At 06:18 PM 4/22/2004 -0700 Davd Brin wrote:
If Jesus arrived today,
he would not give a damn about markets, and they know
it. He said give the shirt off your back to the poor
RIGHT NOW! He did not teach a man to fish, he gave
the man fish.
Face it, if he arrived here today, he would not be a
--- JDG Somehow, I don't think that Jesus would
concern himself with tax policy if he returned.
Instead, he would concern himself with individual
salvation.
In fact, early Christians thought it would not matter.
That the End of Days was at hand. It took more than
a century for them to stop
From: Davd Brin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--- JDG Somehow, I don't think that Jesus would
concern himself with tax policy if he returned.
Instead, he would concern himself with individual
salvation.
In fact, early Christians thought it would not matter.
That the End of Days was at hand.
A lot of 'christians' still hold this meme. They
are so obsessed with
Armageddon coming or the rapture that they literally
throw their lives
and lives of their children down the toilet.
Jehovah's Witnesses are
especially prone to this kind of thinking. But it
goes further than
that.
--- Damon Agretto
After all if Dog's going to destroy it all
anyway...
Replace a lot with some and I think you'd be
much closer to actuality...
I agree, but mainly in the context of the sub-meme of
American tolerant enlightenment pragmatism. Those who
reject this sub-meme often go the
At 06:18 PM 22/04/04 -0700, you wrote:
Thanks for sending this.
My response is complex so please let me put it into
context.
snip
... and so on. The latest, attacking Kerrey's war
record, shows just how biliously crazy these people
are.
6) It is rooted, of course, in the us-vs-them
attitude
Dr. Brin, several right-wingers on the list have been posting screeds
like this one against the environment and environmentalism. I am curious
as to your thoughts on the matter, as I think this particular article is
one of the most mendacious pieces of propaganda ever written.
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From:
Thanks for sending this.
My response is complex so please let me put it into
context.
1) The Left-vs-Right political axis is a piece of
arrant nonsense that I have inveighed against before.
If nothing else can kill this undead piece of
mind-limiting drivel, it should be the fact that the
damn
On 4/22/04 7:08 PM, The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am curious
as to your thoughts on the matter, as I think this particular article is
one of the most mendacious pieces of propaganda ever written.
Kevin, take this as a complement from Kneem! Because we all know what he
posts it the
