How religion is destroying America

2006-10-02 Thread William T Goodall
I read this article recently http://tinyurl.com/eegfk The first paragraph contains the interesting bit which I quote: "According to a 2005 Pew Research Center poll, 70 percent of evangelical Christians believe that living beings have always existed in their present form, compared with 32 pe

Re: How religion is destroying America

2006-10-02 Thread Deborah Harrell
> William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I read this article recently > http://tinyurl.com/eegfk > > The first paragraph contains the interesting bit > which I quote: > > "According to a 2005 Pew Research Center poll, 70 > percent of > evangelical Christians believe that living beings

Re: How religion is destroying America

2006-10-02 Thread William T Goodall
On 2 Oct 2006, at 10:08PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: William. 1. Stop lumping oranges and offal together; it makes one suspect that you have no sense of smell. Genius is seeing the similarities in things that other people think are unrelated :-) Stinky Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMA

Re: How religion is destroying America

2006-10-02 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 2 Oct 2006 at 22:21, William T Goodall wrote: > > On 2 Oct 2006, at 10:08PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > > William. > > 1. Stop lumping oranges and offal together; it makes > > one suspect that you have no sense of smell. > > > > Genius is seeing the similarities in things that other peop

Re: How religion is destroying America

2006-10-02 Thread William T Goodall
On 2 Oct 2006, at 11:09PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 2 Oct 2006 at 22:21, William T Goodall wrote: On 2 Oct 2006, at 10:08PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: William. 1. Stop lumping oranges and offal together; it makes one suspect that you have no sense of smell. Genius is seeing the similarit

Re: How religion is destroying America

2006-10-02 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 03:47 PM Monday 10/2/2006, William T Goodall wrote: I read this article recently http://tinyurl.com/eegfk The first paragraph contains the interesting bit which I quote: "According to a 2005 Pew Research Center poll, 70 percent of evangelical Christians believe that living beings have alway

Re: How religion is destroying America

2006-10-02 Thread Dave Land
On Oct 2, 2006, at 3:40 PM, William T Goodall wrote: On 2 Oct 2006, at 11:09PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 2 Oct 2006 at 22:21, William T Goodall wrote: On 2 Oct 2006, at 10:08PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: William. 1. Stop lumping oranges and offal together; it makes one suspect that you have

Re: How religion is destroying America

2006-10-02 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 05:40 PM Monday 10/2/2006, William T Goodall wrote: On 2 Oct 2006, at 11:09PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 2 Oct 2006 at 22:21, William T Goodall wrote: On 2 Oct 2006, at 10:08PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: William. 1. Stop lumping oranges and offal together; it makes one suspect that you h

Re: How religion is destroying America

2006-10-03 Thread Deborah Harrell
> William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2 Oct 2006, at 10:08PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: > > 1. Stop lumping oranges and offal together; it > makes > > one suspect that you have no sense of smell. > Genius is seeing the similarities in things that > other people think are unrelated :

Re: How religion is destroying America

2006-10-03 Thread Charlie Bell
On 04/10/2006, at 9:16 AM, Deborah Harrell wrote: C) Both can be eaten, however: i. Oranges are part of a healthy, nutritious diet. ii. Offal is not - unless you are a vulture. Yes it is. But then I was born in Britain, where haggis, tripe, black pudding and liver hotpot are regulars

Re: How religion is destroying America

2006-10-03 Thread Deborah Harrell
> Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 04/10/2006, at 9:16 AM, Deborah Harrell wrote: > > C) Both can be eaten, however: > > i. Oranges are part of a healthy, nutritious > diet. > > ii. Offal is not - unless you are a vulture. > Yes it is. But then I was born in Britain, where > hag

Re: How religion is destroying America

2006-10-03 Thread Charlie Bell
On 04/10/2006, at 10:03 AM, Deborah Harrell wrote: Yes it is. But then I was born in Britain, where haggis, tripe, black pudding and liver hotpot are regulars on the menu. And we have another different interpretation of a word from GB to US; the first definition below implies edibility, but