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2002-10-08 Thread Jon Hall
http://people.freenet.de/freeek/SajjadAli.swf -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsub

Re: List feature request. Permalinks

2002-10-08 Thread Jon Hall
Coolness! -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tuesday, October 8, 2002, 11:32:37 PM, you wrote: MD> You mean having this message have a direct link to itself in the archives. MD> Already in the next revision. >> I know the servers are overworked, but would it be possible to insert >> a permanent

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread BethF in AK
Where did i say Judaism and Israel arent' related? Nowhere. I said that Judaism is more than a religion. I want to point out that very orthodox Judith totally understands my secular judaism. Isn't that nice!! Makes me warm and fuzzy. I believe that the secular movement in the us that i grew

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread BethF in AK
Thank you judith. Thats what i meant!! - Original Message - From: "Judith Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 7:59 PM Subject: Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel > She said Israel provides sanctuary, not

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread BethF in AK
> The Torah isn't true, neither the Jews nor the Muslims have a "claim" on the > land, but they are both genetically human and further distinctions are moot; > they should live happily together. Whether the jews or the muslims have a religious claim to the land has no bearing on whether they cou

Holly Cow - Servers Suck

2002-10-08 Thread Nick McClure
Power goes out at home for a few hours and the Hard Drives crashes on the mail server. Luckily, I have an interesting setup that held all of the e-mail and I am just not getting it. But It is late and I have been working on this for way to long, I'm going to bed.

Re: Mel Gibson's Answer to the Question of God

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
With the amount of caffeine that the average programmer drinks, combined with other 'supplements and constant radiation exposure, I'm sure we're all chemically imbalanced. :) > Of course schizophrenics are never alone either as they have plenty of > imaginary people to talk with. However, scienc

RE: Mel Gibson's Answer to the Question of God

2002-10-08 Thread Matt Liotta
Of course schizophrenics are never alone either as they have plenty of imaginary people to talk with. However, science has found these people are just chemically imbalanced. Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ 888-408-0900 x901 > -Original Messa

Re: Mel Gibson's Answer to the Question of God

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
> "There are two types of people in the world... > > People who think they are alone and believe things happen by luck. > > And there are those people who believe that there are NO coincidences... and those people are > never alone." So thats why I feel uncomfortable in the bathroom. ;) _

Mel Gibson's Answer to the Question of God

2002-10-08 Thread Judith Dinowitz
"There are two types of people in the world... People who think they are alone and believe things happen by luck. And there are those people who believe that there are NO coincidences... and those people are never alone." (Paraphrased from Signs, by Drew Harris) Judith __

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Judith Dinowitz
She said to HER it's all about cultural significance. And that cultural significance is probably connected to the Holocaust and the idea of Israel as a refuge from anti-Semitism -- this is our land, where no Jew can be turned away. You have no idea how strong a force that is in Jewish culture.

Re: Existence

2002-10-08 Thread Judith Dinowitz
> When primitive humans became cognizant of the sun, they wondered how it > worked and decided there must be a sun god. When a volcano erupted and > they didn't understand why, they figured it must be a volcano god. When > a lightning struck, they figured there must be a lightning god...a

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Judith Dinowitz
She said Israel provides sanctuary, not the Bible. Judith - Original Message - From: "Jochem van Dieten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 5:03 PM Subject: Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel > Beth F wrote: > >

Re: List feature request. Permalinks

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
You mean having this message have a direct link to itself in the archives. Already in the next revision. > I know the servers are overworked, but would it be possible to insert > a permanent link to the post in the archives? That would definitely > make it a lot easier to point people to an answ

List feature request. Permalinks

2002-10-08 Thread Jon Hall
I know the servers are overworked, but would it be possible to insert a permanent link to the post in the archives? That would definitely make it a lot easier to point people to an answer given in the past already. Maybe not now, but in the future it would be really nice. -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PR

