[Previous poster: Yes, that's right... 284,917 peer reviewed papers on evolution.]
How many of them were named, Jesus?
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They were likely all named something, but my name's Kitty - not Jesus.
(Ahh, pedantry (note the comma))
"Jesus" is a bit silly title for a paper on evolution, don't you think? I mean, scientific papers need good titles, so people know what's in the paper.
Oh, you mean "how many papers name Jesus". Right. Let's try it this way: how many scientific papers on computer science mention Jesus? Yet, here you post your cluelessness for all of the world to see, thanks to the magic of the Internet. Computer science requires precise mathematics, a topic on which the Bible is notoriously silent.
How many of them were named, Jesus?
well, written that way, you appear to be asking jesus how many papers were named. it is standard in quality journals for the papers to have a title, so my guess would be 284,917 papers were named. of course, that's just my guess, and with the comma where you put it, nobody but jesus can answer this question.
or did you mean how many papers were called jesus? I would suspect none.
oh, peers? you meant how many peers were called jesus? ah no, peers have to be people of proven scientific credentials working in the general field that the paper covers. your little friend jesus isn't a leading scientist in the field of biology, he doesn't hold a research post at a recognised research establishment, and he's not actually alive; three minor points that prevent jesus being a referee for a peer review journal.
EDIT: so Katherine Lorraine beat me to it on the whole comma thing. clever Kitty
Well, "Jesus" is a common name in Latin America, and they have some good evolutionary biologists there, so I can imagine that surely some reviewers bear the name "Jesus".
But I assume that you mean the fictional character "Jesus of Nazareth"? Sorry, fictional characters cannot serve as peer reviewers. Nobody would ask Hamlet from the well-known Shakespeare play to serve as peer reviewer, for example.
I'm not quite sure what this is about, but it is certain that the first documents of the New Testament didn't appear until at least 10 years after the crucifixion, and these were written by someone who had never even met Jesus, but claimed to have a vision of him. This evidence is as valid as my saying that I saw Jesus and he told me the whole lot of Epistles, Gospels, Acts and the crazy Revelation are all a load of bollox.
The first Gospel (Mark) appeared about 60 years after Jesus had gone, and it shows strong evidence of text tampering, so quite apart that no one knows who really wrote it, it is highly suspect. The other Gospels were even later and show a definite anti-Jewish slant in favour of exonerating the Romans for Jesus death on the cross. the agenda is clearly visible to any fair-minded person.
So, Jesus could not have given his personal approval to the New Testament, and all this talk of peer review is meaningless in the context of the era. Historians composed speeches that commanders SHOULD have given to their troops, and facts were twisted to produce desired results. Hence the idea of peer review is nonsense.
How many of them were named Allah, Buddha, FSM or the "Great Juju up the mountain"?
You see, the thing is: That doesn't matter in science curriculum...
Actually, since there are lots of Spanish-speakers in the world, and Jesus is a relatively common given name in Spanish-speaking areas, there are probably LOTS of papers on evolution written or endorsed by men named Jesus. Heck, there are probably papers co-written by several Jesuses(or should that be Jesi?)
How many of them were named, Jesus?
Who cares? Jesus thought the Noah global flood myth was real and told people that he would return in their lifetimes. He was wrong I bet if he had anything to say about evolution, it would be wrong as well.
@snide:
Yay for pedants!
@anon2:
I dunno. I might ask Hamlet to peer review my paper.
"What do you mean it's not peer reviewed? I got Hamlet, Yogi Bear, and the Wizard of Oz to review it!"
Apparently, the Jesus of Bible fame couldn't even write. Otherwise, he could have written down what he meant to say rather than leaving it up to politicians and clerics to invent Christianity hundreds of years later. Could have avoided all the confusion, schisms, and wars over the "correct" interpretation. It's like the guy was stupid ... or just plain, old non-existent.
Actually, I found two.
1. "I think I can explain this whole thing. Jesus, these Jesii want to change your Jesus. They don't want this Jesus or any of his Jesii to believe in the Theory of Jesus because it's bad for their Jesus. They use Jesus to try and force Jesii to believe their Jesus. If you let them stay, they will build Jesii and Jesii, they will take all your Jesii and replace them with Jesus. These Jesii have no good Jesus to believe in Jesus, so they conclude Jesus. Please, let these Jesuii stay where they can dwell and prosper without any Jesii, Jesii, or Jesii."
2. Peer Review of "Evolution for Dummies" by Simple Simon and Schuster
Title: Jesus
Paragraph I: Jesus Christ! How stupid do you have to be not to get this shit?
The End
(Apologies and acknowledgments to Matt and Trey)
How many of them were named, Jesus?
Among scientists who support evolution there were about 1,150 named "Steve" - I don't think they ever counted those named "Jesus". There may be some in Spanish-speaking countries. "Jesus" wasn't Jesus of Nazareth's real name. It's an modern translation of a Latin translation of a Greek translation of the Hebrew name "Jeshua" or "Jehoshu". I'm sure there are evolutionary biologists named "Joshua", which is yet another translation of the same name.
Bad grammar aside, I decided to look into this.
After searching the Web of Science, I found sixteen peer-reviewed articles that at least mentioned evolution and had at least one author with the surname Jesus (apparently, there is a Portuguese biologist named Jose Jesus). Unfortunately, the Web of Science does not allow searches by author's first name, but I can only imagine that Jesus is far more common as a first name than a last name, so the number would presumably increase substantially.
Why did he want to know?
That's it. He must be trolling. Absolutely nobody, not even a creationist, could possibly be that stupid. That is my opinion, and I am sticking to it.
Statistically speaking, there have to be at least one.
But that's not what you mean, is it AV1611vet?
[Previous poster: Yes, that's right... 284,917 peer reviewed papers on evolution. ]
"How many of them were named, Jesus?"
According to the Law of Probability, considering that number of peer-reviewed papers on the subject, there has to be quite a few experts/academics/scholars/professors of Biology in Central/South America (or at least of Latino descent, in universities/facilities in other parts of the world) who are/were named Jesus.
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I love the smell of destroyed arguments in the morning. Smells like... victory.
"named, Jesus?"
(emphasis added):
Dr. Rumack (Leslie Nielsen): 'Can you fly this plane, and land it?'
Ted Striker (Robert Hays): 'Surely, you can't be serious?'
Dr. Rumack: 'I am serious... and don't call me Shirley. '
-"Airplane"
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When Batman, Sherlock Holmes, and Agatha Heterodyne start peer-reviewing science papers, I suppose Jesus of Nazareth can join in. Though perhaps only as the coffee-bitch of the team; The rest of them are at least scientifically qualified fictional characters.
Presumably you mean how many were authored by Jesus (82, apparently, by someone named "Jesus").
Probably the same amount as the letters, gospels, church doctrines and theological statements issued by Christians throughout the centuries. That is to say, none. Now, does that mean your religion isn't valid?
Don't have papers named "Jesus", how about a stapler, pen, wastebasket, bookcase, TV set, radio, Jesus object anything....
Maybe there where hispanic scientists named Jesus?
Ir did you mean naming the paper jesus? What's the point of that though? Oh... I'm naming this paper 'Bill' and that one... uhm... 'Fred'... And that one 'LeShawn', and I think I'll name this paper 'Jesus'!
How many of them were named, Jesus?
My final answer is, "three" ...?
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