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Author: chibiaboschibiabos
Date: Dec 26, 2008 16:12
> I wrote the following in response to a post in thread I can no longer
> find. I don't even remember which newsgroup the thread was in.
> However, having written it, I'm going to post it and hope someone will
> tell me what it pertains to (think of it as a test). An interesting
> challenge you'll have to admit. I do recall that I had said something
> to the effect that people regard the evidences for their faith as
> being of the same kind others have in the The Periodic Table of
> Elements; or something similar. In fact, about the only thing I recall
> with perfect clarity is that my original post was brilliant.
[snippage]
>
> Why is it, then, that it's acceptable to unquestioningly digest the
> "facts" of one science, with no personal verification whatsoever and
> irrational to accept some other set of "facts" when they are used in
> a religious context?
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Author: Cary KittrellCary Kittrell
Date: Dec 26, 2008 16:12
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> On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:08:56 GMT, David Johnston block.net> wrote:
> >>>Earth's orbit around the Sun is decaying:
>>>"However, a more recent simulation indicates that Earth's orbit will
>>>decay
>>>due to tidal effects and drag, causing it to enter the red giant Sun's
>>>atmosphere and be destroyed."
>>
>>
>>Oh my gosh! You mean we only have 4 billion years to live?
>
> No, Earth is ending now.
>
>> We must
>>panic now! ...
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Author: Cary KittrellCary Kittrell
Date: Dec 26, 2008 16:07
The Chief Instigator io.com>>
> On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:19:41 +0000 (UTC), Cary Kittrell afone.as.arizona.edu> wrote:>>>>>>
>>>>>> Local representatives of Mother Government will announce that all
>>>>>> hungry, desperate people should all go quietly and calmly to the
>>>>>> nearest school, community center or some other large place and Mother
>>>>>> Government will "help"
>>>>>> them, feed them and their children. This, of course, will be the pick
>>>>>> up points to transport people to FEMA camps (all 1400 of them) so they
>>>>>> can be
>>>>>> 'taken care of' and provided with the things they need."
>>>>>> ...
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Author: Non scrivetemiNon scrivetemi
Date: Dec 26, 2008 15:50
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Atheists are without God and Antichrists are against Christ.
Therefore, no man can be with God without being with Christ,
because Christ is with God. So men with Christ are men with
God. Men cannot be with God, without being with Christ. See?
No man can be for Christ without knowing what Christ is for.
The Light knows that Christ is for every man being with God.
Christ is also for every man which is without God to repent,
to stop sinning and pay off their karmic debts to the Great
Spirit for the remission of sins, and to teach others to do
likewise. If any man has any doubt as to what Christ is for,
read a good red-letter edition of the bible, and you'll see.
If you ever wondered why so many Christians here in Gehenna
are so Antichrist, it's because they do not actually follow
Christ, i.e., they do not always do exactly what Jesus told
them to do. These Christians Against Christ are Antichrists,
Atheists, Christians without God, Christians without Christ.
They're no more Christian than the paper they're printed on.
Many of these "CACs", or "CHRINOs", Christians in name only,
become preachers of Antichrist and practitioners of Atheism.
They don't preach exactly what Jesus preaches, because they
are Antichrist and...
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Author: Cujo DeSockpuppetCujo DeSockpuppet
Date: Dec 26, 2008 15:49
UseNetOnly@t-online.de wrote in news:7dc9l418gbc89kfp6nhipncgla4p09a1o0
@pasoschweiz.de:
> On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:42:02 -0500, "HVAC" gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>Is there ANY happiness in your life?
>
> Why? Did you break a leg?
>
> Masseltov!
>
> Happy Season!
Chuckwheat DeBonehaid! Long time, no see! Let's try to make it a habit.
M'kay?
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Author: William T. GoatWilliam T. Goat
Date: Dec 26, 2008 14:49
On Dec 22, 3:11Â pm, Bill billconner.com> wrote:
> What we call an education is really a training in the methodologies of
> acquring knowledge
I'm glad you said this, because that's the key difference between
science and religion, and the reason why scientific facts are more
trustworthy then religious facts. Science has methodologies for
acquiring knowledge. Religion does not. Even worse, religion demonizes
and forbids the acquisition of knowledge. (The Garden of Eden story
lays the foundation for this way of thinking.)
Scientific facts are presented as the result of a search for truth.
The scientist who discovers a fact does not merely publish it and tell
people to agree with it; he publishes the methods and reasoning which
led to the discovery. Science behaves as if it has nothing to hide.
This *openness* allows others to understand a fact in the same way,
and even to try and make the same discovery themselves. Thus if the
scientist made an error, somebody is likely to catch it.
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Author: Joseph HummingJoseph Humming
Date: Dec 26, 2008 13:41
Should we view our history as a list of occurrences since the
beginning of our time on the planet or should we have a much wider
perspective? Should we, for example, see ourselves as a very focused
form or configuration of matter and view our achievements accordingly?
Or should we view ourselves as a uniquely gifted species? If the
latter, should we inquire, or speculate, as to what this species might
eventually achieve? Should we speculate as to the fetch - to use a
nautical term - of the species?
If we choose any of the avenues mentioned above might we then go
further and ask whether our achievements to date constitute a fair
return on our potential or whether, indeed, we have gone considerably
off course and celebrated error to our own long-term cost?
Is it possible to draw up a dossier of what we should expect of the
human being? Is it possible to eliminate error, not the short-term
error of the moment but long-term structural illusion and confusion
about the nature of human existence?
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Author: DionisioDionisio
Date: Dec 26, 2008 13:09
J wrote:
> Guest Opinion: Why Marriage is Inherently Heterosexual
Oh dear. "Guest *Opinion*"?!?
Get back to us when they host "Guest Facts."
--
And the Thought of the Moment (TM) is:
If we suspect a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; For then he becomes bold
and assured, lies more vigorously and is unmasked.
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