Reggie Bautista wrote:
Doug wrote:
Or a phenomenon that is beyond our understanding, but in fact has a
logical explanation?
Hypothetical situation: At some point in the future, God reveals
him/her/itself in an unambiguous, empirically testable way. If that is
going to eventually happen, the
Russell Chapman wrote:
Which kinda covers anything from Norse and Greek Gods through to Satan
worship, but if you're a pagan or athiest, you just skip over that bit.
The point is that the central aim of Scouts and similar community based
groups is nothing to do with religion, and there is no pro
Jon Gabriel wrote:
>
> >From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism
> >Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 18:19:24 -0400
> >
> >On Wed, Jun 25, 20
Steve Sloan II wrote:
>
> Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> > Also, I'd be happier if no two had the same first initial,
> > and if none of them shared a first initial with either of
> > their parents. (My sister and I had to go to middle initials
> > in labelling things that were labelled with just
The Fool wrote:
>
> > From: Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > ok time out.
> >
> > --- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Estrus is hidden in human females. In fact when they are
> menstruating
> > > they are __not Fertile__.
> >
> > Try telling that to thousands of pregnant 14 year o
--- Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> While there are numerous accounts of horses'
> devotion
> to their riders, and vice versa, on the battlefield,
> I
> am grateful that 'cavalry' is now mechanized...
>
> Debbi
They are - but American cavalrymen still wear spurs on
their boots.
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote:
> I've been quoting from the KJV primarily for the same reason that Julia
> mentioned: because it's the one that's easiest for me to copy and paste
> from, and because it is the version that most people are most familiar
> with. Between dead-tree copies, CD-ROMs, and w
David Hobby wrote:
(German. mittel = middle, schmerz = pain.
Ha. which makes James Bond's SMERSH a really cool acronym for the
organisation...
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Deborah Harrell wrote:
I'd object to *any* religious organization attempting
to convert my child from whatever I saw fit to teach
them WRT the Divine And spirituality. While the Boy
and Girl Scouts do mention God (or at least they used
to), I don't recall Jesus being mentioned
specifically.
When
On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 18:50:55 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>All of these comic book movies.
>
>But where's Groo?
Off looking for a fray? or cheesedip?
No fight choreographer in the world could do Groo justice :)
Dean
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On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:59:29 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
>http://www.the-brights.net/
>
>Thought it was appropriate to post this since we've been hitting so
>many spiritual/scientific worldview topics lately.
>
>They're trying to introduce a new meme:
Or a new religion :)
Dean
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From: "Jon Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism
>
> Wait, if one bulb goes out, they all go out, no? How'd they do that?
> Aren't those things li
At 06:30 PM 6/25/2003 -0400, you wrote:
On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 03:02:50PM -0700, Deborah Harrell wrote:
> --- Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >...Custer's Civil War record is pretty impressive. You don't make
> >Major General at 23 by accident. He did that after having _13_
> >hor
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'll respond to Jan's message in pieces:
>
>
> > Here eat this bread which has a high probablility of having an
> halusinogen in
> > it and drink these firmented grapes which have alchohaul in it.
>
> No, but lets look at your evidence. I looked up
--- David Hobby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[I wrote]
> > Not incidently, some women will have a little
blood
> > with ovulation (the egg ruptures through the
> ovarian
> > surface, and can cause pain ("mitleschmirtz*") as
> >well as some bleeding), and if she has an irregular
> cycle, she might in
--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted:
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23375-2003Jun23.html
"...An integral part of CEFs evangelical mission is
to locate children who have not yet accepted Jesus
Christ as their Savior, the school districts
attorneys wrote. Requiring teacher
>
> Not incidently, some women will have a little blood
> with ovulation (the egg ruptures through the ovarian
> surface, and can cause pain ("mitleschmirtz*") as well
> as some bleeding), and if she has an irregular cycle,
> she might interpret this as menses.
>
> Debbi
> Because We're Women An
For those interesting in both Babylon 5 and in math (or in this case, pretty
funny numerology), or if you've always wondered why the creator of Babylon 5
goes by Joe Straczynski on the internet and in personal communications, but
uses the name J. Michael Straczynski when working as a published a
On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 03:02:50PM -0700, Deborah Harrell wrote:
> --- Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >...Custer's Civil War record is pretty impressive. You don't make
> >Major General at 23 by accident. He did that after having _13_
> >horses shot out from under him. I would de
Russell wrote:
I think it's safe to say that Middle Ages were stagnant IN SOME WAYS, if we
compare them to any other period of recorded history. It's not like the
period 900-1000 compares to 1900-2000. Isn't that where the term
Renaissance comes from?
