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-----Original Message----- >From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <[email protected]> >Sent: May 22, 2011 6:43 PM >To: al mitt <[email protected]> >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bigfoot and the "Nakhla Dog" - what do they >havein common? > >Hi Al, > >I'm sorry if I offended you or anyone else on the list. I was just >trying to make some humor, albeit in a poor manner apparently. For >the record, I am not anti-religious. I am a deeply spiritual person, >but not in the usual mainstream manner. I have compassion for my >fellow man and all living things on this Earth and a deep respect for >nature. What I don't like is insane old charlatans making statements >designed to create chaos and generate publicity and revenue. > >Imagine the children in this situation. Mom and Dad suddenly go off >the deep end listening to this self-proclaimed messenger of God. They >sell off the house, quit their jobs, and drag the kids across the >country in a mini-van with the word "Rapture" plastered all over it. >At the end of the day, the child is now homeless and his parents have >no means to properly care for him. That is child abuse and the old >man who announced this "prophecy" should be brought up on criminal >charges or hit with a civil suit. One cannot yell "Fire!" in a >crowded theatre, and one should not be allowed to maliciously disrupt >the lives of countless families to the detriment of the children >involved. I don't feel sorry for the gullible sheeple adults who fell >for this nonsense, but their kids have no say in it. > >I have a problem with BS and I have never been afraid to call BS when >I see it. The God of Moses will send the messiah like a thief in the >night and none shall know the day of his arrival. > >I have read 3 translations of the Bible (also the Apocrypha) cover to >cover, and most of the world's major holy books, including the Koran, >the Bardo Thudo, the Bhagavad Gita, Book of the Mormon, the Classics >of Confucianism, Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Satanic Bible (a joke >and insult to the mind, but I had to read it to understand it), the >Tanakh and the Torah, and I could go on. In all, I have digested >about 2 dozen of the world's holiest books during my spiritual search. > So I am not anti-religious. I am anti-BS and this recent rapture >nonsense was exactly that - malicious BS designed to attract publicity >and profit. Or, it was the delusional ramblings of a self-aggrandizer >who should be medicated and placed in a treatment facility. > >I was baptized, took communion, attended Eucharist, and meditated in a >Buddhist temple. I have also attended two Witches' Sabbats. I think >you get my point. I don't mean to offend, and I often stick my foot >into my mouth. And when I do offend, I always apologize and mean it. >I like you Al, always have. And I don't want you pissed off at me, so >I hope you can forgive my attempt at humor that started this. > >Jesus was one cool dude, full of love, compassion, and wisdom. I wish >everyone could be like him - the world would be a better place. >Unfortunately, nutjobs like Harold Camping hijack the message of Jesus >for profit - and people like that should be firmly rebuked, IMO. > >I was going to send this to you privately, but since you called me out >on the list, I am replying in public. But this will be my last post >on the list about this and if you want to continue the discussion in >private, we can. And I want to re-iterate, my apology to you is >sincere. :) > >Best regards, > >MikeG > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Meteorites & Amber (Michael Gilmer) > >Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com >Facebook - >http://www.facebook.com/pages/Galactic-Stone-Ironworks/218849894809686 >News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 >Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone >EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >On 5/22/11, al mitt <[email protected]> wrote: >> Mike, >> >> You posted twice on a subject that doesn't belong on this list. I am sure >> there are people on the list who are biting their tongues right now. >> Everyone has a right to believe what they want to and that includes you but >> when you put such posts on a list dedicated to meteorites you are just >> asking for someone to defend their believes by your post. I am sure there >> are other people here who have a different belief system than you. >> >> I didn't post anything to the list the first time, but time to call you out >> on this. Keep your anit-religious believes off this forum and just talk >> meteorites and meteorite related topics so we don't get into a can of worms >> here. Thank you. >> >> --AL Mitterling >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <[email protected]> >> To: "Becky and Kirk" <[email protected]> >> Cc: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 7:49 PM >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bigfoot and the "Nakhla Dog" - what do they >> havein common? >> >> >>> All of the remaining bigfoots were raptured on saturday - they will >>> never be found now. >>> >>> Also, sales of all bigfoot-related material is hereby suspended until >>> further notice. ;) >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> MikeG >>> >>> -- >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Meteorites & Amber (Michael Gilmer) >>> >>> Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com >>> Facebook - >>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Galactic-Stone-Ironworks/218849894809686 >>> News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 >>> Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone >>> EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> On 5/22/11, Becky and Kirk <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I indeed have heard stories about Semi-drivers who HAVE occasionally hit >>>> a >>>> Sasquatch in the Pacific Northwest. >>>> >>>> The one particular tale I heard 2nd-hand was from man who talked to a >>>> driver >>>> who said he hit & killed one in Colorado many years ago. He said he was >>>> detained for a bit by a special group of police, while another group >>>> cleaned >>>> his truck of all evidence of his "fatal encounter" with Bigfoot. >>>> >>>> Who knows?? >>>> >>>> Kirk.....:-) >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Kevin Kichinka" <[email protected]> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 6:33 PM >>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Bigfoot and the "Nakhla Dog" - what do they >>>> havein >>>> common? >>>> >>>> >>>>> Team Meteorite: >>>>> >>>>> While I am pursuing other projects now and can't take the time to >>>>> again pursue/review or explain my peer-reviewed and published "thesis" >>>>> (see David Weir "Meteorite Studies" and Nakhla) that absolves the >>>>> Nakhla meteorite of "dogocide", one argument that was made in support >>>>> of this crime against canines was that I "couldn't prove it DIDN'T >>>>> HAPPEN." >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Never mind that no one recovered a bloody meteorite or a dead dog >>>>> allegedly killed on the wrong day at the wrong place. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Science and logic are brothers in arms. My brief, college-time >>>>> exposure to "debate" (as a competition), taught me that if one argued >>>>> this double negative, "by rule" you lost the debate. Something about >>>>> being logical... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Just for fun, I bring this up as I read on Yahoo about the world's >>>>> "Top Ten unexplained things". Here's a quote from the article, please >>>>> pay special attention to the last sentence: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "For decades, large, hairy, manlike beasts called Bigfoot have >>>>> occasionally been reported by eyewitnesses across America. Despite the >>>>> thousands of Bigfoot that must exist for a breeding population, not a >>>>> single body has been found. Not one has been killed by a hunter, >>>>> struck dead by a speeding car, or even died of natural causes. In the >>>>> absence of hard evidence like teeth or bones, support comes down to >>>>> eyewitness sightings and ambiguous photos and films. Since it is >>>>> logically impossible to prove a universal negative, science will never >>>>> be able to prove that creatures like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster >>>>> do not exist, and it is possible that these mysterious beasts lurk far >>>>> from prying eyes." >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Very, very far indeed. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Long live the Nakhla Dog. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks to all who sent me birthday greetings this week! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Kevin Kichinka >>>>> Tambor de Alajuela, Costa Rica >>>>> www.theartofcollectingmeteorites.com >>>>> www.LaQ-CostaRica.com >>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>> Visit the Archives at >>>>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> Visit the Archives at >>>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> Visit the Archives at >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >> >> > > >-- >______________________________________________ >Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