RE: Existence

2002-10-08 Thread Chuck Brockman
So what calendar system does an Atheist go by? (Ending sentences in prepositions is good :) -Original Message- From: jon hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 7:16 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Existence I was going to say pretty much the same thing...just

Re: Existence

2002-10-08 Thread Lewis Sellers
At 02:45 PM 10/8/2002 -0500, you wrote: >This goes out to Atheists... > >This is not flame bait, just out of curiosity. > >(Athiests) have yet to even speculate or even remotely conceive where the >particles from the big bang might have come from (if you have please let me >know). > >But do you ev

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Well, I agree at least with the part about they should all live happily together. Don't ever see it happening, but hope springs eternal. > You're thinking like a Zoroastrian Michael. There is at least a third > choice: > > The Torah isn't true, neither the Jews nor the Muslims have a "claim" on t

RE: [META] weird characters

2002-10-08 Thread Kevin Graeme
Yes, I got weird characters, but strangely they aren't the same as the one in the questioning email. Kevin Graeme > -Original Message- > From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 6:00 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: [META] weird characters > >

RE: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Kevin Graeme
You're thinking like a Zoroastrian Michael. There is at least a third choice: The Torah isn't true, neither the Jews nor the Muslims have a "claim" on the land, but they are both genetically human and further distinctions are moot; they should live happily together. Kevin Graeme > -Original

RE: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Kevin Graeme
Exceptional comment Maureen! It brings to mind one of my favorite Oscar Wilde quotes: "Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious." That and my own personal philosophy: "People are greedy and stupid." Kevin Graeme > -Original Message- > From: Maureen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tue

RE: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Kevin Gilchrist
Agreed, economics and/or tribalism. -Original Message- From: Maureen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 7:01 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel At 05:20 PM 10/8/02, Michael Ross wrote: > > This is why I hate religio

Re: TEST

2002-10-08 Thread Candace Cottrell
Claude have mercy... Candace K. Cottrell, Web Developer The Children's Medical Center One Children's Plaza Dayton, OH 45404 937-641-4293 http://www.childrensdayton.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/08/02 17:53 PM >>> > test... ahem is this thing on? Nope > How many holes in

[META] weird characters

2002-10-08 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Did anybody else receive some weird looking glyphs in that email from me? Specifically, I am referring to: Original Message Subject: Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 23:09:47 +0200 From: Jochem van Dieten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [E

RE: Lotsa talking

2002-10-08 Thread Candace Cottrell
Judith -- thanks for the muffin. It's getting cold here in Ohio and I needed that. Gel -- cranberry irange is the bomb... you must try it if you get a chance! Well, the singing went fine for me, the other wanna be divas are the ones who had the problem. Trying to outsing me... and I was being so

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Maureen
At 04:55 PM 10/8/02, Michael wrote: >Well, if we hold the Torah to be fiction, then the Jews never forced the >Canaanites out and Jericho may or may not have ever existed. :) I never said the Torah was fictional, but you want to go that route, then that would eliminate the "god told us it was ou

Re: Existence

2002-10-08 Thread jon hall
I was going to say pretty much the same thing...just to add that if one can't comprehend a scientific explanation, how exactly can the logical jump be made to an omniscient being that created our universe. The point is, that it's better not to try to rationalize belief to an Atheist. Just as an A

Re: Bill to rescind part of DMCA

2002-10-08 Thread jon hall
Tuesday, October 8, 2002, 5:06:12 PM, you wrote: >> >> >> RC> In other words - open source is nice - but we don't >> _force_ developers >> RC> to give their code away. >> >> RC> Just some rambling thoughts this morning >> >> Benefits of freeing the world from Mickey Mouse licensing fees?

