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Author: Newk IndofmanNewk Indofman Date: Nov 29, 2006 09:48
> "Paul Bunion" wrote in message news:xzFah.5379$ki3.4399@trndny01...
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>> We don't need that creeping religion anywhere.
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> "Evolution is promoted by its practitioners as more than mere science.
> Evolution is promulgated as an ideology, a secular religion a full-fledged
> alternative to Christianity, with meaning and morality. I am an ardent
> evolutionist and an ex-Christian, but I must admit in this one complaint
> the literalists [creationists] are absolutely right. Evolution IS a
> religion." -- Michael Ruse, (evolutionist) author of "The Darwinian
> Revolution", "Darwinism Defended", and "Taking Dar- win Seriously" ..also
> founder and editor of the journal "Biology...
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Author: AndrewAndrew Date: Nov 29, 2006 23:53
> "Andrew" wrote:
> "Paul Bunion" wrote:
>>> We don't need that creeping religion anywhere.
>>
>> "Evolution is promoted by its practitioners as more than mere science.
>> Evolution is promulgated as an ideology, a secular religion a full-fledged
>> alternative to Christianity, with meaning and morality. I am an ardent
>> evolutionist and an ex-Christian, but I must admit in this one complaint
>> the literalists [creationists] are absolutely right. Evolution IS a religion."
>>
>> -- Michael Ruse, (evolutionist) author of "The Darwinian
>> Revolution", "Darwinism Defended", and "Taking Dar-
>> win Seriously" ..also founder and editor of the journal
>> "Biology & Philosophy" and editor of the "Cambridge
>> University Press Series in the Philosophy of Biology"
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> "The theory of evolution is based on scientific principles of research
> and discovery. ...
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Author: Mani DeliMani Deli Date: Nov 30, 2006 08:43
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:53:21 GMT, "Andrew" usa.net>
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>Research and discovery prove that life could not have arisen by
>naturalistic processes
Like what research?
>apart from a super intelligent intervention.
and what caused the super intelligent intervention.
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Author: Mani DeliMani Deli Date: Nov 30, 2006 20:46
The season to renew our faith and buy each other another bunch of
useless crap is upon us. So its time to again cast your vote
for what you think is the stupidest Bible story! (fixed computer
voting machines unnecessary at least in this case)
Here's my vote: NOAH!
Noah gets my vote, not only for its pervasive influence on creationist
theory but because of its strong attraction for the faithful to
renew faith in its utter impossibility. Unlike the absurdity of Adam
and Eve, belief in which has caused so much discomfort and evil,
NoahÂ’s tale is an entertaining fable lacking any sensible message.
Noah has no real lessons for religious proselytizers to rant about. In
this tale a god just gets upset and bumps off most everything He
considered offensive. Perhaps our author had not scaring children too
much in mind, so that they could more easily graduate to the truly
horrible stuff in store for them later in the book.
IÂ’m quite sure our author who so loves us, never imagined how much
this tale would bend the minds of ignorant adults; especially
those who feel that doubters of this story are so abysmally immoral
that they should be sent to His ovens in hell.
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Author: Mani DeliMani Deli Date: Jan 5, 2007 17:49
January 5, 2007
Embezzlement Is Found in Many Catholic Dioceses
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN and STEPHANIE STROM
A survey by researchers at Villanova University has found that 85
percent of Roman Catholic dioceses that responded had discovered
embezzlement of church money in the last five years, with 11 percent
reporting that more than $500,000 had been stolen.
The Catholic Church has some of the most rigorous financial guidelines
of any denomination, specialists in church ethics said, but the survey
found that the guidelines were often ignored in parishes. And when no
one is looking, the cash that goes into the collection plate does not
always get deposited into the churchÂ’s bank account.
“As a faith-based organization, we place a lot of trust in our folks,”
said Chuck Zech, a co-author of the study and director of the Center
for the Study of Church Management at Villanova.
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