Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:15 PM, Dave Land wrote:
It bears noting that this is an extraordinarily liberal view of the
Bible, which puts a lot of people off.
I'm hardly surprised. There are several beloved sacred cows being tipped
here.
I knew a couple of girls who went
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In a message dated 6/23/2005 10:02:04 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[23 June] 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for his
"Type-Writer."
But it was Don Marquis who in 1916, gave it to a cockroach.
I like Don Marquis'
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:15 PM, Dave Land wrote:
I've carried on with Dan a little about the idea of relative evil, or
that social context provides the backdrop against which actions are
judged to be meritorious or wrongful. This dovetails with the above
passage in the sense that as soon as we pa
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 11:44 PM Thursday 6/23/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 12:52 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 7:22 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 9:06 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
Of course the religious are keen to volunteer to i
In a message dated 6/23/2005 10:02:04 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
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[23 June] 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for his
"Type-Writer."
But it was Don Marquis who in 1916, gave it to a cockroach.
Vilyehm.
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At 11:44 PM Thursday 6/23/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 12:52 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 7:22 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 9:06 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
Of course the religious are keen to volunteer to interfere in the
lives of the
On Jun 23, 2005, at 12:52 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 7:22 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 9:06 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
Of course the religious are keen to volunteer to interfere in the
lives of the unfortunate - this is a golden opportunity to
disse
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:41 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:06 pm, Frank Schmidt wrote:
Questions to William:
What is it that makes something evil?
What is it that makes something good?
Why, don't you know?
It's an interesting pair of questions, and I notice you've carefull
In a message dated 6/23/2005 8:41:02 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
"Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but
the fallout from this decision will not be random," O'Connor wrote
Oh hell yes.
I don't think the law on civic impr
This is more than just a little disturbing to me. The abuses of Eminent
Domain continue..
Homes may be 'taken' for private projects
Justices: Local governments can give OK if it's for public good
Excerpts from the article...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local gover
At 09:16 PM Thursday 6/23/2005, Julia Thompson wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 04:54 PM Thursday 6/23/2005, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:41 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:06 pm, Frank Schmidt wrote:
Questions to William:
What is it that makes something evil?
Dan Minette wrote:
- Original Message -
From: "Gary Denton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Killer Bs Discussion"
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: Gulags
From an article on "POW's or Unlawful Combatants"
http://www.crimesofwar.org/expert/pow-intro.html
You might claim tha
One instance would be an anecdote. Establishing a pattern of
behaviour from many instances isn't. If religion is so good why is it
so bad?
Pulling news articles off the Internet is still anecdotical, since such
methodology by its nature cannot represent a significant portion of the
populatio
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 04:54 PM Thursday 6/23/2005, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:41 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:06 pm, Frank Schmidt wrote:
Questions to William:
What is it that makes something evil?
What is it that makes something good?
Why, don't yo
On 24 Jun 2005, at 2:08 am, Dave Land wrote:
I never said that providing answers to these simple questions was
simple: that was your (possibly intentional) misinterpretation. But
you are right in that my ad hominem attack was unwarranted, if not
unprovoked. I apologize for it.
I accept
On 24 Jun 2005, at 2:05 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Perhaps he was suggesting that your earlier remarks in this thread
suggested that you felt that the questions had, if not exactly
"simple," at least straightforward answers, such as "religion = evil."
I said 'religion is evil', not 'evil
At 07:27 PM Thursday 6/23/2005, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 11:24 pm, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 3:12 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
LOL. If you think those are plain and simple questions your mind
is obviously very much more clouded than mine.
I submit that the que
On Jun 23, 2005, at 5:27 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 11:24 pm, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 3:12 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
LOL. If you think those are plain and simple questions your mind is
obviously very much more clouded than mine.
I submit that the questi
On 23 Jun 2005, at 11:24 pm, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 3:12 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
LOL. If you think those are plain and simple questions your mind
is obviously very much more clouded than mine.
I submit that the questions are very plain and quite simple.
In normal usa
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:59:18 +0100, William T Goodall wrote
> It's a symptom of how infested and rotten with religion America is
> that Americans think charities controlled by partisan and
> unaccountable religious organisations are preferable to a proper
> social welfare system.
The curren
On Jun 23, 2005, at 3:12 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:54 pm, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:41 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:06 pm, Frank Schmidt wrote:
Questions to William:
What is it that makes something evil?