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Maureen
At 05:20 PM 10/8/02, Michael Ross wrote: > > This is why I hate religion's and do not believe a god could exist. >Religion is what people created way back when, when they needed an excuse to >hate. And to this day its still a reason to hate. Take religion out of >this and make them all atheists

Re: Russia will attack Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
> Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > > >>Iran and Saudia Arabia ? get real... > > > > Both fund terrorists, both have missile capability and both hate Israel. I > > am being real, especially after that Janes report on the Saudi missile base. > > They don't make it very high on my threat list. If Bin Ladi

RE: Existence

2002-10-08 Thread Kevin Gilchrist
My answer to that is: The universe just is. Why project an anthropromorphic deity into the equation, it just fulfills a human need to bring it down to our level? -Original Message- From: Phoeun Pha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 3:45 PM To: CF-Community Subje

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
You are aware that your comparing events of 3000 years ago with events of today. Be that as it may, it falls under a very simple formula: The Torah is true, God gave the land of Israel to the Jews and that's that The Torah is false, God didn't give the land or does not exist. In the first case, th

Re: Russia will attack Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Michael Dinowitz wrote: > >>Iran and Saudia Arabia ? get real... > > Both fund terrorists, both have missile capability and both hate Israel. I > am being real, especially after that Janes report on the Saudi missile base. They don't make it very high on my threat list. >>France ? oh my...any

RE: Lotsa talking

2002-10-08 Thread Dan Haley
Oh my goodness ... it's been an hour and you haven't got your muffin ... but then my last post hasn't made it through from an hour ago ... so ... hmmm .. Candace, great that you are back, and next time just find a NJ solution for those divas ... maybe concrete diving gear ... * dan hands candace

Re: Who are you?

2002-10-08 Thread Jacob
*** TROLL ALERT *** Where? At 04:51 PM 10/8/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Pat, I'm kind of wondering who you are and what your background is. Your >responses on the entire Israel topic seem very extreme and don't seem to fit >with those of religious Jews (such as myself), non-religious Jews (such as >

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Judith Dinowitz wrote: > They were allowed to relocate, or to renounce idolatry and accept God. That sounds a lot like "Accept Communism or go live in Africa" to me. I wonder how the world would have looked if that had happened in Europe in the 70-ties. > Furthermore, they were warned before

RE: TEST

2002-10-08 Thread Stephenie Hamilton
I hear ya! Guess everyone else is too involved in the debate.. Sothe trip wasn't worthwhile eh? Getting ready for devcon yet? I am bummed erika won't be there... I missed it last year and we were supposed to room together... But I guess she did ok anyways ~~ Stephenie > |-Origi

RE: Existence

2002-10-08 Thread Dan Haley
Those of us with no beliefs don't care. How can the universe be infinite? How can it not? Do the scientists exploring the origins of the universe know for certain what happened? No. They believe they do based on their scientific beliefs. Do the religious minded individuals know for certain wh

RE: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Shawn Regan
Ahh well put Judith. I hate when God gets the bad rap for man's sins Shawn Regan pacifictechnologysolutions 15530-B Rockfield Blvd. Suite 4 Irvine, CA 92618 949.830.1623 w w w . p t s 1 . c o m -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, Octob

Re: Existence

2002-10-08 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Phoeun Pha wrote: > This goes out to Atheists... Not sure if that includes me. > (Athiests) have yet to even speculate or even remotely conceive where the > particles from the big bang might have come from (if you have please let me > know). Zero point energy of course. > Do you guys ever th

Re: Existence

2002-10-08 Thread Eric Dawson
>>This is not flame bait, just out of curiosity. yeah right. heh. >>(Athiests) have yet to even speculate or even remotely conceive huh? where does that come from? where is that statement grounded? ie you don't know any athiests so you presume they don't speculate? >>Think of space as a contain

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Yes, they do but the ones on the Jewish side aren't going out of their way to kill women and children. > Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > Yes, the entire basis of Israel is religious and yes its a holy war but its > > not about who's right anymore. It's about who wants peace and who wants to > > kill