That's not exactly what I was taught. Accor
From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 18:19:24 -0400
On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 04:11:41PM -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:46:25 -0700 (PDT)
--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >From:
On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 04:11:41PM -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
> Wait, if one bulb goes out, they all go out, no? How'd they do that?
> Aren't those things linear circuits?
You mean "wired in series". The cheapest ones are, and all of the older
ones I've seen. But in the past 5-10 years I've notic
--- Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...Custer's Civil War record is pretty
> impressive. You don't make Major General at 23 by
> accident. He did that after having _13_ horses shot
> out from under him. I would describe that as "very
> brave" under any circumstances.
Brave my haun
In a message dated 6/25/2003 2:47:17 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> They do have Solstice Parties, and they own LofR on
> DVD; his wife (a fellow equestrienne, who in fact
> introduced me to Darby and the neighborhood 'horsey
> set') and I have organized Winter S
--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Deborah Harrell wrote:
> >>--- Reggie Bautista wrote:
> >> > On the other hand... I have a tee shirt that
> has a picture of Stonehenge and
> >> > says, "Orthodox Druid" on it
> >>I gave a similar s
Doug wrote:
Or a phenomenon that is beyond our understanding, but in fact has a logical
explanation?
Hypothetical situation: At some point in the future, God reveals
him/her/itself in an unambiguous, empirically testable way. If that is
going to eventually happen, then right now some religious
Chad wrote:
My point overall, is that the term "Christian Values" can mean most
anything.
[snip]
However, in most every case I hear the term "Christian Values" it is in the
context that only those who have "Christian Values" are decent people, and
the rest of the population is contributing to the d
On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 07:07 pm, Chad Cooper wrote:
In its most base form, I believe that a Christian is defined strictly
as one
who believes that Jesus was the Jewish Messiah, that he was crucified,
and
was resurrected. ANYTHING else is dogma, and subject to serious
disagreement.
I hav
This is just a quick reminder that the Wednesday Brin-L
chat is scheduled for 3 PM Eastern/2 PM Central time in
the US, or 7 PM Greenwich time, so it started about 2
hours ago. There will probably be somebody there to talk
to for at least eight hours after the start time. See my
instruction page fo
--- Chad Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Starting over, I first need to make a correction. I used the word Liturgy
> when I meant Parish. My bad.
>
> The responses have been great, and I could spend hours replying back, but I
> only want to say these few things.
>
> In its most base form, I
I'll respond to Jan's message in pieces:
> Here eat this bread which has a high probablility of having an
halusinogen in
> it and drink these firmented grapes which have alchohaul in it.
No, but lets look at your evidence. I looked up ergot and found:
http://www.killerplants.com/herbal-folklor
From: "Chad Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Killer Bs Discussion'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: RIAA to sue hundreds of Internet file sharers
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:06:31 -0700
So lets do the math
10,000,000 thieving hippies downl
From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:27:26 -0500
At 12:01 PM 6/25/03 -0700, Deborah Harrell wrote:
--- Reg
So lets do the math
10,000,000 thieving hippies downloading music
500 get sued.
that means 1 in 20,000 will get sued.
Real risk, my ass! I have a 1 in ~1800 chance of dying in an accident in
the next year. I have much more to fear than getting sued by RIAA.
Hey RIAA Here I am! Com
http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/06/25/filesharing/index.html
Excerpt:
RIAA to sue hundreds of Internet users sharing songs online
- - - - - - - - - - - -
By Ted Bridis
June 25, 2003 Ê|Ê WASHINGTON (AP) --
The embattled music industry disclosed aggressive plans Wednesday for an
unprecedented
At 12:01 PM 6/25/03 -0700, Deborah Harrell wrote:
--- Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On the other hand... I have a tee shirt that has a
> picture of Stonehenge and
> says, "Orthodox Druid" on it. I like the shirt
> because it's a joke -- there
> is no such thing as orthodoxy among d
[Part II of Monday's article]
[Image]
Search for Life in the Universe II
Date Wednesday, June 25 @ 00:05:28
Topic Extrasolar Life
In this two-part essay, Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse
Tyson, reflects on the scientific and cultural implications of finding life
elsewhere in th
--- Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On the other hand... I have a tee shirt that has a
> picture of Stonehenge and
> says, "Orthodox Druid" on it. I like the shirt
> because it's a joke -- there
> is no such thing as orthodoxy among druids.
> Orthodox druid is as much an
> oxym
[Presented without comment from the sender.]
