[H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-20 Thread Brian Weeden
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051220-5807.html Quote: "(1) ID violates the centuries-old ground rules of science by invoking and permitting supernatural causation; (2) the argument of irreducible complexity, central to ID, employs the same flawed and illogical contrived dualism that doome

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2005-12-20 Thread Ben Ruset
Who would have imagined it would have happened in Jersey... Brian Weeden wrote: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051220-5807.html Quote: "(1) ID violates the centuries-old ground rules of science by invoking and permitting supernatural causation; (2) the argument of irreducible complexity

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2005-12-20 Thread Pat Robertson Elkins
on TV. From: Brian Weeden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: hwg Subject: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:59:08 -0700 http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051220-5807.html Quote: "(1) ID violates the centuries-old

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2005-12-20 Thread Stan Zaske
@ last, some intelligence in a sea of ignorant despair. @:D> Brian Weeden wrote: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051220-5807.html Quote: "(1) ID violates the centuries-old ground rules of science by invoking and permitting supernatural causation; (2) the argument of irreducible complexi

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2005-12-20 Thread Stan Zaske
?id=2434192005 Pat Robertson, I'm not an ape but I play one on TV. From: Brian Weeden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: hwg Subject: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:59:08 -0700 http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/2005

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2005-12-20 Thread G.Waleed Kavalec
Excellent. Good religion knows that science is just a camera. Good science lets religion tell them what not to do with the shiny uranium sphere. On 12/20/05, Brian Weeden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051220-5807.htmlQuote:"(1) ID violates the centuries-old gro

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2005-12-20 Thread Jim Edwards
Um, that was in PA http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051220/ap_on_re_us/evolution_debate;_ylt=AljvGW5ztswbPct.PdjhbU6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MzV0MTdmBHNlYwM3NTM- At 12/20/2005 01:55 PM, G.Waleed Kavalec wrote: Excellent. Good religion knows that science is just a camera. Good science lets religion tell

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2005-12-20 Thread Steve
r, go argue with God ! :-) Steve - Original Message - From: "Brian Weeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "hwg" Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 5:59 PM Subject: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/

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2005-12-20 Thread Pat Robertson
From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: "The Hardware List" Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:22:52 - Their children will simply grow up ignorant then won't they ! If Dar

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2005-12-20 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Steve wrote: :: I'll get flamed for this . . . I usually do :-) Don't shoot the :: messenger, go argue with God ! :-) Yeah, that's the ticket!

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2005-12-20 Thread warpmedia
shoot the messenger, go argue with God ! :-) Steve - Original Message - From: "Brian Weeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "hwg" Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 5:59 PM Subject: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge http://arstechnica.com/news.ars

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2005-12-20 Thread warpmedia
LOL! Pat Robertson wrote: Actually it is a scientific theory. People who use Cletus McRedstate pablum such as "it's only a theory" perhaps should go prove how weak and unfounded scientific theories are by testing the theory of gravity and go leap off a tall building.

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2005-12-20 Thread warpmedia
OK, which religion & what time to withhold the sphere? "Devil is in the details." Smart humans no when to keep their faith to themselves and not push it on others for fear of the sphere being dropped on them. My quote for the day "No religion until your 18 or older." G.Waleed Kavalec wrote:

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2005-12-21 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 08:22 PM 20/12/2005, Steve wrote: Their children will simply grow up ignorant then won't they ! If Darwin could prove just 1% of the natural world then it might be worth listening to . . . but why are Dogs no more intelligent than they were years ago, why are there still Monkeys, why have t

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2005-12-21 Thread Analyst
>From da judge: "Those who disagree with our holding will likely mark it as the product of an activist judge. If so, they will have erred as this is manifestly not an activist Court. Rather, this case came to us as the result of the activism of an ill-informed faction on a school board,

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2005-12-21 Thread Ben Ruset
I was going to make the same reply. warpmedia wrote: LOL! Pat Robertson wrote: Actually it is a scientific theory. People who use Cletus McRedstate pablum such as "it's only a theory" perhaps should go prove how weak and unfounded scientific theories are by testing the theory of gravity and

Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-21 Thread Ben Ruset
Didn't most of the school board get voted out of office there as well? Analyst wrote: From da judge: "Those who disagree with our holding will likely mark it as the product of an activist judge. If so, they will have erred as this is manifestly not an activist Court. Rather, this case ca

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2005-12-21 Thread chuck
- Original Message - From: "Thane Sherrington (S)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Hardware List" Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:44 AM Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge All these questions simply show that you

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2005-12-21 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 09:40 AM 21/12/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Instead of blaming the Creator in intelligent design for sickness and death, why not hope for the day he fixes the hindrance to the human body remaining well and regenerating thus not wearing out and dying, as we know it has the basic design to do

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2005-12-21 Thread Analyst
On 21 Dec 2005 at 7:25, Ben Ruset wrote: > Didn't most of the school board get voted out of office there as well? All EIGHT of them were voted out in the last election. The newly elected members have no intention to appeal the judge's ruling. Vince

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2005-12-21 Thread Pat Robertson
From: "Thane Sherrington (S)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 07:44:23 -0400 All these questions simply show that you haven't thou

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2005-12-21 Thread Pat Robertson
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],The Hardware List To: "The Hardware List" Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:40:23 -0500 Instead of blaming the Creator in intelligent design for sic

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2005-12-21 Thread 007
AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],The Hardware List > >To: "The Hardware List" >Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt ha

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2005-12-21 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Pat Robertson wrote: It's also important to understand that the scientific method is like the US constitution. It's a living, breathing set of foundations that allows us to challenge and refine theories or laws to get a better understanding of our universe. Religious dogma is absolute, it ca

Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-21 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Pat Robertson wrote: From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],The Hardware List To: "The Hardware List" Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:40:23 -0500 Instead of blaming the Creator in intell

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2005-12-21 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 12:57 PM 21/12/2005, 007 wrote: The real answer is somewhere in the middle. It is like a well kept secret like the formula for Coke. If we could scientifically prove the origin of human beings, then most religions (believing in the unseen) would not be necessary. All the people would go to C

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2005-12-21 Thread Greg Sevart
rom: "Anthony Q. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Hardware List" Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Pat Robertson wrote: From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],

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2005-12-21 Thread 007
ntelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge At 12:57 PM 21/12/2005, 007 wrote: >The real answer is somewhere in the middle. It is like a well kept secret >like the formula for Coke. >If we could scientifically prove the origin of human beings, then most >religions (believing in the

RE: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-21 Thread Pat Robertson
God Shamgod 2nd round pick by the Washington Wizards. It's his birth given name though. From: "007" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: "The Hardware List" Subject: RE: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Date: Wed, 21 Dec

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2005-12-21 Thread 007
alf Of Pat Robertson Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 2:02 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: RE: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge God Shamgod 2nd round pick by the Washington Wizards. It's his birth given name though. >From: "007" <[EMAIL PROT

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2005-12-21 Thread warpmedia
Naw, it was "DOG". 007 wrote: I thought that someone had recently changed their name to "GOD" in a courthouse.

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2005-12-21 Thread 007
t: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Naw, it was "DOG". 007 wrote: > I thought that someone had recently changed their name to "GOD" in a > courthouse. >

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2005-12-21 Thread chuck
- Original Message - From: "007" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Hardware List" Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 2:09 PM Subject: RE: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge other word except "Oh my God" in the money shot.