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
> Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > Well, the only solution that will make the Arabs happy is the removal of > > Israel. > > I am sure that if I ask my friend (an Arab from Jordania studying here) > what would make him happy the answer would not be the removal of Israel. Please do ask him. I think you m

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
> >. No rewards for the good that you do > > in life (especially the selfless good you do without anyone knowing). > > > Well, of course there ARE rewards for the good that you do, or at least > there are for me (a non-believer). There is the satisfaction of knowing > that I helped another human

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
> Why would that mean that we have no purpose in existence other than to > eat and die? Overall purpose, Final goal in existance, spiritual meaning, etc. > I didn't say that there was no god/spirit etc. I just said what if all > the tracts and 'truths' etc. that people take as truth is just a fic

Re: Existence

2002-10-08 Thread Marlon Moyer
When primitive humans became cognizant of the sun, they wondered how it worked and decided there must be a sun god. When a volcano erupted and they didn't understand why, they figured it must be a volcano god. When a lightning struck, they figured there must be a lightning god...and so o

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Michael Dinowitz wrote: > Well, the only solution that will make the Arabs happy is the removal of > Israel. I am sure that if I ask my friend (an Arab from Jordania studying here) what would make him happy the answer would not be the removal of Israel. Who exactly do you mean if you say Arabs?

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
In Israel, due to a law from when the state was created, those who learn full time are exempt from military duty. There are Religious units in the military and just about everyone in the country, religious or not has military training. > Beth F wrote: > > I am a non-religious fanatic and I assure

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Michael Dinowitz wrote: > Yes, the entire basis of Israel is religious and yes its a holy war but its > not about who's right anymore. It's about who wants peace and who wants to > kill every Jew. People that just want to kill the other exist on both sides. If only they knew how to kill eachothe

RE: Existence

2002-10-08 Thread Cantrell, Adam
Phoeun, I'm almost positive the people who wrote the Koran, the Bible, the Torrah and any other highly opinionated, improvable religious texts were sitting there thinking the same thing you are now. What they found out in doing this was that they could actually take these beliefs and make money o

RE: Lotsa talking

2002-10-08 Thread Angel Stewart
Candace! Hi! *slides her an Orange muffin* We don't have cranberry-orange over here..never tasted that.. :-\ So the singing stuff went okies? -Gel -Original Message- From: Candace Cottrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Hello cf-community! I see you all have been busy over here the la

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Beth F wrote: > I am a non-religious fanatic and I assure you that most of israel is NON > religious. Entirely non-religious folks. I wonder why it was then decided not to put a separation between religion and state in the constitution. For instance, isn't it true that if you attend the right

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
"before the grace of God we sign this treaty of peace" > LOL, c'mon now Michael..how many times has the phrase 'Well, if we > go to war God's going to be pissed' been used. > > I'll agree about the amount of wars not declining, but no matter what > side you're on, 'God is on our side' can be

RE: Existence

2002-10-08 Thread Ben Doom
: This goes out to Atheists... Well, I used to be agnostic (and still fall in the "miscellaneous" category) so I'll give it a shot. : This is not flame bait, just out of curiosity. right :-) : (Athiests) have yet to even speculate or even remotely conceive where the : particles from the big ba

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Marlon Moyer
LOL, c'mon now Michael..how many times has the phrase 'Well, if we go to war God's going to be pissed' been used. I'll agree about the amount of wars not declining, but no matter what side you're on, 'God is on our side' can be heard from everyone. Michael Dinowitz wrote: >Riight.

RE: Existence

2002-10-08 Thread Shawn Kernes
First... I would start this out by saying im not an Atheist... Where did God come from? In my mind, a supernatural power is SOMETHING too... Atheists have beliefs just like anyone else does, it just happens that they believe that SOMETHING has always existed... *Religious* people believe th

Re: UN

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
> > Israel followed the rules on this and the UN basically said it doesn't care. > > Maybe the UN thinks "on this" are the most important words in that sentence. Or that they don't think, which is basically the same thing. > > Then when Israel tells the UN to stuff it, everyone gets their back up

Candace!!