[Image]
Search for Life in the Universe I
Date Monday, June 23 @ 00:01:13
Topic Extrasolar Life
In this two-part essay, Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse
Tyson, reflects on the scientific and cultural implications of finding life
else
--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It is impossible for someone to become pregnant when
> they are having their period.
We try not to use the word "impossible" in medicine,
as sooner or later we are proven wrong (frex, while
essentially 100% of a person's mitochondria come from
the m
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote:
>
> At 09:12 AM 6/23/03 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote:
>
> >Having recently had the displeasure of seeing the inside of my very own
> >colon, I can tell you that it all seems to start out rather green.
>
> Which is why green *vomit* is considered a serious symptom, as it come
Starting over, I first need to make a correction. I used the word Liturgy
when I meant Parish. My bad.
The responses have been great, and I could spend hours replying back, but I
only want to say these few things.
In its most base form, I believe that a Christian is defined strictly as one
who be
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> But where's Groo?
Wandering around in those dark and twisty passages.
Oh wait... that's grue. Sorry.
- jmh
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--- Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The chinese invented the printing press. That german
> just copied it.
>
> =
> _
>Jan William Coffey
The Chinese invented _movable type_, which is a very
long way away from Gutenberg's
--- Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For a long time custer was considered by history to
> have been very brave and
> a good warior. As it turns out he wasn't.
> _
>Jan William Coffey
He wasn't? While he wasn't exactly brillian
From: Kevin Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
We don't want any 2 of our kids named similarly.
Also, I'd be happier if no two had the same first initial, and if none
of them shared a first initial with either of their parents. (My sister
and I had to go to middle initials in labelling things that were
la
> From: Nick Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > God certainly was clever to invent evolution.
> > >
> >
> > Hmm... I think it is fascinating how evolution has created God.
>
> Ah! They're co-conspirators!
Or at least co-dependents...
- jmh
_
--- Damon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >--- Damon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >Or that it was a medieval German that invented the printing press.
> >
> >The chinese invented the printing press. That german just copied it.
>
> IIRC the Chinese version used wooden blocks where the text was fi
> From: Deborah Harrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> AFAIK, nearly all other Protestant denominations focus
> on Communion more "as remembrance of me [Jesus],"
> rather than any actual change or spiritual presence in
> the bread and wine (or, as in one church I attended
> with a friend, some type
--- Damon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Or that it was a medieval German that invented the printing press.
The chinese invented the printing press. That german just copied it.
IIRC the Chinese version used wooden blocks where the text was fixed. The
German version used a pallete composed of individ
At 10:44 AM 6/24/03 -0700, Chad Cooper wrote:
> When I think of "Christian values," I think of such things as
> honesty,
> charity, love for your fellow humans, not stealing, not
> murdering, not
> committing adultery (which by definition involves someone who
> is married to
> another and therefore
> Nick wrote:
> >You (plural) don't believe that Jesus is fully human?
>
Reggie Bautista wrote:
>
> To further muddy matters, some Catholics
> use the term "Christian" as short-hand
> for "Fundamentalist Christian."
I've only heard that from the other
direction, as in "I'm not Catholic,
I'm Chr
At 22:35 2003-06-23 +0100, you wrote:
On 23 Jun 2003 at 17:09, Jean-Louis Couturier wrote:
> >National Geographic News February 26, 2002 The demand for fresh fish
> >in homes and restaurants around the world is soaring at a time when
> >well-established fisheries are becoming exhausted. To meet th
In a message dated 6/25/2003 1:05:34 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> ISHIRTA?
>
> Doug
I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again, BBC radio programme, where John Cleese got
his start performing, and Eric Idle was a writer.
Is this the launch that faced a thousand ships?
The
We don't want any 2 of our kids named similarly.
Also, I'd be happier if no two had the same first initial, and if none
of them shared a first initial with either of their parents. (My sister
and I had to go to middle initials in labelling things that were
labelled with just initials, and I know
http://www.jerrybowyer.com/index.php?newsid=156
Old topic now. Five transcripts on this page, in doc format. This seemed to
sum up the region well for me. I don't think there were any contradictions
to what others have said on-list, but fills in all the gaps.
Kevin Tarr
I can directly send a te
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/Southwest/06/19/southern.baptists.ap/
The denomination made a special plea to its more than 42,000 churches to
befriend gays and help "liberate" them from homosexuality. Gay rights
groups said the initiative promoted hatred.
...
The denomination acknowledged the sev
--- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jan Coffey wrote:
>
> > You can't beleive everything you read, but you also can't allways trust
> the
> > "experts" when it comes to a topic like history. Especialy when so many
> of
> > them disagree.
>
> I haven't read Cahill, but I have read Gun
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