This thread will not die due to CPR - Can't Put it to Rest. If everyone would not chime in it will die.
Mark M. Phoenix AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: John Gwilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ari machiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 11:16 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Origin of the Moon& God > Hello List, > I was hoping this thread would die quickly and quietly after Geoff's > post. However, it seems it (the thread) is determined to hold on to life > with a death grip and continue to gasp for air one weak breath at a time. > > Since it's Friday and the traffic on this list is slow, I'll offer an > analogy that I think most of you can relate to. This debate between > religion and science has been going on for centuries and it makes at least > one visit to this list every year. Nothing is ever resolved - no one ever > wins the argument, because there is no correct answer to this issue. > > It's sort of like this. My wife, who is a business professional, usually > comes home from a day of shopping and drags me up to the bedroom to see the > new clothes she had bought. Invariably, she will put on one of here new > dresses, and ask, "Honey, does this dress make me look fat?" > > No matter which way you answer the question, it's the wrong answer. Dead > wrong. You see, if I say "yes", then I'm deader than a grasshopper in a > chicken coop. If I say "no", then the rest of the day is trashed after her > first question fired back at me..."so, what's that supposed to mean?" > > Bottom line is don't answer the question in the first place. Instead, > quickly change the subject by saying, "hey...let's go to [insert the name > of her favorite restaurant here] for dinner and we might have enough time > afterwards to go buy a few more of those gorgeous dresses." > > It's the same with the Creation/Evolution thing. No one is ever going to > win over the other person by saying what they think is true, so why waste > your time trying. Instead, go do something more productive, like going out > to dinner. > > Have a Good Weekend, > > John > > At 10:36 AM 7/11/03 -0700, ari machiz wrote: > > >Hi list. > > > >Stephen Hawking says that the beginning of time does not preclude a > >creator. Still, I don't remember him going on about Jesus Christ being the > >way to heaven, or A. C. Baktividanta Swami Prabhupada being the true > >almighty representative of the lord for mankind. > > > >I wonder if meteorites ever end up being discussed on the Jews for Jesus > >forum. > > > >If God is responsible for meteorites, we'll all know when we die, or if > >there is a suspension of natural law dealing with meteorites. The bottom > >line is that religion boils down to faith, a word that does not enter the > >scientific dictionary. > > > >Let's keep the witnessing to that of meteorites. > > > >If I am out of line, please feel free to reprimand me on or off list. > > > > > >Ari Machiz > >TVBTITU > > > > > >Do you Yahoo!? > ><http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://rd.yahoo.com/evt=1207/*http://promo.yahoo.com/ > >sbc/>SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