2002-10-08 Thread Beth F
DIVATUDE!! HAHAHAHAHA!!! Beth F, denizen of Anchorage, AK Owned by Kavik (samoyed) and Toklat (keeshond) Owner of a Rans Gliss, Bacchetta Giro, Trek R200, Kickbike and Merlin, the MTB http://www.bad-dawgs-in-ak.com A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired. __

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Beth F
Well, I dont' believe in God, and I still believe Israel has a right to exist and Israelis have a right to go shopping without being bombed. - Original Message - From: "Michael Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 11:59 AM Subje

Re: Existence

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
> Phoeun. > I saw a bumper sticker that said "I don't know if God exists. And neither > do you" I of course say that I do know that God exists, but any proof I'd be able to give to anyone else could be taken as anecdotal evidence. Proof of a supernatural event or entity is usually something that

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Judith Dinowitz wrote: > There's a very big difference. You're comparing apples and oranges. The Jews in >Biblical times _were commanded by God_ to conquer the land. I though Judaïsm knew the concept of free will. It doesn't? > (I say Arabs above, not Palestinians, because technically there ne

RE: Existence

2002-10-08 Thread Angel Stewart
Not really... The only thing you can think of...is that you don't know enough to broach a reasonable scientific explanation. Hence God... -Gel -Original Message- From: Phoeun Pha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] This goes out to Atheists... This is not flame bait, just out of curiosity.

RE: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Angel Stewart
:) I wike you Beth :) -Gel -Original Message- From: Beth F [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Nothing. I don't believe the bible is of any importance and still think that Israel holds great cultural significance for my people and also provides jews with a much needed sanctuary from anti-sem

RE: Bill to rescind part of DMCA

2002-10-08 Thread Raymond Camden
> > > RC> In other words - open source is nice - but we don't > _force_ developers > RC> to give their code away. > > RC> Just some rambling thoughts this morning > > Benefits of freeing the world from Mickey Mouse licensing fees? I see > none :) > However the court case is really more ab

Re: Existence

2002-10-08 Thread Howie Hamlin
I believe in God but it's just as incomprehensible to ponder where matter came from as it is to ponder where God came from, no? No human being can (at this point) comprehend where the universe came from or where God came from. Howie - Original Message - From: "Phoeun Pha" <[EMAIL PROT

RE: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Lewis Sellers
At 03:47 PM 10/8/2002 -0400, you wrote: >I think the thing about a holy war is that it an oxymoron. There is no such >thing. Depends which god you're worshipping. The followers of Ares/Mars would strongly disagree I'm sure. As would most all the gods worshipped in South America before the Spani

RE: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Angel Stewart
Why would that mean that we have no purpose in existence other than to eat and die? I didn't say that there was no god/spirit etc. I just said what if all the tracts and 'truths' etc. that people take as truth is just a fiction fairy tale... What would that mean to the current conflict? -Gel

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Beth F
>. No rewards for the good that you do > in life (especially the selfless good you do without anyone knowing). > Well, of course there ARE rewards for the good that you do, or at least there are for me (a non-believer). There is the satisfaction of knowing that I helped another human being. And

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Beth F wrote: > > Nothing. I don't believe the bible is of any importance and still think > that Israel holds great cultural significance for my people and also > provides jews with a much needed sanctuary from anti-semitism. I agree with the much needed part, but not with the providing part. T

Re: Existence

2002-10-08 Thread Beth F
Phoeun. I saw a bumper sticker that said "I don't know if God exists. And neither do you" that pretty much sums up my feelings about the topic. - Original Message - From: "Phoeun Pha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 11:45 AM Su