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2005-12-21 Thread 007
om: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of warpmedia Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 3:07 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Naw, it was "DOG". 007 wrote: > I thought that someone had recently changed their name to "GOD" in a > courthouse. >

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2005-12-21 Thread Christopher Fisk
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, 007 wrote: Unfortunately, neither the Intelligent design people or the evolution thumpers have it right. It's the Goa'ould. Christopher Fisk -- BOFH Excuse #428: Firmware update in the coffee machine

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2005-12-21 Thread warpmedia
No, worse, it's the Ori trying to get us to follow Origin. Blessed are the Ori! Christopher Fisk wrote: On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, 007 wrote: Unfortunately, neither the Intelligent design people or the evolution thumpers have it right. It's the Goa'ould. Christopher Fisk

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2005-12-21 Thread Gary VanderMolen
Ok, let's for a minute assume that the Creator did build the human body to last forever in perfect health. And let's assume that he prevents it from functioning that way for some reason. That doesn't make him benevolent. In fact, it makes him a really nasty bastard. I'd pass on worshipping

Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-21 Thread Gary VanderMolen
Unfortunately, neither the Intelligent design people or the evolution thumpers have it right. The real answer is somewhere in the middle. It is like a well kept secret like the formula for Coke. If we could scientifically prove the origin of human beings, then most religions (believing in the un

Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-21 Thread Stan Zaske
a Happy denial of reality New Year! @:D> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: "Thane Sherrington (S)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Hardware List" Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:44 AM Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt hars

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2005-12-21 Thread Stan Zaske
Hallelujah, praise God for that! @:)> Analyst wrote: On 21 Dec 2005 at 7:25, Ben Ruset wrote: Didn't most of the school board get voted out of office there as well? All EIGHT of them were voted out in the last election. The newly elected members have no intention to appeal the judge's ru

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2005-12-21 Thread Stan Zaske
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],The Hardware List To: "The Hardware List" Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:40:23 -0500 Instead of blaming the Creator in intelligent design for sickness and death, why

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2005-12-21 Thread Stan Zaske
" Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Pat Robertson wrote: From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],The Hardware List To: "The Hardware List" Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligen

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2005-12-21 Thread Stan Zaske
Allow me to interject a little intelligence into this line of thought. I've read the Bible and thought about what it states rather than just accept a preacher man's interpretation. Since God is all-powerful, all-seeing, all-knowing and designed us he is fully aware of who/what we are and what a

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2005-12-21 Thread Stan Zaske
And the Human Race has had scientific reason for how long now? Imagine what they will figure out in the next 2000 years. The apostle Paul (the former Saul of Tarsus) said that "the end is near" referring to the second coming of Jesus and I haven't been "raptured" yet. He didn't lie to us did h

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2005-12-22 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 11:25 PM 21/12/2005, Gary VanderMolen wrote: Ok, let's for a minute assume that the Creator did build the human body to last forever in perfect health. And let's assume that he prevents it from functioning that way for some reason. That doesn't make him benevolent. In fact, it makes him a

Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-22 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 02:56 AM 22/12/2005, Stan Zaske wrote: God placed the "Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil" (apples you know) in the garden and then made sure that Adam and Eve knew about it. He knew that Satan would go to the garden and tempt Eve. He knew that Satan could charm the chrome off a steel bumper

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2005-12-22 Thread Gary VanderMolen
Read the story of Adam and Eve in the garden. It's called having free will, and making the wrong choice. LOL! So let me get this straight. You are willing worship a being who sets up two humans with a test he knows they'll fail (he is omniscient, after all) then when they fail, punishes them

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2005-12-22 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 01:39 PM 22/12/2005, Gary VanderMolen wrote: It's difficult for humans to understand an entity like God and all that entails. Let me just say that God having foreknowledge of the outcome of an event does not preclude it being a fair test, nor does it mean that humans aren't responsible for

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2005-12-22 Thread Pat Robertson
From: "Gary VanderMolen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: "The Hardware List" Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 09:39:16 -0800 It's difficult for humans to understand an entity like Go

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2005-12-22 Thread Gary VanderMolen
It's difficult for humans to understand an entity like God and all that entails. Let me just say that God having foreknowledge of the outcome of an event does not preclude it being a fair test, nor does it mean that humans aren't responsible for their choices in life. No offense, but that's no

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2005-12-22 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 03:24 PM 22/12/2005, Gary VanderMolen wrote: Of course we are supposed to use the (limited) logic we have. Even ants have logic, but can you explain the theory of relativity to an ant? Humans may be a little smarter than ants, but our capability to understand things like higher dimensions is v

