what are the discoveries,....that God landed on the Whitehouse Lawn?
--- In [email protected], "John" <jr_esq@...> wrote:
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> --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote:
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> > --- In [email protected], "John" <jr_esq@> wrote:
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> > > Yifu and FFL readers,
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> > > For your information, Dr. Pagels died in 1988. Any statements
> > > that he made while alive has been superceded by discoveries
> > > made in recent years in quantum physics. If he was alive
> > > today, he would have changed his position.
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> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Pagels
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> > I rest my case. Quantum Idiots.
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> Barry,
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> You haven't had a case here for a very long time.
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> > > --- In [email protected], "Yifu" <yifuxero@> wrote:
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> > > > from Skeptic.com, by Dr. Heinz Pagels, physicist.:
> > > > ...
> > > > "
> > > > The claim that the fields of modern physics have anything to do with
> > > > the "field of consciousness" is false. The notion that what physicists
> > > > call "the vacuum state" has anything to do with consciousness is
> > > > nonsense. The claim that large numbers of people meditating helps
> > > > reduce crime and war by creating a unified field of consciousness is
> > > > foolishness of a high order. The presentation of the ideas of modern
> > > > physics side by side, and apparently supportive of, the ideas of the
> > > > Maharishi about pure consciousness can only be intended to deceive
> > > > those who might not know any better.
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> > > > Reading these materials authorized by the Maharishi causes me distress
> > > > because I am a man who values the truth. To see the beautiful and
> > > > profound ideas of modern physics, the labor of generations of
> > > > scientists, so willfully perverted provokes a feeling of compassion for
> > > > those who might be taken in by these distortions. I would like to be
> > > > generous to the Maharishi and his movement because it supports world
> > > > peace and other high ideals. But none of these ideals could possibly be
> > > > realized within the framework of a philosophy that so willfully
> > > > distorts scientific truth (Pagels).
> > > > What Chopra is peddling is quantum gibberish."
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