Mike --
Here is a better alternative hypothesis:
1. Why is the sky blue?
God is a Tarheel fan.
2. When did Tarheel basketball begin to falter?
When Dean Smith retired.
3. Why has violence invaded both schools and churches?
God is too busy helping rebuild the UNC basketball program.
4. So who is at fault?
Blame it all on Dean Smith.
And I list these so-called coincidences....
a. Dean Smith was a religion major.
b. The mascot of the closest and hated rival team is a Blue
Devil.
Ken
On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 11:10:17 -0500 Mike Scoles
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> Jim Guinee has presented the standard argument, while not claiming it as
> his own, that things are so bad in schools these days because God isn't
> allowed in. After all, it is obvious to anyone that once those atheists
> got their way, kids started disrespecting their teachers. (If teachers
> were only allowed to use corporal punishment, things might have a chance
> of getting better!) Then they started disrespecting themselves, takin'
> them drugs and all. Then they started disrespecting each other, with
> gangs and Satan-worshippers and other lost boys shootin' up the schools.
>
> Stephen has done an excellent job of showing that problems occur in
> God's schools, so maybe the lack of God isn't the reason for the
> (apparent) increase in school violence. I have another hypothesis. Has
> anyone else noticed that these problems seemed to really become common
> shortly after the Blue Jays won the World Series? Foreigners screwing
> up the American pastime! No wonder that our children have lost their
> souls. (And notice that I am spelling "American" with a capital "A", as
> in "U.S.A.")
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Appalachian State University
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