What is it that makes s
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:57 pm, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 04:54 PM Thursday 6/23/2005, Dave Land wrote:
Use additional sheets if necessary.
400 thread count or better would be good.
That reminds me of this story
http://tinyurl.com/a978z
about the Baptist preacher and Klansman who (final
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:54 pm, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:41 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:06 pm, Frank Schmidt wrote:
Questions to William:
What is it that makes something evil?
What is it that makes something good?
Why, don't you know?
I think you're
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:57 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 04:54 PM Thursday 6/23/2005, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:41 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:06 pm, Frank Schmidt wrote:
Questions to William:
What is it that makes something evil?
What is it that makes so
At 04:54 PM Thursday 6/23/2005, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:41 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:06 pm, Frank Schmidt wrote:
Questions to William:
What is it that makes something evil?
What is it that makes something good?
Why, don't you know?
I think you're be
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:41 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:06 pm, Frank Schmidt wrote:
Questions to William:
What is it that makes something evil?
What is it that makes something good?
Why, don't you know?
I think you're being intentionally obtuse, but on the chance that t
At 03:59 PM Thursday 6/23/2005, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 9:36 pm, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:44:05 +0100, William T Goodall wrote
Indeed I find the whole idea of faith-based 'charitable'
organisations getting involved with vulnerable people utterly
obnoxiou
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:06 pm, Frank Schmidt wrote:
Questions to William:
What is it that makes something evil?
What is it that makes something good?
Why, don't you know?
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To: "Killer Bs Discussion"
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: Gulags
> On 6/13/05, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > You are focusing on one section in several Geneva Conventions. I will
> > repea
Questions to William:
What is it that makes something evil?
What is it that makes something good?
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On Jun 23, 2005, at 12:05 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Jun 22, 2005, at 5:00 PM, Dave Land wrote:
Lovely thoughts to cool impassioned minds from "Hsin Hsin Ming,"
(Verses on the Faith Mind):
The tao is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When
love and hate are both absen
On 23 Jun 2005, at 9:36 pm, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:44:05 +0100, William T Goodall wrote
Indeed I find the whole idea of faith-based 'charitable'
organisations getting involved with vulnerable people utterly
obnoxious. They quite plainly have a not-so-hidden agenda, and aid
On 23 Jun 2005, at 9:32 pm, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:06:16 +0100, William T Goodall wrote
The same goes for politics - if you are an evil busybody filled with
religious hatred who wants to interfere in other people's lives *of
course* you get involved in politics.
And m
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:44:05 +0100, William T Goodall wrote
> Indeed I find the whole idea of faith-based 'charitable'
> organisations getting involved with vulnerable people utterly
> obnoxious. They quite plainly have a not-so-hidden agenda, and aid
> being tied to evangelism is simply dis
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:06:16 +0100, William T Goodall wrote
> The same goes for politics - if you are an evil busybody filled with
> religious hatred who wants to interfere in other people's lives *of
> course* you get involved in politics.
And mailing lists, too! I see a number of people on
On 23 Jun 2005, at 7:22 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 9:06 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
Of course the religious are keen to volunteer to interfere in the
lives of the unfortunate - this is a golden opportunity to
disseminate the virulent poison of their evil religious me
On Jun 22, 2005, at 5:00 PM, Dave Land wrote:
Lovely thoughts to cool impassioned minds from "Hsin Hsin Ming,"
(Verses on the Faith Mind):
The tao is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When
love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and
undisguised. Make th
On Jun 23, 2005, at 9:06 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
Of course the religious are keen to volunteer to interfere in the
lives of the unfortunate - this is a golden opportunity to disseminate
the virulent poison of their evil religious memes.
Isn't a perspective unassailable by argument, no m
On 23 Jun 2005, at 5:06 pm, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 4:32 pm, Nick Arnett wrote:
I wasn't looking for data to respond to the religion-bashing that
we enjoy now
and then around here, but I happened across some that seemed too
good to
ignore. It is from Robert Putnam's
On 23 Jun 2005, at 4:32 pm, Nick Arnett wrote:
I wasn't looking for data to respond to the religion-bashing that
we enjoy now
and then around here, but I happened across some that seemed too
good to
ignore. It is from Robert Putnam's Social Capital Benchmark
Survey, which can
be found in
I wasn't looking for data to respond to the religion-bashing that we enjoy now
and then around here, but I happened across some that seemed too good to
ignore. It is from Robert Putnam's Social Capital Benchmark Survey, which can
be found in various places online.
Here are some of the findings
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