Re: [GENERAL] anti Christian bias?
Bruce Momjian wrote: On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Karl DeBisschop wrote: As for postgresql having an anit-Christian bias? I think Lamar and Bruce, among others, could not be accused of an anti-Christian bias. Thanks, Karl. As a matter of fact, I am an ordained Baptist minister. Don't know about Bruce -- other than I like his catchy .sig... :-) Wow, pretty cool. I am just an underling. :-) If anyone asks about my .sig, I witness accordingly. Otherwise, I'm not pushy -- not in this venue, at least. Becoming a Christian was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I want to share that, but I don't want to make people uncomfortable either. Yeah, another religious thread :-) Is it allowed to borrow the Cristian rules even if I don't believe in God and don't pray? Do they fall under the GPCL (General Public Christian License) or are they distributed under a BSDish style license? What if I link myself to them - does all I'm doing then become property of the pope or some church? I'm not able to find any applicable disclaimers in my copy of the Bible. A quick look into the Koran didn't show up anything either. Jan -- #==# # It's easier to get forgiveness for being wrong than for being right. # # Let's break this rule - forgive me. # #== [EMAIL PROTECTED] # _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://www.postgresql.org/search.mpl
Re: [GENERAL] anti Christian bias?
Jan Wieck wrote: I'm not able to find any applicable disclaimers in my copy of the Bible. A quick look into the Koran didn't show up anything either. FWIW, the 1611 King James text is in the Public Domain, as is the source Hebrew and Greek from which it is translated. That of course means that there is no copyright associated with it; thus no license at all. -- Lamar Owen WGCR Internet Radio 1 Peter 4:11 ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [GENERAL] anti Christian bias?
On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Jan Wieck wrote: Is it allowed to borrow the Cristian rules even if I don't believe in God and don't pray? Do they fall under the GPCL (General Public Christian License) or are they distributed under a BSDish style license? What if I link myself to them - does all I'm doing then become property of the pope or some church? I think the Artistic License would apply here. Larry Wall (another geeky Christian) would probably approve. :-) -- Brett http://www.chapelperilous.net/btfwk/ The way to a man's heart is through the left ventricle. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [GENERAL] anti Christian bias?
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 06:32:50PM +, some SMTP stream spewed forth: Hi all: On page 29 of the PostgreSQL User's Guide, distributed with version 7.0.3, in table 3-8 Postgres Date Input, the last item in the Example column is January 8, 99 BC. The corresponding Description item reads "Year 99 before the Common Era". The author or the editor of this manual is obviously expressing his anti Christian bias in attempting to redefine BC to mean Oh yes, obviously. Has society actually been reduced to this level of absurdity? Since when does Christianity cule the world and thus determine what abbreviations should be used to mean what? Furthermore, since when is acknowledgement of differing religious (and other) views considered "anti-Christian"? Please, we all have more important issues. When people stop killing each other we can worry about what BC is supposed to mean. I challenge you to stop them from killing each other. gh "Common Era". Throughout history BC, when associated with a date, has always stood for "Before Christ", and it always will. I challenge the author/editor to tell us exactly what is the significant event in history that marks the boundary of what he chooses to call "Common Era". Nick ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [GENERAL] anti Christian bias?
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Karl DeBisschop wrote: As for postgresql having an anit-Christian bias? I think Lamar and Bruce, among others, could not be accused of an anti-Christian bias. Thanks, Karl. As a matter of fact, I am an ordained Baptist minister. Don't know about Bruce -- other than I like his catchy .sig... :-) Wow, pretty cool. I am just an underling. :-) If anyone asks about my .sig, I witness accordingly. Otherwise, I'm not pushy -- not in this venue, at least. Becoming a Christian was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I want to share that, but I don't want to make people uncomfortable either. -- Bruce Momjian| http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup.| Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [GENERAL] anti Christian bias?
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote: Lamar Owen wrote: As a matter of fact, I am an ordained Baptist minister. Don't know about Bruce -- other than I like his catchy .sig... :-) Wow, pretty cool. I am just an underling. :-) Well, we're all underlings. At most I can be an undershepherd (as a 'pastor' is -- 'pastor' comes from the same root as 'pasture' -- one feeds, the other is the place of feeding). Well, other than the marriage thing. You do have to have 'the document' to do that. If anyone asks about my .sig, I witness accordingly. Otherwise, I'm not pushy -- not in this venue, at least. Becoming a Christian was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I want to share that, but I don't want to make people uncomfortable either. Your .sig is ideal for this venue. And your choice of names for your children make it pretty well obvious where your heart lies. :-) And I've been in enough Usenet 'discussions' to know what is and is not appropriate. And I've preached enough to enough congregations to, well, have a feel for when it's over the line. And I do get rather 'energetic' in _that_ venue. And accepting Christ was by far the best thing I've ever done. But, to go back on topic, PostgreSQL isn't a religious vehicle, either way. However, if we're going to call it 'Before Common Era' then our date routines really need to use the BCE abbreviation -- otherwise, call BC 'Before Christ' -- although it becomes more than a little paradoxical when you realize after much study (in particular, the times Cyrenius was governor of Syria that intersect with the time Herod the Great was still alive (he died in 4 BC according to most scholars)) that the historical Jesus was most likely born anywhere from 6 to 4 _BC_, making the abbreviation more than a little eyebrow-raising. (ever heard a computer programmer/engineer preach :-)) God didn't set the calendar date -- a man did, 1600 or so years ago. -- Lamar Owen WGCR Internet Radio 1 Peter 4:11 http://www.wgcr.org/about_us/who/lamar.htm ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
