"Ronn! Blankenship" wrote:
> At 12:17 AM 11/26/02 -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote:
>
> >Well, if you define "theocracy" to include the above, then you simply have
> >created the new problem of defining the word that distinguishes the
> >viewpoint of desiring an immediate and earthly theocracy from a
At 12:17 AM 11/26/02 -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote:
At 08:57 PM 11/24/2002 -0600 Ronald Blankenship wrote:
>> >[1] Just rebutting your 'beyond ludicrous' without claiming that
>massacring
>> >the heathen/infidel/non-believer is the normal pattern of theocracies.
>>
>> But isn't correlating religion
At 02:49 PM 11/25/2002 -0600 The Fool wrote:
>> What percentage of muslims advocate theocracy? None of the ones I've
>> run into (admittedly, a very small sample) were interested in such.
>
>It's an islamic teaching. Wherever the evil of islam has gained a
>toehold, islamic shariah has sprung up
At 01:32 PM 11/25/2002 -0600 The Fool wrote:
>There are perhaps two major (and several tiny) christian sects [True
>Belivers] that hold pacifist views.
> The Amish.
> The Jehovah Witness's
Well, the Catholic Church has nearly become pacificistic in recent
centuries. Pacifism is also a not insi
At 01:48 PM 11/25/2002 -0600 The Fool wrote:
> I think that only a small minority of the religious in the
>world
> today advocate theocracy.
>
>What percentage of the population is muslim? What percent are JW's?
Well, how about all the Muslims that take the Koran literally when it says
"There ca
At 08:57 PM 11/24/2002 -0600 Ronald Blankenship wrote:
>> >[1] Just rebutting your 'beyond ludicrous' without claiming that
>massacring
>> >the heathen/infidel/non-believer is the normal pattern of theocracies.
>>
>> But isn't correlating religion and theocracy something of a sterotype as
>> well?
In a message dated 11/25/2002 6:50:53 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
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> Which, FWIW, was preserved by Muslim Arabs when Christians burned the
> Library at Alexandria because its books were written by pagan Greeks.
>
? Was there more than one burning?
I thought it
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> > From: Richard Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > The Fool said:
&
The Fool said:
> The renasiance didn't happen until after the crusades, in which the
> crusaders brought back with them a great deal of knowledge from the
> greek and roman times.
I wasn't talking about the Italian renaissance though, but the time
before and during the Crusades. There wouldn't ha
> From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> The Fool wrote:
> >
> > > From: John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > > At 01:10 AM 11/25/2002 + William T Goodall wrote:
> > > >Is it? Quakers and other pacifist religions are a tiny minority.
The
> > > >'general characteristics' of religio
In a message dated 11/25/2002 1:33:06 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> I was planning to wave my arms in the general direction of the night sky
> and say "I claim these worlds in the name of myself, Richard the First
> and Last, God-Emperor of the Known Universe."
> From: Richard Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> The Fool said:
>
> > And just how many unholy wars did the Popes reside over during the
> > dark ages Mr. Catholic?
We'll include medieval europe in that as well.
> Not an awful lot, I would've thought. It seems to me that the main
> inter-religious w
Julia said:
> p.s. How large is the Known Universe?
A few tens of billions of light years across. It depends on a rather
flimsy ladder of distance measurements so I'm not sure exactly how big.
> And how can you govern as God-Emperor without FTL communications?
I was planning to wave my arms i
Richard Baker wrote:
>
> Julia said:
>
> > What percentage of muslims advocate theocracy? None of the ones I've
> > run into (admittedly, a very small sample) were interested in such.
>
> I suppose that now's a bad time to launch my bid to become God-Emperor
> of the Known Universe, right?
:D
Julia said:
> What percentage of muslims advocate theocracy? None of the ones I've
> run into (admittedly, a very small sample) were interested in such.
I suppose that now's a bad time to launch my bid to become God-Emperor
of the Known Universe, right?
