On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:57:17 -0500, Darrell Stec
webpagesorcery.com> wrote:
>Michael Gray wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:34:59 -0500, Darrell Stec
>>
webpagesorcery.com> wrote:
>> >>>Michael Gray wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:17:40 -0500, Darrell Stec
>>>>
webpagesorcery.com> wrote:
>>>> >>>>>Michael Gray wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:49:52 -0600, "Suzanne"
flash.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"Michael Gray"
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>>>>>>>news:ck5jp3lvbeapac7d1q5c4ep1bl9a9a06b7@4ax.com...>>>>>>>> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:48:36 GMT, "Suzanne"
flash.net>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>"Steve Knight"
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>>>>>>>>>news:e1map3l19gkj1s65udi6qfb5dit7f5p1ch@4ax.com...>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:47:36 GMT, "Suzanne"
flash.net>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It confirms that Adam
>>>>>>>>>>>and Eve were real people, and that by Adam, sin
>>>>>>>>>>>entered into the world. In the genealogies, Adam is
>>>>>>>>>>>listed as being clearly a real person.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Suzanne
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm not getting it. Was this 'Adam' a Neanderthal or Homo
>>>>>>>>>> Erectus?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The fossil record for humans goes back millions of years. When
>>>>>>>>>> did
>>>>>>>>>> this god of yours intervene and make a new species from dirt? Why
>>>>>>>>>> isn't there an abrupt departure from the historical fossil
>>>>>>>>>> evidence to prove supernatural intervention?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Am I asking another one those questions that's answered with
>>>>>>>>>> 'just
>>>>>>>>>> believe'?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>They've now found Cylinder Seals that depict dinosaur
>>>>>>>>>and man living side by side.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That's it.
>>>>>>>> You are certifiable.
>>>>>>>> And have lost every right to any form of sane discourse.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Quod erat demonstrandum!
>>>>>> I thank you for proving my point to the world.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Youu have clearly revealed that you are a gullible mentally retarded
>>>>>> infant.
>>>>>
>>>>>Just you wait until scientists discover a family of dinosaurs on a
>>>>>remote
>>>>>island in the Pacific (or is that Atlantic?). Then you will have to
>>>>>take
>>>>>back every word you said to her. What can be more real than paintings
>>>>>in a cave or sculptures on a gate?
>>>>>
>>>>>Next you will be telling me that the rabbitelephantshark my nephew drew
>>>>>me when he was 5 years old didn't exist 8 years ago.
>>>
>>>Oh my godness. Where have I been, in some kind of cocoon all these years?
>>>I was totally unaware of this entire civilization, and it was broadcast on
>>>TV too.
>>
>> So it *MUST* be veridical!
>>
>
>I'd rather like to think of it as veracious.
No thanks, I'll stick by 'veridical'.
It is the correct part of speech, and it subtly says what I intended
it to.
I learned that 'veridical' derives directly from veridicus/verax and
the Indo-European suffix 'dicere'= 'to say', whereas veracious derives
proximally from 'verax', and means only 'truth'.
As I understand it: 'veridical' is an adjective which means that the
truth has been uttered,
But 'veracious' merely means that it is true.
As it was "said" on TV, I choose 'veridical' as the slightly more
accurate adjective.
>>>My only excuse is that I rarely watched TV in 73 and 74 and that some
>>>Christian cult probably borrowed the books from the local library and
>>>burned them.
>>
>> Bloody typical!
>> My local library was not in Alexandria.
>>
>
>Some communities in Florida actually banned books like Little Red Riding
>Hood and The Wizard of Oz. Here in Ohio because the library manager does
>not believe in censorship either of books or computer usage (she says that
>is up to the parents) anything controversial customers simply borrow and
>never return. With the publishing of The DaVinci Code it became such a
>problem that the library started to use a collection agency and credit
>reporting to enforce fines. The library simply kept buying new copies of
>the book until the customers gave up (or maybe the collection agency
>harassed them out of the practice).
Michael Moore has a great deal of respect for the Librarians of the
USA, and if his stories are to be believed, then I agree!
Guardians of freedom in pince-nez!
>>>I will immediately commence a remedial study program on the topic. Sorry
>>>to have been so remiss and closing my mind to all of the things going on
>>>around me. I'm beginning to feel like a Christian all over again.
>>
>> Arrggg! NO!!
>> I most humbly apologise for having caused you such mental distress.
>> What can I do to help erase those awful feelings?
>> A Hitchen's Video, perhaps?
>
>Not to worry. I started to read the bible and it cured me of the insanity
>of Christianity. It worked the first time around so I figured I'd give it
>a try this time.
Properly read, it is quite the best innoculation!
