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2001-01-31 Thread Joel Blau
Yes, it is rather like the old saying that an army and a navy is all that distinguishes a language from a dialect. That's just one reason why faith-based initiatives will quickly lead the Bush administration down a slippery definitional slope. Joel Blau Jim Devine wrote: Justin wrote: A

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2001-01-30 Thread Justin Schwartz
A professor at a Jesuit school compares Catholicism to Scientology . . . . ? --jks At 03:21 PM 1/30/01 +, you wrote: What about Catholic Workers? (Who really do provide social services.) --jks Scientology seems to provide social services, such as drug treatment. But the recipients

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Fwd: faith based services

2001-01-30 Thread Justin Schwartz
Isn't in in Count Zero that William Gibson imagines that the protagonist's--Bobby?--mother is a Scientologist, very religious? --jks Justin wrote: A professor at a Jesuit school compares Catholicism to Scientology . . . . ? --jks I was just explaining what's wrong with Scientology, in case

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Fwd: faith based services

2001-01-30 Thread Jim Devine
Justin wrote: A professor at a Jesuit school compares Catholicism to Scientology . . . . ? --jks I was just explaining what's wrong with Scientology, in case someone didn't know. But to actually makes such a comparison: I predict that when Scientology is as old as Catholicism, it will be as

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Fwd: faith based services

2001-01-30 Thread Jim Devine
At 07:36 PM 1/30/01 +, you wrote: Isn't in in Count Zero that William Gibson imagines that the protagonist's--Bobby?--mother is a Scientologist, very religious? --jks I haven't read that. But in the sci-fi book I've been thinking about writing, a Scientologist is running for President,

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2001-01-30 Thread Jim Devine
At 07:56 PM 01/30/2001 -0800, you wrote: Here in Chico, a local Waldorf education group wanted to start a charter school, but what's a Waldorf group? Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine

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2001-01-30 Thread Michael Perelman
Education based on the ideas of Rudolf Steiner. On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 08:35:34PM -0800, Jim Devine wrote: At 07:56 PM 01/30/2001 -0800, you wrote: Here in Chico, a local Waldorf education group wanted to start a charter school, but what's a Waldorf group? Jim Devine [EMAIL