I wasn't looking for data to respond to the religion-bashing that we enjoy now
and then around here, but I happened across some that seemed too good to
ignore. It is from Robert Putnam's Social Capital Benchmark Survey, which can
be found in various places online.
Here are some of the
On 23 Jun 2005, at 4:32 pm, Nick Arnett wrote:
I wasn't looking for data to respond to the religion-bashing that
we enjoy now
and then around here, but I happened across some that seemed too
good to
ignore. It is from Robert Putnam's Social Capital Benchmark
Survey, which can
be found
On 23 Jun 2005, at 5:06 pm, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 4:32 pm, Nick Arnett wrote:
I wasn't looking for data to respond to the religion-bashing that
we enjoy now
and then around here, but I happened across some that seemed too
good to
ignore. It is from Robert Putnam's
On Jun 23, 2005, at 9:06 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
Of course the religious are keen to volunteer to interfere in the
lives of the unfortunate - this is a golden opportunity to disseminate
the virulent poison of their evil religious memes.
Isn't a perspective unassailable by argument, no
On Jun 22, 2005, at 5:00 PM, Dave Land wrote:
Lovely thoughts to cool impassioned minds from Hsin Hsin Ming,
(Verses on the Faith Mind):
The tao is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When
love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and
undisguised. Make the
On 23 Jun 2005, at 7:22 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 9:06 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
Of course the religious are keen to volunteer to interfere in the
lives of the unfortunate - this is a golden opportunity to
disseminate the virulent poison of their evil religious
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:06:16 +0100, William T Goodall wrote
The same goes for politics - if you are an evil busybody filled with
religious hatred who wants to interfere in other people's lives *of
course* you get involved in politics.
And mailing lists, too! I see a number of people on
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:44:05 +0100, William T Goodall wrote
Indeed I find the whole idea of faith-based 'charitable'
organisations getting involved with vulnerable people utterly
obnoxious. They quite plainly have a not-so-hidden agenda, and aid
being tied to evangelism is simply
On 23 Jun 2005, at 9:32 pm, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:06:16 +0100, William T Goodall wrote
The same goes for politics - if you are an evil busybody filled with
religious hatred who wants to interfere in other people's lives *of
course* you get involved in politics.
And
On 23 Jun 2005, at 9:36 pm, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:44:05 +0100, William T Goodall wrote
Indeed I find the whole idea of faith-based 'charitable'
organisations getting involved with vulnerable people utterly
obnoxious. They quite plainly have a not-so-hidden agenda, and
On Jun 23, 2005, at 12:05 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Jun 22, 2005, at 5:00 PM, Dave Land wrote:
Lovely thoughts to cool impassioned minds from Hsin Hsin Ming,
(Verses on the Faith Mind):
The tao is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When
love and hate are both absent
Questions to William:
What is it that makes something evil?
What is it that makes something good?
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On 6/13/05, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You are focusing on one section in several Geneva Conventions. I will
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:06 pm, Frank Schmidt wrote:
Questions to William:
What is it that makes something evil?
What is it that makes something good?
Why, don't you know?
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At 03:59 PM Thursday 6/23/2005, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 9:36 pm, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:44:05 +0100, William T Goodall wrote
Indeed I find the whole idea of faith-based 'charitable'
organisations getting involved with vulnerable people utterly
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:41 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:06 pm, Frank Schmidt wrote:
Questions to William:
What is it that makes something evil?
What is it that makes something good?
Why, don't you know?
I think you're being intentionally obtuse, but on the chance that
At 04:54 PM Thursday 6/23/2005, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:41 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:06 pm, Frank Schmidt wrote:
Questions to William:
What is it that makes something evil?
What is it that makes something good?
Why, don't you know?
I think you're
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:57 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 04:54 PM Thursday 6/23/2005, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:41 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:06 pm, Frank Schmidt wrote:
Questions to William:
What is it that makes something evil?
What is it that makes
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:54 pm, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:41 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:06 pm, Frank Schmidt wrote:
Questions to William:
What is it that makes something evil?
What is it that makes something good?
Why, don't you know?
I think
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:57 pm, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 04:54 PM Thursday 6/23/2005, Dave Land wrote:
Use additional sheets if necessary.
