OK, I did click the link..it sent me to someone's blog. When I clicked on the trib article from Waco, I got an error page. So my question is has anyone actually read the article?
Mike On 8/18/07, Rev. Stewart Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As the resident theologian or heretic (depending on who you ask) let > me comment. > > I have not read the article that was pulled from the Waco paper, but > it does not surprise me. The acceptance of technology is difficult > in a culture that wants to stay uninformed and uneducated (Oh by the > way I live in Southern Alabama so I speak out of experience.) I > belong to a church body that maintains in its beliefs the literal 6 > day creation (now you know why some call me a heretic) > > The south in general has resisted and been passed by, by > technology. My youngest was just able to take courses on line the > past school year. This was something new to these folks. Ten years > ago (yes 10) my children in then elementary school could take > satellite courses offered by a little rural school in Wisconsin (the > graduating class averaged 25 students)! They think it is acceptable > down here to let students do research and work on computers that for > the most part have not been updated. (Many still run 95 or possibly 98SE) > > So it does not surprise me that some would be offended by what Bill > Nye said. They do not want to know any better. > > Now with that being said it is possible that the way Bill said it > offended them. I don't know I was not there to hear exactly what was > being said. > > Many folks do not know the history of the Bible (I do not mean the > Bible itself, but how the Bible was put together) and have put > worship of the Bible ahead of worship of what the Bible testifies > too. It was never meant to be read and understood literally. > > Yes this has a lot to do with computers, as computers are a tool. A > tool that God has given us to use and make use of. It is what we can > do with that tool that matters. > > I read an article that the Lutheran Church of Sweden (A state church) > recently refused to allow a churches Bell tower to be used to house a > Wireless broadband transmitter for the community because they were > concerned about what people would be able to do with that Internet > connection (read on-line porn) Talk about being anti > technology! (presently the town only has dial up access.) > > When religion forgets what it is all about (pointing to God) it quits > being religion and it starts being a god. > > Stewart > > > At 08:50 PM 8/18/2007, you wrote: > >On Aug 18, 2007, at 8:29 PM, Jeff Morris wrote: > > > >>I know you don't care. I don't care that you don't care. I wanted > >>to voice my opinion about it before I left. It's too bad... > >> > >>For those of you who do stick to topic of computers and I know you > >>are here...good luck and thank you for the help I have received > >>here over the years. > > > > Well, I guess I've done it now. That one post about Bill Nye > > must have been the proverbial straw. > > > > I do wish the guy had read the story, though. He would have > > discovered what particularly interested me, and it was not how > > those few silly folks reacted in Waco. We have all seen or heard > > of that long ago, and there are some of them in any camp. The > > really interesting thing, and certainly related to computing, was > > how the Waco newspaper that first reported the event took the story > > down from their website in short order. > > > > Maybe Mr. Morris would like to come back and be that moderator he > > says we need. If he does, I'll make sure to insert the word > > 'computer' into each paragraph at least once. Gosh, though, I do > > wish that he had spoken up sooner instead of waiting until the > > tolling of the bell. I think he enjoyed the computer talk here, > > but didn't like some of the people. > > > > Steve > > Rev. Stewart A. Marshall > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Prince of Peace > Ozark, AL SL 82 > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? 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