The desperate state of Planet Earth

1998-10-30 Thread bunny
Angela, God never meant the human race to overpopulate the Earth and to upset Nature's balance as we have. We broke any such "covenant" long ago - it is no longer valid and we have gone past the point of no return. People with attitudes like yours are just compounding the problem. While you are

Re: no one lets sexism, racism, poverty get in their way

1998-10-30 Thread bunny
Hi Angela, You write "through belief in God everything is magnifyied not disappeared _ magnified so that we can see the problem in full spectrum - and then with that find a solution." ++You oppose mandatory limits on the world human population size. Perhaps your God will stand by and watch the

Re: no one lets sexism, racism, poverty get in their way

1998-10-30 Thread Ecolady
In a message dated 98-10-30 05:31:53 EST, you write: +Hopefully God will send a plague to wipe out the bulk of us for being sinners and raping Eden (then, of course, the Evangelical will say I told you so). Marguerite No - Hopefully God will have mercy on us - keep guiding us and

Re: no one lets sexism, racism, poverty get in their way

1998-10-30 Thread Cygnet2k
Unfortunately, I joined the list in the middle of this thread. So excuse me if I missed some key points. My first reaction was to the poor huddled masses rising above their state. Ever been born into a world where hope is for other people? Where you are told on a daily basis that you are

Re: Cult Danger Evaluation

1998-10-30 Thread Joe E. Dees
The Advanced Bonewits' Cult Danger Evaluation Frame 2.0 Copyright © 1979, 1996 c.e., Isaac Bonewits Introduction Events in the last few decades have clearly indicated just how dangerous some religious and

Re: Christian Meme

1998-10-30 Thread Joe E. Dees
3.3. Christianity Religions represent some of the most powerful and elaborate meme complexes in existence today; they have evolved over millennia into countless variants and co- evolved with cultures. Making a complete memetic analysis of even a single religion is beyond the scope of this