Rich
GSV There's Always Next Year
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In a message dated 11/25/2002 12:47:44 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> The Fool said:
>
> > And just how many unholy wars did the Popes reside over during the
> > dark ages Mr. Catholic?
> replying: Not an awful lot
I'd rather move up a few centuries.
Even Tilly
The Fool wrote:
>
> > From: John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > At 01:10 AM 11/25/2002 + William T Goodall wrote:
> > >Is it? Quakers and other pacifist religions are a tiny minority. The
> > >'general characteristics' of religion could be described with the
> pacifists
> > >as a footno
> From: John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> At 01:10 AM 11/25/2002 + William T Goodall wrote:
> >Is it? Quakers and other pacifist religions are a tiny minority. The
> >'general characteristics' of religion could be described with the
pacifists
> >as a footnote.[1]
> >
> >[1] Just rebutting
The Fool said:
> And just how many unholy wars did the Popes reside over during the
> dark ages Mr. Catholic?
Not an awful lot, I would've thought. It seems to me that the main
inter-religious wars during the Dark Ages in Europe were between
Merovingian France and the Muslim armies in Spain and b
> From: John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> At 01:57 PM 11/24/2002 -0600 The Fool wrote:
> >As long as there are people who believe these kinds of things, whether
> >they are christians, jews, islamists, hindus or whatever, (and I know
> >plenty of people with this kind of worldview personally),
Ronn wrote:
Define "theocracy."
Frex, Christians believe that at some point in the future, Jesus Christ
will
return to Earth as its ruler.
That should be "some Christians" There are a lot of different ways to
interpret the New Testament...
Reggie Bautista
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>
>
> Ronn Blankenship wrote:
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> > > Btw, I meant to ask, what
Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> > Btw, I meant to ask, what was the colour of the other half
> of that cat
> > of yours?
>
>
> Other half? Not sure what you mean:
Of course you don't. My bad. :)
Your earlier mail had mentioned a half-kali dog. I somehow remembered a
cat.. :)
Ritu
GCU Oops!
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> Ritu asked:
>
> Ronn Blankenship wrote:
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> > (I won't quibble w
Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> (I won't quibble with you over the gender of deity at this
> point. ;-) )
Nothing to quibble about there, sir. It's a simple fact. ;)
Btw, I meant to ask, what was the colour of the other half of that cat
of yours?
Ritu
GCU Hanumani-Sindoori?http://www.mccme
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> Ritu wrote:
>
> Ronald Blankenship wrote:
>
> > Define "th
Ronald Blankenship wrote:
> Define "theocracy."
>
> Frex, Christians believe that at some point in the future,
> Jesus Christ will
> return to Earth as its ruler.
In which case, wouldn't the belief that the entire Creation is God's
doing and, thus, under Her ultimate control be defined as
William T Goodall wrote:
> > What of people who hold pacifist religous views?
> >
> > Using Osama bin Laden to make a statement about the general
> characteristics
> > of religion is beyond ludicrous.
>
> Is it? Quakers and other pacifist religions are a tiny minority. The
> 'general characte
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> At 01:10 AM 11/25/2002 + William T Goodall wrote:
> >Is it? Quake
At 01:10 AM 11/25/2002 + William T Goodall wrote:
>Is it? Quakers and other pacifist religions are a tiny minority. The
>'general characteristics' of religion could be described with the pacifists
>as a footnote.[1]
>
>[1] Just rebutting your 'beyond ludicrous' without claiming that massacring
on 24/11/02 11:45 pm, John D. Giorgis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> At 01:57 PM 11/24/2002 -0600 The Fool wrote:
>> As long as there are people who believe these kinds of things, whether
>> they are christians, jews, islamists, hindus or whatever, (and I know
>> plenty of people with this kind of
At 01:57 PM 11/24/2002 -0600 The Fool wrote:
>As long as there are people who believe these kinds of things, whether
>they are christians, jews, islamists, hindus or whatever, (and I know
>plenty of people with this kind of worldview personally), the human race
>is headed for extinction. It is onl
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