I do not know what a woo is. Please fill me in.
________________________________ From: TurquoiseB <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, 26 May, 2010 8:04:11 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dome Meditation Numbers --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ditzyklanmail <carc...@...> wrote: > > What is a woo woo? You know what a Woo is? One more than that. > From: TurquoiseB <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > > On Behalf Of wayback71 > > > > > > > > TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > "wayback71" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > What you say is true, but... > > > > > Given my expectations for the planet as a result of global > > > > > warming (food and water wars riots, starvation), I can only > > > > > hope that there is some such miraculous way to make things > > > > > safe and fine. > > > > > > > > It is my belief that a belief in "miracle cures" > > > > is precisely what keeps humans from ever seriously > > > > attempting to find their own. > > > > > > Very true indeed. I would suggest this only becasue from > > > what I understand as a non scientist, global warming is a > > > done deal and pretty much unsolvable given science as we > > > know it. > > > > Given politics and human nature as we know them. We could > > radically reduce greenhouse gases if we had the political > > consensus. Solar panels on every roof, electric cars in > > every garage, etc. Economies of scale would make > > these things much cheaper, and demand for them would > > accelerate their improvement. > > The cry of "unsolvable by science" is a scare > tactic, used by those selling an "Only God/TM/ > butt-bouncing can solve it" solution. > > It's a way of *abdicating responsibility* for > one's actions, and equally abdicating any > responsibility for fixing those things that > one's actions break or make worse. > > Hoping that a bunch of people butt-bouncing in > Iowa is going to solve the problems of global > warming and pollution, much less war and greed, > strikes me as even more nonsensical than the > plot of "Lost." It's a fantasy that those who > have lost faith in *themselves* and *their* > ability to think and act rationally cling to, > so that they don't have to lose hope altogether. > > If there is a God, or such a thing as a sentient > set of Laws Of Nature as proposed by Maharishi, > I would think that the people such a sentience > would want to kill off *first* would be the ones > who refuse to even *try* to solve their own > problems in life, and rely on Woo Woo to do it > for them. Such people are the major contenders > for the planetary Darwin Awards IMO, not those > who propose actual solutions, as Rick does above. > > "It's out of my hands" is something said by a > person who has GIVEN UP, not by someone who is > expressing a belief or trust in God. It's a way > of saying, "I categorically refuse to use the > intelligence and creativity given to me by God, > and rely on Him to do it all for me." > > I don't know about you, but if I were God, I > wouldn't want such followers besmirching my > good name.
