re sex, part of life

1998-10-23 Thread bunny
Angela, what is your view of sex outside marriage? Do you accept that in the 90's sex is a normal part of the life of many young people and are you aware that the trend is moving away from marriage (in my country at least)? If sex is a part of life and the act of sex can produce another human bei

The need to Stabilise world population

1998-10-23 Thread bunny
Angela writes>> >>You are right - the point I was making that there ARE enough resources on this Earth - right now - as I am typing this to feed ALL of us - the problem is the unequal distribution of these resources ++No Angela, the resources on planet Earth are finite. We are currently survivin

re Family size etc

1998-10-23 Thread bunny
Angela wrote: > Keep up the good work for the women, the animals and the Earth and please try > to remember that just because I am Christian does not mean that I dogmatic - > do you understand that? > ++In my opinion, YOUR views are dogmatic. Marguerite

Re: Family size and religion

1998-10-23 Thread Bertina Miller
Angela if you arent dogmatic then what is with all this talk of God? If you want to respect everyone how can you if you isolate atheists and goddess worshippers out there? Spirituality is fine but when you talk as if it is the only thing out there to ensure the safety of the environment then I wil

Re: Family size and religion

1998-10-23 Thread Bertina Miller
Why not Wars have done far worse. Bertina [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 22 Oct 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 98-10-22 09:22:17 EDT, you write: > > << > ++ When does life start? If only your reverence to the sanctity of human > life also translated into the quality of human

Re: Family size and religion

1998-10-23 Thread Bertina Miller
It shows how Christians have little humor, especially the evangelical. Bertina [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Joe E. Dees wrote: > Isn't it patronizing to call Bertina silly? >

Re: Looking for Gaia spiritual and/or religious movements

1998-10-23 Thread Bertina Miller
Poverty, sexism and racism doesnt get in anyones way unless they let it happen Angela. But I dont blame the victims of such things-generally the victims are children. Is it the guys fault in Wyoming that he was killed by a bunch of punks? No. Did something get in his way? Yes-bigotry! Bertina [E

Re: Family size and religion

1998-10-23 Thread Ecolady
Hi! Again for the record _ I am not opposed to population limitation. I am opposed to mandatory control. Got it? Peace! Angela >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Oct 23 06:43:28 1998 Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 08:43:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Bertina Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Bertina Miller <[EMAIL

Re: Family size and religion

1998-10-23 Thread Ecolady
In a message dated 98-10-22 14:08:40 EDT, you write: << (like "how can same-sex couples have a family?" and that homosexuals have no place in the overpopulation debate) a >> Hi! Thanks for calling me open-minded Candi However, Again - misinterpretation - taken out of context: I said overp

Baltimore school suspends 15-year-old 'witch'

1998-10-23 Thread Brett and Kimberly
Baltimore school suspends 15-year-old 'witch' BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A 15-year-old girl who claims she is a witch was suspended from school this week after another girl accused her of casting a spell on her, school officials said Thursday. Jamie Schoonover, who has been taunted by classmates for h

RE: Looking for Gaia spiritual and/or religious movements

1998-10-23 Thread Candi Churchill
"When we love ourselves we are free to love others! The only liberation we need is self-actualization!" This is what I disagree with entirely, Angela. We need real liberation, real concrete changes in order to be free. Oppression is not in our heads. We can "self-actualize" all we want but

Re: Julia Butterfly

1998-10-23 Thread Brett and Kimberly
Thanks Topaz, for the info -- > From: Topaz Bear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Julia Butterfly > Date: Thursday, October 22, 1998 2:40 PM > > Haven't seen anything about Julia since David Chain's death. But here's a number

Re: Family size etc

1998-10-23 Thread Ecolady
In a message dated 98-10-22 15:13:31 EDT, you write: << Let's try it first, before we gratuitously declare it impossible, shall we? Joe >> Try what - mandatory population control? That IS what I was referring to - I am for voluntary population limitation not mandatory control. If we we

Family size and religion and ANARCHISM!

1998-10-23 Thread StoneySmrf
>NO it is not! The current, most pressing threat is ANARCHISM - the elite >power hungry, over zealous, spiritually deprieved, greedy, corrupt - stop them >before they destroy everything - stop them before it is too late! I don't mean to sound crude but BULLSHTI!! Thats capitalism d