The Vicar of Vermicelli approves. Sent from Android. On Mar 23, 2012 9:34 AM, "Greg Sonnenfeld" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ramen. > > **************************** > Greg Sonnenfeld > > “The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane > to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.” > > > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:31 PM, Russ Abbott <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Doug, I don't want to pick on you, but your certificate strikes me as > > indirect bullying. > > > > I'm as atheistic as they come, but I know a number of people who (for > > reasons that I don't understand) take religion quite seriously. They are > > intelligent, pleasant people, not the sort to rub their beliefs in > anyone's > > face. Most are politically left of center. One has a bumper sticker that > > reads "A proud member of the religious left". > > > > Why pick on them? I'm sure you don't intend to. I'm sure you are making > fun > > of the Rick Santorums of the world. It's just that by casting as wide a > net > > as the Flying Spaghetti Monster does, it also makes fun of everyone with > > religious feelings. > > > > The answer someone like Sam Harris would give is that what they say is > > either false or without any shred of objective support. But the people > I'm > > thinking of don't go around proclaiming their beliefs as The Truth. They > go > > about their business simply wanting to experience the world through a > > different lens. The fact that I don't understand it -- and I don't; I'm > > completely mystified by their way of thinking about certain things -- > > doesn't give me the right to ridicule it. > > > > Sorry for the rant. > > > > -- Russ > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Douglas Roberts <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Don't want my FRIAM friends and acquaintances to be the last to know: > >> > >> If you feel like getting married, I can now conduct the ceremony. > >> > >> "With this rigatoni, I thee wed, etc." > >> > >> -Father Doug > >> > >> -- > >> Doug Roberts > >> [email protected] > >> [email protected] > >> http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins > >> > >> 505-455-7333 - Office > >> 505-670-8195 - Cell > >> > >> > >> ============================================================ > >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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