Re: UN

2002-10-08 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Michael Dinowitz wrote: >>Michael Dinowitz wrote: >> >>Does it matter what is obvious to you or me? The problem is that they >>can't agree. I'm sure that we could work out something what we both >>consider fair within an hour. > > What do you mean can't agree. The involved parties. > Israel fol

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Well, if we hold the Torah to be fiction, then the Jews never forced the Canaanites out and Jericho may or may not have ever existed. :) > At 02:26 PM 10/8/02, Beth wrote: > > > How is that different from "god told me to strap on bombs and get on that > > > bus"? > > > > > > > > >One is violent

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Beth F
> I'd love to take your word for it Judith, but isn't Israel a Jewish > Democracy (their word not mine)? Then if you say most of the people are > non-religious, then where exactly does the democracy part come in? Democracy? Its a form of government, you can read about it here: I am unsure what

Re: UN

2002-10-08 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Jon Hall wrote: > Tuesday, October 8, 2002, 8:30:58 AM, you wrote: > > JvD> Not. Ironically, the current system of delegation of voting rights to > JvD> some representative is the ultimate form of capitalism in the "Wealth > JvD> of Nations" meaning. > > You are the one who questioned the syst

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Maureen
At 02:26 PM 10/8/02, Beth wrote: > > How is that different from "god told me to strap on bombs and get on that > > bus"? > > > > >One is violent and one isnt'. Driving the extant tribes out of the land wasn't violent. And the walls of Jericho just fell softly down? ___

Re: Live space shuttle launch

2002-10-08 Thread Jacob
Ask it in google. I found this in google "space shuttle rotate liftoff"... number 3 or 4 on the list... At 03:11 PM 10/8/2002 -0400, you wrote: > > Answer to the question ;-) > > > >http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/feedback/expert/answer/MCC/sts-106/09_08_21_57_1 >31.html > > >> At 08:59 AM 10/8/20

Who are you?

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Pat, I'm kind of wondering who you are and what your background is. Your responses on the entire Israel topic seem very extreme and don't seem to fit with those of religious Jews (such as myself), non-religious Jews (such as Beth), or even trolls (like some names I'm not going to mention). :) ___

Re: Caucasian Jews

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Well, the original Jews closely resembled my brother, his children and my own son. Olive skinned, dark hair, etc. This is the basic Semitic, middle eastern phenotype. As we accept converts, it is possible for anyone to become a Jew no matter what their skin tone. Personally, I'm one of that large

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Well, then the holy book can't be one owned by Christians or Muslims, both of whom recognize (at least in their own holy writings) the legitimacy of the Torah. > Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > It means that everything from the existence of the Jews (with all the > > biological evidence of our conne

Re: Russia will attack Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
> why would lebanon attack Israel ? Because hizballah has thousands of rockets along the border and is just waiting for the word to attack en mass. > Why would Syria attach Israel ? Because they are still at war with Israel, controls hizballah and wants to destroy Israel. > Egypy ? Please..Egy

RE: Using

2002-10-08 Thread Harkins,Patrick
Hello Nathan, You need to create a list and append the value of env_var to it each time you loop the query. Then set the session variable equal to the list. I wouldn't call the session variable the same thing as the query either, but that's my preference. Hope that helps, Patrick > -Origin

RE: Russia will attack Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Phoeun Pha
Troll --->Jon :-D -Original Message- From: Jon Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:29 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Russia will attack Israel Troll... -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tuesday, October 8, 2002, 1:41:42 PM, you wrote: J> Please explain

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Pat O
>Nothing. I don't believe the bible is of any importance and still think >that Israel holds great cultural significance for my people and also >provides jews with a much needed sanctuary from anti-semitism. What ?.u r kidding i hopeso Israel the promised land for the Jews, is

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Judith Dinowitz
Me three. Hey, Beth, we should move to Israel and show them how to live in peace! Judith - Original Message - From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 4:14 PM Subject: Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of

