That concept is more egocentric than anything else.
تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others -----Original Message----- From: archytas <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 9:47 PM Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: The religious atheist In 1972 *Limits to Growth* had this to say - also strikingly religious: We affirm finally that any deliberate attempt to reach a rational and enduring state of equilibrium by planned measures, rather than by chance or catastrophe, must ultimately be founded on a basic change of values and goals at individual, national and world levels. We might wonder, on diversity, how anthropocentric we actually are. On Friday, February 20, 2015 at 8:41:02 PM UTC, archytas wrote: > > Genesis 1:27-8 states: “God created man in his own image, in the image of > God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, > and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, > and subdue it: and have dominion over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the > air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.” > > This is a bit more than just 'replenish'. > > On Friday, February 20, 2015 at 8:28:24 PM UTC, archytas wrote: >> >> The finds were originally cited as 'bible proof'. >> >> On Friday, February 20, 2015 at 8:12:28 PM UTC, Allan Heretic wrote: >>> >>> As for the Matterhorn I didn't believe it was watching a program on >>> continental development.. The top is africa. >>> >>> It is knowing what to look for.. >>> >>> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين >>> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: archytas <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 8:54 PM >>> Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: The religious atheist >>> >>> It was always one of my dumb spots Allan. There were loads around on >>> beaches where I was counting dog-whelk 'teeth'. I somehow missed them >>> until I was shown what to look for. As for 'Africa' folding over the >>> Matterhorn, this is yet another example of not being able to think in big >>> time and how much one needs to know to see what evidence is. I can never >>> really understand how buildings from comparatively recent times end up >>> buried, presumably because this is not something we see in a lifetime. >>> >>> On Friday, February 20, 2015 at 7:22:26 PM UTC, Allan Heretic wrote: >>>> >>>> Thats a long time.. >>>> Fossils are not really hard to find its more a matter of knowing where >>>> to look.. They are very much a part of the geological record in my home >>>> state of Montana.. >>>> One of the strangest records is the top of the Matterhorn wich is from >>>> the african continent. >>>> Weird but true.. >>>> >>>> >>>> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين >>>> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: archytas <[email protected]> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Sent: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 7:42 PM >>>> Subject: Mind's Eye Re: The religious atheist >>>> >>>> Type II since I was 19. Just changed to a tablet that removes sugars >>>> from blood via kidneys. Disrupts the rest of the digestive system less, >>>> which has been a big problem the last ten years. >>>> >>>> I am still amazed by people who find fossils and how they sniff them >>>> out. I may as well be hunting truffles without a pig. I have the same >>>> difficulty with evolution and time, but guess I have no real concept of >>>> the >>>> vastness of time I explored the idea of a civilization 4 billion years >>>> older than ours that is no longer libidinal, do energy matter conversion >>>> and so on - and found I lacked imagination. Must be my >>>> zombie-moron-lack-of-diversity gene. I can't understand how we walked out >>>> of the sea, or whatever precursor did. We have seen lizards evolve in >>>> real >>>> time in the West Indies somewhere. I guess I can see survival mechanisms >>>> in transition. Genetics and increasingly epigenetics do tell us a lot >>>> about biological change. >>>> >>>> I'm not much concerned religious text gets so much wrong. Deprived of >>>> modern science I don't think I would have a clue. We can invent stories >>>> now and one looks much like another in terms of plot, genre and characters >>>> from Attic tragedy and comedy. Visitations from gods and angels seem very >>>> unlikely, pretty much like monetary policy. I favour looking at the stuff >>>> as fiction, quite a common matter in history and source evaluation. >>>> >>>> The Mars trip is throwing up some interesting fuel-saving dodges One >>>> is to chuck us out in front of the planet so its gravity pulls us in, and >>>> to slow us down in its atmosphere to save braking fuel. This would leave >>>> enough propulsion energy to get us back using a similar trick with Earth. >>>> Europa is my preferred destination, though gravity and radiation effects >>>> from Jupiter pose extra problems. Life at either venue would pose some >>>> interesting questions, hopefully through a universal translator. >>>> >>>> On Friday, February 20, 2015 at 5:42:46 PM UTC, facilitator wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'm in on the trip to mars when it becomes a round trip ticket. Hell, >>>>> I'l go to Europa when the price is right! >>>>> >>>>> The fossil record doesn't bother me other than there really shouldn't >>>>> be one. Not because they didn't exist but because a fossil in nature's >>>>> world is an anomaly, not a given means of preservation. Dead things get >>>>> eaten and usually don't wait for a massive world reaching demise. In the >>>>> mythos when man was "placed" here as a teenager they weren't asked to >>>>> start >>>>> fresh but to "Replenish" which seems to indicate something was before >>>>> which >>>>> isn't now. So many fossils, so little time. Time does not favor >>>>> evolution, unless there is an orchestrated change. Nature doesn't like a >>>>> vacuum but it abhors change even more. Genetics favors things staying >>>>> the >>>>> same so that the food cycle remains constant and precipitously balanced. >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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