Re: The Mercies of The Vatican

> Giving alcohol to child is immoral and illegal. I dunno if its illegal. There might be an exception for religious purposes. Besides, why is it immoral? Are you saying that because you're biased against anything religious (my supposition)? Do you actually know how much wine is consumed for Commun

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<> Gravitational anomalies An invisible hand? Aug 19th 2004 >From The Economist print edition An unexplained effect during solar eclipses casts doubt on General Relativity “ASSUME nothing” is a good motto in science. Even t

Re: New (recycled) member intro

- Original Message - From: "Warren Ockrassa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 11:24 AM Subject: New (recycled) member intro > Just a quick drop-in to (re)introduce myself. I was on the old old > Brin-L listserv years ago --

Re: The Mercies of The Vatican

> From: Damon Agretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Just a quick update on this issue. There was a story > about it on the news tonite. The girl WAS offered to > take Communion with wine, but her mother rejected the > idea (she rejected the idea). So John was correct. Giving alcohol to child is immoral

Re: Government Plan to Test Prescription Stimulant on Children

On Aug 20, 2004, at 3:49 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: <> PLAN TO TEST PRESCRIPTION STIMULANT Experts question ethics What's to question? We already condemn our children to die; it seems to me that doping 'em with a little

Re: Oath-breaking behavior by medical staff

On 20 Aug 2004, at 10:10 pm, Deborah Harrell wrote: This op-ed is from the New England Journal of Medicine, certainly one of -if not 'the'- top US medical journals: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/351/5/415 There is increasing evidence that U.S. doctors, nurses, and medics have been compli

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<> PLAN TO TEST PRESCRIPTION STIMULANT Experts question ethics BY KATHLEEN KERR STAFF WRITER August 20, 2004 A government plan to test the effects of a prescription stimulant on children's brains has triggered a rare request

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<> Wash. Woman Dies of Mad Cow-Type Disease By Associated Press August 20, 2004, 7:45 AM EDT SEATTLE -- A woman being treated for a brain-wasting condition believed to be related to mad cow di

Re: The Mercies of The Vatican

Just a quick update on this issue. There was a story about it on the news tonite. The girl WAS offered to take Communion with wine, but her mother rejected the idea (she rejected the idea). So John was correct. Damon. = Damon Agrett

Oath-breaking behavior by medical staff

This op-ed is from the New England Journal of Medicine, certainly one of -if not 'the'- top US medical journals: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/351/5/415 There is increasing evidence that U.S. doctors, nurses, and medics have been complicit in torture and other illegal procedures in Iraq

Re: Windows is Evil, why it must be eradicated

From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Windows is Evil, why it must be eradicated Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 21:40:06 +0100 On 20 Aug 2004, at 7:10 pm, Travis Edmunds wrote: From: William

Re: Windows is Evil, why it must be eradicated

On 20 Aug 2004, at 7:10 pm, Travis Edmunds wrote: From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/19/infected_in20_minutes/ "And what's something else that takes 20 minutes? Ah, downloading a couple of good freeware programs and running a couple of scans? Which,

Re: Astonishing evidence of water on Mars

> Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.senti-metrics.com/jpl/images/marswater.jpg Where's the counter to lean upon and gossip? Or the bulletin board with inside jokes posted on the back of company paper? Debbi In Our Office It's The 'Fridge Maru ___

Re: The Mercies of The Vatican

> JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quite simply, this List is consistently > bombarded with a plethora of anti-religious, > anti-Christian, and yes, > anti-Catholic posts. For whatever reason, very few > people, other than > myself, speak up against them. On > the other hand, silence is

Re: The Mercies of The Vatican

- Original Message - From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 6:02 PM Subject: Re: The Mercies of The Vatican > Dan Minette wrote: > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: New (recycled) member intro

From: Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: New (recycled) member intro Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 09:24:52 -0700 Just a quick drop-in to (re)introduce myself. Greetings! Greetings and salutations! -

RE: Windows is Evil, why it must be eradicated

From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Brin-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Windows is Evil, why it must be eradicated Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 03:41:33 +0100 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/19/infected_in20_minutes/ "And what's somethi

Re: The Mercies of The Vatican

From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: The Mercies of The Vatican Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:02:02 -0500 Dan Minette wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROT

Re: New (recycled) member intro

On 20 Aug 2004, at 5:24 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote: Just a quick drop-in to (re)introduce myself. I was on the old old Brin-L listserv years ago -- 1997-98 or thereabouts -- moved, changed venues, relocated and did a few other things that involved my having to focus obsessively on ... other thing

Re: The Mercies of The Vatican

From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: The Mercies of The Vatican Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:42:57 -0500 My guess is that there is such a thing as Divine Necessity. All Powerful is a fl

RE: [L3] Indivisible (was: Karmic slappage)

From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [L3] Indivisible (was: Karmic slappage) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:17:28 -0700 (PDT) But it *is* important to have good expectations, of yourself a

New (recycled) member intro

Just a quick drop-in to (re)introduce myself. I was on the old old Brin-L listserv years ago -- 1997-98 or thereabouts -- moved, changed venues, relocated and did a few other things that involved my having to focus obsessively on ... other things for a while, and anyway have, to quote a great A

Re: The Mercies of The Vatican

Julia Thompson wrote: > >> He doesn't say being born homosexual inherently >> evil. He > > He what? > He doesn't say "being born homosexual inherently evil" > (And should there be a verb between "homosexual" and > "inherently"?) > No, because then it would be a different sentence: He doesn't

Re: The Mercies of The Vatican

Julia Thompson wrote: > > I mean, what does free will have to do with the pain & suffering > experienced in giving birth? (Just the base pain, I'm not counting the > technologically-enabled pain such as the episiotomy without benefit of > anesthesia) > It think it was Sagan that gave a logical

Swift-Boat Liars for Shrub

<> - "You cannot cripple an opponent by outwitting him in a political debate, You can do it only by following Lenin's injunction: 'In political conflicts, the goal is not to refute your opponent's argu

Re: [Listref] The Michael Moore Story

Doug Pensinger wrote: > > Sh**, that's nothing compared to this beauty from our president: > [UTF-8?]> “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They > never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our [UTF-8?]> people, and neither do we.” > > A misstatement, yo

Re: The Mercies of The Vatican

On 20 Aug 2004, at 7:43 am, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Dan Minette wrote: 1) Try to think about the statements about the punishments of God as "evil actions have their natural consequences. Whahahahaha. sorry whahahahaehum... I was just thinking that now I understand the position