Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If there's nothing wrong with opposing the unjustifiable attack on Iraq, why are you so committed to twisting the tits of everyone who does oppose it? Because so many of them say things like calling it unjustifiable, when, of course, it's

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Apr 7, 2005, at 11:07 PM, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If there's nothing wrong with opposing the unjustifiable attack on Iraq, why are you so committed to twisting the tits of everyone who does oppose it? Because so many of them say things like calling it

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:10 AM Friday 4/8/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Apr 7, 2005, at 7:49 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 08:59 PM Thursday 4/7/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: though there's some wiggle room there -- IIRC the original text had it as behold, a young woman shall conceive. Which is correct, afaik.

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:58 PM Thursday 4/7/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 08:59 PM Thursday 4/7/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: Not really. Virgin conception is impossible, I am not a fertility specialist, nor do I play one on TV, but even I can think of ways to implant a fertilized egg in a

Re: Gun Free Household sticker

2005-04-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:49 PM Thursday 4/7/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 04:10 PM Thursday 4/7/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Apr 7, 2005, at 8:50 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 07:52 AM Wednesday 4/6/2005, Nick Arnett wrote: On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 07:31:53 -0500, Julia

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:04 AM Friday 4/8/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Apr 7, 2005, at 8:28 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: I am not a fertility specialist, nor do I play one on TV, but even I can think of ways to implant a fertilized egg in a woman's uterus without her having ever had sexual

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:52 AM Friday 4/8/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Apr 7, 2005, at 10:40 PM, Gautam Mukunda wrote: _There's nothing wrong with opposing the war_. Knowing what I know now about the competence of the Administration, I don't think _I_ would have supported the war (not knowing then what I know

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 01:28 AM Friday 4/8/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: Why didn't we focus on doing that in Afghanistan first? I think it's because -- and this is really important -- Iraq was sexier. GWB would be able to finish what Daddy was unable to see to fruition. That's the elephant in the room very few

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Apr 7, 2005, at 11:45 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:04 AM Friday 4/8/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: Sigh. Reproduction via union of sperm and egg is sex. It's not meaningful to speak of an asexual pregnancy, and it's impossible for artificial insemination techniques to have existed 2K

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Apr 7, 2005, at 11:47 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:10 AM Friday 4/8/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: And the epistles of Paul, while effective at establishing and maintaining the infant cult of Iasus, read like a lot of hard-right propaganda, which to me is more or less what they are.

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Martin Lewis
On Apr 8, 2005 3:21 AM, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And we refuse to fund DDT usage why, exactly? The environmental movement has (and, in fact, continues to) push for a worldwide ban on DDT usage because...I'm sure you'll explain it to me, Martin. The same reason

Re: DDT, was Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Martin Lewis
On Apr 8, 2005 3:23 AM, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FWIW, I came across this website: http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.htm Yes, Steven Milloy is the perfect example of the astroturf hacks who are paid to smear that I was talking about. Martin

Re: The Other Christianity L3

2005-04-08 Thread dland
On Apr 7, 2005, at 6:59 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: Not really. Virgin conception is impossible, though there's some wiggle room there -- IIRC the original text had it as behold, a young woman shall conceive. Bishop John Shelby Spong, Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: When I became

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread dland
On Apr 7, 2005, at 10:10 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Apr 7, 2005, at 7:49 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 08:59 PM Thursday 4/7/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: though there's some wiggle room there -- IIRC the original text had it as behold, a young woman shall conceive. Which is correct,

RE: Gun Free Household sticker

2005-04-08 Thread God
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julia Thompson Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 5:49 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Gun Free Household sticker Oh, a handgun is one thing. Most of what everyone around here has are rifles

Re: [SPAM] Re: Woobs (was: Tits (a womans perspective))

2005-04-08 Thread G. D. Akin
Be careful not to leave out the -. George A - Original Message - From: Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 5:33 AM Subject: [SPAM] Re: Woobs (was: Tits (a womans perspective)) From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:08 AM Friday 4/8/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Apr 7, 2005, at 11:47 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:10 AM Friday 4/8/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: And the epistles of Paul, while effective at establishing and maintaining the infant cult of Iasus, read like a lot of hard-right

Re: DDT, was Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:41 AM Friday 4/8/2005, Martin Lewis wrote: On Apr 8, 2005 3:23 AM, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FWIW, I came across this website: http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.htm Yes, Steven Milloy is the perfect example of the astroturf hacks who are paid to smear that I was talking

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Nick Arnett
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 22:28:38 -0700 (PDT), Gautam Mukunda wrote ... What you are talking about is a slow and uncertain process. Compared to what? The speedy and certain process underway in Iraq??? Nick ___

Change without war (was something else)

2005-04-08 Thread Nick Arnett
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 22:40:04 -0700 (PDT), Gautam Mukunda wrote ... virtually no one thought that inspections were working _before_ the war. No one? No one? What is your definition of working here? Certainly no one saw Saddam stepping down immediately and no one thought he was

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 1:26 AM Subject: Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments) At 10:58 PM Thursday 4/7/2005, Julia Thompson wrote:

Re: [SPAM] Re: Woobs (was: Tits (a womans perspective))

2005-04-08 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: Woobs (was: Tits (a womans perspective)) Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 18:13:16 +0900 Be careful not to leave out the -. The subtleties of the near

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Maru Dubshinki
On Apr 8, 2005 10:16 AM, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Raymond Brown, in the Birth of The Messiah argues that this is a reasonable scenario. He discusses the theological reasons for including virgin birth in the infancy narratives...and thinks that they are not very convincing.