400 thread count or better would be good.
That reminds me of this story
http://tinyurl.com/a978z
about the Baptist preacher and Klansman who
On Jun 23, 2005, at 3:12 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:54 pm, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:41 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:06 pm, Frank Schmidt wrote:
Questions to William:
What is it that makes something evil?
What is it that makes
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:59:18 +0100, William T Goodall wrote
It's a symptom of how infested and rotten with religion America is
that Americans think charities controlled by partisan and
unaccountable religious organisations are preferable to a proper
social welfare system.
The current
On 23 Jun 2005, at 11:24 pm, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 3:12 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
LOL. If you think those are plain and simple questions your mind
is obviously very much more clouded than mine.
I submit that the questions are very plain and quite simple.
In normal
On Jun 23, 2005, at 5:27 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 11:24 pm, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 3:12 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
LOL. If you think those are plain and simple questions your mind is
obviously very much more clouded than mine.
I submit that the
At 07:27 PM Thursday 6/23/2005, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 11:24 pm, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 3:12 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
LOL. If you think those are plain and simple questions your mind
is obviously very much more clouded than mine.
I submit that the
On 24 Jun 2005, at 2:05 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Perhaps he was suggesting that your earlier remarks in this thread
suggested that you felt that the questions had, if not exactly
simple, at least straightforward answers, such as religion = evil.
I said 'religion is evil', not 'evil is
On 24 Jun 2005, at 2:08 am, Dave Land wrote:
I never said that providing answers to these simple questions was
simple: that was your (possibly intentional) misinterpretation. But
you are right in that my ad hominem attack was unwarranted, if not
unprovoked. I apologize for it.
I
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 04:54 PM Thursday 6/23/2005, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:41 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:06 pm, Frank Schmidt wrote:
Questions to William:
What is it that makes something evil?
What is it that makes something good?
Why, don't
One instance would be an anecdote. Establishing a pattern of
behaviour from many instances isn't. If religion is so good why is it
so bad?
Pulling news articles off the Internet is still anecdotical, since such
methodology by its nature cannot represent a significant portion of the
Dan Minette wrote:
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From: Gary Denton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: Gulags
From an article on POW's or Unlawful Combatants
http://www.crimesofwar.org/expert/pow-intro.html
You
This is more than just a little disturbing to me. The abuses of Eminent
Domain continue..
Homes may be 'taken' for private projects
Justices: Local governments can give OK if it's for public good
Excerpts from the article...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local
In a message dated 6/23/2005 8:41:02 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
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Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but
the fallout from this decision will not be random, O'Connor wrote
Oh hell yes.
I don't think the law on civic
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:41 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:06 pm, Frank Schmidt wrote:
Questions to William:
What is it that makes something evil?
What is it that makes something good?
Why, don't you know?
It's an interesting pair of questions, and I notice you've
On Jun 23, 2005, at 12:52 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 7:22 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 9:06 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
Of course the religious are keen to volunteer to interfere in the
lives of the unfortunate - this is a golden opportunity to
At 11:44 PM Thursday 6/23/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 12:52 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 7:22 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 9:06 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
Of course the religious are keen to volunteer to interfere in the
lives of
[23 June] 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for his
Type-Writer.
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[23 June] 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for his
Type-Writer.
But it was Don Marquis who in 1916, gave it to a cockroach.
Vilyehm.
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 11:44 PM Thursday 6/23/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 12:52 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005, at 7:22 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 9:06 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
Of course the religious are keen to volunteer to
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:15 PM, Dave Land wrote:
I've carried on with Dan a little about the idea of relative evil, or
that social context provides the backdrop against which actions are
judged to be meritorious or wrongful. This dovetails with the above
passage in the sense that as soon as we
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 6/23/2005 10:02:04 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[23 June] 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for his
Type-Writer.
But it was Don Marquis who in 1916, gave it to a cockroach.
I like Don Marquis'
Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:15 PM, Dave Land wrote:
It bears noting that this is an extraordinarily liberal view of the
Bible, which puts a lot of people off.
I'm hardly surprised. There are several beloved sacred cows being tipped
here.
I knew a couple of girls who went
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