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2005-12-22 Thread Gary VanderMolen
It's pretty easy to understand as the idea spawned from the mind of feeble dolts over 5,000 years ago who turn to fairy tales about cloud men rather Respectful discussion of beliefs is one thing, but labeling your opponents as "dolts" is another. Ad hominems are often the last resort of those w

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2005-12-22 Thread Gary VanderMolen
Of course we are supposed to use the (limited) logic we have. Even ants have logic, but can you explain the theory of relativity to an ant? Humans may be a little smarter than ants, but our capability to understand things like higher dimensions is very limited. But I've never said to an ant "Act

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2005-12-22 Thread Pat Robertson
From: "Gary VanderMolen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: "The Hardware List" Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 11:42:11 -0800 It's pretty easy to understand as the idea spawned

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2005-12-22 Thread warpmedia
They were dolts by modern standards. Maybe you don't like the word or the implied insult, but it's factual. This is not a discussion of beliefs but one of belief without fact vs. skepticism due to lack of fact. Faith is just that, either you have it or you don't. No amount of words makes it fa

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2005-12-22 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 03:49 PM 22/12/2005, Gary VanderMolen wrote: Of course we are supposed to use the (limited) logic we have. Even ants have logic, but can you explain the theory of relativity to an ant? Humans may be a little smarter than ants, but our capability to understand things like higher dimensions is v

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2005-12-22 Thread Christopher Fisk
On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, Gary VanderMolen wrote: But I've never said to an ant "Act this way, and I'll get you into heaven." Plus we were given reason, the ability to discern between good and evil. And your point is...? God is evil? (can't say I disagree, if he does exist, that means the bast

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2005-12-22 Thread Gary VanderMolen
At 03:49 PM 22/12/2005, Gary VanderMolen wrote: Of course we are supposed to use the (limited) logic we have. Even ants have logic, but can you explain the theory of relativity to an ant? Humans may be a little smarter than ants, but our capability to understand things like higher dimensions is v

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2005-12-22 Thread Gary VanderMolen
Look back to the time when religion was pretty much dominant, prior to the Enlightenment. At the time, the church thought they knew *everything* - the church claimed knowledge of everything from the initial construction of the universe right down to microscopic questions of human morality (mastu

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2005-12-22 Thread James Maki
> -Original Message- > From: Gary VanderMolen > If (as you indicate) people are turning less > religious over > time, why do you suppose that Roe V. Wade may actually be overturned > soon, for the first time in 33 years? > > Gary VanderMolen Roe v. Wade is not a strictly religious is

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2005-12-22 Thread Gary VanderMolen
Personally if religion makes you burn people at the stake, start wars, keep people ignorant, lock your women up & abuse them etc, it's fails the sniff test. You paint with too broad a brush. Those are not things happening today, or in this country. I can cite plenty of non-religious people comm

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2005-12-22 Thread Gary VanderMolen
But I've never said to an ant "Act this way, and I'll get you into heaven." Plus we were given reason, the ability to discern between good and evil. And your point is...? God is evil? (can't say I disagree, if he does exist, that means the bastard put disease and religion on the world) A

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2005-12-22 Thread Mike Resnick
Your question, and the choices you provide presuppose that there is a God and that your two alternatives are the only ones possible. Neither your premise, nor your choices are necessarily true. At 07:06 PM 12/22/2005 -0800, you wrote:  But I've never said to an ant "Act this way, and I'll get yo

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2005-12-22 Thread Gary VanderMolen
Your question, and the choices you provide presuppose that there is a God Check the context. I was replying to someone who suggested "God is evil." and that your two alternatives are the only ones possible. Neither your premise, nor your choices are necessarily true. My argument was not mean

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2005-12-22 Thread Pat Robertson
From: "Gary VanderMolen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: "The Hardware List" Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:38:05 -0800 If (as you indicate) people are turning less religious ove

