Never thought of that one.. but that story could easily be applied to day.. and I dislike bible thumper (s) ..
well the news is saying we are re-entering the recession again .. Hmm is this the effect of doing the golden calf dance? again? Allan On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:37 AM, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > What about the dancing around the golden calf story? Do you remember? > What did God say to this old habit? > > Cheers, my friend! > > On 24 Mai, 07:54, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > EGO is a very strange acronym (I believe that is the word I want) it > stands > > for Easing God Out. The god of chose today has become the worship of > money.. > > Allan > > > > No offense meant to my atheist and agnostic friends > > > > On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 10:08 PM, ashok tewari <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > Gabby's view substantially represents my own. We've lived through 1000s > of > > > such ' great ' discoveries and human achievements, only to be > appropriated > > > by idiot politicians, power brokers and for - profit hawks. Nothing's > > > changed, except for the worse and even greater destructive effects. The > > > people who've put in the money have long waited for the returns, the > money > > > bags are only willing to pay for it for 1000% return in the first year > > > itself, the end - use and the undisclosed or unintended consequences be > > > damned ! > > > > > Only if the scientist were less pre - ejaculatory and more in control, > less > > > gullible of their own thesis, less euphoric and more willing to > research for > > > ALL the wrongs the achievement could result in, ALL the misuse it could > be > > > put to ... perhaps over the next 25, 50 or 100 years, and put ALL their > > > findings up in the public domain ... with an independent public and > > > transparent regulatory authority to study it and oversee the entire > process > > > ... perhaps, then, we'd have some idea of those FEW extremely > discriminate > > > uses or application of the achievement without further endangering > mankind, > > > life and being, and the environment. > > > > > On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 4:56 PM, gabbydott <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > >> Yeah, it reads a lot like 'recreation of life', true. > > > > >> To me it's another of these boy's toys. Like the military and space > > >> craft industry. Instead of taking care of the existing by-products of > > >> their shagging for God's world dominion they escape to regions where > > >> they still hold the reins. > > > > >> On 22 Mai, 17:48, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > It seems that it should be possible to use something like DNA to > seed > > >> > nanomachines, and cybernetic interfaces. Not the hollywood version > but > > >> > versatile, scalable micro-controllable organisms. Beginning with the > > >> > requirements to reverse diseases like Parkinsons, Alzheimers, and > cancer > > >> > would give us one hell of a blueprint to lay out an augmentation > > >> roadmap. > > > > >> > It could remove many of the barriers of quality control and > production, > > >> > for instance we might be able to produce something very useful today > but > > >> > in a shabbly fashioned kludge and it still could cost an arbitrarily > > >> > huge sum. Take that thing or idea and remove those barriers. Perhaps > > >> > then our consumption/reproduction mania would be a little more > obvious, > > >> > but I would also be wary of human error, ignorance, and megalomania. > > > > >> > On 5/21/2010 9:37 PM, archytas wrote: > > > > >> > > The news of computer created DNA and thus the human creation of > life > > >> > > is a bit late. The chemistry has been with us for some time. So > far, > > >> > > all I've seen in the media has the same old form - religious > idiots > > >> > > and paranoid ethicists who don't give a damn about the world > really, > > >> > > but want to spout anti-erudition as though this is clever. My > feeling > > >> > > is that this stuff is as significant as the agricultural > revolution > > >> > > and probably more so. > > >> > > The eventual stuff that interests me is the potential to change > > >> > > perception through biological means and build something worthier > than > > >> > > humanity rather than just a life of hanging about until Rapture > (my > > >> > > bet is the velocoraptors will get the Xtians) or evolution's next > > >> > > catastrophe appreciating art or erotica. > > > > > -- > > > ASHOK TEWARI > > > > -- > > ( > > ) > > I_D Allan > > > > Be Paranoid. > > God is always building a better idiot!!! > -- ( ) I_D Allan Be Paranoid. God is always building a better idiot!!!
