Tower of Babel perfect example. Biblical texts were refined to prevent cross-pollination around turn of AC/DC. Got to preserve that elitism that allows Religion to survive!
nice use of "christian mythology" your tag "ornamental mind" always makes me think of a christmas tree covered in little shiny mobius strips and clear balls with little galaxies in them like the Men in Black movie.... On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:18 AM, ornamentalmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > "...WE should be All One Tribe!..." - CB > > As I understand it, there is an aversion to this notion found within > christian mythology... > > On Oct 27, 8:23 am, "C B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > yes,YES, we agree the world is flat. Censor? wouldnt that be impossible > > anyway? who said we should? CERN is about as collaborative an example > that > > I can think of. Though if you want to be a conspiracy nutjob, you could > > suggest that our gov has secret thinktanks at area 51 plotting, > > plotting. WE should be All One Tribe! though imagining China setting as > > many boundaries as possible on whatever is going on in China is not a > > theory...that opaque agenda is alive and thriving over there. > > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Jason (Memphis) > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes but... there are a lot of Chinese and Indian citizens at MIT, Cal- > > > Tech, Stanford and other prestigious scientific schools. Many of the > > > professors at these schools love to share high level information with > > > China, Japan, India and any other country that wants to help advance > > > the scientific cause. Should we censor American scientists such Leng > > > Chau and stiffle their communication with other countries to promote > > > our patriotic cause? Or, should we just kill those dissenting, > > > unpatriotic scientists? :-) My point is that the scientific > > > community is already global. > > > > > On Oct 26, 9:28 pm, Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > <<furthermore, can the 300,000,000 Americans still dominant science > > > > against the collective endeavors of the > > > > 6,100,000,000,000>> > > > > > > If America hadn't given up its head start, and America was determined > > > > to be #1, then maybe? Right now, the main competition are Europe and > > > > Japan. Large countries such as China, India, and Indonesia have > > > > enormous amounts of poverty that prevent them from deriving much > > > > benefit from their large populations. We also have the advantage of > > > > being one political unit and having a mobile culture. > > > > > > Even in the US, certain parts of the country dominate the scientific > > > > arena.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
