From: David Land [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
What's that come to in skoshes?
How about in smoots?
- jmh
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Keith Henson wrote:
I'm not sure I agree, but I like the biological parallels
here!
Ghod knows I have been making them long enough. My first article on this
subject was published in Analog Aug 1987.
...
Taking your last point first, I'd say that it would now be
more
So the claim would be that during the Dark Ages in
Europe
(Hi, Damon!),
Why you little...
Damon.
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On 26 May 2004, at 12:45 pm, David Hobby wrote:
Keith Henson wrote:
Correct, but *after* the date some of them get more into recruiting.
The
JWs are an example.
I think the more common behavior is pushing back the
predicted date of the apocalypse. But I guess one can only do
this so many
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From: David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Keith Henson wrote:
Got me, what is the difference between disease organisms
and parasites? If the individuals are sufficiently large, we
call them parasites, and if they are small enough, we don't?
My pet cat is clearly a parasite.
David Hobby wrote:
I think the more common behavior is pushing back the
predicted date of the apocalypse. But I guess one can only do
this so many times.
Indeed: http://www.freeminds.org/history/list.htm
Amazing.
Especially for people who claim to speak with the authority of God,
At 07:45 AM 26/05/04 -0400, David wrote:
Keith Henson wrote:
snip
You might be right on this point, but there were a lot of dangerous cults
about in the past. For example the children's crusades in 1212 resulted in
a few tens of thousands dying.
So the claim would be that during the
At 09:38 PM 26/05/04 -0400, I wrote:
Try scientology discordians OTO masons mormons in Google.
Sorry, Google.groups.
Keith
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At 11:09 PM 25/05/04 -0400, you wrote:
Keith Henson wrote:
snip
The distinction between cults and religions is real and useful. Cults are
outright parasites, religions are the same mental parasites that have
co-evolved with their hosts long enough to become more useful than harmful.
Takes