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Robert J. Chassell
... a strong consensus that nothing short of war would force Hussain out. Please remember that as of 17 Feb 2003, when I posted to the Brin List, the US government did not argue anyone should ... help the people of Iraq free themselves from a cruel dictatorship. During a

Re: [SPAM] Re: Woobs (was: Tits (a womans perspective))

2005-04-08 Thread Dave Land
On Apr 8, 2005, at 7:21 AM, Travis Edmunds wrote: From: G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: Woobs (was: Tits (a womans perspective)) Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 18:13:16 +0900 Be careful

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Maru Dubshinki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 10:49 AM Subject: Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments) On Apr 8, 2005 10:16 AM, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 11:40 AM Subject: Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments) Well, the argument that the virgin birth is in the infancy

Re: Change without war (was something else)

2005-04-08 Thread Doug Pensinger
Nick wrote: On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 22:40:04 -0700 (PDT), Gautam Mukunda wrote ... virtually no one thought that inspections were working _before_ the war. No one? No one? What is your definition of working here? Certainly no one saw Saddam stepping down immediately and no one thought he was

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Apr 8, 2005, at 12:55 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 7, 2005, at 10:10 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: And hardly remarkable. Young women conceive pretty regularly. Embedding such a phrase in a prophecy is a little like predicting rain in Seattle. I think your lay scholarship isn't serving

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Apr 8, 2005, at 5:46 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:08 AM Friday 4/8/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: It is interesting that you are much more likely to state things as absolutes than most people I know who do claim to have the sure word of God on issues. Well, when arguing facts, I tend to

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Apr 8, 2005, at 9:40 AM, Dan Minette wrote: Personally, I could be persuaded either way on this question. One could indeed argue that someone who's knowledge of Isaiah is from the Septuagint and who is aware of the other virgin birth narratives could weave this into the tradition relied

Re: Change without war (was something else)

2005-04-08 Thread Nick Arnett
On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 12:18:57 -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote In the Persian Gulf region, the presence of American forces, along with British and French units, has become a semipermanent fact of life. Though the immediate mission of those forces is to enforce the no-fly zones over northern and

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 11:56 PM Subject: Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments) Dan wrote: My point was (however poorly I made it) that the

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 7:36 PM Subject: Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments) On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 18:38:03 -0500, Dan Minette wrote Look at the

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Dave Land
On Apr 8, 2005, at 3:01 PM, Dan Minette, voice of reason, wrote: The main point that Gautam seems to be arguing is that whether or not to go to war in Iraq was a point that reasonable moral people can differ on. Words like unjustifiable tend to indicate that such a stand is impossible for a

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 06:17 PM Friday 4/8/2005, Dave Land wrote: On Apr 8, 2005, at 3:01 PM, Dan Minette, voice of reason, wrote: The main point that Gautam seems to be arguing is that whether or not to go to war in Iraq was a point that reasonable moral people can differ on. Words like unjustifiable tend to

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Nick Arnett
On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 18:03:39 -0500, Dan Minette wrote OK, let's talk about medical policy then. According to UN figures, tens if not hundreds of thousands were dying in Iraq due to conditions under Hussein. The war Did you leave that for me to finish? ... has increased the death rate

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Robert Seeberger
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Apr 7, 2005, at 8:28 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: I am not a fertility specialist, nor do I play one on TV, but even I can think of ways to implant a fertilized egg in a woman's uterus without her having ever had sexual intercourse and

Re: [SPAM] Re: Woobs (was: Tits (a womans perspective))

2005-04-08 Thread Robert Seeberger
Travis Edmunds wrote: From: G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: Woobs (was: Tits (a womans perspective)) Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 18:13:16 +0900 Be careful not to leave out the -.

Re: [SPAM] Re: Woobs (was: Tits (a womans perspective))

2005-04-08 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: Woobs (was: Tits (a womans perspective)) Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 20:44:46 -0500 Travis Edmunds wrote: From: G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [SPAM] Re: Woobs (was: Tits (a womans perspective))

2005-04-08 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: Woobs (was: Tits (a womans perspective)) Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 09:29:22 -0700 On Apr 8, 2005, at 7:21 AM, Travis Edmunds wrote: From: G. D.

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Apr 8, 2005, at 6:19 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote: Warren Ockrassa wrote: Sigh. Reproduction via union of sperm and egg is sex. It's not meaningful to speak of an asexual pregnancy, and it's impossible for artificial insemination techniques to have existed 2K years ago. Sure, this is readily

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-08 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Apr 8, 2005, at 4:17 PM, Dave Land wrote: I wonder if we couldn't have more effective discussions here if we said things like I couldn't find a compelling justification the invasion instead of the invasion was unjustified. The former asserts one's own observation, not subject to contradiction

Re: Black holes 'do not exist'

2005-04-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert G. Seeberger wrote: http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050328/pf/050328-8_pf.html Black holes are staples of science fiction and many think astronomers have observed them indirectly. But according to a physicist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, these awesome