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-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/"The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe/A - Today's Lesson From A Critique of Religion and Philosophy by Walter Kaufmann Most men are born into their religion and accept it without investigation. A study of other religions is generally considered irrelevant, and a knowledge of one's own is rare. Most people know what they like without knowing what they like. One picks and chooses, discounts some parts of the tradition, and emphasizes others. But all this is usually done erratically and rather irresponsibly. One inherits a religion like a house and makes some slight changes to make it more comfortable. One keeps some old beliefs as one keeps old pictures to which one is used from childhood: one does not really like them but they seem to belong there; one is hardly conscious of them, but if they were removed the house would no longer be our childhood home. But one also believes, if only a little, without being at all sure in one's own mind what these beliefs might mean. At that point irresponsibility begins: a belief that is believed, even if only half, is no longer a picture, and it compromises honesty if we treat it like a picture. We are responsible for our beliefs. We are also responsible for our loyalties, even if they do not involve us in beliefs. Adherence to a religion may be the choice of a vehicle for living, the acceptance of a tradition and a way of life. But men who have left a lasting imprint on their religion are rare indeed, and even they were usually more influenced by the tradition than they influenced it. In general, the great religions have molded man; and after his childhood is over, a man is responsible for what he allows to mold him. = Russian Follies Russian Spies Penetrate NATO's Eastern Front Files for blackmailing politicians POLISH counter-intelligence has arrested three army officers on charges of spying for Russia, as evidence grows that Moscow has established networks of agents on Nato's newly-created eastern front. Reports in Warsaw suggest all three were colonels in military counter-intelligence, the nerve centre of Poland's armed forces. They were unmasked by a Russian double agent "bought" by Polish intelligence. The arrests were made in the past two weeks, even though the Polish authorities were first informed of the officers' alleged spying activities in the early 1990s. The officers were left to continue in their jobs, but were moved to less sensitive posts. Polish newspapers suggested that intelligence chiefs postponed the arrests to protect the identity of their Russian source. The military and the government have played down the significance of the incident - the Prime Minister, Jerzy Buzek, last week claimed that two of those detained had retired, while the third held no post with access to important information - but public accusations of spying will deepen Poland's longstanding enmity with Russia, still smarting from the expansion of Nato into its former client states four months ago. But a different story was emerging elsewhere. A counter-intelligence officer said he was shocked by what the officers were alleged to have handed to Russia. He said: "It appears they would pass on everything they knew, without hesitation." The chairman of parliament's secret service committee described two of the arrested men as key officers with access to top-secret papers. The scandal is the most serious since communism's collapse 10 years ago. Although there have been many accusations of treason in Poland, few spies have been caught. Jozef Oleksy resigned as prime minister three years ago after an "imprudent" friendship with a KGB agent, but was never prosecuted. Until the current case, the worst proved incident was when Polish agents swooped on Major Marek Zielenski, a secret policeman, as he handed papers to a Russian military attaché in 1993. He was sentenced to nine years. According to government spokesmen, the officers worked for the Soviet Union until its collapse after the 1991 coup and then, without pause, for Boris Yeltsin's new Russian state. All three were commissioned during the communist era and were said to be motivated by pro-Russian sentiment. They are untypical. Most Poles remain anti-Russian, pro-Western sentiment is strong and intelligence ties are close. One of America's greatest spies was the Polish Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski, who passed 300,000 classified documents to the CIA in the 1970s.
Re: [CTRL] OEN 7/11/99
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: Kris Millegan [EMAIL PROTECTED] from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ Today's Lesson From A Critique of Religion and Philosophy Most men are born into their religion and accept it without investigation. If this model were valid, people wouldn't convert to new religions - there'd be no Mormons, Moslems, Methodists, we'd all be pantheists. Fact: when conquerors sweep into a region, they usually bring their belief systems along with them, forcibly changing the thought patterns of the conquered into their paradigm, their Dominant Heresy. The various Xian, Moslem, Hindu, Communist sects are mostly imposed, not inherited. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
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-Caveat Lector- On Sun, 11 Jul 1999, Ric Carter wrote: If this model were valid, people wouldn't convert to new religions - there'd be no Mormons, Moslems, Methodists, we'd all be pantheists. Fact: when conquerors sweep into a region, they usually bring their belief systems along with them, forcibly changing the thought patterns of the conquered into their paradigm, their Dominant Heresy. The various Xian, Moslem, Hindu, Communist sects are mostly imposed, not inherited. Not so. For example, take a look at the graves of the court yards in Eastern Europe (I saw many approaching 15-17 hundrd years old when I was there). Every 30-50 ft archaeologists dig today (say in a castle's court on a cliff 500 ft above Lake Bled, Yugoslavia) they find another set of graves representing the people of about 200-300 years earlier. Even though history written by that circa's ruler's paid historians (as well as these rulers's official art, architecture, poetry, literature, theatre, music, etc., etc.) invariable claim their conquered people to have the same cultural and religious beliefs as their current rulers ... it is OBVIOUS WITH EVEN A CASUAL LOOK (i.e., at the peasant grave's dressing, preparation, artifacts, orientation of the bodies, how children were burried touching or in the arms of parents, etc., etc., etc., ALL SHOW WITHOUT A DOUBT) that the people NEVER CHANGED, not in THOUSANDS OF YEARS (dozens of dyanasties). And remember, the people buried in the castle's court were THE MOST LOYAL of that dynasty's. IF ANY OF THE CONQUERED PEOPLE would have been demonstrably practicing the cultures and religious beliefs of their rulers (as most official historical accounts would suggest), it would have been these that were buried WITHIN SIGHT OF WINDOWS OF THE CASTLE ITSELF that would have demonstrated such (i.e., the kings, rulers, etc., KNEW FULL WELL/ALLOWED THEIR PEASANTS TO KEEP THEIR CULTURE/RELIGIONS...HAD TO!). Best, Mike = Kaddish, Kaddish, Kaddish, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
