I actually held a rather high opinion of him, until he bagan taking even small sentences of mine and reading libraries into them. His continued misuse of language is the common and basic strategy of fundie groups like discovery institute, when you adopt someones strategy you risk being associated with them.
On Feb 3, 8:57 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > fiddler, you're really going off half-cocked here. > > Orn certainly doesn't need any defence from me, but a bit more > attention to his posts might have brought you to the realisation that > he is anything but a fundamentalist. I don't share many of his > positions, and you don't have to, but a bit of back-reading would > teach you that he is a pretty rational, well-educated, deep-thinking > character with a rather eclectic background in what might - very > generally - be described as the "California Buddhist" tradition [sorry > for the label, Orn, it's the best generalisation I can think of at the > moment, even if it doesn't precisely fit :-)]. > > Why don't you use your much self-vaunted intelligence for a bit of > reflection and discriminate thinking? > > Francis > > On 3 Feb., 17:20, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I really overestimated your intelligence... > > Listen fundie: quit telling me what I think, promote, desire, or mean. > > I know you people like reading volumes into sentences, but it never > > looks well on you. Learn what simple concepts like dogma actually > > mean, your priest and those fundie websites lie to you. Just because > > you feel the need to label people with your own handicaps does not > > make it so, it just insures you won't understand what other people are > > talking about. > > > On Feb 3, 7:01 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > “…I'm against children having their minds polluted by mysticism, > > > nonsense, and lies perpetrated by politicians and priests.” – fid > > > > Then you must be for removing children from their parents at a very > > > young age and raising them in ‘free thinking’ enclaves…thus protecting > > > them from all of what your dogma defines as ‘nonsense’. > > > > On Feb 2, 8:50 pm, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > The gatherings for sports, special subject education, social > > > > > interaction, etc, are always with other like-minded families. > > > > > Thus removing that messy and uncomfortable situation in which one is > > > > around those not of a like mind? This breeds intolerance and sad > > > > subjugation to dogmas and narrow minded worldviews. Not that I'm for > > > > the public, factory worker, indoctrination system; only that I'm > > > > against children having their minds polluted by mysticism, nonsense, > > > > and lies perpetrated by politicians and priests. > > > > > On Feb 2, 4:27 pm, MajorOz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On Feb 2, 3:28 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > >http://www.hslda.org/laws/default.asp > > > > > > >http://www.hslda.org/legislation/state/default.asp > > > > > > >http://www.hslda.org/orgs/default.asp > > > > > > > Many Public Schools have been turning out idiots, kids that can't > > > > > > read > > > > > > or read at a poor level. Kids can enhance their socialization > > > > > > skills > > > > > > in extra curricular activities, sports events and other social > > > > > > functions. Home schooled children are not isolated prisoners > > > > > > confined > > > > > > to parental control. > > > > > > Not completely isolated, but, in a practical sense, most are. > > > > > > In my experience (and my daughter home schooled her four until she > > > > > realized it was doing them a disservice) home schooling exists because > > > > > parents aren't so much interested in doing something FOR the kids as > > > > > they are in attempting to keep them from being exposed to ... > > > > > whatever. > > > > > > Apostasy is encountered only by accident. > > > > > > cheers > > > > > > oz- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" 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/minds-eye?hl=en.
