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Author: Pro-Humanist FREELOVERPro-Humanist FREELOVER Date: Jul 16, 2007 11:38
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Well, religions tend to focus on the loving
and pleasant immortality parts of their faith,
these days, most often.
So, in a way, religions are their own engine
of diminishing the more threatening aspects
of their faith, most often.
However, of note, they still keep those threat-
ening aspects around, and still use them,
from time to time, to try to scare folks into
following their religion. Some use them much
more often than others, with fundamentalist
teaching of fear of fire and brimstone still
widespread in the so-called 'bible belt'.
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Author: Bill MBill M Date: Jul 16, 2007 16:38
More Biblical nonsense!
"Somebody Who Loves You" yahoo.com> wrote
in message news:13d5ih.r7p.19.1@news.alt.net...> "Pro-Humanist FREELOVER" gr8mail.com> wrote in messagenews:46...
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Author: Michael GrayMichael Gray Date: Jul 16, 2007 21:26
On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:38:07 -0500, "Pro-Humanist FREELOVER"
gr8mail.com> wrote:
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>Well, religions tend to focus on the loving
>and pleasant immortality parts of their faith,
>these days, most often.
What world are you living in?
It certainly is not the planet Earth!
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Author: Mark K. BilboMark K. Bilbo Date: Jul 17, 2007 06:29
On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:38:03 -0400, Bill M wrote:
> More Biblical nonsense!
Isn't that redundant?
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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"What the hell is an aluminum Falcon?"
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Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Jul 17, 2007 09:23
On Jul 16, 4:38 pm, "Bill M" bellsouth.net> wrote:>
> More Biblical nonsense!
>
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
We use this expression when we want to keep the valuable things when
we get rid of the things we don't want. It is usually used in the
negative to mean that we don't want to throw out the good stuff when
we throw out the bad stuff.
Example dialogue: Two friends are talking about making changes to a
personal website.
A: I'm going to make some changes to
my website soon.
B: Oh really? What kind of changes? You're
still going to keep the old pages, aren't you?
A: Yes, of course. The old pages will
still be on the site.
B: Oh, good. I don't want you to throw
the baby out with the bathwater.
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Author: Michael GrayMichael Gray Date: Jul 17, 2007 18:22
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:23:47 -0700, Immortalist
yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Jul 16, 4:38 pm, "Bill M" bellsouth.net> wrote:>>
>> More Biblical nonsense!
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>Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
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>We use this expression when we want to keep the valuable things...
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Author: kmurphy004kmurphy004 Date: Jul 20, 2007 00:02
On 16-Jul-2007, "Somebody Who Loves You"
You_fan_club@ yahoo.com> wrote:
> "The best way to drive out the devil, if he will
> not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and
> flout him, for he cannot bear scorn."
I don't think it is possible to drive out the devil, after all, where would
you drive him to?
--
Overheard:"If I am a friend of the family then I at least must be from
Texas. You shouldn't worry your pretty little head about politics, baby, if
it is something that you're curious about, just ask an adult and we'll keep
you informed."
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Author: Michael GrayMichael Gray Date: Jul 20, 2007 19:12
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>On 16-Jul-2007, "Somebody Who Loves You"
>You_fan_club@ yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> "The best way to drive out the devil, if he will
>> not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and
>> flout him, for he cannot bear scorn."
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>I don't think it is possible to drive out the devil, after all, where would
>you drive him to?
Washington.
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