-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 991129c - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BULLETIN WHEN YOU REPLY; CUT/PASTE, EH? * No nude sword-swingers harmed anyone during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Archaeology on the Net: http://www.athenapub.com/inet/guide2.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Air-Conditioned Confessional Unveiled in Rome. ROME (Reuters) A fully soundproof state of the art confessional was unveiled Friday, offering air conditioning, black leather seats and soft lighting. Repentest thou in comfort: http://news.excite.com/news/r/991129/07/odd-confessional # No Dogs Allowed? ASSISI, Italy (Reuters) A ban on dogs entering the newly reopened Basilica Where St Francis, famed for his love of animals, is buried drew growls of protest from an Italian animal rights group. Arf. Arf. Arf. http://news.excite.com/news/r/991129/07/odd-odd-dogs : Should religious sites be un/comfortable, open to everyone/everything, in/vulnerable to attack? What's your favorite religious site? Is it cool? Duncan gives critics the finger: "NEVER cave to those self-righteous prudes" http://worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_bresnahan/19991129_xex_duncan_gives.shtml _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ DO YOU SUPPORT VOLUNTARY SCHOOL PRAYER? JOIN WITH THE NATIONAL COALITION OF PRAYER, TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN! CALL TOLL FREE @ 1-877-644-1636 OR EMAIL US AT [EMAIL PROTECTED] AND REQUEST A FREE PETITION TODAY !! : Should kids go to school to learn or pray? Would you rather learn or pray? If you pray enough, will you learn anything? Will there be prayer in schools as long as there are tests? Would you like to run a govt dept that regulates school prayer? If prayer occurs on taxpayer-supported time, should churches be taxed to compensate? Should school attendance be voluntary? Should taxes? @ On the first day of year 2000, God will die: http://eblong.com/xgod2000/ And see http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Religion/ or burn in hellfire. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Naked Man in Church Sword Attack. LONDON (Reuters) A naked man brandishing a sword burst into a London church during a children's service and attacked worshippers, injuring 9 people, 3 seriously. Sword of God? http://news.excite.com/news/r/991129/07/odd-sword And http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_542000/542244.stm # Suspect in church attack charged - suffering from "severe depression:" http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562320318-1e9 # Also: Worshippers return to attack scene, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562317417-f40 : Would you rather die by the cross or the sword? Is your cross a sword? Do you like to wave phallic symbols around? Do you feel empowered, manly, big? # Atheists may sue to remove cross. BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Thousands of people marched to the Statehouse, protesting an atheist group's campaign against a 60-foot cross overlooking the city. "The cross is illegal. It was built on public land." The Idaho Jaycees built the cross on public land in 1956 & purchased the plot for $100 in 1972 to avoid a potential constitutional challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union. But the land sale was rigged: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562319189-b3b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Warp speed on UFO physics. Alien spaceships are an impossible concept. How could they find Earth? Did they set out from home planets thousands of light-years away, aiming for a speck in the universe that was showing no signs of intelligent life, no radio, no television, not even electric light? How could their crews survive? What kind of fuel could propel a craft across galaxies? These basic questions expose the myth of UFOs. http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/99/11/29/timintint01016.html?999 : Have you flown across the universe lately? Did you have adequate toilet facilities? Did you run out of beer? Did you get tired of watching the same old sitcom tapes? Did you bicker with your crewmates? Did the kids fidget?? @ Apes with an oeuvre. We ain't the only primates who apply paint to create energetic, arresting canvases. www.chronicle.com/free/v46/i13/13b00601.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Einstein the greatest. (BBC) Albert Einstein has been voted the greatest physicist of all time by over 100 of the world's leading scientists. Pop star: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_541000/541840.stm # ALSO - Science: Story of the century: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_534000/534983.stm # Top of the science class: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_237000/237388.stm : Who are y'r favorite scientists, economists, pundits, preachers, prophets, politicos, aliens, artists, assholes, authors, deities, demons, robots? Do you want to be voted on? Are you qualified for anything? Are you human? Eh? @ The untold history of the Aztecs: http://www.dayofdestiny.com/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ *A Thanksgiving Prayer* by William S. Burroughs: http://www.txt.de/spress/beatshop/burroughs/audio/prayer.htm http://observations.homepage.com/bill.html @ Mayflower Passengers http://members.aol.com/mayflo1620/bradford_plist.html @ Thanksgiving & Football: http://www.sportsjones.com/sport&society7.htm @ Before the White Man Came: http://www.word.com/gigo/whiteman/ [flash] @ Have a superbad Thanksgiving: http://www.superbad.com/1/turkey/turkey.html : Are secularized materialistic holidays worth every penny? Should everyday be a holiday? Do aliens abduct humans more or less on holidays? Do we humans brutalize each other more or less on holidays? Is it an excuse? Why not??? # X-factor, squirm factor, yuck factor, yuppie-scum factor. 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