The Boston Beach Buddhist. Has a nice ring to it. http://www.bu.edu/mfeldman/026/beaches.html
dj On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 10:57 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 - > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
