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@ The Death of Real Religion - The Decline of Belief and the Rise of the
Therapeutic Model - The Problems of Religious Surfing - Religion's Mimicking
of the Market: http://www.ethicalculture.org/ethicsmatters/article001.htm
: Is your religion real? How can you tell? Is your religion therapeutic,
market-driven, opportunistic, entertaining, socially relevant, alien-run?
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*** Dalai Lama seeks peace via music. NEW DELHI, India (AP) - The Dalai Lama
said he hopes to promote peace through sacred music in a series of concerts
around the world. The "World Festival of Sacred Music" will begin Oct. 9 in
Los Angeles and continue in several other cities, aimed at uniting people of
different nationalities, religions and cultures. It will feature chants by
Asian Buddhists and Gregorian monks, earth-worshipping sounds of Australian
aborigines and gospel music of black Americans. But no death-metal, disco,
rap - see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559584777-225
: Is your favorite music excluded from this festival? Do the voices in your
head tell you to kill those who diss your music? Does your implant buzzzzz?
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# Citibank, Others Cleared Of Plot To Kill 'Martian'. TORONTO (Reuters) - A
Canadian judge dismissed a suit claiming that the Defense Minister, Citibank
& several drug-store chains conspired to kill a complainant because he is a
Martian. Turning the tables on the "Martian," the judge dismissed the "vexa-
tious" case on the grounds that he claimed not to be human and therefore had
no status in the courts. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990517/18/odd-alien
: Shall the complainant be deported? Are you alien too? Is anyone conspiring
to kill you? Do they have good reason to? Will the Zeta Reticulans help you?
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# UN environment team in Serbia. (BBC) The first UN mission to Serbia since
the bombing began has arrived to begin assessing environmental needs. Busy
busy: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_346000/346721.stm
@ Links: The UN Environment Programme: http://www.unep.org/
@ The UN Centre for Human Settlements: http://www.unhabitat.org/
@ The Serbian Information Ministry: http://www.serbia-info.com/
@ Serbian Interior Ministry: www.mup.sr.gov.yu/domino/mup.nsf/pages/index-e
: Would you prefer to have your environmental needs evaluated by NATO, the
UN, Reptilioids, Republicans, Greenpeace, MicroSoft, Mitsubishi, Exxon, me?
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# Hitler Cartoon Wrapper To Stay On Shelves. TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian
candy maker said it had no intention of pulling a wrapper bearing a cartoon
of Adolf Hitler, despite protests over the packaging. Tofita, a soft, chewy
candy, bears a brightly colored cartoon depicting a sheepish Hitler with a
daisy and holding a cat-o'-nine tails behind his back, is one of a series of
collectible wrappers. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990517/18/odd-candy
: Do you collect dictatorial/genocidal candy wrappers? Would you buy Stalin
chewing gum, Suharto toffee, Milocevic lollipops, Mao fudge, GummiMobutus?
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# GM food study was 'flawed'. (BBC) Research which triggered a furore over
the safety of genetically-modified food was flawed, leading scientists say.
@ Links: Royal Society: http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/
@ British Medical Association: http://www.bma.org.uk/mindex.htm
@ Rowett Research Institute: http://www.rri.sari.ac.uk/
: Do you prefer natural, hybridized or gene-spliced foods? Can you tell the
difference? Does your implant misfire if you eat irradiated food? How much?
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SkeptiLinks:
@ Arms Control Agreements: http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/index.html
# Aussie accused of selling U.S. secrets - Reptilioid cohorts escape:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559581801-ecd
# POLL: GOP TRAILS DEMOS ON TOP ISSUES - voters slam Congress by double-di-
git margins: www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/05/17/political.poll.ap/
@ "Hand Of God" photo? www.angelfire.com/biz2/catsincorp/HandOfGod.html
@ UFO Research Software Pack: http://www.licensed4fun.com/ufosoft1.htm
@ Majestic 12 - About Dark Skies: http://www.zetatalk.com/awaken/a71.htm
@ About Majestic-12 or Mj-12 http://www.zetatalk.com/index/z10.htm
# TARDY NATION INVITES CHAOS AT MILLENNIUM CELEBRATIONS - Italy doomed:
http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/99/05/14/timfgneur01003.html?999
# Christiane Amanpour does Hillary Rodham Clinton - konspiro-klatchen:
http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/05/14/hrc.interview/
@ Corporate citizenship: road 2 fascism: www.newaus.com.au/news119lagan.html
@ Greens set up eco-sabotage camp: http://www.newaus.com.au/us119mary.html
@ Green anti-logging lies exposed: http://www.newaus.com.au/news118tom.html
@ BP Amoco's Green Fascism: http://www.newaus.com.au/news118bp.html
@ Why Clinton and Blair wanted war: http://www.newaus.com.au/USReport.html
# NATO: 'HUMAN SHIELDS' ACCOUNT FOR BOMBING DEATHS - and Albanian troops
clash with Serbs: http://cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9905/17/kosovo.03/
# Rugova was under duress when backing Milosevic's call for an end to NATO
airstrikes: www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559581249-19e
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Tour Operators - Solar Eclipse:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Travel/Tour_Operators/So
lar_Eclipse/
http://members.aol.com/academicgr/eclipse99.html Academic Tours
http://www.nauticom.net/www/planet/ Eclipses at Sea
http://bargainbox.com/ Mayhugh Travel
http://www.simgetour.com.tr/ Simge Tourism
http://www.holeinthesky.com/ Solar Eclipse Tours
http://www.dzn.com/tropical/tropical.htm Tropical Adventures
http://www.nauticom.net/www/planet/files/eclipses.html Eclipse 1999 Cruises
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Astronomy/Solar_System/Sun/Solar_Eclipses/1999_
August_11/
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