Re: TEST

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
> test... ahem is this thing on? Nope > How many holes in a golf ball? None. On the other hand, the question of how many dimples can be found here: http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p1147.htm "... 330 to 500 dimples - depending on which company designs the ball " As you you, the answer is 2 (that I

Caucasian Jews

2002-10-08 Thread Phoeun Pha
This is what I never understood. I thought that the "original" Jews closely resembled Arabs more than they do Caucasians. But how come there are Caucasian Jews? Did they pick up the religion in Europe? Are you a Jew if you practice Judaism? Or are you a Jew if you're genetically a Jew? Or Bo

Re: Lotsa talking

2002-10-08 Thread Judith Dinowitz
Here's your muffin, piping hot! :) Welcome, Candace -- sorry the trip was a waste but at least you got away. Judith - Original Message - From: "Candace Cottrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 11:15 AM Subject: Lotsa talking

Re: TEST

2002-10-08 Thread Judith Dinowitz
None -- unless it's the holy Golf Ball. Hi Candace -- thanks for the new subject. : ) Judith - Original Message - From: "Candace Cottrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 1:27 PM Subject: TEST > test... ahem is this thing on?

Re: Russia will attack Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Pat O
No one is going to attack Israel, maybe Saddam after the US levels every house to the stone age, he will try in desperation to hit Israel with a missle that will land in the sands somewhere as a good bye gift... why would lebanon attack Israel ? Why would Syria attach Israel ? Egypy ? Please...

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Exactly. Once people get to what they believe is their goal, and they don't have a new one, they flounder. > Mikey, or "worse", SCIENTOLOGY! > > > > -Original Message- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:13 PM > To: CF-Commu

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Judith Dinowitz
They were allowed to relocate, or to renounce idolatry and accept God. They would have been allowed to stay if they had renounced their idolatry. Furthermore, they were warned before Israel attacked their cities. You can't say that the Arabs give warning that they're going to blow up busses or

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
> My dear Michael, > > I couldn't disagree with you more, and I don't believe you really believe > this. If you follow this logic then you must take everything in the Bible as > literal truth. Or is there there some kind of equation you must follow where it can be 10 > or 20 or 30 percent inventio

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Judith Dinowitz
Religious: practicing one's religion. Some may prefer the terms observant and non-observant. Are all Christians practicing Christians? Do they all go to church? Some Jews don't follow the laws of the Torah. They were born of a Jewish mother. This makes them Jewish. They count as part of Israel

RE: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Phoeun Pha
AHAHAHHAHHA -Original Message- From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:19 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel What do you mean 'what if' :) Angel Stewart wrote: >Hey ...ya know..umm.. > >What if the

RE: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Phoeun Pha
Mikey, or "worse", SCIENTOLOGY! -Original Message- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:13 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel > Oops, I meant most Israelis are non-religious. Sorr

TEST

2002-10-08 Thread Candace Cottrell
test... ahem is this thing on? How many holes in a golf ball? Candace K. Cottrell, Web Developer The Children's Medical Center One Children's Plaza Dayton, OH 45404 937-641-4293 http://www.childrensdayton.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Beth F wrote: >>How is that different from "god told me to strap on bombs and get on that >>bus"? > > One is violent and one isnt'. You're right. I'm sure the Canaanites all got a very nice relocation bonus. Jochem __ Your ad

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Michael Dinowitz
As do I. > I find the hatred between the orthodox and secular groups in Israel > revolting. __ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://

Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Michael Dinowitz wrote: > It means that everything from the existence of the Jews (with all the > biological evidence of our connectedness) to Christianity to Islam itself to > the constitution of most governments have no basis at all. It means that > everything that we've built up in civilization

RE: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel

2002-10-08 Thread Harkins,Patrick
My dear Michael, I couldn't disagree with you more, and I don't believe you really believe this. If you follow this logic then you must take everything in the Bible as literal truth. Or is there there some kind of equation you must follow where it can be 10 or 20 or 30 percent invention and the r

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