On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 21:35:15 +0000, Peter Ward
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>On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 12:18:43 -0800, Mack A. Damia
>
hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 17:53:13 +0000, Peter Ward
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>>>>>On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:32:51 +0000, Halla
>>>
drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 07:41:40 +0000, Peter Ward
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>>>>blethered:
>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 23:59:29 +0000, Work in progress
>>>>>
ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:55:55 +0000, Peter Ward
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>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>[snip]
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>There we'll have to disagree. Given the rise of fundamentalists of all
>>>>>>>>stripes (including atheists)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>How can you have a fundamentalist atheist?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>In this instance I'm using it in its academic sense
>>>>>
>>>>>I don't see any sense at all in the expression. To be a
>>>>>fundamentalist is to take certain teachings as, well, fundamental.
>>>>>Atheism has no teachings. It rejects them. All it says is "away with
>>>>>your bullshit".
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>*snort* Tell that to the folks who yawp on and on, in a *most*
>>>>insistent manner, about their being no god(s). Quite vehement, they
>>>>are. Preachy, almost. <:-)
>>>
>>>They're just trying to guide you in the One True Way. Oops.
>>>
>>>Atheists I know don't get started until the subject of religion comes
>>>up in the first place. I don't go around accosting people in the
>>>street, or randomly inserting the subject of atheism into
>>>conversations, but when someone starts about religion I've as much
>>>right to my say as anyone else.
>>>
>>>>[...] There's too many people not using their brains and
>>>>>believing in gods, he wants to wake them up. [...]
>>>>
>>>>What about those who do use their brains and still believe in gods?
>>>>:-)
>>>
>>>The two are mutually exclusive.
>>
>>What about "spirit"? Do you believe in "spirit"?
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>I believe I'll have another scotch.
>
>Define "spirit". Be specific.
Cabrito Reposado.
>>There's something out there we don't understand, and maybe we're not
>>supposed to.
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>What's that then?
How a daily dose of tequila prevents influenza.
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>>The psychologist, Carl Jung, delved into this area.
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>Good for him. Did he come up with anything relevant?
Introvert or extrovert?
His thories are fascinating.
Synchronicity?
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