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2005-12-22 Thread Stan Zaske
Macintosh is Satan!? *Now* it all makes sense! @:)> warpmedia wrote: They were dolts by modern standards. Maybe you don't like the word or the implied insult, but it's factual. This is not a discussion of beliefs but one of belief without fact vs. skepticism due to lack of fact. Faith is jus

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2005-12-22 Thread Stan Zaske
It is presumptive of us to sit in judgment of Evolution when we don't have all the facts. Remember that science is always evolving our understanding of the way things *really* work. You know, whether Jesus was deity or man is really irrelevant! He still changed the world for the better and he

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2005-12-22 Thread Neil Atwood
lto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pat Robertson Sent: Friday, 23 December 2005 4:13 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge >From: "Gary VanderMolen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Hardware List >

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2005-12-22 Thread Neil Atwood
day, 23 December 2005 4:45 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge It is presumptive of us to sit in judgment of Evolution when we don't have all the facts. Remember that science is always evolving our understanding of the way things *real

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2005-12-22 Thread Gary VanderMolen
If (as you indicate) people are turning less religious over time, why do you suppose that Roe V. Wade may actually be overturned soon, for the first time in 33 years? Gary VanderMolen Because abortion has absolutely nothing to do with fairy tales? Since when do you need to worship cloud men i

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2005-12-22 Thread Gary VanderMolen
Sad to think that one day you will awake to realise that much of what you write off as 'fairy tales' is true. Even unbelievers should take notice of "Pascal's Wager". Briefly it states that there are four possible outcomes in life: 1. You believe in God and he really exists. Outcome: You'll wi

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2005-12-22 Thread Neil Atwood
Molen Sent: Friday, 23 December 2005 5:23 PM To: 'The Hardware List' Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge > Sad to think that one day you will awake to realise that much of what you > write off as 'fairy tales' is true. Even unbelievers

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2005-12-22 Thread Stan Zaske
Stuff. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske Sent: Friday, 23 December 2005 4:45 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge It is presumptive of us to sit in judgment of Evoluti

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2005-12-22 Thread Pat Robertson
From: "Neil Atwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],The Hardware List To: "'The Hardware List'" Subject: RE: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:02:18 +1100 You really are a rude a

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2005-12-22 Thread Neil Atwood
__ > Neil Atwood - Sydney, Australia > > http://westserve.org - Blog, Christianity, Coffee and Tech Stuff. > > > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske > Sent: Friday, 23 December 2005 4:45 PM &g

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2005-12-22 Thread Neil Atwood
Robertson Sent: Friday, 23 December 2005 6:12 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: RE: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge >From: "Neil Atwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], The Hardware List > >To: "

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2005-12-23 Thread Wayne Johnson
At 12:13 AM 12/23/2005, Pat Robertson typed: Because abortion has absolutely nothing to do with fairy tales? Since when do you need to worship cloud men in order to determine if you personally find aborting fetuses to be immoral? I really have disgust for those who assume that only by instillin

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2005-12-23 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 02:08 AM 23/12/2005, Gary VanderMolen wrote: I applaud you for your pro-life stance. But let's do a reality check. Of those who are anti-abortion, what percent do you suppose are religious? I think it's very high, probably 80% or better. What does that prove? That religious people are anti-

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2005-12-23 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 02:23 AM 23/12/2005, Gary VanderMolen wrote: 1. You believe in God and he really exists. Outcome: You'll win big. Unless he's a nasty bastard who decides to inflict painful cancer on you and then you die while not in a state of grace and go to hell. You lose big time and you believed for

Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 02:56 AM 23/12/2005, Stan Zaske wrote: I'd like to think that if God is real he made the Universe into a giant petri dish just to see what would result and I seriously doubt he gives a Rat's ass about you and me personally. On the level of species he might find the Human Race mildly interest

RE: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 03:13 AM 23/12/2005, Neil Atwood wrote: We are dealing with matters of truth here. Either something is true or it is not. There is discoverable truth about Jesus, because he was a real historical figure, and therefore we can employ the same approach to examining him and his claims as we do a

