so, I think that I'd like a set of wings... but I suppose that'd take a billion-zillion years.
monty 3:11:47am on 11/19/2009
OffensiveThis is a cool game thats a good ice breaker. It would be nice to hear how others have found it use full. Or even other games that other YP's have done.
sl1jackson 10:01:42am on 1/28/2009
OffensiveChickens! I didn't think you would display anything that challenged your dogmatic mythology
Dawkins Pitbull 10:09:37pm on 9/17/2008
OffensiveBoth Jamie and Adam are both Atheists and would not approve of you stealing their Intellectual Property. In the coming season of Mythbusters they prove Evolution- In an interview Savage gave at The Amaz!ng Meeting 5, he expressed an interest in proving natural selection over creationism on MythBusters. "My goal this year is to prove natural selection on the show. It's gonna take a while, it's gonna be very hard to make it fascinating on film in the context of our narrative structure, but I figure screw it. The sky's the limit. Let's do natural selection. I'm sick of fifty percent of this country thinking creationism is reasonable. It's appalling."
Dawkins Pitbull 10:09:46pm on 9/17/2008
OffensiveQuestion 8 can be worded better also, but this is great. I am introducing small groups and will use this to debunk myths about small groups.
John Gruber 3:09:36pm on 9/12/2008
OffensiveThanks for the correction and the names. They been fixed.
Chris 5:09:46pm on 9/10/2008
OffensiveI use stuff like this to have on as students come in. Most of our students are mingling around for at least 10-15 minutes before we 'officially' begin our youth group time. I use the stuff with faith topics like you mentioned when looking to open or stimulate discussion or as illustrations. Each has their place. I appreciate these openers. They're just good clean harmless fun.
Russ Claassen 4:09:31pm on 9/10/2008
OffensiveThis can be a GREAT lead in to conversation about myths from the Bible and from Church - GREAT Resource! Thanks.
Ben 3:09:44pm on 9/10/2008
Offensivenot sure what that was all about- what a weird freebie to have on a youth ministry site. I too would appreciate something like that with faith topics.
Tina Wagner 3:09:26pm on 9/10/2008
OffensiveGreat for a crowd breaker. By the way the mythbusters names are Adam and Jamie.
Melissa 2:09:15pm on 9/10/2008
OffensiveI believe it is Adam and Jamie.
T.J. 2:09:41pm on 9/10/2008
OffensiveShouldn't it be Jamie and Adam?
Jason Peck 1:09:25pm on 9/10/2008
OffensiveSteve 1:09:42pm on 9/10/2008
OffensiveI think you could take a game like this and segue into a discussion about the myths of Jesus. You could talk about what people think and what is actually true. Good game.
Rick Nier 12:09:12pm on 9/10/2008
OffensiveWhat has this got to do with youth ministry? Give me the same game with faith topics that will surprise and stimulate discussion.
Pam Sahdev 12:09:13pm on 9/10/2008
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