RE: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread Mark Dodge
What do you mean "worshipped the wrong God"? There is only one Mark Dodge MD Computers 360-772-2433 And you're forgetting: 5. You believe in god, and live your life by his rules, but when you die, it turns you worshipped the wrong god, and the one you meet kicks you into hell because

RE: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 09:16 AM 23/12/2005, Mark Dodge wrote: What do you mean "worshipped the wrong God"? There is only one Not according to a heck of a lot of religions. The idea that there is only one god is a new and untested theory. And even if there is only one, if the Jews are right, then the C

Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread Al
["merry"|"happy"] ["christmas"|"hannukah"|"kwanzaa"|"winter solstice"|"new years"|"humbugging"] Here's to the best god we ever made. http://masterhit.dyndns.org/paradise.mp3 Al

RE: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread 007
Here is one for the Evolution crowd: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10574901/from/RS.1/ 007 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Al Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 9:00 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh

Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread chuck
- Original Message - From: "Gary VanderMolen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'The Hardware List'" Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 1:23 AM Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge 1. You believe in God and he really exi

Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread chuck
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Hardware List" Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 9:48 AM Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Satan's angels out of commission. Then he looks deep into the heart of each

RE: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread Pat Robertson
From: "Neil Atwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],The Hardware List To: "'The Hardware List'" Subject: RE: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:23:39 +1100 > True would mean fac

Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread Pat Robertson
From: Wayne Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 06:00:48 -0500 Even the most learned psychologists & psychiatrists who btw are usually atheists

RE: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread Pat Robertson
From: "Thane Sherrington (S)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 07:31:05 -0400 At 03:13 AM 23/12/2005, Neil Atwood wrote: We

RE: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread Pat Robertson
From: "Mark Dodge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: "'The Hardware List'" Subject: RE: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 05:16:21 -0800 What do you mean "worshipped the wrong God&q

RE: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 11:24 AM 23/12/2005, Pat Robertson wrote: The evidence is very sparse. The gospels actually hint that he may be a mythical figure. But really - who *WAS* documented extensively in those days other than Roman leaders? Josephus mentions his life but also mentions he had a brother (forget the n

RE: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread Pat Robertson
From: "Thane Sherrington (S)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 12:00:24 -0400 While it's true that very few people were carefully docum

Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread Pat Robertson
From: "Gary VanderMolen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: "'The Hardware List'" Subject: Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:23:26 -0800 Sad to think that one day you will awake to realise

Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread Gary VanderMolen
If you ask ten people who don't go to church if they consider themselves religious and/or believe in god, I'll bet most would say yes. But if that is actually true, why are they so anti-religious in their daily actions? I'm guessing most people either feel they MUST say they are religious, or

Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread Gary VanderMolen
6. You believe in god just to cover your ass (they way most people do.) He exists, you die, and he says "Sorry, CYA actions aren't covered. You go to hell." I agree with that scenario. Outward appearance doesn't count. "By their fruits ye shall know them." I brought up Pascal's Wager not

Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread Sam Franc
Gary VanderMolen wrote: If you ask ten people who don't go to church if they consider themselves religious and/or believe in god, I'll bet most would say yes. But if that is actually true, why are they so anti-religious in their daily actions? I'm guessing most people either feel they MUST s

Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread Gary VanderMolen
I'd like to think that if God is real he made the Universe into a giant petri dish just to see what would result and I seriously doubt he gives a Rat's ass about you and me personally. On the level of species he might find the Human Race mildly interesting. @:D> Looking at the universe, it's p

Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread Gary VanderMolen
Ok, I find this direction interesting. Is there any proof of the existance of Jesus other than the Bible? There was at least one contemporary historian, Flavius Josephus, who mentioned Jesus. There were thousands of eye witnesses whose lives were changed and who went out and told those happenin

Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

2005-12-23 Thread Gary VanderMolen
I don't know why scientists think it helps to prove evolution because there is only a 4 percent difference between human and chimpanzee DNA. It's called economy of design. Why reinvent the wheel each time? There's only a one atom difference between harmless carbon dioxide and deadly carbon monox

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